Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 1 of 2)Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 1 of 2)
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Latter Day Saint churches
"It is impossible for all to keep the Sabbath day at the very same
time all over the globe. If all the people lived on one longitude
or meridian they could keep it at the same time, but as they
are now scattered around the globe, there is a great difference
in time. For instance, children went to Sunday School in New
Zealand yesterday at half past two o'clock. It was Saturday to us;
[President Lund made these remarks on Sunday forenoon.] it was
ten o'clock Sunday morning to them. The children on the Hawaiian
Islands will go to Sunday School about one o'clock today, and it
will be ten o'clock then for them. Thus, at a given time it may be
Sunday for one set of people and Saturday for people in another
place. The teachers in the Hawaiian Sunday School might say today
to the children, 'Your brethren in New Zealand met yesterday,
when it was twelve o'clock here, in their Sunday School,' and
the children would likely say, 'Why, they have Sunday School on
a Saturday!' The line which divides the time, or which indicates
where day begins, is an arbitrary one made by men for the sake of
convenience. It is located the very best place that it could be,
because there are very few inhabitants that the line will strike.
It passes over the Pacific Ocean, and in order that no island
shall have Saturday on one side and Sunday on the other, they have
turned the line around the groups in the Pacific Ocean, so that
those pertaining to the same country, under the same government,
may have the same day; but this is all an arbitrary arrangement.
If, then, the Lord accepted the devotions of those who worshiped
Him yesterday, calling the day Sunday, and accepts the worship of
those living a short distance eastward who call today Sunday, the
important question seems to be, not so much the exact time as the
fact that one day in every seven is set apart to be a day of rest."]
II.
Anglican Orders.--Decision of Leo XIII Considered.--The Protestant
Dilemma.[A]
[Footnote A: This article was offered to the press of Cincinnati,
Ohio, soon after Leo XIII promulgated his decision on the subject of
Anglican orders, when the discussion of the subject was at its height,
and declined by them, for reasons obvious to the Latter-day Saints. It
subsequently appeared in the _Deseret News_ of November 7th, 1896.]
_A Consideration of the Question of Divine Authority._
_Preliminary Statement._
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