Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-12-14

hoO0, as Sucu, mas leng since been extinct
the ark has vanished 1.-The sanctuary is
demolished = the handwriting of ordin-
ances is nailed TO the cross - and the
purely spiritual reign Of Christ has been
ushered in, TO the adjustment of every
type and shadow. Nor is il less certain,
that the institution of the Sabbath had
special relation to the deliverance of the
lsraelites from Egypt, and to their situa-
ZION as the chosen people of God. See,
for that the Lord hath given you hhs
israelltesl The Sabbath, "a special favor,
evidently, and this was before the Deca-
logue was written, l-therefore he gireM
yoH on the siIth dag the bread of TWO
days: abide every man in his place. let
no man GO out OF his place on the seventh
day. So the people rested on the seventh
day evidently an extraordinary observ.
ance. [See Elk. CHI. l6l Again-'Six
days thou shalt do thy work. and on the
seventh day thou shalt rest: lwhy q that
thine OK and thine ass may rest, and the
son of thy handmade. and the stranger
may be refreshed. '-Ex, xiii. Again
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
speak thou also unto the children of Is
rael, saying, verify my Sabbaths We shall
keep: [why n for it is SIGN between
me and you [net all flesh throughout your
generations, q. e. till the Messiah cornell
that We may know that I am the Lord
lha, doth sanchfy you. Wherefore, THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL shall keep the Sab
tbath, TO observe the Sabbath throughout
their generations, [mark j for perpetual
cocen0nt-[% e. until the introduction of
the new covenant.l 1t is a SIGN bet,oeen
me and the children Of Israel torersr'-
/ Elk. XXI. Again The Lord made
covenant with US in Horeb. The Lord
made not this covenant acith our fathers,
bat with US, even US, who are all of US
here alive this, day. The Lord talked
with yon face to face In the mount, out Of
the MIDST of the fire =. Thou shalt
have none other gods before me- Sc
Here PILLOW the ten commandments: at
the close of the fourth is this explanatory
reason for its observance And remem-
Der that thou vast servant 10 the land
Iof Egypt, and that the Lord thy God
brought thee out thence through mighty
hand and by s,retched-out arm: THERE
FORE for this Identical purposel the Lord
thy God commanded thee to keep the
Sabbath day.-Deut. v.
Tell me- says Paul, 'ye that desireto
De under the law, do We not hear the lawg
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy
work but the serenth day is the Sabbath
Sc. Yet, without any hcsitancy. Chris.
tians disregard that command, as no long.
er binding upon lhem,-at the same time.
mirable dict1! that they appeal to that
: command as Of universal obligation! The
} day which God set apart and sanctifed,
} they habitually violate; and they attempt
to make holy day. the observance of
which is not enjoined, either BY God or
Christ, either by The apostles or primitive
!. church, Nay. if we should reIigiously
observe the seventh instead of the first
day of the week, they would deem US
worthy OF censure, and of ecclesiastical
. discipline - and yet they say, we must
!. obey the fourth commandment If it be-
!. said in req ly, that we err in this matter
that they would not condemn US for keep
ing the seventh day-and that it is imma.
7 terial what day OF The week we observe.
: provided we set apart seventh portion Of
our time for religious worship:-.hen,
: we retort, and say, that such license is
! not 10 be found In the fourth command
$ ment, but il is substituting mans appoint.
e ment for Gods, human authority for d.
/ vine = and we ask, moreover, if the frs,
!. day of the week be not truly and int,in.
e sicalIy holy day, how dare any religion.
. body 10 punish its members, either BY
. expulsion or censure. for not regarding i
$, as more sacred than Monday, or Wednes
10 day. or Friday For either the day i
of holy, or il is not: if it be. then vocation
ie of it is sinful, and no other day can b
o. substituted in IFS 2lace--if it be not, ther
n not to observe it in particular manne
ct can not be sinful and nothing but bigot
= ry. or superstition, or will. worship. o.
10 pharisaical conformity, or pTiestly Graf,
e, will call for the infection of pains ant
le penalties upon those, who. in accordanc,
OF with the liberty granted by the apostle
y esteem every day alike
~ Most certainly, No man. who has no
&c &c consecrated all his time to the service o
- God, has ever consecra,ed seventh par
e. of it, AMI no man, who reverenily regard
. dill Gays as noly unto Tue LoTu' VIII ueSe
- crate either the first or seventh day of th
: :, week.
&c How lamen,abIe is the truth conveyed
in The following extract from Thoma
os Erskine's Essay on Faith Men are ap
nd to think, that religion is just one Of tn
=. many duties of life, and that it ought 1
in have its own time and its own place Xix
- the others - and they set apart for
s;r churches. and Sundays, and certain othe
CO occasions--and having done so much 70
on it, they seem to consider il an intruder,
Az it appears out Of these limits. Thus W
~ know, that although the authority OF Go
VIZ AMI the inspiration of the Bible are non
- inally acknowledged in this country, "