But the Sabbath, above all else, is a religious day. It called into being the division of time into weeks. No other cause can be found for the week, other than the appointment of a day to be observed in memory of God’s work of creation. All we know of its origin we learn from Moses’ record of creation in the Bible. The Gentile nations have received its benefits since their conversion from heathenism, till now it is known to earth’s remotest bounds. As the Sabbath relates to God, for he appointed its rest and made it a religious day, and as all we know of its institution and moral obligation is derived from his word, the question becomes one of religious duty, a question of conscience, relating primarily to human salvation, and but secondarily to man’s physical and social welfare. ChSa 10.2