Saturday and the Preparation for Sabbath
By Editor
ONE of our religious exchanges quotes a missionary as saying, in speaking of the customs of converted natives in the New Hebrides, "Saturday had come to be called, as in Scripture, 'the preparation for the Sabbath,' and on that day all cooking is done." It would be interesting to know where Saturday is called in the Scripture "the preparation for the Sabbath." The sixth day was the day of preparation, but the seventh day is on an average one-fourth gone when Saturday begins. When reading such statements as are made in the quotation above, we often wonder how men can deliberately pervert the express statements of Scripture. Or do they know no better? "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." That is Scripture. Sunday is the first day.