'r CJHM Microfiche Series ' K ,. r- L* : ■'» JCMH Collection de microfiches (monographies) ? ■ t Canadten Institut* for Hiatorieal Microraproductiom /Ihstitut Canadian da microraproductiona hiatoriquaa :^-::^-.i V.., . ' . \ .*■-• ■5v, TMliiiiMi antf BibHi^aphic NotM /NoIm tMliniquM ft Mbiio^i^iaiMn mtitutt hnatMmptMl to obtain tha bast ^tfinal availabia for fihnint. f aaturat of tKit eo^ which ba biWibfraiihicaNv lAiiqua. whieh may altar any I imafa* in ttia raproduetion. or whkh may icantty ehanfa tha usual mathod of filminf. iwa ladbalow.'-. . i*-^" . *"" L'lnstitiit a mi«rofilm4 la maillaur axamplaira qu'il T luiaAtApossibladasa'procurar. Las iMtails da cat axamplaira qui sont paut-4t^ uniquas du point da vua Mblioflraphiqua. qui pauvant ntidif kpr una imaia raproduita. ou qui pauwn t axiwr urta modification .„.. daiM la mithoda iiormala da f ilmafa sont indiqu4s , ci-dasiM»us. < ■■ "..•",■.■■;■.■""•.■ Colourad eovars/ Couvartura da jBOulattr Coyars damagid/ Couvartura andomm«|*a ^ '■■■■■■ , t .' ■ . * Covars rastorad and/or lamiiiatad/ Couvartura fastaurAa at/ou palliculfo Covar titb missinf/ ' La titra da couvartura manqua '.>■',.' '..■• ^ ■'.-.' ,'"■■ Colourad maps/ Cartas gtefraphiquas an couiaur ■ Colourad ink (i.a. othar than Mua or Mack)/ Encra daeoulaur (i.a. autra qua Maua ou noira) . Colourad platM and/or illustrations/ Planchas at/oil iHustrations an coulaur •■■■. ■■■'i^''::'r'f'^'--^: ■■■:':'■ ■. .■■;. -.■ Bound with 'Othar nnatarial'/ . 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'. □ Continuous pagination/ Pagination continua D Includes indax(as)/ Comprand un (das) indax Titia on haailar takan from:/ La titra da i'an-tlta proviant: n Title of issue/ Page da titre de la litHuiison » ■ Caption of issue/ Titre de dipart da la livraison Masthead/ Q^nirique (piriodiques) de la livraison \ ^i.v Additional comments:/ Commentaires supplimentaires: £>agln4tlon Is unnuQiberea;, item is f ilgniid at the reduction ratio diecked below/ k>cum|^t est fil.mi au taux da rMuction indiqui ci-dassoiis. c ux itx 22X 26X ■ C- 30X ■■.'-,-' "" ■ 4 . >4|,-' ■: .. ■ / '.. .■""■ / .'■-■^2x\ -,.;■,■; ■ 16X • :.. ■ .: ^20x ■. ' ■ /■.. ;,-/24x ..:■:;:;■'-:, -zax ■ ' . 32% ■, TIm copy filmad hmr» httt b««n raproducad thanks to tha ganorosltv of : : ^-^ ThtUailiiClMmliafiMiiiAnMm ■ v_^^ a^ VMmm UMMMly AraBMN Tha imagas appaarfng hara ar'a tha baat quality posslbia coiiaidaringtha condition and iagibllity of tha original copy and in Icaaping with tha filming contract spacif icntons. 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Later, when He entrusted them with the permanent moral code for the human face, He set the command safe^arding the day at its centre (Ex. 20:S-11), thus showing the significance He attached to it. Then He incorporated the requirement of its observance, in the ceremoiCal law specially intended for the Hebrew people. In the lapse of time the Hebrew people allowed the moral significance of the Sabbath to be overshadowed by the burden- some ceremonial with which they surroimded it. Hence our Lord Uf ted into the place of appropriate emphasis its moral agnificance, as a day of special blessing for all manlcind (Mark 2:27). As .the Lord of the Sabbath (Mark 2:28), He 4>wered it with new richness of meaning and associated its manifold bless- ings with the day that was to bear His own name ever after. (1) By rising froiti the tomb on the first day of the week and bestowing upon men the assurance of completed redemption. By appearing as risen Ho His disciples, at differeiit places, thus opening up a new hope for them (Mark" 16:^11, 12, 13; Matt. 28:8-10; Luke 24;34; Jphn 20:19^3). / (2) :* lA I ■ .1 ■ • •V. (3) By putting upon - the lips of men the enheartening : ; message, ."The Lord is riseh indettd" (Luke 24:34). (4) By bestowing the gift of the Moiy Spirit upon His disciples (John 20:21-2^2/), and first commissionmg them to 'preach the gogpel to all the world (John 20:21, with Mark 16:9-/16), v (6) By iippearing in their mjidst at their [first devotional meeting and bestowing His benediwbh upon them (John 20:19-23). 7 \ Besides, therci is no record of Jesus appearing On the^ following Jewish Sabbath, but on the day after, on the second i^ord's D^y when the disciples were met as on the first, He appeared ih their midst again, to lead Thomas back to faith land to accept, his worship (John 20:26-29). Thus we are shown the importance our Lord attached to His own day from its beginiling, and the place He assigned to it, in the life of His Church. He deliberately passed by the Jewish Sabbath and set this day as the weekly memoriJa of His redemptive mission to the world,, the day to be associated with the worship of Himself, V , Moreover, many believe that ?the descent of \ the Spirit (Acts 2) took place on thfr.Lord's Day, the first day of the eighth week after the Resurrectibn. This is also the tradition of the early Church. The Apostles claimed to have the mind of Christ, land were under the direction of the ftoly Spirit enabling them to under- stand the will of the Master. .What was the effect \of these things upon them? '. 