Ellen G. White Writings

13181 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 11, 1862, page 113 paragraph 10

… . The argument may be concisely stated thus: This testimony shows that the first day of the week was appropriated by the apostolic church to meetings for the …

13182 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 11, 1862, page 113 paragraph 11

… this argument for the change of the Sabbath: 1. That this is the only instance of a religious meeting upon the first day of the week recorded in the New Testament …

13183 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 11, 1862, page 114 paragraph 13

… . The argument stands thus: When God gave to man six days of the week for labor, he did expressly reserve unto himself the seventh, on which he placed his blessing …

13184 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 11, 1862, page 118 paragraph 20

… an argument which cannot be gainsayed nor resisted. Such a subject is Systematic Benevolence, as the following testimony from Bro. A. N. Curtis, of Camden, N. Y …

13185 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 11, 1862, page 120

… short argument on the First and Second Deaths, 5 “ Nature and Obligation of the Sabbath of the Fourth Commandment - Apostasy and perils of the last days, 5 “ Truth …

13186 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 18, 1862, page 122 paragraph 18

… single argument or suggestion can be offered in favor of Sunday observance, that will not apply with equal force and to its fullest extent in sustaining …

13187 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 18, 1862, page 122 paragraph 19

Listen to the argument of a Roman Catholic:

13188 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 18, 1862, page 125 paragraph 20

… “unanswerable argument against seventh-day Sabbath-keeping,” after having quoted the scripture above, says, “Where is the authority for saying that the law …

13189 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 18, 1862, page 126 paragraph 2

… “unanswerable arguments” all to destruction at once. But the climax of truth on this point is, that all flesh are going to observe this institution in the world …

13190 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 18, 1862, page 126

SUNDAY ARGUMENTS

13191 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 18, 1862, page 126 paragraph 4

… the arguments for Sunday-observance in this light, and will now give some of them stated in full, so that we may see how vain and empty they appear.

13192 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 18, 1862, page 126 paragraph 8

… this argument is not fallacious, the conclusion is just; but if it is a fallacy, we may detect it by a careful examination of the premises. The second premise …

13193 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 18, 1862, page 126 paragraph 12

… following argument to prove the point in question:

13194 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 18, 1862, page 126 paragraph 19

If such arguments were applied to common subjects, they would be utterly unworthy of notice; it is the importance of the subject that saves them from the contempt they deserve.

13195 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 18, 1862, page 126 paragraph 20

… similar arguments on anything else, they would be esteemed lunatics. To expose this, let us take an argument similar to the first one adduced for Sunday observance …

13196 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 18, 1862, page 126 paragraph 25

There are many other fallacious points in the arguments of first-day advocates, which perhaps may receive a future notice.

13197 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 19 March 18, 1862, page 128