he has been cited as a favorable authority on the Sabbath question for views that not only differ but clearly conflict with each other. That the usually perspicuous and incisive Calvin could be made to do service for mutually exclusive positions appeared to me to be highly improbable. Clearly one side, if not more than one, was failing to do justice to his views. Second, considering Calvin’s towering stature and the weight of any appeal to his authority for many, it seemed worthwhile to deal with