THE OBLIGATION OF THE SABBATH. 



[FROM THE "CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE."]* 



REPLY TO "W. B. T/' 



Messrs. Editors: — 



I REGRET sincerely that I have not the leisure to meet 

 the request of your correspondent, and examine the "Six 

 Anti-sabbatarian Propositions'' of "W. B. T/' as fully as I 

 could wish ; nevertheless, the practical moment and gravity of 

 the occasion, the publicity and plausibility of the attack upon 

 the obligation of the Sabbath, and the triumphant tone of the 

 assailant, impel me to offer a few remarks. 



The writer says, '^ the six following propositions may be 

 confidently announced as incapable of refutation, and challeng- 

 ing dispute :" — 



First. — "There is one, and only one weekly Sabbath, en- 

 joined, described, or in the remotest manner alluded to, in the 

 whole Bible, whether Hebrew or Christian — the Saturday 

 Sabbath. 'The seventh day is the Sabbath.' No other day is 

 so designated; no other day can be the Bible Sabbath. — 

 {Exod. XX. 11.)" 



Nowlventure to aflSrm that, in this First Proposition, "W. 



* The Discussion has been revised, and somewhat amplified — 

 chiefly by the addition of illustrative notes. The " Third Reply" of 

 W. B. T. has been entirely added. 

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