It must be confessed that the Christian world now presents an anomalous condition touching the Sabbath. Strict Protestants usually profess in theory the views once peculiar to Presbyterians, and admit that the proper observance of the Sabbath is a bulwark of practical Christianity. But their practice does not always correspond with their theory. In actual life there is, among good people, a great uncertainty, with a corresponding confusion of usages, from great laxity up to the sacred strictness of our pious forefathers. It is greatly to be feared that those in the church who tolerate this laxity are increasing in numbers and influence. The civil law, which guarantees the Sabbath rest to all as a secular benefit and right, is enforced with more and more difficulty, especially in populous places; and this law is disregarded with increasing boldness by powerful corporations and by those who offer amusements and sensual enjoyments to the public. Hence the wisest friends of truth and good have taken the alarm. The aim of this treatise is to give some humble help in this good cause by proving the divine and perpetual authority of God's holy day.


Isn't it amazing that this introductory remark, written by Robert L. Dabney in the mid 1800's, is so relevant to us today? It is our prayer that the Lord will use the wisdom and spiritual insight given to men in the past, such as Dabney, to bring many to a biblical and God-honoring view of the Sabbath in our present day.

You can read this article here: The Christian Sabbath: Its Nature, Design and Proper Observance or HERE.

In His service and grace,

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