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'''Day One Christian Ministries''', formerly known as the '''Lord's Day Observance Society''' ('''LDOS'''), is a [[Christianity|Christian]] organisation based in the [[United Kingdom]] that lobbies for no work on Sunday, the day that many Christians celebrate as the [[Sabbath in Christianity|Sabbath]], a day of rest. This position is based on the fourth (by the Hebrew reckoning) of the [[Ten Commandments]]. 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 (bishop)|Daniel Wilson]] in 1831.<ref name=Routledge>{{cite book|title=The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives: Sources Since 1945|date=2012|page=326|isbn=9781136509629|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x3lcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA326|accessdate=15 August 2016|last1=Cook|first1=Chris}}</ref> It became the most powerful [[Puritan Sabbatarianism|sabbatarian]] organisation in England, opposed to Sunday newspapers, train travel, and mail delivery.<ref name=Miller /> 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.<ref name=Miller>{{cite book|last1=Miller|first1=Stephen|title=The Peculiar Life of Sundays|date=2009|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|page=165|isbn=9780674041035|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dO59vwiuc1oC&pg=PA165|accessdate=15 August 2016}}</ref> In a 1953 speech to Parliament, [[John Parker (Labour politician)|John Parker]] described it as "one of the strongest pressure groups in this country."<ref>{{cite web |title=Sunday Observance Bill |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1953/jan/30/sunday-observance-bill |publisher=[[UK Parliament]] |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
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).<ref name=Routledge />
==See also==
*[[Blue law]]
*[[Keep Sunday Special]]
*[[Religion in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Sabbath desecration]]
*[[Sunday shopping]]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.lordsday.co.uk/}}
*[http://www.dayone.co.uk/ Day One Publications], books published by the society
[[Category:Sabbatarianism]]
[[Category:Christian advocacy groups]]
[[Category:1831 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1831]]
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