"The Bible presents the Sabbath as the most ancient institution, excepting marriage, which man was to observe as a moral duty.
Its existence has run parallel with that of the race."
Its existence has run parallel with that of the race."
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And
on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested
on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And
God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he
had rested from all his work which God created and made. Genesis 2:1-3