THE DEFINITIVE SABBATH DAY.
By L. A. Smith
As regards the necessity of a definite weekly Sabbath day, it is said by those who adhere to the observance of Sunday:— "Some one day in the week must be chosen, and all men must abide by that day. . . . Business would be in a state of utter confusion, and many would suffer if the adherents of different religions were to select different days of rest." Was it not necessary, then, that the Sabbath appointed by the Lord for all the world should be a definite day of the week? And did He not set apart a definite day? Has He not as much wisdom as man has to discern what is necessary to the prosperity and convenience of His own creatures? Men pretend to think that the Creator's Sabbath is an indefinite day,—merely any one day in seven,—but out of their own mouth they are convicted of dishonesty. They never contend for an indefinite Sabbath day save when in search of something to justify them in disregarding the definite seventh day. Every "Sabbath law" that men have devised specifies a definite day to be observed, and the indefinite seventh-day theory is never allowed a grain's weight in the courts of law. No intelligent man really believes in it or ever offers it for any purpose but to serve the ends of sophistry.—L. A. Smith.