Review and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 16. (4/18/1912)

Review and Herald

Apr 18, 1912

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Apr 18, 1912

The Bible

This Book contains the will of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its principles are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immitigable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and practise it to be holy. It is the traveler's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the soldier's sword, and the Christian's charter. Here paradise is restored, heaven opened. Christ is its grand subject, our good its design, and the glory of God its end. It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet. Read it slowly, prayerfully, and frequently. It is a mine of wealth, a paradise of glory, and a river of pleasure. It is given you in life, will be opened at the judgment, and be remembered forever. It involves the highest opportunity, rewards the greatest labor, and condemns all who trifle with its holy contents.— Anon.

The “James Madison” and “Religious Garb” Number

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Double Frontispiece — Photograph of Holy Cross Church Baptism Certificate (Perth Amboy, N. J.), Showing Rome’s Insult to American Marriage Laws. Protestantism and Catholicism (cover). A Girl’s Escape From a “House of the Good Shepherd.” Rome and Marriage Laws. The Mediation of Christ. Reply to Attack by “Catholic Truth Society” Upon This Magazine. Cardinal O’Connell Above Governor Foss? Chillingworth’s Famous Statement. The Privilege of Peter. The Pope’s Decree Forbidding Catholics to Sue Criminal Priests. “Another God Upon Earth.” Rome Capturing America. Is America to Become Catholic? Protestantism in the Sixteenth Century, and — Other timely articles, news notes, etc.

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Our Gifts and Offerings

By Ellen G. White

MRS. E. G. WHITE

Our churches are often appealed to for gifts and offerings to aid missionary enterprises in the home field and to sustain the missionary work abroad. Let us not complain because we are often asked to give for the upbuilding of the cause of God. They will rejoice in the continual expansion and advancement, which means larger and more frequently given offerings.

We may well feel that it is a privilege to be laborers together with God by giving of our means to set in operation that which will carry out his purposes in the world. All who possess the Spirit of Christ will have a tender, sympathetic heart, and an open, generous hand. Nothing can be really selfish that has Christ for its absorbing object. True faith works by love and purifies the soul. It is a holy faith, superior to sensual delight. It is a power enabling the soul to apply itself resolutely to irksome tasks and self-sacrifice for the Master’s sake.

To us has been entrusted the work of proclaiming the last message of mercy to be given to our world,—the message that is to prepare a people to stand in the day of God. Do we realize our accountability? Are we acting our part in the proclamation of the message? The present time is burdened with eternal interests. We are to unfurl the standard of truth before a world perishing in error. God calls for men to rally under Christ’s blood-stained banner, give the Bible to the people, multiply camp-meetings in different localities, warn the cities, and send the warning far and near in the highways and byways of the world.

However large the income or the possessions of any person, any family, or any institution, let all remember that they are only stewards, holding in trust the Lord’s money. All profit, all pay, our time, our talents, our opportunities, are to be accounted for to Him who gives them all. The Lord is constantly proving us, to see if our work is free from selfishness and pride. Those workers will have the richest reward who prove that they love God supremely and their neighbors as themselves.

Consider the necessities of our mission fields throughout the world. Our missionaries labor hard and earnestly, but often they are greatly hindered in their work because the treasury is empty, and they cannot be given facilities necessary for the greatest success of their labor.

May God help those who have been entrusted with this world’s goods to awaken to his design and to their individual responsibilities. God says to them, I have put you in possession of my goods that you may trade upon them to carry forward the Christian missions that are to be established far and near. I have given you the benefits of accumulated knowledge. The advantages of the past and present are yours. The truth for this time must be carried to those who have never heard it. Not all can go as missionaries to foreign lands, but all can do the work waiting for them in their own neighborhood. All can give of their means for the carrying forward of foreign missionary work.

