Show I FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE Salt Lake City Utah Feb 2 1916 Friend of the Peb P le You seem to be he able to answer r most everything so so perhaps you will give me complete Instructions for Cor playing tennis I r shall appreciate this ver very much Sincerely A READER I Would Would suggest that you OU go to A 1 A. A d G. I Spa Spalding Iding Bros 27 East Second South Salt Lake Lale They publish a avery avery avery very fine tine little book Dook on the subject It ItIs ItIs Itis Is Inexpensive and will give you ou more complete information than we would have sr space ace for tor in these pages FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE Garfield Utah Feb 8 1916 Friend of the People Will ill yo you kindly answer th the followIng following following follow follow- ing questions questions' in your jour col columns in the evening paper paper J. J Is there any proof in the Bible that Christ waS was born on Christmas day 2 2 And is is there any scriptural authority au authority authority au- au for changing the Sabbath from S Saturday to Sunday i a AN OLD SUBSCRIBER 1 i Tho Though gh no certain ain knowledge seems to exist as to the exact day of Christs Christ's birth most Christian churches celebrate this great festival on the of December It was according to many authorities not celebrated in the tho early days of the Christian church as the Christian usage in general was to celebrate the death of remarkable persons persons persons per per- sons rather than their birth A feast was established in memory of the event in the fo fourth rth century however and with some some modi fc has come to to tobe be called Christmas 2 2 The Jewish Sabbath is the seventh seventh seventh sev sev- da day daj of ot the Hebrew week and I lasted from Crom sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday The idea of ot the Lords Lord's day or Sunday is wholly distinct from i that of the Sabbath and is an entirely new institution adopted by Christian people after the coming of ot Christ However while the Christian church has never identified Sunday with the Jewish Sabbath it has always quoted the fourth commandment as sanctionIng sanctioning sanction sanction- ing rest and relaxation from labor on that day FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE |