J. N. Andrews
The history of the Sabbath embraces a period of over 6,000 years. From Creation, the Lord designated the seventh day as the Sabbath. His example as our Creator, His blessing placed upon that day, and His sanctification or divine appointment of that day for holy use have not changed. The Sabbath dates from the beginning of our world's history.
As a Bible scholar and theologian of amazing depth, J. N. Andrews presents the continuity of the Bible from Creation throughout Bible history, and continues on through secular history to his own day, showing that there have always been faithful followers of God who have kept the seventh day as God's holy Sabbath. He also shows the historical evidence for the process through which Sunday has usurped the place of the Sabbath.
Paper, 548 pages.
Chapters:
Part I -- Bible History
I. In the Beginning -- The Creation
II. The Institution of the Sabbath
III. The Sabbath Committed to the Hebrews
IV. The Fourth Commandment
V. The Sabbath Written by the Finger of God
VI. The Sabbath During the Day of Temptation
VII. The Feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths of the Hebrews
VIII. The Sabbath From David to Nehemiah
IX. The Sabbath From Nehemiah to Christ
X. The Sabbath in the Time of Christ
XI. The Sabbath During the Ministry of the Apostles
Part II -- Secular History
XII. Early Apostasy in the Church
XIII. The Sunday Lord's Day Not Traceable to the Apostles
XIV. The First Witnesses for Sunday
XV. Examination of a Famous Falsehood
XVI. Origin of First-day Observance
XVII. The Nature of Early First-day Observance
XVIII. The Sabbath in the Record of the Early Fathers
XIX. The Sabbath and First-day During the First Five Centuries
XX. Sunday During the Dark Ages
XXI. Traces of the Sabbath During the Dark Ages
XXII. Position of the Reformers Concerning the Sabbath and First-day
XXIII. Luther and Carlstadt
XXIV. Sabbath Keepers in the Sixteenth Century
XXV. How and When Sunday Appropriated the Fourth Commandment
XXVI. English Sabbath Keepers
XXVII The Sabbath in America
(Extensive references are given.)
