Show TllUIUlllln 1UV From the earliest time of mankln one day of teveii Wit consecrated a < ado a-do of ml aud the roll given for lull IIhot I Uod retted on the invent day from all llli work whloh He bad mad Tbtt till 01555 Vance of the Bnubith win rontluued from the bo Kin log li Inferred from lie foot that limo WIIM divided Into w < wki by the surly patriarch aud that the thlldre of Iir el rucouulzoj It o5 a ucred daly prevloui oho giving slit law OIl Mount HI nil From the exodui lies tvveuth day 01 the wok wan luithir coumicraled 05 commemorative of lht Ucllveran of the IiraullteH from 1111101 II became u national boil of the day one of the chartcterlillci Molo theocracy The day was let part for reel moral Improvement and holy enjoyment To Irk the rule lid down for IheoUervinceef It woe evereodenie being n can of con lomlt agaluit the Supreme Mijeily of Jehovah to whole ipeclal service the day IOU 001 apart With the commencement of the Cbrlollau era a dlipeniatlou woe auiiralrd Mivalo Inilllutbni had to give way to other of unlvewal rpllcatlon The lint ChrUtlini ndoiibtoJly celebrated the levcnlh day of Hit week with the Jews but ate Ih at-e lame time they fell lliat them was ml event to coinmemo loiquilln Importance 1creallon of the world and far greater than the dolhrne of one nation from political politi-cal bandage Tnat went was the deniptlou of the world by the Hon of God the crownlll work of which wa ills reiurfecUon Irom the dead This great event occurred on the ff rat day of Ibo week and the JhrlitUin Iherefofe called Ihli tho Iiordn Day and come crated III l ai li I nvIJtnt from several Pu rlu the New Teitament Thy therefore bad two atcrud days Inttoau 1 tone Noon Ills became lmirictlcable cud one day had to ba decided on The tlntday 01 the week wa coo and ai Ihlt wan done In the very earnest history of the Chrlitlaii churches It ll safe to spume that Ihu lange was authorized by divine mine lion Josh 0 In the tint half of the eoond century elates that the practice or keeping Hunday holy was already nlveriil among the Chrlitlaan We all of ui ho lay aiiemble together ion Sunday because II la I the llril dIn d-In which Ujd changed darknem and mll and made the world On the atne day also Jesus Cbrlit our avlorroie from the dead On the tint day if tbe week the follow eta ct Cbrlit held their sacrament meet logs and llitened to the Initrucllont heir luiplrvd leacluri Act xn 7 II was a day In which to remember the oorwllhglftafl I Cur ill 2 And It wool day for special meditation Itov If I 10 I it thli age the Lord ba specially aocllunod Ibe obiervauco of llm Lords dT ai aaured among the day In a evelatlon given through Joseph tho lrollllttln 1831 lie 5751 That thou marmt more fully keep thy self uoepwlllI from Ibo world Ihou halt olo the homo or prater and mlVr up liy tacraiueuti upon my holy dart for lr r erllythlala I a Cloy apialntail I r nn n you ta tech Irom your labor and lo pay thy evulloni unto the Mutlllilll Doc and Coy till 1 101 Tblila 1 ripllcll giving Intriiclloua how the day la I lobe observed and u signing the reaiou lor IL The duty 01 the HalnUj on that day It totes found In Ibo religious assemblies the boo pie > In order lo be kept from tho con ainluatlnc Inlluencea of worldly oiicclBtloni And through a con clontloui obiervance thlicomuiand he object will certainly + bu 1 gained ifacy an undent prophet thou turn away thy fret from the Habuatti from doing thy pltuure on my holy day and call the Babbalh a dtllgbt the holy of the ordhonorat and shell honor Him not doing bloc own way nor find lOll thine own pltaturr nor ipeaklng hlno own word Then halt Ihou delight lie Lord and I will cause hoe to ride upon Ihu high placeaol tins larlh and feed thee with the heritage of Jacoli thy fathei for thin mouth of the Lord hall ijokeii |