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

Preface
The history of the Sabbath embraces the period
of 6000 years. The seventh day is the Sabbath of
the Lord. The acts which constituted it such were,
first, the example of the Creator; secondly, his
placing his blessing upon the day; and thirdly, the
sanctification or divine appointment of the day to a
holy use. The Sabbath, therefore, dates from the
beginning of our world's history. The first who
Sabbatized on the seventh day is God the Creator;
and the first seventh day of time is the day which
he thus honored. The highest of all possible honors
does, therefore, pertain to the seventh day. Nor is
this honor confined to the first seventh day of time;
for so soon as God had rested upon that day, he
appointed the seventh day to a holy use, that man
might hallow it in memory of his Creator.
This divine appointment grows out of the
nature and fitness of things, and must have been
made directly to Adam, for himself and wife were
then the only beings who had the days of the week
to use. As it was addressed to Adam while yet in
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