he News Interpreted
By the Editor
‘THE LORD'S DAY”
IN A RECENT issue of the syndicated
column of “Answers to Questions,” in
The Nashville Tennessean, the Haskin
Service carried the following item:
“Q). Does the term Lord’s day in refer-
ence to the Sabbath occur anywhere in
the New Testament? D. R. A.
“A. The expression occurs only in
Revelation 1:10, and even there is of
doubtful interpretation.”
Some have applied the passage of
Revelation 1: 10 to the first day of the
week, although no particular day of the
week is specified by number in the text.
They do this by citing the fact that a few
ecclesiastical writers of the late second
and early third centuries use the expres-
sion “‘Lord’s day” as a denomination for
the first day of the week. John wrote the
Revelation about a. p. 906.
But it is illogical to appeal to a future
and non-existent usage for determining
what day of the week was designated by
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John in Revelation 1:10. The logical
thing to do is to appeal to other New
Testament texts for light on the passage
under consideration.
Christ Himself has given us a clear
solution to the problem. In the presence
of both His friends and His enemies He
said: “For the Son of man is Lord even
of the Sabbath day.” Matthew 12: 8.
And two other New Testament writers
took note of this statement by Jesus.
(Mark 2: 28; Luke 6: 5.) Therefore, the
Sabbath is the Lord’s day.
Christ’s declaration conforms exactly
to the fourth commandment of the
Decalogue, wherein God says: “The
seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord
thy God.” Exodus 20: 8-11. And speak-
ing of the Sabbath, the seventh day, God
calls it, “My holy day.” Isaiah 58: 13,
14. Because the expression “‘Lord’s day”
is never applied at any time to the first
day of the week by Bible writers, there is
no other conclusion to reach but that the
seventh-day Sabbath is the Lord’s dav.
This picture reminds us that on November 11,
1918, the Armistice of World War I was signed.
It shows General De Gaulle laying a wreath at the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery, on the occasion of the French
hero’s recent visit to the United States. Now that
Paris has been liberated, the French can lay a
wreath at the tomb of France’s Unknown Soldier
on this November 11.
PLANNING THE FUTURE 0.
AMERICA WITH BOOZE
THAT great American newspaper 7 he
New York Times (July 22, 1944), whose
slogan is “All the News That's Fit to
Print,” has published an item that ought
to make every man and woman of voting
age in this country open his eyes and
think before he acts.
It is a special news report sent frone
Chicago on July 21, while the Demo-
cratic Party was holding its national con-
vention. The item says:
“The Democrats drank 125,000 bottles
of ‘pop’ throughout the convention, and
averaged 40,000 bottles of beer yesterday
and today. Hard liquor consumption at
Stadium bars tripled anything recorded
at any previous national convention of
either major party. Itcame to 300 quarts
of bourbon, rye, and scotch.”
While we remember that it was the
Democratic Party that repealed the na-
(Continued on page 9)
VorLume LIIT - - - - NuMBER 12
November, 1944
RoserT LEO ODOM, Editor
R. E. Crawrorbd, Circulation Manager
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