The Constitutional Amendment: or, The Sunday, the Sabbath, the Change, and Restitution / A discussion between W. H. Littlejohn, Seventh-day Adventist, and the editor of the Christian Statesman

by Wolcott H. Littlejohn

INDEX OF POINTS DISCUSSED.

• PART FIRST:
• ELD. LITTLEJOHN’S ARTICLES IN THE STATESMAN.
• [ARTICLE ONE.]
  • Tendency toward Sabbath Discussion, [5]
  • Various Views concerning Reform, [6]
  • Inquiry as to Proper Action, [13]
• [ARTICLE TWO.]
  • Religious View of Sabbath Reform, [16]
  • Sabbath Commandment, [19]
  • Has this Law been Changed? [22]
• [ARTICLE THREE.]
  • Reasons for Sunday Observance Examined, [28]
  • The Resurrection, [30]
  • Example of Christ, [32]
• [ARTICLE FOUR.]
  • Texts on First Day of the Week, [36]
  • They do Not Prove its Sacredness, [39]
  • The Meeting of John 20:19, Considered, [42]
• [ARTICLE FIVE.]
  • John 20:26, Examined, [48]
  • Act of Worship does Not Consecrate the Day, [50]
  • 1 Cor. 16:2, Examined, [54]
• [ARTICLE SIX.]
  • Acts 20:7, Examined, [57]
  • Acts 2:1, Considered, [63]
  • Pentecost Not First Day, but Fiftieth Day, [64]
  • Rev. 1:10, Examined, [66]
  • Proposed Amendment of the Constitution Not in Harmony with Bible Truth, [68]
• [ARTICLE SEVEN.]
  • Bible View of the Sabbath, [71]
  • The Law Changed by the Catholic Power, [76]
  • Position of Seventh-day Adventists, [79]
  • Proposed Amendment Dangerous to our Liberties, [83]
• PART SECOND:
• [REPLIES AND REJOINDERS.]
• [REPLY ONE.]
  • Seventh-day Sabbatarianism and the Christian Amendment, [87]
  • Supposed Action of Missionaries, [89]
  • The Proposed Amendment Expresses only Fundamental Principles, [91]
• [FIRST REJOINDER.]
  • Amendment Not Related merely to Principles, but to Sunday in Particular, [96]
  • Supposition of Missionary Action Examined, [103]
• [REPLY TWO.]
  • The Seventh Day Not Observed by the Early Christian Church, [107]
  • Examination of New-Testament Proofs, [108]
• [SECOND REJOINDER.]
  • Our Common Ground, [116]
  • The Seventh Day, only, the Sabbath in the New Testament, [119]
  • No Effort Has been Made to Place Sunday upon Precept, [124]
  • Consideration of Col. 2:14-17, [125]
  • Rom. 14:5, Examined, [129]
  • Survey of the Ground Passed Over, [131]
• [REPLY THREE.]
  • Testimony of the Gospels for the First-day Sabbath, [133]
  • Resurrection of Christ, [134]
  • John 20, [136]
• [THIRD REJOINDER.]
  • No Evidence of First-day Sacredness, [140]
  • The Gospels do Not Call First Day the Sabbath, [150]
• [REPLY FOUR.]
  • Argument for the First-day Sabbath from the Gift of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, [154]
  • Authors Differing Concerning the Day of the week, [155]
  • Argument for the First Day, [156]
• [FOURTH REJOINDER.]
  • Value of Testimony—First-day Keepers Witnessing that Pentecost Fell on the Sabbath, [163]
  • No Reason Stated, nor Commandment Found, for First-day Sabbath, [172]
• [REPLY FIVE.]
  • First-day Sabbath at Troas, [177]
  • The Reckoning of Time Considered, [179]
• [FIFTH REJOINDER.]
  • No Custom Found in Acts 20, [183]
  • Argument for Change of Time Considered, [191]
  • Evidence of Acts 20 Favorable to the Sabbath, [201]
• [REPLY SIX.]
  • Testimony of Paul and John to the First-day Sabbath, [202]
  • Examination of 1 Cor. 16:2, [203]
  • Of Rev. 1:10, [205]
• [SIXTH REJOINDER.]
  • 1 Cor. 16:2, [207]
  • —Testimony of J. W. Morton, [207]
  • —Concession of Albert Barnes, [209]
  • —Paul’s Plan of Systematic Beneficence, [211]
  • —Devotion at Home, [214]
  • Rev. 1:10, [219]
  • —The Sabbath is the Lord’s Day, [220]
  • —Christ Lord of the Sabbath, [221]
  • —No Proof Given that First Day is the Lord’s Day, [222]
• [REPLY SEVEN.]
  • Testimony of the Early Fathers to the First-day Sabbath, [225]
  • Testimony of Ignatius, [225]
  • Errors of Dr. Dwight, etc., Corrected, [227]
  • Barnabas and Justin Martyr, [228]
  • Dionysius, [229]
  • Pliny, [230]
• [SEVENTH REJOINDER.]
  • Value of Traditional Testimony, [231]
  • Ignatius, [235]
  • Barnabas, [239]
  • Justin Martyr, [243]
  • What Justin Martyr Believed, [246]
  • Dionysius, Melito, Pliny, [250]
  • Deficiency of Testimony for First-day as a Sabbath, [253]
• [REPLY EIGHT.]
  • Patristic Testimony to the First-day Sabbath, [254]
  • Irenæus, [254]
  • Errors of Dr. Dwight and Others in Quoting this Father, [256]
  • Tertullian, Origen, Cyprian, [257]
• [EIGHTH REJOINDER.]
  • The Apostasy, [261]
  • Testimony of Irenæus, [262]
  • Of Tertullian, [267]
  • Of Origen, [273]
  • Of Cyprian, [276]
  • Summary View of the Case, [277]
• [REPLY NINE.]
  • Theories of the Christian Sabbath, [280]
  • Claim of an Unwarranted Change of the Sabbath Considered, [284]
• [NINTH REJOINDER.]
  • No Advance Ground Taken, [287]
  • Harmony of Sabbath Law and Sacred History, [289]
  • Roman Apostasy and Change of Sabbath, [293]
  • Seventh-day Sabbath in the Early Church, [296]
  • Testimony of Romanists, [304]
• [REPLY TEN.]
  • The Principle as to Time in Sabbath Observance, [313]
  • One Day in Seven, not the Seventh Day, Required, [313]
  • Difficulties of Keeping Definite Day, [314]
• [TENTH REJOINDER.]
  • Inconsistency of the Statesman’s Positions, [321]
  • No-Definite-Day Argument Fatal to First Day, and to any Sabbath, [325]
  • Inconsistency of his Position on Necessity of Legislation, [326]
  • Difficulties of Sabbath-Keeping Considered, [329]
  • Absurdity of the Theory of an Indefinite Day, [333]
  • Definite Time Around the World, [339]
  • Summary, [348]
• [REPLY ELEVEN.]
  • The True Theory of the Christian Sabbath, [351]
  • First Day of the Week the True Christian Sabbath, [351]
  • A Memorial of Redemption, [353]
• [ELEVENTH REJOINDER.]
  • Inconsistency of the Replies, [355]
  • No Amendment of Sabbath Law Produced, [356]
  • A Gospel Memorial of the Resurrection, [367]
  • Sabbath Keeping Involves Sacrifice, [369]
  • Summary of Evidence for the Sabbath, [371]
  • The Commandment, or Tradition? [374]
  • Conclusion, [377]