I love the blush of vernal bloom, When morning gilds night's sullen tear: And dear to me the mournful gloom Of Autumn--Sabbath of the year; But purer pleasures, joys sublime, Await the dawn of holy time. Hushed is the tumult of the day, And worldly cares, and business cease. While soft the vesper breezes play To hymn the glad return of peace; O season blest! O moments given, To turn the vagrant thoughts to Heaven. What though involved in lurid sight, The loveliest forms in nature fade, Yet mid the gloom shall heavenly light With joy the contrite heart pervade; O thou, great source of light divine, With beams etherial gladden mine. Oft as this hallowed hour shall come, O raise my thoughts from earthly things, And bear them to my heavenly home, On living faith's immortal wings-- Till the last gleam of life decay In one eternal Sabbath Day!" No. 3. THE SABBATH: AUTHORITY FOR THE CHANGE OF THE DAY. It being clear from the Scriptures, that the seventh day was instituted by divine authority for a weekly Sabbath, and religiously regarded throughout the times of the Old Testament, those who now relinquish its observance, and keep the first day of the week, take the ground that the Sabbath was either abrogated and a new institution introduced in its room, or that the time of its observance was changed from the seventh to the first day of the week, in commemoration of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. To be consistent with themselves, therefore, they are bound to evince one or the other of these positions. The burden of proof evidently lies on their part. For unless it can be shown, that the fourth commandment, which requires the sanctification of the seventh day, has been abolished, or amended by the substitution of the first for the seventh day of the week, it is clear that the original appointment remains obligatory and is now binding on the entire human family. And to substantiate either of these points, the proof must be clear and decisive. It will not do to rest upon doubtful deductions. We have an unquestionable right to demand that divine warrant, in either case, which pertained to the institution as originally delivered. We will therefore first examine the proofs adduced in favor of the abrogation of the former weekly Sabbath and the introduction of a new institution. * * * * * To sustain this position, the broad ground is taken by some, that the Decalogue itself, in which the law of the Sabbath is contained, was abrogated; and that, under the new dispensation, no part of it is binding but what is newly enjoined or expressly recognized, either by Christ or his Apostles.