A Little Mixed by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 11, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 10.

A Little Mixed.

By Editor

HOW PEOPLE will get things confused! The Christian at Work has done some good service in the Sabbath cause by reiterating to its readers the fact that Sunday is not the Sabbath, that it has no connection whatever with the fourth commandment, and that it was never regarded by the church as a day of rest and worship until after the time of the apostles. Notwithstanding the knowledge it has on the Sabbath question, a recent issue contained the following editorial note:—

"A Sabbatarian wave overwhelmed Newport a week ago; and barbers, grocerymen, and tradesmen generally, who have usually continued their business on that day, all had a complete Sunday's rest for the first time in half a century."

Certain Sunday advocates have attempted to show that Sunday may be "the first day," the "eighth day," and any or all of the days between, but the Sabbath has no such elastic properties. "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." No other day can lay any claim to the title of Sabbath. Therefore we would like to know how a "Sabbatarian wave" could give people rest on Sunday, the first day of the week. Can any of our readers solve the question for us?