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be observed that neither they nor we ourselves apply the proper 

 term to this sacred day, for sacred it is : its sacred character is 

 sanctioned and established both by the laws of the Church and 

 the laws of the land. Yet it is not the Sabbath, which is still 

 observed by our Jewish brethren, and which is equivalent to our 

 Saturday: its proper Christian name is the Lord's day. Sun- 

 day is its heathen name, the name by which it was known before 

 the introduction of Christianity. It is to be feared that, as its 

 proper name is now disused both by the Sabbatarians and by their 

 antagonists, so its proper nature and purpose are also misap- 

 prehended. Sed non nostrum est tantas componere lites : " we 

 will not judge between the contending parties." 



