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

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unto his worldly business on <strong>the</strong> Lord’s <strong>Day</strong>, after<br />

<strong>the</strong> congregation was dismissed."[67]<br />

St. Jerome, a few years after this, at <strong>the</strong><br />

opening <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fifth century, in his commendation<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lady Paula, shows his own opinion <strong>of</strong><br />

Sunday labor. Thus he says:--<br />

"Paula, with <strong>the</strong> women, as soon as <strong>the</strong>y<br />

returned home on <strong>the</strong> Lord’s <strong>Day</strong>, <strong>the</strong>y sat down<br />

severally to <strong>the</strong>ir work, <strong>and</strong> made clo<strong>the</strong>s for<br />

<strong>the</strong>mselves <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs."[68]<br />

Morer justifies this Sunday labor in <strong>the</strong><br />

following terms:<br />

"If we read <strong>the</strong>y did any work on <strong>the</strong> Lord’s<br />

<strong>Day</strong>, it is to be remembered that this application to<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir daily tasks was not till <strong>the</strong>ir worship was quite<br />

over, when <strong>the</strong>y might with innocency enough<br />

resume <strong>the</strong>m, because <strong>the</strong> length <strong>of</strong> time or <strong>the</strong><br />

number <strong>of</strong> hours assigned for piety was not <strong>the</strong>n so<br />

well explained as in after ages. The state <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

church is vastly different from what it was in those<br />

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