Show EACH DAY OF WEEK NOT A HOLY DAY it Is often said that every day of the week Is observed as the sabbath or set aside as a holy day by some religious sect or people such Is not the case F friday is observed by a portion ot of the moslem world saturday by the jews seventh day adventists seventh day baptists baptista and several other oilier christion I 1 sects sunday by the majority of christians and tuesday by the sect of moslems which prevails in persia there th ere are no religions or sects at the present time so far its as we are a able ble to learn which according to our calendar lendir ca observe monday wednesday and thursday as the sabbath even a large portion of the dans particularly those in turkey hae bane abandoned friday in favor of the christian sunday many allany beirs ears ago some writer made the broad statement that every day in the week Is set sei apart by some people as their sabbath lie ile enumerated the holy days of the peoples as follows sunday Is observed by most christians monday by the creeks tuesday by the persians wednesday by the As syrians thursday by the egyptians friday by the edans and saturday by the jews this Is a curious hodgepodge of fact and fiction the enumeration is absurd because the egyptians greeks creeks and As syrians whoever they may be are nearly all christians or edans of one sect or another evidently the writer in order to prove his point about the gerpe perpetual ua sabbath ab included certain ancient religions now defunct at any rate 11 his is assertion about every day being the sabbath of some religion is still frequently repeated by careless writers as representing an interesting fact pathfinder rath finder magazine |