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

thus squarely contradicts his own language already
quoted. Thus he comments on this text:--
"Lay by him in store; AT HOME. That there be
no gatherings; that their gifts might be ready when
the apostle should come."[8]
Thus even Dr. Edwards confesses that the idea
of a public collection is not found in this scripture.
On the contrary, it appears that each individual, in
obedience to this precept, would, at the opening of
each new week, be found AT HOME laying aside
something for the cause of God, according as his
worldly affairs would warrant. The change of the
Sabbath, as proved by this text, rests wholly upon
an idea which Dr. Edwards confesses is not found
in it. We have seen that the church at Corinth was a
Sabbath-keeping church. It is evident that the
change of the Sabbath could never have been
suggested to them by this text.
This is the only scripture in which Paul even
mentions the first day of the week. It was written
nearly thirty years after the alleged change of the
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