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72141 Facts of Faith, p. 149.3 (Christian Edwardson)
… the Sabbath, and became the leader of these Brethren and the head of a great missionary movement. Bishop A. G. Spangenberg says of him:
72142 Facts of Faith, p. 150.2 (Christian Edwardson)
In 1738 Zinzendorf wrote of his keeping the Sabbath thus:
72143 Facts of Faith, p. 150.3 (Christian Edwardson)
That I have employed the Sabbath for rest many years already, and our Sunday for the proclamation of the gospel that I have done without design, and in simplicity of heart.” — “Budingsche Sammlung” Sec. 8, p. 224. Leipzig: 1742.
72144 Facts of Faith, p. 150.7 (Christian Edwardson)
… as Sabbath.” — Id., pp. 5, 1421, 1422. (See also ” Varnhagen von Ense Biographische Denkmale,” pp. 5, 301. Berlin: 1846.)
72145 Facts of Faith, p. 150.9 (Christian Edwardson)
“The Sabbath is to be observed in quietness and in fervent communion with the Saviour. It is a day that was given to all nations according to the law for rest, for the Jews observed it not so much as Jews as human being.”
72146 Facts of Faith, p. 151.1 (Christian Edwardson)
… States, Sabbath-keepers had endured more or less persecution, and when, on the second of October, 1798, a member of their Ephrata society was haled into court …
72147 Facts of Faith, p. 153 (Christian Edwardson)
Sabbath Keepers in India
72148 Facts of Faith, p. 153.1 (Christian Edwardson)
… Christian Sabbath - keepers from Antioch in Syria to their farthest mission stations in old China. Thomas Yeates in his “Indian Church History” (London: 1818 …
72149 Facts of Faith, p. 153.2 (Christian Edwardson)
That the missionaries who brought the gospel to China were Sabbath-keepers can be seen by the following extract from the inscription:
72150 Facts of Faith, p. 153.4 (Christian Edwardson)
Returning to India we shall find traces of the Sabbath among those churches also. And they had retained the Bible in the ancient language used by the church at Antioch, where the name “Christians” originated. ( Acts 11:26 )
72151 Facts of Faith, p. 154.7 (Christian Edwardson)
… the Sabbath, but these Christians refused to obey her.)
72152 Facts of Faith, p. 156.3 (Christian Edwardson)
… the Sabbath-keeping among those native Christians, as we shall see in our next quotation. When one of these Sabbath-keeping Christians was taken by the Inquisition …
72153 Facts of Faith, p. 157.1 (Christian Edwardson)
… the Sabbath day as thou sayest, and thy accusers have seen thee there, as appears to have been the case; to convince us of the sincerity of thy repentance, tell …
72154 Facts of Faith, p. 157.2 (Christian Edwardson)
Dellon then suggests that in the mind of the Inquisitors “the witnesses of the Sabbath are considered as accomplices.” — Id., p. 58.
72155 Facts of Faith, p. 157.3 (Christian Edwardson)
Some have thought that these Sabbath-keepers were relapsed Jews, but Dellon declares:
72156 Facts of Faith, p. 157.5 (Christian Edwardson)
… his Sabbath-keeping, they might be Sabbath-keepers, who, like himself, were in the clutches of the Inquisition. His only hope, therefore, was to name some of his …
72157 Facts of Faith, p. 174.1 (Christian Edwardson)
… troublesome Sabbath question, but they declined the opportunity of becoming His chosen instrument to complete the Reformation on this and other important …
72158 Facts of Faith, p. 174.2 (Christian Edwardson)
… the Sabbath of the fourth commandment was in force among Christians; and, secondly, whether, and on what ground, the first day of the week was entitled to be distinguished …
72159 Facts of Faith, p. 174.3 (Christian Edwardson)
… “Christian Sabbath” and, from the fourth commandment, urged its observance in a Puritanical manner. Another party claimed that there is no Bible proof for …
72160 Facts of Faith, p. 174.4 (Christian Edwardson)
… the Sabbath day, but that Sabbath day was not Sunday. It will be said, however, and with some show of triumph, that the Sabbath was transferred from the seventh …