At the Last Bar

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 19, 1916

FromSigns of the Times, December 19, 1916

That there may remain no lingering doubt in the mind of any reader relative to the day—whether it be an indefinite period of time, or a twenty-four-hour day of our week, which circumnavigates the globe in a way similar to that of an aëroplane crossing the continent—we will again refer to the record of the apostle: "And they returned, . . . and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher." There can be no longer a candid question. When they had rested the Sabbath day, the next day is divinely stated to be the first day of the week. Sunday is the first day of the week; but the Christian Sabbath is now, as it was then, the day before the first day. That is, it is Saturday, the seventh day of the week.