Many to-day are keeping back that which the Lord has entrusted to them for the carrying forward of his work. Year after year thousands pass into the grave unwarned and unsaved, while the talent of means is hidden in a napkin, buried in worldly enterprises. The guilt of thus hiding the Lord’s money passes all computation. When I see persons spending money for needless trimmings and needless furnishings, I think of Jesus. He might have come to this earth adorned with the glory of kingly power. But he chose a life of self-denial and self-sacrifice. “If any man will come after me,” said Christ, “let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Those who follow in his footsteps will remember that every dollar they can spare is needed in the work that God has said shall be done in the earth.

Be merciful, even as your Father in heaven is merciful. Think of the great gift God has made for you. Think of what he has done to secure your salvation. Your sinful condition demanded a sacrifice. In your spiritual destitution you had nothing to offer. But Christ came to the world, and on the cross offered himself as a sacrifice for you. Herein is love. God has given you a proof of his love that defies all computation. We have no line with which to measure it, no standard with which to compare it. God invites you to let your gratitude flow forth in gifts and offerings. He calls upon you to be his merciful helping hand. Can you refuse the request of One who has done so much for you?

Christ wept at the sight of woe. Let his tenderness come into your hearts. Practise self-denial that you may have wherewith to relieve the sufferings of God’s children. Let the same mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. He is the author of your faith, and he will be the finisher if you will be partakers of his self-sacrifice. Many of you enjoy a portion of this world’s goods. When spending your money, think of what Jesus would do were he in your place. He calls upon his followers to tread in his footsteps of self-denial and self-sacrifice. The character of the Christian is to be a reproduction of the character of Christ. The same love, the same grace, the same unselfish benevolence, seen in his life, is to characterize the lives of his followers. God will bless all who are willing to give and to labor for the salvation of the world as did his beloved Son.

There are many clear and striking promises to the liberal. ‘The liberal soul shall be made fat; and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.’ ‘Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.’ ‘Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.’ Brethren and sisters, try the experiment. Be liberal in your dealing with the Lord’s work.

God will encourage his faithful stewards who are ready to put all their energies and God-given endowments to the very best use. As all learn the lesson of faithfully rendering to God what is his due, he through his providence will enable some to bring princely offerings. He will enable others to make smaller offerings; and the small and the large gifts are acceptable to him if given with an eye single to his glory. ‘He that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.’

Under His Wing

By MRS. M. C. SOLLARS

MRS. M. C. SOLLARS

SAFE in the Rock, ’neath his sheltering wing, Guarded by holy ones, here I can sing, Sing of his love and the blessings now given, Sing of my hope in yon beautiful heaven.

CHORUS:— Under his wing, sheltered, I sing, under his wing.

Safe when the storm rages fiercely around, Safe in this wonderful Rock I have found; Here in this beautiful haven of rest Safe he is keeping me, here I am blest.

Hid in this sheltering Rock, safe am I; Storms may rage round me, yet they will pass by. Guarded by holy ones, sweet is my rest. Who, then, can harm me here? Who can molest?

Under his wing, yea, close by his side, Holy ones guarding me, what can betide? I have surrendered all, all, to his will. He has redeemed me, will cleanse me, and fill.

Ballard, Wash.

Unity in the Spirit

By I. Sanborn

I. SANBORN

“BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” Ps. 133: 1.

As we read the reports of the meetings being held in the union conferences by the gospel workers, and see the perfect union that exists, our hearts rejoice greatly; for that is the evidence that the Holy Spirit is coming into their hearts, in harmony with the Word of God, which says: “Hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us.” Rom. 5: 5.

“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness.” Gal. 5: 22, 23.

Jesus said, “If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” John 14: 23. “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” John 17: 20, 21.

This is the unity in which all the remnant people of God will be found when the refreshing comes upon them; and the earth will then be lightened with the glory of God, and God’s work will be cut short in righteousness. The evidence that we are nearing that glorious event is this perfect union of the gospel workers. Their being united will encourage the rest of our people to confess their faults one to another, and forgive one another, as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven them.

Men and women who have not experienced real heart conversion can and do embrace this truth, and become members of the church, and that is why they soon get into trouble with one another. The only cure for this condition is to fall down upon their knees before God, and earnestly plead with him to create in them clean hearts, and renew right spirits within them (Ps. 51: 10, 11), and daily pray, “Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.” Ps. 19: 14.

