The Lord’s Day

"Day of rest faces test," said the headline in theHolland Sentinel of July 25, 1994. Neither the headline nor the accompanying article presents any surprises. Clearly there is a wide divergence of views concerning Sunday as a day of rest. Clearly also, rapid changes in views and practices have taken place in the past five to ten years, especially in those communities which honored Sunday as a special day of rest. The different views (quoted in this paper) of Sunday as a day of rest varied...