136 LUCY AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.

that he rose from the dead the day after the Sab-
bath.”

“Then that would be Saturday,” said Lucy.
“The day before the Sabbath is Saturday.”

Yes, the day before our Sabbath is Saturday,”
replied her mother ; “but the Sabbath in the days
of Christ was on Saturday itself; so that the day
before was Friday. Jesus was crucified on Fri-
day, and he remained in the-tomb over Saturday,
which was their Sabbath, and rose from the dead
on Sunday morning. So they changed the Sab-
bath from Saturday to Sunday, in order to have
it-on the same day that he rose.”

“Then that’s the reason why they call Friday
an unlucky day?” asked Lucy.

“No,” replied her mother; ‘I did not say that
that was certainly the reason; only 1 have heard
it said that that might be the reason. There was
a time, a great many years ago, when people paid
a great deal more attention to particular days than
they do now, and celebrated a great many; and,
perhaps, in those times, they considered Friday,
being the day in which such a sad event hap-
pened, an unfortunate or unlucky day.”

“Well, mother,” said Lucy, after a short pause,
“but I don’t see, after all, why Comfort said it
was unlucky to take pay for doing a kindness.”