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PREPARATION DAY

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 15, 1861

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 18, No. 20.

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PREPARATION DAY.

By Roswell F. Cottrell

In ancient times there was a day of preparation. It was the day before the Sabbath. We believe the Sabbath of perpetual obligation—that we have the Sabbath still. Have we a preparation-day now? Is there any less need of one now than there was anciently? If we have a preparation-day, what is the use of it? To prepare for the Sabbath, certainly. But what preparation is necessary? The farmer can stop his work in the field, the miller and the machinist can shut the gate or let off the steam, the business man can stop his business and shut up shop in a trice; and their work can wait till the Sabbath is past. Then what need of a preparation-day?
Man and domestic animals need to eat on the Sabbath-day, and their food can be prepared on the preparation-day. Now if we do not prepare food for the Sabbath on the preparation-day, what is the use of such a day? Give it a moment's thought.
R. F. COTTRELL.