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History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week - John N. Andrews

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keep my <strong>Sabbath</strong>s, <strong>and</strong> reverence my sanctuary: I<br />

am <strong>the</strong> Lord." (Lev. 26:1, 2)<br />

Happy would it have been for <strong>the</strong> people <strong>of</strong><br />

God had <strong>the</strong>y thus refrained from idolatry <strong>and</strong><br />

sacredly regarded <strong>the</strong> rest-day <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Creator. Yet<br />

idolatry <strong>and</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong>-breaking were so general in<br />

<strong>the</strong> wilderness that <strong>the</strong> generation which came forth<br />

from Egypt were excluded from <strong>the</strong> Promised<br />

L<strong>and</strong>. (Eze. 20:15, 16) After God had thus cut <strong>of</strong>f<br />

from <strong>the</strong> inheritance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> l<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> men who had<br />

rebelled against him, (Num. 13; 14) we next read<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong> as follows:--<br />

"And while <strong>the</strong> children <strong>of</strong> Israel were in <strong>the</strong><br />

wilderness, <strong>the</strong>y found a man that ga<strong>the</strong>red sticks<br />

upon <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong> day. And <strong>the</strong>y that found him<br />

ga<strong>the</strong>ring sticks brought him unto Moses <strong>and</strong><br />

Aaron, <strong>and</strong> unto all <strong>the</strong> congregation. And <strong>the</strong>y put<br />

him inward, because it was not declared what<br />

should be done to him. And <strong>the</strong> Lord said unto<br />

Moses, The man shall be surely put to death; all <strong>the</strong><br />

congregation shall stone him with stones without<br />

<strong>the</strong> camp. And all <strong>the</strong> congregation brought him<br />

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