Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-17

''s "'p'''"'"s 'hcI, rom tins venerable
advocate OF liberty, for pubceiou--
~. S. Tekgrapk.
Cheshirt. 1fass. March 20, 1870.
SR-For forty years (nest 10 The salvation
OF the sopl) the rights Of conscience have been
articles Of my highest solciiude. Not only
that ali sects and societies should be placed on
n level bvt that each lonay indy dual should
have equal favor, aud not DO Obliged 20 Join
any society 10 escape disabilities or oppression.
Indeed. stand pledged, tint % long no can
use my tongue or pen, ! will never lie dormant
~hfn religious liberty h 10 jeopardy. The Re.
pori speaks Tor hseL II II can be btltered, I
no not in which particular. II bfce,hes the
language Of John Milton, Roger Williams
William Penn, Thomas Jefferson, DC aud think
II is IN perfect accordance with tine letter aud
spirit oflhe New Testimenl. II has my un.
qualified appreciation.
The report Of lhe minority Of the Committee
comes IN company With the other. After what
| have SAID, u will not lbs expected that 4 shall
approve Of the whole Of II. IL discards thu ideu
Of any theological controversy, and set. 10 the
very beginning, II lnys the foundation Of n re-
Iigious war. There never was = Christian
nAiion Oh earth before the Days Of & constantine
vho oprnod The food gates Of error, aud ses
Christians At wn with each other. IF nj
Christian nations acknowledge the first days
Of the week for The Sabbarb, the New Teds1
ment never does. II our translation 10 admit
ted there is 'sDi solitary instance where The
first day is called Sabbath
Where md when did the wise and good
Ruler Of the Universe appoin, that all tbe pro-
gepy Of Adam should keep cyefy seventh day
holy Z That God rested on the seventh day, Is
certain but there is no account that IL eya$
was enjoioed on any man for more than twenty
-four hundred years after creation aud then
only on few yet in this space of time lived
Abel. Enocb, Moab. Abraham, Melchisedeck
Joseph. and many great men Of cd OF whom
we have no account that any OF them observed
the seventh day more than any other. But the
subject shall not be left to negative evidence,
positiyeproof shall soon be given, When the man.
ma was given, the Sabbath was appointed,
which soon alter was incorporated into the
divine code given nj SINAI, and certain death
was the penalty 10 enforce il. Forty years al
ter this, when Moses WIS speaking expressly
Of the DecelogUe, he SAID The Loid made
not this covenant with our fathers, bu, with
us, even US, who are all Of us bore alive this
day" (Deu. y. 81 The dispute then lies he
tween Moses and those who say that the obsef-
vance Of The seventh day was appointed from
the beginning. II was binding on the Israel.
ties, who were often reproved by their pro
phcts and punished by tber God Tor profsnny
ihe uay Dhf the fruphetY, VINO reprosed o
thef nations for their sins, never mention Sab =
bath breaking Nor does Paul ever place tho
PROCLAMATION OF the Sabbath in the list of Gentle
crimes. Whenever "a nation has assumed the
character OF Christian, II has always establish
ed Christianity a creed -ap-
pointed the DAYS of devotion, and enforced a
salary for the preachers---snd IL any toiera-
lion has been granted to n0n-t on fdrmists, il
has been oh very degrading conditions. Such
has been the case (wiihout exeepion) from
Constantine down to the present day. Salaries
for the Preachers, secured by law, has alwa, 5
been the chorus Of the tune.
have never been able TO say on wba, psr.
Of the globe the garden Of Eden was planted.
II al, OF near, the poles. a day was equal, in
length, to a year nj the line. In any case. the
globe has the same form Is il rea sonabte 70
believe that wise aud good ruler would en-
join that on his subjects which was impossible
tor them to perform For us 10 keep 365 holy
days, while our Northern and Southern bre-
thren keep but one. and jet begin and end At
the same point Of time.
Let Turk. Jew and Christian decide
their dispute by experiment. Let the Tux
keep every Fridny, and travel nround the
globe in q Western direction, 10 the apo,
| whence he started. The Christian travel in the
! same manner Eastward, while the Jew re-
| mains stationary. Each Of the TIRES win keer.
| their day, and when they meet, it will be the
same day. law of this Kind could be giyen