THEY RECOMMEND IT TO THEIR READERS.
By Methodist Advocate
"THE HISTORY OF THE SABBATH," by Rev. J. N. Andrews, late missionary at Basel, Switzerland, editor of Les Signes Des Temps, etc., 8vo., pp. 348, price $2.00, Pacific Press Pub. Co., Oakland, Cal. This is one of the most valuable productions of our day, being the result of ten years' study and research of one of the best scholars of the age. The subject of the Sabbath and Sabbath observance is taking a deeper hold upon the thought and intelligence of this day; what is needed is light, and light drawn from historical sources. This work fills that need, supplying from history the information needed and elucidating many obscure points. The subjects treated are. PART I, BIBLE HISTORY.—1. The Institution of the Sabbath. 2. The Sabbath Committed to the Hebrews. 3. The Fourth Commandment. 4. The Feasts, New Moons, and Sabbath of the Hebrews. 5. The Sabbath from David to Nehemiah. 6. From Nehemiah to Christ. 7. From Christ to the End of the Ministry of His Apostles. PART II, SECULAR HISTORY.—1. Her First Witness for Sunday. 2. Origin of the First-day Observance. 3. Sunday during the Dark Ages. 4. English Sabbath-keepers. 5. The Sabbath in America. These are the principal chapters, and give to some extent the scope of the work. We recommend this work to our readers.—Methodist Advocate, Fort Wayne, Ind., May, 1889.