THE MUCH-NAMED SUNDAY by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 2, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 46.

THE MUCH-NAMED SUNDAY.

By Editor

THE New York World has the following item from Atlanta, Ga., which will be of interest to our readers, both because of the facts stated, and on account of the new designation given to Sunday, namely, the Sabbath of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The World says:—

"Four of the leading members of the Alpharetta Methodist Church, of Atlanta, Ga., have just been expelled, the charge against them being heresy in being converted to the doctrines of the Seventh-day Adventists. These are: Mrs. J. M. Howell, Mrs. J. M. Dodd, Miss Dodd, and Mrs. Rinnie Letson, wives and daughters of prominent citizens, and they are only a few of the converts made by Elder Huffman. A dozen others against whom the same charges were made refused to submit to trial and withdrew from the church.

"The Investigating Committee finds the four who stood trial guilty of heresy in that, 'believing themselves to be right, they do not recognize the sabbath of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and hence are observing the seventh day of the week, Saturday, as the Sabbath.' They propose to continue until convinced that they are in error. They are also confirmed in the belief that the doctrine of the immortality of the wicked, as held by the Methodist Episcopal Church South, is not founded on biblical teaching."

"The sabbath of the Methodist Episcopal Church South" is a new name for Sunday, but it is just as appropriate as is the much-used designation, the "American sabbath." It is well that the ladies were expelled for the non-observance of a church day and not for any unscriptural doctrine or practice. It is much better to be out of harmony with even as great a body as the Methodist Episcopal Church South than to be found disobeying an express commandment of God.