Why Save the Lord’s Day f 201 Jesus made His first five appearances. I t was also on the first day of the week that the Holy Spirit was given, there fore Pentecost was commemorated on that day. (Acts 2.) I t was on this day also that the great tidings of salvation were first preached to the multitudes. (Acts 2.) The first day became the day in which all the early Christians assembled for worship, and for communion. (Acts 20:7 and 1 Cor. 11:23.) I t was the day also in which the prophecy of Rev elation was granted to St. John on Patmos. (Rev. 1:10.) All the church fathers kept the Lord’s Day instead of the Jewish Sabbath, and thus the Christian Sabbath became the weekly holy day of the Christian dispensation, and is the only Sabbath day mentioned as a sacred rest day after the resurrection. HAVE WE OUTGROWN THE SABBATH DAY? Is this king of days, created by our Father, sanctified by our Saviour, preserved by the Church, worth saving? Some would have us think we have outgrown it, that it belongs to another time, governed by different conditions. A moment’s thought will show that it is impossible to outgrow a law of nature, such as this septenary law is proved to be. And here are a few of the reasons: THE BODY NEEDS IT First, man has a body. Experience proves that the nor mal level of bodily energy cannot be maintained without the regular observance of a stated day of rest. We are like seven-day clocks that run down and have to be rewound. We are like musical instruments that play well for a time and get out of tune. We are storage batteries that leak their vital currents, and must be recharged. There was never an age when humanity needed this weekly rest-day more than now. Think of the fierce competition of modern business, and the relentless law of the survival of the strongest! Think of the
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