Such being the record of the seventh day, it may well be asked, How came it to pass that this day has been abased to the dust, and another day elevated to its sacred honors? The Scriptures nowhere attribute this work to the Son of God. They do, however, predict the great apostasy in the Christian church, and that the little horn, or man of sin, the lawless one, should think to change times and laws. It is the object of the present volume to show, 1. The Bible record of the Sabbath; 2. The record of the Sabbath in secular history; 3. The record of the Sunday festival, and of the several steps by which it has usurped the place of the ancient Sabbath. The writer has attempted to ascertain the exact truth in the case by consulting the original authorities as far as it has been possible to gain access to them. The margin will show to whom he is mainly indebted for the facts presented in this work, though it indicates only a very small part of the works consulted. He has given the exact words of the historians, and has endeavored, conscientiously, to present them in such a light as to do justice to the authors quoted. It is not the fault of the writer that the history of the Sunday festival presents such an array of frauds and of iniquities in its support. These are, in the nature of the case, essential to its very existence, for the claim of a usurper is necessarily based in fraud. The responsibility for these rests with those who dare commit or uphold such acts. The ancient Sabbath of the Lord has never needed help of this kind, and never has its record been stained by fraud or falsehood. J. N. A. _Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 14, 1873._ CONTENTS PART I.—BIBLE HISTORY. PAGES. CHAPTER I. THE CREATION, 9-13 CHAPTER II. THE INSTITUTION OF THE SABBATH, 13-32 CHAPTER III. THE SABBATH COMMITTED TO THE HEBREWS, 33-44 CHAPTER IV. THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT, 44-50 CHAPTER V. THE SABBATH WRITTEN BY THE FINGER OF GOD, 51-64 CHAPTER VI. THE SABBATH DURING THE DAY OF TEMPTATION, 64-82 CHAPTER VII. THE FEASTS, NEW MOONS, AND SABBATHS, OF THE HEBREWS, 82-92 CHAPTER VIII. THE SABBATH FROM DAVID TO NEHEMIAH, 92-109 CHAPTER IX. THE SABBATH FROM NEHEMIAH TO CHRIST, 109-114 CHAPTER X.