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

11:23-26) The act of breaking bread therefore upon
the first day of the week, is not a commemoration
of Christ's resurrection. 4. That as the breaking of
bread commemorates our Lord's crucifixion, and
was instituted on the evening with which the
crucifixion day began, on which occasion Jesus
himself and all the apostles were present, (Acts
2:42-46) it is evident that the day of the crucifixion
presents greater claims to the celebration of this
ordinance than does the day of the resurrection. 5.
But as our Lord designated no day for this
ordinance, and as the apostolic church at Jerusalem
are recorded to have celebrated it daily, it is
evidently presumption to argue the change of the
Sabbath from a single instance of its celebration
upon the first day of the week. 6. That this instance
of breaking bread upon first-day, was with evident
reference to the immediate and final departure of
Paul. 7. For it is a remarkable fact that this, the
only instance of a religious meeting on the first day
recorded in the New Testament, was a night
meeting. This is proved by the fact that many lights
were burning in that assembly, and that Paul
preached till midnight. 8. And from this fact
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