M. On our first parents, and all their posterity.
S. Did he ever unsanctify that day?
M. No.
S. Did he ever sanctify the first, or any other day than the seventh, as a day of rest?
M. Not that I know of.
S. Then do not those who neglect the seventh day, take away something from the word of God? And do not those who keep the first day add to that word? Read the threatnings of the Lord against such:—"If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."
COUNTERFEIT COIN.
Being the substance of a recent Conversation between an eminent Counsellor at Law and a Sabbatarian.
The Lawyer contended that although the first day of the week had no divine authority for its sanctity or observance as a Sabbath, yet if it be kept as scrupulously and conscientiously as the seventh day demanded, it could not but be as acceptable to God.
In answer to such sophistry, the Sabbatarian submitted the following legal case to him:—