,,the ,,christian ,,sabbath ,,is ,,it ,,of ,,divine ,,origin8 ,by ,j4 ,b4 ,remsburg ,is the ,christian ,sabbath of divine origin8 ,i propose to show that it is not--that there is no more divinity attached to ,sunday than to any other day4 ,i propose to show that the oft-repeated claim that it superseded the ,jewish ,sabbath by divine authority is false2 ,i propose to show that it was originally a heathen holiday1 borrowed from the pagan world--the venerabile die solis a day once consecrated to the orb of light1 but which has been obscured by the thick clouds of theological gloom1 that in the darkness ,superstition's bats and owls may the more easily secure their prey2 ,i propose to show that this ,puritanical institution1 whose decrepit form1 supported by the crutches of state laws1 still lingers in our midst1 is one of the most despicable frauds that a tyrannical priesthood ever imposed upon credulous humanity4 ,i propose to show that he who deals in pious cant about ,sabbath desecration is a knave1 or else ,most ignorant of what he's most assured4 ,the testimony that ,i bring is not the testimony of the enemies of ,christianity1 but of its friends--of its most learned1 most loyal1 and most honorable defenders4 ,my witnesses include the great apostle1 ,paul2 the most eminent of the ,christian fathers2 the ,protestant reformers2 and many more of the church's greatest scholars and divines4 ,,st4 ,,paul4 ,one man esteemeth one day above another3 another esteemeth every day alike4 ,let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind 7,rom4 xiv1 #e74 ,let no man therefore judge you in meat1 or in drink1 or in respect of a holy day1 or of the new moon1 or of the ,sabbath days 7,colossians ii4 #af74 ,,justin ,,martyr4 ,you1 because you are idle for one day1 suppose you are pious4444 ,our ,god is not pleased with such observances 7,dialogues1 chap4 xii74 ,you see that the heavens are not idle1 nor do they observe the ,sabbath 7,ibid1 chap1 xxiii74 ,,iren,,us4 ,these things circumcision and ,sabbath observance1 therefore1 which were given for bondage1 and for a sign to them1 he ,christ canceled by the new covenant of liberty 7,against ,heresies74 ,,tertullian4 ,the observance of the ,sabbath is demonstrated to have been temporary 7,answer to ,jews74 ,by us ,christians1 to whom ,sabbaths are strange 7,on ,idolatry74 ,,eusebius4 ,they the patriarchs did not therefore regard circumcision nor observe the ,sabbath1 neither do we 7,ecclesiastical ,history1 ,book ,i41 chap4 iv74 ,,st4 ,,cyril4 ,jesus ,christ hath redeemed thee4 ,henceforth reject all observance of ,sabbaths 7,savage's ,sunday ,observance74 ,,st4 ,,epiphanius4 ,god regardeth not outward cessation from works more upon one day than another 7,taylor's ,works1 ,vol4 ,,xii74 ,,st4 ,,jerome4 ,considered in a purely ,christian point of view all days are alike 7,neander's ,church ,history1 ,vol4 ,,iii474 ,as soon as they certain devout ,christian women returned home on the ,lord's day1 they sat down severally to their work1 and made clothes for themselves and others 7,heylyn's ,history of the ,sabbath1 ,part ,,ii41 chap4 iii74 ,,luther4 ,as regards the ,sabbath1 or ,sunday1 there is no necessity for keeping it 7,michelet's ,life of ,luther1 ,book ,,iv41 chap4 ii74 ,paul and the apostles1 after the gospel began to be preached and spread over the world1 clearly released the people from the observance of the ,sabbath 7,luther's ,works1 ,vol4 ,,iii41 p4 #gc74 ,if anywhere the day is made holy for the mere day's sake--if anywhere any one sets up its observance upon a ,jewish foundation--then ,i order you to work on it1 to dance on it1 to ride on it1 to feast on it--to do anything that shall reprove this encroachment on the ,christian spirit of liberty 7,table ,talk74 ,,melancthon4 ,the scripture allows that the observance of the ,sabbath has now become void1 for it teaches that the ,mosaic ceremonies are not needful after the revelation of the gospel 7,augsburg ,confession74 ,the observance neither