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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it; because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.—Gen. ii: 1-3. The subject of the Sabbath or seventh day has received a large amount of discussion and attention. It has usually, however, been rather from a natural than a spiritual point of view. Those who imagine that external observances contain, in themselves, a large amount of religion, and that salvation depends in a great measure on our faithful adherence to outward forms as such, would naturally be much exercised over questions of this nature. If their future destiny really depends on whether they are sprinkled or immersed in baptism, on whether the ecclesiastic who administers it is in direct line of authority from the apostles or no, or on whether their worship to God is offered up on Saturday or Sunday, certainly it is most important to determine, in these matters, which is right and which is wrong.

But there are those who believe, with all their