A NEW ARGUMENT FOR SUNDAY by George Washington Amadon

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 10, 1861

A NEW ARGUMENT FOR SUNDAY.

By George Washington Amadon

A LECTURER on the prophecies visited our town a few days since, and tried to impress many curious things upon the minds of the citizens. He is of the Cummings persuasion, author of several tracts, lectures some in the street, and maintains the current view of the more than twenty popular theologians that Christ will come before 1868.

We had a little private talk with him about his theory—his view that Louis Napoleon is the eighth head of the Roman beast, that he is the Infidel Antichrist, that he is soon to obtain almost universal dominion, that he is yet to be deified and worshiped; and as he made considerable use of the third angel's message we suggested to the friend that he certainly had one rotten plank in his platform, and that he was now respecting the institutions of the much-hated beast in observing Sunday in place of God's Sabbath.

He replied that he had examined the Sabbath question long ago, and saw no force in the argument, and objected to it on the ground that it caused "a deal of trouble in every community where it was preached."

We maintained that it was a natural consequence to have trouble where the truth is agitated, as it necessarily causes separation; and told Mr. B. that we questioned the heavenly origin of his commission to preach such queer things about Louis Napoleon, that sprinkling was Bible baptism, that the wicked were going to be tormented through all eternity, that Sunday was God's Sabbath, &c.

To this last point he quickly replied, "If we are only born again we shall be saved any way, as we can't fall from grace; so it makes no particular difference whether we keep Sunday or the Jewish Sabbath!"

This was certainly new light on the Sunday question. And as our Episcopalian friend was very strong in his position, and I not feeling impressed with the importance of arguing the case, we separated—he to fulfill Luke xvii, 23 in other cities, and I to my labor in the Office.

G. W. AMADON.