SUNDAY NOT THE SEVENTH DAY.
The following is a copy of a letter written by Eld. D. H. Lamson from Almont, Mich., to Dr. Isaac M. Wise, Jewish Rabbi of Cincinnati:— Dr. Isaac M. Wise, Dear Sir:—Three ministers of the denomination known as Seventh-day Adventists (myself among the number), are in this place trying to urge upon the people their obligation to obey the fourth commandment as given in the decalogue. We are met with the position that what is now known as Sunday, the first day of the week, is the original seventh day that Jehovah blessed in Eden, and that the Sabbath now observed by the Jews is the original sixth day of that first week of time. The statement was made that this has been, and is, the opinion of all the most learned Rabbis among your own people. Query: 1. Is it true? 2. It was stated that the 15th and 16th of the month Nisan or Abib comes each year on the days of the week now known as Saturday and Sunday. This last looks unreasonable to us. Will you have the kindness to explain on both these points, and oblige those who hold some things in common with your people. Please address soon,
D. H. Lamson. To this the following reply was received:— D. H. Lamson, Dear Sir:—In reply to yours, permit me to state, that there is no Rabbi now, nor has there been one, who will not admit that all Jews consider and know by uninterrupted tradition that their Sabbath is the seventh day of the week. Any assertion to the contrary is untrue. It is, furthermore, not true that the 15th and 16th days of Nisan or Abib occur every year alike, since this depends on the cycles of the moon and the established computation of time connected therewith. If I can give you any encouragement in the holy work of restoring the true Sabbath you will always find me ready to serve you. Yours, Isaac M. Wise.