Day One Christian Ministries, formerly known as the Lord's Day Observance Society (LDOS), is a
Christian organisation based in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
that lobbies for no work on Sunday, the day that many Christians celebrate as the
Sabbath, a day of rest. This position is based on the fourth (by the Hebrew reckoning) of the
Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ ...
. Day One incorporates Day One Publications (its publishing arm) and the Daylight Christian Prison Trust.
''The Lord's Day Observance Society'' was founded by Joseph Wilson and
Daniel Wilson in 1831.
It became the most powerful
sabbatarian
Sabbatarianism advocates the observation of the Sabbath in Christianity, in keeping with the Ten Commandments.
The observance of Sunday as a day of worship and rest is a form of first-day Sabbatarianism, a view which was historically heralded ...
organisation in England, opposed to Sunday newspapers, train travel, and mail delivery.
According to Stephen Miller, their "clamor for change provoked a backlash", and there was conflict in Victorian England over this issue for the rest of the nineteenth century.
LDOS later united with other sabbatarian organisations, including the Working Men's Lord's Day Rest Association (1920), the Lord's Day Observance Association of Scotland (1953), and the Imperial Alliance for the Defence of Sunday (1965).
See also
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Blue law
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Keep Sunday Special
Keep Sunday Special is a British campaign group set up in 1985 by Dr. Michael Schluter CBE to oppose plans to introduce Sunday trading in England and Wales (there are different arrangements in Scotland and Northern Ireland). The Keep Sunday Sp ...
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Religion in the United Kingdom
Religion in the United Kingdom, and in the countries that preceded it, has been dominated for over 1,000 years by various forms of Christianity, replacing Romano-British religions, Celtic and Anglo-Saxon paganism as the primary religion. Rel ...
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Sabbath desecration
Sabbath desecration is the failure to observe the Biblical Sabbath and is usually considered a sin and a breach of a holy day in relation to either the Jewish '' Shabbat'' (Friday sunset to Saturday nightfall), the Sabbath in seventh-day chur ...
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Sunday shopping
Sunday shopping or Sunday trading refers to the ability of retailers to operate stores on Sunday, a day that Christian tradition typically recognises as a day of rest. Rules governing shopping hours, such as Sunday shopping, vary around the worl ...
References
External links
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Day One Publications books published by the society
Sabbath in Christianity
Christian advocacy groups
1831 establishments in the United Kingdom
Religious organizations established in 1831
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