: I was in the spirit on the Lord's day. Here Dr.
D. concludes with the generality of christian writers on this subject
that this strongly infers the extraordinary regard paid to the first day
of the week, as solemnly consecrated to Christ, &c. If the scripture any
where called this the Lord's day, there might be some reason to believe
their statements, but the seventh day Sabbath is called the Lord's day.
See Exod. xx: 10.

Mr. Fisher, in speaking of the late Harrisburg convention of 1844-45,
says, "The most spirited debate that occurred at the assembly was to fix
a proper name for the first day of the week, whether it should be called
_Sabbath_, the _Christian_ Sabbath or _Lord's_ day. The reason for this
dispute was, that there was no authority for calling the first day of
the week by either one of these names. To pretend that that command was
fixed and unchangeable, and yet to alter it to please the fancy of man,
is in itself ridiculous. It is hardly possible in the nature of man,
that a class of society should be receiving pay for their services and
not be influenced thereby:--in the nature of things they will avoid such
doctrines as are repugnant to them that give them bread."

Now we come to the fifth and last, and only one spoken of in all the New
Testament, for a meeting on the first day of the week. Luke says, "Upon
the first day of the week when the disciples came together to break
bread, Paul preached unto them, _ready to depart on the morrow_: and
continued his speech until midnight." Acts xx: 7. Now by following the
scripture mode of computing time, from 6 o'clock in the evening to 6
o'clock in the morning, as has been shown, Paul to commence on the
beginning of the first day would begin on what we call Saturday evening
at 6 o'clock, and preach till midnight. After that he restores to life
the young man, then breaks bread and talked till the break of day, which
would be Sunday morning. Then he commenced his journey for Jerusalem and
travelled and sailed all day Sunday, the first day of the week, and two
other days in succession. xx: 11-15. Now it seems to me, if Paul did
teach or keep the first day of the week for the Sabbath or a holy day,
he violated the sanctity of it to all intents and purposes, without
giving one single reason for it; all the proof presented here is a night
meeting. Please see the quotation from the British Quarterly Review. But
let us look at it the way in which _we_ compute time: I