of the ,sabbath nor of any other day is necessary 7,ibid74 ,,bucer4 ,it is not only a superstition1 but an apostasy from ,christ1 to think that working on the ,lord's day1 in itself considered1 is a sinful thing 7,cox's ,sabbath ,laws1 p4 #bhi74 ,,zwingle4 ,it is lawful on the ,lord's day1 after divine service1 for any man to pursue his labors 7,ibid1 p4 #bhg74 ,,beza4 ,no cessation of work on the ,lord's day is required of ,christians 7,ibid1 p4 #bhf74 ,,erasmus4 ,it is meet1 therefore1 that the keeping of the ,sabbath day give place to the commodity and profit of man 7,paraphrase on ,mark74 ,,calvin4 ,the ,fathers frequently call the command for the ,sabbath a shadowy commandment1 because it contains the external observance of the day1 which was abolished with the rest of the figures at the advent of ,christ4444 ,the same day which put an end to the shadows admonishes ,christians not to adhere to a shadowy ceremony 7,institutes1 ,book ,,ii41 chap4 viii74 ,christians1 therefore1 should have nothing to do with a superstitious observance of days 7,ibid74 ,,archbishop ,,cranmer4 ,the ,jews were commanded to keep the ,sabbath day1 but we ,christians are not bound to such commandments of ,moses's law 7,cranmer's ,catechism74 ,,william ,,tyndale4 ,we be lords over the ,sabbath1 and may yet change it into ,monday1 or into any other day as we see need1 or may make every tenth day holy 7,answer to ,more1 ,book ,i41 chap4 xxv74 ,,john ,,frith4 ,we are in manner as superstitious in the ,sunday as they the ,jews are in the ,saturday2 yea1 are we much madder2 for the ,jews have the word for their ,saturday1 since it is the seventh day1 and they are commanded to keep the seventh day solemn2 and we have not the word of ,god for us1 but rather against us1 for we keep not the seventh day as the ,jews do1 but the first1 which is not commanded by ,god's law 7,declaration of ,baptism74 ,,coleridge4 ,the ,english ,reformers took the same view of the day as ,luther and the early church 7,comments on ,luther's ,table ,talk74 ,,dr4 ,,hessey4 ,the ,reformers were nearly unanimous on this point4 ,sabbatarianism of every phase was expressly repudiated by the chief reformers in almost every country 7,bampton ,lectures74 ,,john ,,milton4 ,the law of the ,sabbath being thus repealed1 that no particular day of worship has been appointed in its place by divine authority is evident 7,christian ,doctrines1 ,book ,,ii41 chap4 vii74 ,,grotius4 ,these things refute those who suppose that the first day of the week was substituted in place of the ,sabbath1 for no mention is ever made of such a thing by ,christ or his apostles 7,annotations on ,exodus74 ,,archbishop ,,paley4 ,the observance of the ,sabbath was not one of the articles enjoined by the apostles 7,moral ,philosophy1 ,book ,v41 chap4 vii74 ,the opinion that ,christ and his apostles meant to retain the duties of the ,jewish ,sabbath1 shifting only the day from the seventh to the first1 seems to prevail without sufficient reasons 7,ibid74 ,the resting on that day from our employments1 longer than we are detained from them by attendance upon these assemblies1 is1 to ,christians1 an ordinance of human institution 7,ibid74 ,,archbishop ,,whately4 ,it is not merely that the apostles left us no command perpetuating the observance of the ,sabbath1 and transferring the day from the seventh to the first4444 ,there is not even any tradition of their having made such a change2 nay1 more1 it is even abundantly plain that they made no such change 7,notes on ,paul74 ,,jeremy ,,taylor4 ,the ,lord's day did not succeed in the place of the ,sabbath1 but the ,sabbath was wholly abrogated 7,taylor's ,works1 ,vol4 ,,xii74 ,the primitive ,christians did all manner of works upon the ,lord's day1 even in times of persecution1 when they were the strictest observers of all the divine commandments 7,ductor ,dubitantium1 ,book ,,ii41 chap4 ii74 ,,bishop ,,white4 ,in ,st4 ,jerome's days1 and in the very place where he was residing1 the devoutest ,christians did ordinarily work upon the ,lord's day1 when the service of the church was ended 7,dialogues on the ,lord's ,day1 p4 #bcf74 ,,bishop ,,warburton4 ,the observance of the ,sabbath is no more a natural duty than circumcision 7,divine ,legation1 ,book ,,iv41 sec4 #f74 ,,william ,,penn4 ,to call any day of the week a ,christian ,sabbath is not ,christian1 but ,jewish 7,penn's ,works74 ,,canon ,,barry4 ,the notion of a formal substitution1 by apostolic authority1 of the ,lord's day for the ,jewish ,sabbath444 has no basis whatever in holy scripture or in ,christian antiquity 7,lecture on ,sabbath74 ,,rev4 ,,james ,,freeman ,,clarke4 ,scholars are now generally agreed that the ,sabbath obligation was not transferred by ,christ or his apostles to the first day2 that there is not in the ,christian scriptures ,new ,testament a single command to keep the ,sabbath in any form or on any day 7,north ,american ,review74 ,,andrews4 ,the festival of ,sunday is more ancient than the ,christian religion1 its origin being lost in remote antiquity4 ,it did not originate1 however1 from any divine command nor from piety toward ,god2 on the contrary1 it was set apart as a sacred day by the heathen world in honor of their chief god1 the sun 7,history of the ,sabbath1 p4 #beh74 ,,verstegan4 ,unto the day dedicated unto the especial adoration of the idol of the sun1 they the pagans gave the name of ,sunday1 as much as to say the sun's day or the day of the sun4 ,this idol was placed in a temple1 and there adored and sacrificed unto 7,antiquities1 p4 #fh74 ,,morer4 ,sunday being the day on which the gentiles solemnly adored that planet1 and called it ,sunday1444 the ,christians thought fit to keep the same day and the same name of it1 that they might not appear causelessly peevish1 and by that means hinder the conversion of the gentiles 7,dialogues on the ,lord's ,day1 p4 #bb74 ,,dean ,,milman4 ,the day of the sun would be willingly hallowed by almost all of the pagan world 7,history of ,christianity1 ,book ,,iii41 chap4 iv74 ,,domville4 ,centuries of the ,christian era passed away before the ,sunday was observed by the ,christian church as a ,sabbath4 ,history does not furnish us with a single proof or indication that it was at any time so observed previous to the ,sabbatical edict of ,constantine in a4d4 #cba 7,six ,texts1 p4 #bda74 ,not any ecclesiastical writer of the first three centuries attributed the origin of ,sunday observance either to ,christ or to his apostles 7,six ,texts1 supplement74 ,,kitto4 ,though in later times we find considerable reference to a sort of consecration of the day ,sunday1 it does not seem at any period of the ancient church to have assumed the form of such an observance as some modern religious communities have contended for4 ,nor do these writers in any instance pretend to allege any divine command1 or even apostolic practice1 in support of it 7,cyclopedia of ,biblical ,literature1 ,art4 ,lord's ,day74 ,,cox4 ,there is no evidence1 however1 that either at this1 or at a period much later1 the observance was viewed as deriving any obligation from the ,fourth ,commandment2 it seems to have been regarded as an institution corresponding in nature with ,christmas1 ,good ,friday1 and other festivals of the church 7,sabbath ,laws1 p4 #bha74 ,,neander4 ,the festival of ,sunday1 like all other festivals1 was always only a human ordinance 7,church ,history1 ,rose's translation1 p4 #ahf74 ,,dr4 ,,hengstenberg4 ,the opinion that the ,sabbath was transferred to ,sunday was first broached in its perfect form1 and with all its consequences1 in the controversy which was carried on in ,england between the ,episcopalians and ,presbyterians about the close of the sixteenth century4 ,the ,presbyterians were now in a position which compelled them either to give up the observance of the ,sunday1 or to maintain that a divine appointment from ,god separated it from the other festivals4 ,the first they could not do4444 ,they therefore decided