INDEX OF POINTS DISCUSSED.
- PART FIRST:
- ELD. LITTLEJOHN’S ARTICLES IN THE STATESMAN.
- ARTICLE ONE.
- Tendency toward Sabbath Discussion, 5
- Various Views concerning Reform, 6
- Inquiry as to Proper Action, 13
- ARTICLE TWO.
- Religious View of Sabbath Reform, 16
- Sabbath Commandment, 19
- Has this Law been Changed? 22
- ARTICLE THREE.
- Reasons for Sunday Observance Examined, 28
- The Resurrection, 30
- Example of Christ, 32
- ARTICLE FOUR.
- Texts on First Day of the Week, 36
- They do Not Prove its Sacredness, 39
- The Meeting of John 20:19, Considered, 42
- ARTICLE FIVE.
- John 20:26, Examined, 48
- Act of Worship does Not Consecrate the Day, 50
- 1 Cor. 16:2, Examined, 54
- ARTICLE SIX.
- Acts 20:7, Examined, 57
- Acts 2:1, Considered, 63
- Pentecost Not First Day, but Fiftieth Day, 64
- Rev. 1:10, Examined, 66
- Proposed Amendment of the Constitution Not in Harmony with Bible Truth, 68
- ARTICLE SEVEN.
- Bible View of the Sabbath, 71
- The Law Changed by the Catholic Power, 76
- Position of Seventh-day Adventists, 79
- Proposed Amendment Dangerous to our Liberties, 83
- PART SECOND:
- REPLIES AND REJOINDERS.
- REPLY ONE.
- Seventh-day Sabbatarianism and the Christian Amendment, 87
- Supposed Action of Missionaries, 89
- The Proposed Amendment Expresses only Fundamental Principles, 91
- FIRST REJOINDER.
- Amendment Not Related merely to Principles, but to Sunday in Particular, 96
- Supposition of Missionary Action Examined, 103
- REPLY TWO.
- The Seventh Day Not Observed by the Early Christian Church, 107
- Examination of New-Testament Proofs, 108
- SECOND REJOINDER.
- Our Common Ground, 116
- The Seventh Day, only, the Sabbath in the New Testament, 119
- No Effort Has been Made to Place Sunday upon Precept, 124
- Consideration of Col. 2:14-17, 125
- Rom. 14:5, Examined, 129
- Survey of the Ground Passed Over, 131
- REPLY THREE.
- Testimony of the Gospels for the First-day Sabbath, 133
- Resurrection of Christ, 134
- John 20, 136
- THIRD REJOINDER.
- No Evidence of First-day Sacredness, 140
- The Gospels do Not Call First Day the Sabbath, 150
- REPLY FOUR.
- Argument for the First-day Sabbath from the Gift of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, 154
- Authors Differing Concerning the Day of the week, 155
- Argument for the First Day, 156
- FOURTH REJOINDER.
- Value of Testimony—First-day Keepers Witnessing that Pentecost Fell on the Sabbath, 163
- No Reason Stated, nor Commandment Found, for First-day Sabbath, 172
- REPLY FIVE.
- First-day Sabbath at Troas, 177
- The Reckoning of Time Considered, 179
- FIFTH REJOINDER.
- No Custom Found in Acts 20, 183
- Argument for Change of Time Considered, 191
- Evidence of Acts 20 Favorable to the Sabbath, 201
- REPLY SIX.
- Testimony of Paul and John to the First-day Sabbath, 202
- Examination of 1 Cor. 16:2, 203
- Of Rev. 1:10, 205
- SIXTH REJOINDER.
- 1 Cor. 16:2, 207
- —Testimony of J. W. Morton, 207
- —Concession of Albert Barnes, 209
- —Paul’s Plan of Systematic Beneficence, 211
- —Devotion at Home, 214
- Rev. 1:10, 219
- —The Sabbath is the Lord’s Day, 220
- —Christ Lord of the Sabbath, 221
- —No Proof Given that First Day is the Lord’s Day, 222
- REPLY SEVEN.
- Testimony of the Early Fathers to the First-day Sabbath, 225
- Testimony of Ignatius, 225
- Errors of Dr. Dwight, etc., Corrected, 227
- Barnabas and Justin Martyr, 228
- Dionysius, 229
- Pliny, 230
- SEVENTH REJOINDER.
- Value of Traditional Testimony, 231
- Ignatius, 235
- Barnabas, 239
- Justin Martyr, 243
- What Justin Martyr Believed, 246
- Dionysius, Melito, Pliny, 250
- Deficiency of Testimony for First-day as a Sabbath, 253
- REPLY EIGHT.
- Patristic Testimony to the First-day Sabbath, 254
- Irenæus, 254
- Errors of Dr. Dwight and Others in Quoting this Father, 256
- Tertullian, Origen, Cyprian, 257
- EIGHTH REJOINDER.
- The Apostasy, 261
- Testimony of Irenæus, 262
- Of Tertullian, 267
- Of Origen, 273
- Of Cyprian, 276
- Summary View of the Case, 277
- REPLY NINE.
- Theories of the Christian Sabbath, 280
- Claim of an Unwarranted Change of the Sabbath Considered, 284
- NINTH REJOINDER.
- No Advance Ground Taken, 287
- Harmony of Sabbath Law and Sacred History, 289
- Roman Apostasy and Change of Sabbath, 293
- Seventh-day Sabbath in the Early Church, 296
- Testimony of Romanists, 304
- REPLY TEN.
- The Principle as to Time in Sabbath Observance, 313
- One Day in Seven, not the Seventh Day, Required, 313
- Difficulties of Keeping Definite Day, 314
- TENTH REJOINDER.
- Inconsistency of the Statesman’s Positions, 321
- No-Definite-Day Argument Fatal to First Day, and to any Sabbath, 325
- Inconsistency of his Position on Necessity of Legislation, 326
- Difficulties of Sabbath-Keeping Considered, 329
- Absurdity of the Theory of an Indefinite Day, 333
- Definite Time Around the World, 339
- Summary, 348
- REPLY ELEVEN.
- The True Theory of the Christian Sabbath, 351
- First Day of the Week the True Christian Sabbath, 351
- A Memorial of Redemption, 353
- ELEVENTH REJOINDER.
- Inconsistency of the Replies, 355
- No Amendment of Sabbath Law Produced, 356
- A Gospel Memorial of the Resurrection, 367
- Sabbath Keeping Involves Sacrifice, 369
- Summary of Evidence for the Sabbath, 371
- The Commandment, or Tradition? 374
- Conclusion, 377