St. Thomas, Ontario.

“Search the Scriptures”

IVA F. CADY

As we have visited different Sabbath-schools, and have been called upon to teach classes of children and youth, we have been pained to see what a meager knowledge many have of the lesson. This shows that they have not studied it in their homes during the week. But few of our people carry on any regular, systematic study of the Scriptures other than that of the Sabbath-school lessons, and if they neglect this study, there is danger of their not getting the food they need to nourish their spiritual life.

We are told that “the Sabbath-school affords to parents and children a precious opportunity for the study of God’s Word.” Notice that this study is for both parents and children. Why is this “precious opportunity” so often neglected? Many plead a lack of time, but the fact is that our busiest people are often the most faithful in studying the Sabbath-school lessons. There is a saying that “where there’s a will, there’s a way,” and it is true that when we have a determination to study the lesson, we can usually make a way to do it. Let us notice a message that the Lord has sent to us directly upon this point:—

“Parents, set apart a little time each day for the study of the Sabbath-school lesson with your children. Give up the social visit, if need be, rather than sacrifice the hour devoted to the precious lessons of sacred history. Parents, as well as children, will receive benefit from this study. Let the more important passages of Scripture connected with the lesson be committed to memory, not as a task, but as a privilege. Though at first the memory may be defective, it will gain strength by exercise, so that after a time you will delight thus to treasure up the precious words of truth. And the habit will prove a most valuable aid to religious growth.”

“If the time that is worse than wasted in gossip, in ministering to pride, or in the gratification of appetite were devoted with equal interest to the study of the Bible, what encouragement would be given to our Sabbath-schools! But when parents are more anxious to have their children fashionably dressed than to have their minds stored with the truths of God’s Word, the children themselves will soon learn to regard dress and display as of more consequence than the things which concern their salvation.”

“Observe system in the study of the Scriptures in your families. Neglect anything of a temporal nature; dispense with all unnecessary sewing and with needless provisions for the table, but be sure that the soul is fed with the bread of life. It is impossible to estimate the good results of one hour, or even half an hour, each day devoted in a cheerful, social manner to the Word of God. . . . Do not break up your home class for callers and visitors. If they come in during the exercise, invite them to take part in it. Let it be seen that you consider it more important to obtain a knowledge of God’s Word than to secure the gains or pleasures of the world.”

“Parents should take special interest in the religious education of their children, that they may have a more thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. There are many children who plead a lack of time as a reason why their Sabbath-school lessons are not learned; but there are few who could not find time to learn their lessons if they had an interest in them. Some devote time to amusement and sightseeing; others, to the needless trimming of their dresses for display, thus cultivating pride and vanity. The precious hours thus prodigally spent are God’s time, for which they must render an account to him. The hours spent in needless ornamentation or in amusements and idle conversation will, with every work, be brought into judgment.”

In families where the custom of studying the lesson daily at family worship has been adopted, the children become familiar with the lessons from week to week, and are storing up a knowledge of the Scriptures that will be of incalculable value to them all through the future. Some may find it inconvenient amid the hurry and bustle of the morning work to take the time necessary to go through the lesson, and on account of various duties it may not be possible for the whole family to study together at that time. Some who can not do this might be able to take up the study of the lesson at the time of

evening worship. By taking up the lesson study for several days in succession, even though we devote but a few minutes to it at each session, when the Sabbath comes to us we are familiar with the lesson. How much more pleasure both parents and children can take in the Sabbath-school under such circumstances. Any one who has not found this out by experience, is advised to try it, and may be sure that he will be pleased with the result. As we study these precious lessons, new beauties in the Word of God are revealed to us from day to day, and we learn to love and appreciate the truth more and more.

But when children go to the Sabbath-school knowing nothing of the lesson, they receive but little benefit, if any, and can not take much pleasure in either the review or the recitation. The Lord has told us this in the following words:—

“But in order to gain that benefit which they should gain in the Sabbath-school, both parents and children should devote time to the study of the lessons, seeking to obtain a thorough knowledge of the facts presented, and also of the spiritual truths which these facts are designed to teach.”

