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No connection whatever between the Resurrection, and the Sabbath. 



tain such a connection ? It seems incredible. The wliole 

 narrative contains neither precept nor example for any "observ- 

 ance'' whatever ! " The tliinff' is not here ! And yet J. N. 

 B. thinks " My friend W. B. T. makes very light of this 

 branch of the evidence. The texts referred to by me are dis- 

 posed of ^ summarily' indeed V He adds : " I am not surprised 

 at this. It is clear that he has not studied the facts closely, 

 so as to perceive their force as connected linls in a cJiaiii of 

 circumstantial evidence — practically and irresistibly confirming 

 the fact of such a change, as I have proved by otlier evidence 

 [!] already." {p. 183.) That is, I presume, '' from the nature 

 of the case V 



And what is the force of these texts " as connected links ?'* 

 Why, that the first day of the week was Resurrection-day, in 

 consequence of which Jesus paid repeated visits to his disciples 

 on " the same day.'^ And will it be asserted that this has 

 anything to do with the duty either of loorhing or of resting 

 from work ? Will my friend confirm the charge of " verbal 

 trifling'^ by venturing to intimate that " Resurrection-day" is 

 but anotlier name for " Sabbath-day ?" I fear he cannot escape 

 it. The miracle, he tells us {jp. 175), ^' fixes the first day of 

 the week — as the Scdjhath of the Christian Dispensation/' be- 

 cause, ^'1. It is the Resurrection of ' the Lord of the Sah- 

 hath: '' " 2. It is the Resurrection of the Son of God." 

 ^'S. It is the Resurrection of the Lord of Angels.'' "4. It 

 is the Resurrection of the Head of the ChurchJ' Well, and 

 what possible connection is there between the resurrection of 

 all these characters, and the fourth commandmeut ?* Does 



* The followiBg remarkable assertion occurs in pakt i. of my 

 friend's Reply (/?. 167) : "When the Messiah came out of that nation, 

 to complete the great work of human redemption by his own death and 

 resurrection, a still higher dignity was conferred upon the weekly 

 Sabbath by connecting it with the memory of that grand event!" 



Can my friend's utmost stretch of ingenuity discover in what way 

 " the weekly Sabbath" is connected with either the "death or the 

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