Why Do They Do It? by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 8, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 26.

Why Do They Do It?

By Editor

The Christian Work opens an article in a recent number with the following paragraph:—

"The fourth commandment requires us to remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Centuries ago, when God delivered this command by Moses to his people, it was considered divine authority. Is this God-given command any less obligatory to-day? We profess to be a Christian nation, and yet we are reckless and inconsistent enough to usurp God's authority. It is a painful fact that the tendency of the times is to violate this same command and to desecrate and dishonor the holy day."

And then it enters into a defense and exhortation relative to Sunday observance. Now the Christian Work knows that Sunday is not the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. It knows that there is no basis for Sunday-keeping in the Decalogue. It said in January, 1884, "that we must go to later than apostolic times for the establishment of Sunday observance." Jan. 8, 1885, it stated the same thing again; and it has repeated the same truth still later. Why will men deceive others into believing that Sunday is the Sabbath of the Bible?