Day One Christian Ministries, formerly known as the Lord's Day Observance Society (LDOS), is a
Christian
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organisation based in the
United Kingdom
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that lobbies for no work on Sunday, the day that many Christians celebrate as the
Sabbath
In Abrahamic religions, the Sabbath () or Shabbat (from Hebrew ) is a day set aside for rest and worship. According to the Book of Exodus, the Sabbath is a day of rest on the seventh day, Ten Commandments, commanded by God to be kept as a Holid ...
, a day of rest. This position is based on the fourth (by the Hebrew reckoning) of the
Ten Commandments
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. 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.
In a 1953 speech to Parliament,
John Parker described it as "one of the strongest pressure groups in this country."
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
Blue laws (also known as Sunday laws, Sunday trade laws, and Sunday closing laws) are laws restricting or banning certain activities on specified days, usually Sundays in the western world. The laws were adopted originally for Religion, religio ...
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Keep Sunday Special
Keep Sunday Special is a British campaign group set up in 1985 by Michael Schluter to oppose plans to introduce Sunday trading in England and Wales (there are different arrangements in Scotland and Northern Ireland). The Keep Sunday Special camp ...
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Religion in the United Kingdom
Christianity is the largest religion in the United Kingdom. Results of the United Kingdom Census 2021, 2021 Census for England and Wales showed that Christianity is the largest religion (though it makes up less than half of the population at ...
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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 church ...
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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, though the rationale for Sunday trade bans often includes secular reasoning. ...
References
External links
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Day One Publications books published by the society
Sabbatarianism
Christian advocacy groups
1831 establishments in the United Kingdom
Religious organizations established in 1831
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