1. They were men of strong Jewish associations, aiid could not easily "drop the Jewish Sabbath out of sight. Biit they observed the Lord's Day with special regard, very early In their ministry. \ 2. About 67 A.D. Paul wrote to the Corinthians! 1^:1-2), the direction which he states he had previou^yl to the Galatians. "Upon the first day of the week let evei of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him."l here taken for granted that the Lord's Day is a day distingi from other days by its religious use, and that it was "^ occasional, but a regular recurring arrangement. 3» About three years later, i.e., A.D. 60, it is eviden^ that the first and not the seventh day of the week was observted as the day of worship. We learn from Acts 20:6-7, that for seven days Paul waited at Troas to meet with the brethren there, on their day of public worship, which would seem to have been of / / / {' '. . V weekly Gccurrehce, and to have just passed when he amvcd. • During the interval the Jewish Sabbath must have passed alsO; yet the fact that no mention .is made of it, shows that.lt Jjas not the day on which Christians met for public worship. Nor should it be overlooked that' at that mectmg Paul preached and the Lord's Supper was observed (verse 7). ^. Thus early in the history of the Christian Church, we tind that the Lord's Day was the time, chosen for (I) a pubUc assembly of the Church, (2) a sermon, (3) the^eelcbration of the Lord's Supper, and. (4) the giving of an ofTerjnR., T",'^^ with prayers (which characterized all gatherings of the discipl(fl|)\ are the essentials of worship and cleariy establish that tttfe V observance of the first, rather than the seventh day of the\ ^■ week, as 'the day of worship, was sanctioned by the condut^^ ,^. of the Apostle Paul; so the permanent and moral obligation of > the Sabbath resting upon all men is distinctly assoaated with the Lord's Day. , ' But as Judaizers in the early Church required eircumcision, ip they insisted on t^c observance of the Jewish ceremonial Sabbath by Christian i converts. Paul met this error in Colos- . sians 2:16-lV, "Let ni man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of V feast day or a hew moon or^a ^^gth day, which are a shadow of things to come; but the h^Mjs Christ's." This appears to be the fulfilment of^HoseaJZll. When theVords are cKamined in the light of Num. 28wF-4, MO. 11-16; L Chron. 23:30-31; U. Chron. 2:4, 8, 13; Neh. 13:33; and Ezek. 45:17, the meaning of the Apostle is unmis- takable. It is that the Jeiirish dispensation including the seventh day Sabbath as a shadow, has given place to the Christian including the Lord's Day. Very clearly the distinctly Jewish characteristics .of thKSabbath have passed away. ^ , So in Galations 4:10^il,\he Apostle writes to the victims of the Judaizing spirit, "Ye^obs^tve days, and months and seasons and years. I am afraid of you lest by any memis I have bestowed labor upon you in vain." They were bound up with ceremonialism. They had not learned that Judaism had served its preparatory purposes. They would bind the yoke of the Jewish ceremonial upon the shoulders of Chn^tians. Therefore, the Apostle, expresses fear leSt the^f have failed to grasp the meaning of the gospel. It is fait to beUeve that this would be . his answer to modem Judaizers who would require the ob^rvance ' of the Jewish ceremonial Sabbath instead of the Lords Day in-the Christian Church.. -■-'■ — -^KCHJ^^^P^- -j ■ ^^ r ■■■ It is to be noted that the gospels refer frequently to the Jewish Sabbath until after the resurrection of Christ. The Acts of the Apostles bring the first day of the week iiito view prominently as a day of worship. Tne Epistles mention the Jewish Sabbath but seldom, and then chieAy to furnish an argument for its abolition. . The Apostles gave no rules for its observaiice. They did not denounce its violation as did the Hebrew prophets, nor did they include the breaking of it in any list of offences. Special importance is to be attached to the fact that in the last, the propnetic 1 book of the New Testament, projecting thought into the future of the Church, the Lord's Day alone is mentioned (Rev. 1:10). It is very significant too that while for "the day of the Lord," we find uniformly "He hemera Kuriou, here we h&yrc Kuriake hemera, an entirely new terrn. The new term coined to expre8$ the thought in this connection obviously indicates that the Lord's Day is toije the day of rest and worship, the Sabbath of the Christian Church. ' It is sometimes urged that there is no specific command requiring the change of days. The answer is, this is not necessary in view of the acts of Christ on the first and second Lord's Days, the Apostles' statement that the distinctly Jewish Sabbath has passed away with the Jewish Ceremonial, and the frequent mention of the first day of the week observed as a day of worship with the sanction of the Apostles who were taught and directed by thjB Holy Spirit. It is upon this grou<»d that the greater part pt the New Testament is accepted as true, directive and obligr atory. 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