A CORRESPONDENT of the Expositor, (late Harbinger,) in speaking of "Commemorative Institutions," says:—
"1. When we wish to celebrate the birth of some great man, we are very careful to do it on the same day of the year in which he was born. Wherefore, all such celebrations are yearly commemorations.
"2. The anniversary of the independence of the United States is invariably observed on the fourth of July; it is therefore a yearly institution or celebration.
"3. The institution of the Sabbath. In this we have a commemoration of the creation of the world set forth. 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work; thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates.' Ex. xx, 8-10. And why is all this? Verse 10. 'For (because) in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is; and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.' Now what do we learn from the foregoing Scripture? Ans. We here learn that the keeping of the Sabbath is a weekly institution, to be observed whenever it appears, which is once in a week. Hence, the day of the week for its observance is given, which is the seventh. 'But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.' Verse 10."
We could hardly expect to see the truth in regard to the Sabbath of the fourth commandment set forth in so clear and pointed a manner as the above, in a paper that has for years been teaching men to break this commandment of Jehovah; but the writer has taken just the position that Scripture and reason would lead any honest man to take in speaking of Commemorative Institutions.