THE MARK OF THE CHRISTIAN.
THERE is an old fable, ever and anon brought forth as truth by the ignorant and base, that the early martyrs were tested by the question, "Hast thou kept the Lord's day [meaning Sunday]?" The answer was, "I am a Christian; I cannot deny it." It was not Lord's day, but Lord's supper. But that falsehood is paralleled now by the claim, contrary to the express teaching of Scripture, that Sunday is the Lord's day and Sabbath, and an apostate Christianity is putting it forward as a test of what is a "Christian." Of course God gives no such test. The following from the Presbyterian will illustrate this:— A gentleman and lady from Trenton, N. J., were at the World's Fair. One day going through the Ceylonese exhibit they met a very intelligent looking Ceylonese, who spoke good English. His complexion was dark, he had black hair and mustache, and wore a comb in his hair. The lady said to him, "How is it that you speak such good English?" He said, "O madam, we have good schools in our country." The gentleman said, "Stay in this country; you will become a Christian." Straightening himself up, with conscious dignity, he replied, "I am a Christian, sir." Someone standing by, hearing his words, remarked, "Yes, a better Christian than many of our own people; this exhibit was tightly closed last Sunday."