upon the latter 7,lord's ,day1 p4 #ff74 ,,dr4 ,,heylyn4 ,the brethren had tried many ways to suppress them church festivals formerly1 as having too much in them of the superstitions of the church of ,rome1 but they had found no way successful till they fell on this1 which was to set on foot some new ,sabbath doctrine1 and1 by advancing the authority of the ,lord's-day ,sabbath1 to cry down the rest 7,history of the ,sabbath74 ,though ,jewish and ,rabbinical this doctrine was1 it carried a fair show of piety1 at the least1 in the opinion of the common people1 and such as did not stand to examine the true grounds thereof1 but took it upon the appearance2 such as did judge1 not by the workmanship of the stuff1 but the gloss and color1 in which it is not strange to see how suddenly men were induced1 not only to give way unto it1 but without more ado to abet the same1 till in the end1 and in very little time1 it grew the most bewitching error and most popular infatuation that ever was infused into the people of ,england 7,ibid74 ,,rev4 ,j4 ,n4 ,,waggoner4 ,read your ,bible through a hundred times with reference to this subject1 and you will each time become more and more convinced of the truthfulness of the following notable facts3 #a4 ,there is no divine command for ,sunday observance4 #b4 ,there is not the least hint of a ,sunday institution4 #c4 ,christ never changed ,god's ,sabbath to ,sunday4 #d4 ,he never observed ,sunday as the ,sabbath4 #e4 ,the apostles never kept ,sunday for the ,sabbath4 #f4 ,there is no prophecy that ,sunday would ever take the place of the ,sabbath4 #g4 ,neither ,god1 ,christ1 angels1 nor inspired men have ever said one word in favor of ,sunday as a holy day 7,the ,truth ,found74 ,,cardinal ,,gibbons4 ,read the ,bible from ,genesis to ,revelation1 and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of ,sunday as a ,sabbath 7,faith of ,our ,fathers74 ,,alexander ,,campbell4 ,there is no precept or command in the ,new ,testament to compel by civil law any man who is not a ,christian to pay regard to the ,lord's day4 ,it is without authority of the ,christian religion4 ,i write this from principle4 ,i have but one object in view--the suppression of an anti-rational1 anti-constitutional1 and anti-scriptural confederation1 that ,i conscientiously believe to be dangerous to the community1 and inimical to civil and religious liberty2 and while ,i am able to wield pen1 ,i will oppose every such encroachment on human right99 7,washington1 ,pa41 ,reporter1 #ahba74 ,st4 ,patrlck's ,cathedral1 ,new ,york4 ,valued at #hjj1jjj4 ,not ,taxed4 ,,president ,,garfield in ,congress1 ,june #bb1 #ahgd1 said3 ,the divorce between the church and the state ought to be absolute4 ,it ought to be so absolute that no church property1 anywhere in any state1 or in the nation1 should be exempted from equal taxation2 for if you exempt the property of any church organization1 to that extent you impose a church tax upon the whole community4 ,the census of #ahij gave the ,united ,states church property worth #fgi1dbf1dhi4 ,the #aijf census showed #a1beg1ege1hfg4 ,the value had nearly doubled in #af years4 ,although church property doubles in #af years1 church membership would not double in' #gj years1 for the #cf1jjj1jjj members in #aiaa gained but a half million in #aiab4 ,church progress1 then1 is not counted in converts1 but in dollars accumulated through an exemption which in ,new ,york equals the cost of caring for all the city's poor4 ,,president ,,grant in his annual message of #ahge said3 ,in a growing country1 where real estate enhances so rapidly with time as in the ,united ,states1 there is scarcely a limit to the wealth that may be acquired by corporations1 religious or otherwise1 if allowed to retain real estate without taxation4 ,the contemplation of so vast a property as here alluded to1 without taxation1 may lead to sequestration without constitutional authority1 and through blood4 ,i would suggest the taxation of all property equally4