Untitled article by W. C. G.

Untitled article

W. C. G.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, September 24, 1867

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. XXX, No. 15

As an argument in favor of Sunday keeping we are often cited to the beneficial effects of Sunday observance on communities and individuals. We admit all this, but there is another idea in connection with it which is certainly worthy of consideration. If all these blessings are realized for the observance of a day which does not and cannot carry out the purpose of the true Sabbath, how much more would the world have been blessed and benefited by observing a day which would have all the advantages claimed for Sunday, together with the grand idea for which the Sabbath was originated, viz., the memorializing of the Creator's rest, and which could not be realized by keeping any other day.

And in addition to all this it must be apparent that a special blessing must follow the observance of a day which is commanded, rather than one for which there is not a single word of command in the word of God.

W. C. G.