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Christian Church Quotes about the Sabbath

I do not believe that the Lord's day came in the room of the Jewish Sabbath, or that the Sabbath was changed from the seventh to the first day, for this plain reason, where there is no testimony, there can be no faith. Now there is no testimony in all the oracles of heaven that the Sabbath is changed, or that the Lord’s Day came in the room of it.

—Alexander Campbell, in The Reporter, October 8, 1921

It has reversed the fourth commandment by doing away with the Sabbath of God's Word, and instituting Sunday as a holiday.

—Dr. N. Summerbell, History of the Christian Church, Third Edition, p. 415

There is no direct scriptural authority for designating the first day the Lord's day.

—Dr. D. H. Lucas, Christian Oracle, Jan. 23, 1890.

The first day of the week is commonly called the Sabbath. This is a mistake. The Sabbath of the Bible was the day just preceding the first day of the week. The first day of the week is never called the Sabbath anywhere in the entire Scriptures. It is also an error to talk about the change of the Sabbath. There never was any change of the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. There is not in any place in the Bible any intimation of such a change.

—First-Day Observance, pp. 17, 19.