Taiping Sabbath Observance
Historical Account★★★The Taipings when asked why they observed the seventh day Sabbath, replied that it was, first, because the Bible taught it, and second, because their ancestors observed it as a day of worship.
— A Critical History of Sabbath and Sunday
A Critical History of Sabbath and Sunday, A Critical History of Sabbath and Sunday.
The point
A historical note that the Taiping Rebellion followers kept the seventh-day Sabbath based on biblical teaching and ancestral tradition.
Scripture
Exodus 20:8-11Genesis 2:2-3
Audience
AdultsYouth
Tone
Informative · Hopeful
To tell aloud
under a minute · 41 words