422.--THE SABBATH PUZZLE.

I have come across the following little poser in an old book. I wonder

how many readers will see the author's intended solution to the riddle.

Christians the week's _first_ day for Sabbath hold;

The Jews the _seventh_, as they did of old;

The Turks the _sixth_, as we have oft been told.

How can these three, in the same place and day,

Have each his own true Sabbath? tell, I pray.

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