Some of you have no doubt been asking yourselves how did the Christian Sunday arise? Why did we not continue to observe the Jewish Sabbath or seventh day? Why did the early Church break away from the old custom? Are not our Sunday and the Jewish Sabbath the same in spirit and purpose? Now the interesting fact is that when we come to compare the two we find that there are many differences between them. And the differences help us to understand why the change was necessary. They are alike in that, both are religious festivals; both occur once in seven days; but on the other hand they differ in that, their origin is different; they are' kept on separate days; they are kept in a different manner, and they commemorate different things, Our Lord kept the Sabbath, and so no doubt did all His disciples, But even in New Testament times we find the Sabbath giving way to the new festival—the Lord's Day. The first day of the Week—the day of the resurrection.
At first no doubt both days were kept by the devout Jewish Christians. The Apostles made no haste to break away from the ancient traditions and customs of their fathers, They did not promulgate a new law abolishing ihe old. They permitted the old law to be displaced and superseded gradu-
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