THE FIRST-DAY SABBATH : CLEARLY PROVED BY SHOWING THAT THE OLD COVENANT, IN TWO PARTS. BY T. M. PREBLE, AUTHOR OF "TWO HUNDRED STORIES FOR CHILDREN," "The Sabbath was made for man.”—Jesus. BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN : PUBLISHED BY THE W. A. C. P. ASSOCIATION. 1867. 44126 C 1330136,30 ✓ 1 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY 1872 Dec. 20. Gift of Thos. M. Prible, Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by THOMAS M. PREBLE, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. PREFACE. HAVING spent most of my time for the last three years in reviewing the whole matter relating to the Sabbath question, I now present the result of my labors to the public. In the following pages will be found a Scriptural and Historical argument in favor of the first-day Sabbath. The course pursued is briefly this: I. It is shown that the old Jewish law, or ten commandments, is "done away," not in the sense of complete abrogation without a substitute in the Christian dispensation; but we endorse the view presented by Justin Martyr (Dialogue with Trypho, p. 41), which is as follows: "For that law which was promulged from Horeb is now waxen old, and was peculiar to you only; but this new covenant extends to the whole race of mankind. And as a subsequent law repeals that which was made before it, in like manner does the new covenant disannul the old. But a new and everlasting law is given to us, viz: Christ and a faithful covenant; after which no other law, precept, or command shall be given." Although the seventh-day Sabbath is abrogated, yet the firstday Sabbath is binding. Says Christ: "The Sabbath was made for man." Sabbath signifies "rest:" and as an institution, was made for man-all mankind: but the Sabbath as an institution, and the day of the week on which it is holden, are two distinct things. II. By the types of the Old Testament, and by the practice and precepts of the apostles, we show that the day has been changed from the seventh to the first day of the week. |