“And even greater care should be taken by the parents to see that their children have their Scripture lessons than is taken to see that their day-school lessons are prepared. Their Scripture lessons should be learned more perfectly than their lessons in the common school. If parents and children see no necessity for this interest, then the children might better remain at home, for the Sabbath-school will fail to prove a blessing to them.”

Upon parents rests the responsibility in this matter. The command the Lord gave to his people Israel of old, as found in Deut. 6: 6-9, is just as much for his people of these last days. We are not only to treasure his words in our hearts, but we are to teach them diligently to our children, and to talk of them when we sit in our homes, when we walk by the way, when we lie down, and when we rise up. This we should begin to do with the scriptures found in our Sabbath-school lessons. Let us seek for wisdom and grace, that we may do this work faithfully and to the honor and glory of God, and that it may result in the salvation of our children, as well as in our own salvation.

Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia.

Daniel 2

By Mrs. M. E. Steward

MRS. M. E. STEWARD

THIS chapter contains encouragement for all who seek knowledge for a laudable purpose. Probably Nebuchadnezzar was anxious to know the future, that he might the better rule his own kingdom. God gave the heathen monarch a dream, but he did not remember it. The Lord made it known to Daniel, the captive prophet of Israel, who told the king his dream and its interpretation.

The dream had three parts:—

1. “A great image, . . . and the form thereof was terrible.” Dan. 2: 31.

2. “A stone, . . . cut out without hands, which smote the image upon its feet, . . . and brake them to pieces.” Verse 34.

3. “The stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.” Verse 35.

Three points explaining the image:—

1. The great image represented the four universal empires of earth.

2. Said Daniel to the king, “Thou art this head of gold.” King and kingdom are used interchangeably. “After thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee.” This was Medo-Persia, which succeeded Babylon, in 538 B. C. Grecia succeeded Medo-Persia in 331 B. C. Rome followed Grecia about 168 B. C. Verses 38-40.

3. These changes were a continued degeneracy. The Bible speaks of Babylon as the golden city, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, the glory of kingdoms. Descending from gold, through silver and brass, the image ends with iron and clay, emblem of weakness.

Three characteristics of Babylon:—

1. Babylon was the largest city the world had ever seen. It was fifteen miles square, sixty miles in circumference, and had fifty straight streets, one hundred fifty feet wide. It was laid out in beautiful parks and gardens, with magnificent residences, one of Nebuchadnezzar’s palaces being eight miles in circumference. The city was enclosed by an immense wall, surrounded by a ditch of equal dimensions.

2. Babylon was the richest city the world had known. It was a golden city, in a golden age, in a golden country. The land yielded two and three hundred-fold. Babylon and her daughters, the cities of Babylonia, were the spoil of nation after nation.

3. Babylon was the proudest city of ancient times. God spoke concerning Babylon as follows:—

1. “Babylon shall become heaps.” Jer. 51: 37. Keith says, “Vast heaps constitute all there is now left of ancient Babylon.” “Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.” Isa. 13: 20. Captain Mignon testifies that neither Arabians nor shepherds can be induced to approach the ruins near night, because of a belief of a multitude of evil spirits, by which they claim the ruins are haunted. “Wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures.” “Our guides told us that all the ruins abounded in lions and other wild beasts and venomous reptiles.”—Keppel.

2. “Behold, I . . . will make thee a burnt mountain.” Jer. 51: 25. This refers to what was originally the tower of Babel; later it was the center of Baal-worship, that is, the worship of the sun. “On the summit of the hill are immense fragments of brickwork, tumbled together, and converted into solid, vitrified masses. On examining the base of the mountain contiguous to these huge, transmuted substances, it is found quite in its original state. I draw the conclusion that the consuming power acted from above. I should be inclined to attribute the catastrophe to lightning from heaven.”—Sir Robert Ker Porter. “Lightning from heaven, as a token of God’s wrath, broke off the top of their tower.”—“Spirit of Prophecy,” Vol. I, page 92. “I can not portray,” says Captain Mignon, “the overpowering sensation of reverential awe that possessed my mind while contemplating the extent and magnitude of ruin and desolation on every hand.”

