"THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH."
By Editor
IN answer to the question, "Should the Sabbath be kept absolutely holy?" the editor of the Christian Standard (March 12, 1887) says:— "The first day of the week, which is called the Lord's day, is not the Sabbath. The Sabbath is the seventh day, or Saturday. This day, as is well known, is observed by the Jews, under the teaching of the law of Moses. They do not, and never did, keep it absolutely holy. The first day of the week is made a day of rest for man and beast by the law of the land. . . . While the first day of the week is not hedged about with the restrictions that pertained to the Sabbath of the law, it is meant that it be especially devoted to religious services—and not to business or pleasure." Truly, "their rock is not as our rock." The Lord says, "Remember the Sabbath-day, to keep it holy;" but the Standard says that the Sabbath-day is not to be remembered at all, but that another day, which is not the Sabbath, is to be kept in its place. Let all who read this remember the following truths, which are admitted by this champion of first-day observance:— - Saturday is the seventh day.
- The seventh day is the Sabbath.
- The first day of the week is not the Sabbath.
- The observance of the seventh-day Sabbath is enjoined by the law of God.
- The observance of the first day, which is not the Sabbath, is enjoined by the law of the land.
There is the whole case in a nut-shell. Reader, can you have any doubt as to your duty?