Mobile Register on the Bridgeport Sabbath Indictment
The Mobile (Ala.) Register, of Jan. 7, 1879, speaking of the cigar dealer in Bridgeport, Ct., which was noticed in the REVIEW at the time, says:— “Of all the days of the week, which is the Sabbath or Lord’s day?” The indictment against a cigar dealer of Bridgeport, Conn., charged that the offense was committed, not on Sunday, but on “The Sabbath or Lord’s day,” The court quashed the indictment, holding that the Sabbath means the seventh day of the week, and Sunday is the first, while the Lord’s day is Saturday with some worshipers and Sunday with others. The Christian use of the word Sabbath when Sunday is meant is a mere affectation.