May God grant that both reader and writer, nay more, also our opponent in this discussion—toward whom we entertain none but the kindliest feelings—also, all, everywhere, who are indeed the children of the living God and the brethren of our blessed Lord, may come to see eye to eye in this matter, so that, finally, we shall be brought safely through the perils of this last great conflict, which the true church is to endure, and stand victorious over all our enemies upon the Mount Zion of our God, there to sing the song of a deliverance complete and eternal, in a world where, from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before the Lord. (Isa. 66:23.)
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.]
- [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]
CATALOGUE
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Hymns and Tunes; 320 pages of hymns, 96 pages of music; in plain morocco, $1.00.
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The Spirit of Prophecy, Vols. 1 & 2. By Ellen G. White, Each $1.00.
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