[The United States in the Light of Prophecy by Uriah Smith]@TWC D-Link bookThe United States in the Light of Prophecy CHAPTER Ten 18/29
4:1, &c. "_Q._ Is it then Saturday we should sanctify in order to obey the ordinance of God? "_A._ During the old law, Saturday was the day sanctified; but _the church,_ instructed by Jesus Christ, and directed by the Spirit of God, has substituted Sunday for Saturday; so now we sanctify the first, not the seventh, day.
Sunday means, and now is, the day of the Lord." In "Abridgment of Christian Doctrine," we find this testimony:-- "_Ques._ How prove you that the church hath power to command feasts and holy days? "_Ans._ By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of; and therefore they fondly contradict themselves by keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking most other feasts commanded by the same church. "_Q._ How prove you that? "_A._ Because by keeping Sunday they acknowledge the church's power to ordain feasts, and to command them under sin." In the "Catholic Christian Instructed," again we read:-- "_Ques._ What warrant have you for keeping the Sunday, preferable to the ancient Sabbath, which was the Saturday? "_Ans._ We have for it the authority of the Catholic church and apostolic tradition. "_Q._ Does the Scripture anywhere command the Sunday to be kept for the Sabbath? "_A._ The Scripture commands us to hear the church (Matt.
18:17; Luke 10:16), and to hold fast the traditions of the apostles.
2 Thess.
2:15.
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