May 29, 2020
WHILE the Sabbath is not a sacrament, we feel that it partakes of the nature of a sacrament. In the midst of time the Sabbath anchors eternity, signifying and symbolizing the sacredness of all time. To observe the Sabbath therefore is to worship God and acknowledge His love and care. Even as we read in New Testament times of the preparation day preceding the Sabbath, so our sunset-to-sunset observance offers us an evening of spiritual preparation; and the Sabbath eve serves as a vesper call to God’s Holy Day of praise and worship.
—Dean Ahva J. C. Bond
Reprinted from The Sabbath Recorder dated September 6, 1948
Vol. 145, No. 6
Rev. Ahva J.C. Bond (1875-1958) was active in the pastorate from 1903 to 1935 and culminated his career as dean of Alfred University School of Theology from 1935-1956. He was a graduate of Salem College, the AU School of Theology and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His pastorates included Main Settlement, NY; Nile, NY; Milton Junction, WI; Salem, WV; and Plainfield, NJ. An author of several books of sermons and poems, he wrote two books on the Sabbath – Sabbath History I (1922), and The Sabbath (1925).
