The Constitutional Amendment: or, The Sunday, the Sabbath, the Change, and Restitution: A discussion between W. H. Littlejohn, Seventh-day Adventist, and the editor of the Christian StatesmanLittlejohn, Wolcott H.
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The Constitutional Amendment: or, The Sunday, the Sabbath, the Change, and Restitution: A discussion between W. H. Littlejohn, Seventh-day Adventist, and the editor of the Christian Statesman
Littlejohn, Wolcott H.
Sabbath; Seventh-Day Adventists -- Doctrinal and controversial works; Sunday; Sunday legislation -- United States
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
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