In the absence of all direct _scriptural evidence_ to sustain the assumption, that the first day of the week is the "_resurrection day_;" and in the absence of all such evidence, that the Lord designed to elevate the first day of the week to the special regard of the Christian Church, and confer upon it the sacredness of the ancient Sabbath; would we not, at least, have some intimation of it in the writings of the prophets, in which all the important circumstances of the Redeemer's life and mission are foreshadowed? Where, reader, will you find any thing in them that predicts any _change_ of the _holy Sabbath_ to the _resurrection day_? If found, let it be adduced. The Sabbath is a standing monument against _Atheism_, for all ages, declaring the workmanship of God; yet some _assume_, that as _redemption_ is a greater work, and a more important work, than the _creation_ of the universe and the living _souls_ which inhabit all the spheres, therefore the _resurrection day_ ought to be honored as the _rest-day_. Has not the _Lord_ the right to determine this matter? If HE deemed it important that the _resurrection day_ be thus distinguished, would HE not have _declared it_, expressly, unto us? Would HE have left us to _infer_ it? Can we, will we, be justified in casting aside the _explicit_ command of the Most High, in this matter, to substitute our _fancied_ day of greater _importance_ than the one the _Almighty_ has _ordained_? "Wherefore kick ye at _my_ sacrifice and at _mine_ offering, which I have commanded?" 1 Sam. 2:29. "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks." Acts 9:5. If, then, there is no evidence in the Scriptures, that the _first day of the week_ is the "_resurrection day_," (which, even if satisfactorily established, would not invalidate our position, nor entitle it to supersede the holy Sabbath); and, more particularly, if there is no evidence in the Inspired Volume, that the term "Lord's day" is intended to designate the _first day of the week_; we are reduced, by every principle of reasoning, to regard the _seventh day_--the Heaven-heralded Sabbath--as the only "Lord's day," the only "rest-day," sanctified and hallowed by the Almighty as holy time.