This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...in the preaching of the apostles, in which it held so prominent a place, but also in the external institutions of the Church. When the apostles, acting by Divine inspiration, set aside the ordinance of the Sabbath, the world-old memorial of creation, the memorial, secondly, of the deliverance of Israel from the bondage ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...in the preaching of the apostles, in which it held so prominent a place, but also in the external institutions of the Church. When the apostles, acting by Divine inspiration, set aside the ordinance of the Sabbath, the world-old memorial of creation, the memorial, secondly, of the deliverance of Israel from the bondage of' Egypt, it was set aside to supersede it by a memorial of the re-creation of man's fallen nature, a memorial of our deliverance from the bondage of sin and Satan. And what day did they appoint as the memorial day? Not Friday, the day on which Christ died, but Sunday, the day on which He rose again. On what day were the primitive disciples accustomed to come together, to show forth their faith in the redemption through Christ, by breaking the bread? Not on Thursday, the day of the institution, or on Friday, the day of the death, but on Sunday, the day of the resurrection. And when the celebration of the Eucharist was separated from the Common Meal, at what hour did the early Church celebrate it? Not three in the afternoon, the time of the " It is finished," and of the "giving up the ghost," or in the evening, the time of the institution, but in the early morning, the hour of the rising again. And, similarly, the great annual festival of the Christian year, and the one day in the year on which all Christian people are desired to meet together for the great annual Eucharist, is not Maunday-Thursday, or Good Friday, but it is Easter Day, the festival of the Resurrection. CHAPTER XXXIV. THE FORTY DAYS. After our Lord rose again from the dead, He did not at once ascend to heaven; He continued still forty days upon earth. During this period we see a mystery both in His being and in His life. In His being: His body was no longe...
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