Such fulfilment of prophecy has a threefold result:—

1. It proves the supernatural foresight of God.

2. It establishes his word.

3. It silences skepticism.

There are three important things about the stone:—

1. It was cut out without hands. Worldly kingdoms are established by the hands of men; but God sets up this kingdom. It is the kingdom of heaven.

2. It smites the image on the feet. The feet and toes were not completed till 483 A. D.; consequently, the stone must strike the image after the year 483 A. D.

3. The image has not yet been struck, for earthly kingdoms are still in existence. The next great event is the setting up of the kingdom of God, which, we shall find, is not far in the future. It will fill the whole earth, and never pass away.

Sanitarium, Cal.

Two Experiences

A TOILER

A SISTER who has kept the Sabbath less than a year, told the writer that she could not induce her daughter to discontinue wearing her rings and bracelet. The daughter is a bright, promising young girl; has cast her lot with God's remnant people, and received baptism at the close of a series of our meetings last fall.

She laid off her jewelry at the time of her baptism, and did not wear it until recently. When counseled with, she replied, “Mother, I can not understand why it should be worse for me to wear these than for Sister — [one of the leading church-members] to wear that long gold chain about her neck.”

Some time ago the writer was connected with a tent effort at —. An older sister in the church unfortunately, seemed to have rather a poor conception as to how a Christian should dress. A lady who had accepted the truth a short time before, upon being instructed in the Bible plan of modesty in dress, was heard to remark, “I think I have just as good a right to wear short sleeves, low-necked dresses, corsets, and rats as that sister has; so I do not think I’ll make any change in that line.”

Little do many of our sisters realize their unconscious influence in dress, either for good or for bad. Paul says,

“We are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.” 1 Cor. 4:9. He admonishes “that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, . . . not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; but (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.” 1 Tim. 2:9, 10.

“Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel [nor, in these last days, too much taking off of apparel]; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves.” 1 Peter 3:3-5.

God has given us much valuable instruction in reference to these matters through the spirit of prophecy. The healthfulness and beauty of “modest apparel” as exemplified in dress reform are attractive to the sensible, and elevating to womanhood.

May more of our sisters become truly loyal spectacles “to the world, and to angels, and to men.”

High Time to Awake

By T. G. Bunch

T. G. BUNCH

“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.” Rom. 13:11, 12.

We can not but recognize that these verses are addressed to Seventh-day Adventists, and should come home to every believer in the message like the blast of the trumpet which summoned ancient Israel to prepare for the solemn day of atonement. The trumpet has been blown and the alarm sounded, bidding us to awake, shake off our lethargy, and prepare for the antitypical day of atonement.

Just before dawn is the darkest portion of the night, and also the most difficult time to wake up and keep awake. Darkness now covers the earth, and gross darkness the people. Unbelief in the Bible is shutting out the light of God’s Word, and earth’s inhabitants are groping in intense darkness. Ignorance and superstition prevail. False doctrines invented by the fallen cherub are multiplying by hundreds. False watchmen, instead of giving the alarm, are rocking the people to sleep in the cradle of carnal security. Satan is at work with his anesthetic,—procrastination,—and although all are awakened and caused to tremble, the majority are put to sleep again, to awake only when the night has fully passed and eternity has dawned; when the harvest is past and the summer ended, and it is everlastingly too late. They awake to find themselves in the awful clutches of the seven last plagues.

It is indeed sad to think that some now professing to be Seventh-day Adventists will be among this number. They are saying by their lives “the Lord delayeth his coming,” and instead of giving meat in due season, spend their time smiting the brethren and indulging in worldly pleasure. They do not seem to realize that “the end is near, stealing upon us stealthily, imperceptibly, like the noiseless approach of a thief in the night.”—Testimonies for the Church, Vol. IX, page 135.

