History Of The Sabbath

Table Of Contents:

PART I – BIBLE HISTORY
CHAPTER I
IN THE BEGINNING–THE CREATION
CHAPTER II
THE INSTITUTION OF THE SABBATH
CHAPTER III
THE SABBATH COMMITTED TO THE HEBREWS
CHAPTER IV
THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT
CHAPTER V
THE SABBATH WRITTEN BY THE FINGER OF GOD
CHAPTER VI
THE SABBATH DURING THE DAY OF TEMPTATION
CHAPTER VII
THE FEASTS, NEW MOONS, AND SABBATHS OF THE HEBREWS
CHAPTER VIII
THE SABBATH FROM DAVID TO NEHEMIAH
CHAPTER IX
THE SABBATH FROM NEHEMIAH TO CHRIST
CHAPTER X
THE SABBATH IN THE TIME OF CHRIST
CHAPTER XI
THE SABBATH DURING THE MINISTRY OF THE APOSTLE
PART II – SECULAR HISTORY
CHAPTER XII
EARLY APOSTASY IN THE CHURCH
CHAPTER XIII
THE SUNDAY LORD’S DAY NOT TRACEABLE TO THE APOSTLES
CHAPTER XIV
THE FIRST WITNESSES FOR SUNDAY
CHAPTER XV
EXAMINATION OF A FAMOUS FALSEHOOD
CHAPTER XVI
ORIGIN OF FIRST-DAY OBSERVANCE
CHAPTER XVII
THE NATURE OF EARLY FIRST-DAY OBSERVANCE
CHAPTER XVIII
THE SABATH IN THE RECORD OF THE EARLY FATHERS
CHAPTER XIX
THE SABBATH AND FIRST-DAY DURING THE FIRST FIVE CENTURIES
CHAPTER XX
SUNDAY DURING THE DARK AGES
CHAPTER XXI
TRACES OF THE SABBATH DURING THE DARK AGES
CHAPTER XXII
POSITION OF THE REFORMERS CONCERNING THE SABBATH AND FIRST-DAY
CHAPTER XXIII
LUTHER AND CARLSTADT
CHAPTER XXIV
SABBATH-KEEPERS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER XXV
HOW AND WHEN SUNDAY APPROPRIATED THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT
CHAPTER XXVI
ENGLISH SABBATH-KEEPERS
CHAPTER SSVII
THE SABBATH IN AMERICA
APPENDIX
Index Of Authors Quoted
Index Of Scriptures
Index Of Subjects

Additional Info
The history of the Sabbath embraces a period of 6,000 years. The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord. The acts which constituted it such were, first, the examples of the Creator; secondly, His placing His blessing upon the day; and thirdly, the sanctification or diving appointment of the day to a holy use. The Sabbath, therefore, dates from the beginning of our world’s history.
It is the object of this volume to note the record of the Sabbath in secular history and show the several steps by which the Sunday festival has usurped the place of this ancient Sabbath