ON THE SEVENTH DAY
Sir,-Your correspondent P. J, Alley takes too much for granted. Apart altogether from the question of whether man has "emerged from a lower intelligence," which is only guesswork anyway, he will surely admit that man has come quite a distance. since prehistoric man first observed a day of rest. There was, for example, a highly educated man named Moses, whom both Jews and Christians agree to have had something to do with instituting a day of rest every seventh day. That made rest orderly and gave it a purpose. So far, there is no need for differences. However, the early Christians, living in a pagan society, often as slaves with no rest day whatever, met daily, with special emphasis on the first day of the week in commemoration of their Founder’s Resurrection. It is as simple as that. The dispute arose when certain elements sought to impose the Jewish Sabbath on Christians, Obviously, viewed purely as a rest day, one day is as good as another. But the significance of the day observed is felt by Christians and Tews alike to be a matter of some
moment.
D.F.B.
EYRES
(Nelson).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 893, 14 September 1956, Page 5
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194ON THE SEVENTH DAY New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 893, 14 September 1956, Page 5
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