was supplied, and in his
after-labors he met with greater success. He brought with him a roll
purporting to be from God Himself, which contained the needed command for
Sunday observance, with awful threats to terrify the disobedient. This
precious document--as base a counterfeit as the institution it
supported--was said to have fallen from heaven, and to have been found in
Jerusalem, upon the altar of St. Simeon, in Golgotha. But in fact, the
pontifical palace at Rome was the source whence it proceeded. Frauds and
forgeries to advance the power and prosperity of the church have in all
ages been esteemed lawful by the papal hierarchy.

The roll forbade labor from the ninth hour, three o'clock, on Saturday
afternoon, till sunrise on Monday; and its authority was declared to be
confirmed by many miracles. It was reported that persons laboring beyond
the appointed hour were stricken with paralysis. A miller who attempted to
grind his corn, saw, instead of flour, a torrent of blood come forth, and
the mill-wheel stood still, notwithstanding the strong rush of the water.
A woman who placed dough in the oven, found it raw when taken out, though
the oven was very hot. Another who had dough prepared for baking at the
ninth hour, but determined to set it aside till Monday, found, the next
day, that it had been made into loaves and baked by divine power. A man
who baked bread after the ninth hour on Saturday, found, when he broke it
the next morning, that blood started therefrom. By such absurd and
superstitious fabrications did the advocates of Sunday endeavor to
establish its sacredness.(1012)

In Scotland, as in England, a greater regard for Sunday was secured by
uniting with it a portion of the ancient Sabbath. But the time required to
be kept holy varied. An edict from the king of Scotland declared that
"Saturday from twelve at noon ought to be accounted holy," and that no
man, from that time till Monday morning, should engage in worldly
business.(1013)

But notwithstanding all the efforts to establish Sunday sacredness,
papists themselves publicly confessed the divine authority of the Sabbath,
and the human origin of the institution by which it had been supplanted.
In the sixteenth century a papal council plainly declared: "Let all
Christians remember that the seventh day was consecrated by God, and hath
been received and observed, not only by the Jews, but by all others who
pretend to worship God; though we Christians ha