176 OBLIGATIOX OF TUE SABBATH. 



The day of the Rc^urrection— the Christian Sabbath. 



2. It is the Resurrection of tJie Son of God to immortal 

 life in Heaven. It is for tbis reason the day is beautifully 

 called His Birthdav. {Ps. ii. 7.) '^I will declare the decreej 

 the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; fhis day have 

 Ihegotten thee.'" Shall the kings of the earth command their 

 birthdays to be observed by their subjects, and not the King 

 of Zion ? Well might John Bunyan say : '' Shall Ood as 

 witli his finger point^ and that in the face of the world, at this 

 day, saying, Thou art my Son, tliis day, kc, and shall not 

 Christians fear, and awake from their employments, to worship 

 the Lord on this day ? If God remembers it, well may I ! 

 If God says, and that with all gladness of heart, Thou art my 

 Son, tbis day have I begotten thee I may not, ought not, I 

 also to set this day apart to sing the songs of my redemption 

 in? This day my redemption was finished. This day my 

 dear Jesus revived. This day He was declared to be the Son 

 of God with power. ' This day — after this day was come, 

 God never, that we read of, made mention with delight of the 

 old seventh-day Sabbath more." 



3. It is the Eesurrection of the Lord of Angds. Hence 

 the day was honored by their adoration. " Again, when He 

 bringe th in the first begotten into f he icorJd [_{. e. by raising 

 Him from the dead], He saith, and let all the angels of God 

 worship him." {Hth. i. 6.) And shall not men, as well as 

 angels, worship him too ? *' Kiss [i. c. adore] the Son, lest 

 He be angry, and ye perish from the way when His wrath is 

 kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that pat their trust 

 in Him." {Ps. ii. 12.) 



4. It is the Resurrection of tlie Head of the Church. And 

 hence the day consecrated by this glorious event is given us 

 for OUT weekly Christian Festival. {Ps. cxviii. 24.) W. B. T. 

 indeed objects to my interpretation of this passage on two 

 grounds: 1. That a day of Christian worship is not equivalent 

 to a Sahbath. 2. That the text proves only the establishment 

 of a new era of joy, not of a new iceekly festival founded on 