After the fearful awakening by the fury of God’s wrath, those who have been chloroformed by procrastination will have the opportunity of sleeping for a thousand years, and then, after being awakened to receive their just rewards, on and on throughout eternity.

It is now high time to awake out of sleep. The prophecies have almost all been fulfilled; the generation that is to witness the culmination of this earth’s history has almost run its course; the solemn judgment has been in session over sixty-seven years; the last message of mercy to this guilty world is being proclaimed in almost every land; the great seething sea of humanity indicates that the four angels will soon withdraw their restraining power, and the great epoch of human probation will be closed. If ever it was time for God’s people to awake, it certainly is at the present time.

But simply to awake is not enough. We must keep awake; and this can be accomplished only by keeping active. Idleness invites slumber. We are told that “there will be no idler, no slothful one who neglects the work of the Lord, found inside the kingdom of heaven.” Only those who work will keep awake. All who are numbered among the members of the church of the living God must be “living stones.” The following is to the point: “The work of God in this earth can never be finished until the men and women comprising our church-membership rally to the work, and unite their efforts with those of ministers and church officers.”—Id., page 117. “When the reproach of indolence and slothfulness shall have been wiped away from the church, the Spirit of the Lord will be graciously manifested. Divine power will be revealed. The church will see the providential working of the Lord of hosts. The light of truth will shine forth in clear, strong rays, and as in the time of the apostles, many souls will turn from error to truth. The earth will be lighted with the glory of the Lord.”—Id., page 46.

When all who know the truth become active in giving it to others, we shall enjoy the latter rain and hear the loud cry of the message.

My heart has been made glad during the last few months to see a great awakening among many of our people, and they becoming active in giving the truth to their neighbors. Whole churches are organizing for work. Many lay members are giving from five to eight Bible readings a week. A brother who lately accepted the message, has been the means of bringing three families into the truth. According to the promise, the Holy Spirit is being graciously manifested. Divine power is being revealed and many wonderful conversions are taking place. I have never seen a time when the Spirit was impressing hearts as now. Many are given no rest day or night till they surrender to the Spirit’s pleading. What does it all mean? Surely the end of all things is at hand. The Lord is setting his hand to finish the work and cut it short in righteousness. We are entering the loud cry, and all who know the time and are fully awake and going into the highways and hedges to give the last invitation to the marriage supper of the Lamb, will enjoy the refreshing from the presence of the Lord, and finally, when the conflict is ended, will shine as the brightness of the firmament and as the stars forever and ever. Let none rest satisfied till they are acting some part in this closing work.

“Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.” “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.” Isa. 52:1; 60:1.

Ashland, Oregon.

Sabbath and Sunday Not Synonymous

By Arthur L. Manous

ARTHUR L. MANOUS

SOME time ago a friend extended to the writer the following invitation:—

“When you want to be in a good Sabbath-school, come down to — any Sunday at 2:30 P. M.”

That the words Sabbath and Sunday do not mean the same, and therefore should not be used synonymously may be seen from the following quotations:—

1. “Nearly every language of the Continent affords (testimony) to the difference between Sabbath and Sunday, by the names of the two days.”—“Sunday; Its Origin, History,” etc., by James A. Hessey, D. C. L., 4th edition, page 185.

2. “Sabbath, in the Hebrew language, signifies rest, and is the seventh day of the week.”—Buck’s Theological Dictionary, article “Sabbath.”

3. “Sabbath is not strictly synonymous with Sunday. Sabbath denotes the institution; Sunday is the name of the first day of the week.”—Webster’s Dictionary, article “Sabbath.”

4. “In the middle ages Sabbath meant only Saturday. First used in England for Sunday in 1554.”—American Encyclopedia, article “Sabbath.”

5. “Sunday is of heathen origin (like our designations of the other days of the week), and means ‘the day of the sun,’ or ‘sacred to the god of the sun.’ It does not occur in the Bible, but is now in common use for the first day of the week.”—Schaff’s Bible Dictionary, article “Sunday.”

In view of the foregoing, can any one go to Sabbath-school on Sunday, the day after the Sabbath?

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