Abram Herbert Lewis - Spiritual Sabbathism

21 8 SPIRITUAL SABBATHISM
companions traveled all the next day, If, to
avoid this dilemma, the Roman reckoning be supposed,
then the main item of the meeting, vis.,
the "breaking of bread," took place after midnight,
and hence on the second day of the week.
The time when this meeting was held is thus
given by Conybeare and Howson: Life of
St. Paul.
In all the Epistles of the New Testament there
is but one/ mention of Sunday. "Now concerning
the collection for the saints, as I gave order
to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye. Upon
the first day of the week, let each one of you lay
by him in store as he may prosper, that no collections
be made when I come?." i Cor. xvi, i, 2.
This is claimed by some as an order for a
public collection and hence indicative of a public
meeting on that day. There is abundant
evidence to the contrary from scholars of repute.
Meyer says. Trap' iavrw Ti.6eT(o can not refer to the
laying down of money in the assembly. His
translation is, "Let him lay up in store at home
whatever he succeeds in," i. e., if he has success
in anything, let him lay it up, i. e., "what he has
gained thereby, in order that gatherings be not
made when I shall come." Comments on i Cor.
xvi, I.
No translation has been made, or can be made,
which indicates this as a public collection.
And this is all the New Testament says about
Sunday.
p. 145. The Lord's Day in the New Testament.
In addition to the foregoing direct references
to Sunday, it is claimed that Revelation i, 10
refers to Sunday as the Lord's day in the following
words: