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enquirer are neither new to my mind,
nor embarrassing. He objects to the
opinion, that g the Bible, without note
or comment, is the only rule of faith and
practice, and that its circulation without
mote or comment" among the people,
SIS the most direct means, under Prov
ldence, of disseminating truth, enlight-
ening the minds, and reforming the
morals of the public and assigns as a
+reasop for his objection, that the members
OF the committee do not themselves con-
eur in their christian faith and practice.
His reason given for his objection, is a
sufficient reason, if there were no other.
why all Christians should concur in cir
culating Z" the Bible without note or
comment" as the only rule of faith and
practice. Every individual is thus left
free and unbiased, to read, or hear for
himself, what God reveals to him. He
says:
81, Ga Baptist) observe Sunday as
the day of the Lord, and keep it Holy !"
and asks me 6" to prove to the commune
ty, from the Bible, without note or
comment, the necessity of observing
Sunday, as day of rest set apart for the
special worship of God" His language
is ambiguous, and seems to embrace a
double idea. If he means to say. | re-
gard Sunday, as any more day of the
Lord, and as any more sacred, than any
othor day, my opinion is not correctly
stated. 1t is my duty to devote ali my
days to the service of the Lord, and |
earnestly endeavor to do so. If he sup
poses | regard Sunday as the Sabbath of
the Scriptures, and attach to it the Jew
Use ideas of that day, and, in that sense,
keep it as holy day, he is mistaken. As
Christian it is by privilege to keep one
eternal Sabbath.
God spoke to the children of Israel,
the Jews, and said:
=" Remember the Sabbath-day to keen
it holy Six days shalt thou labor, and
doall thy work but the seventh day is
the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it
thou shalt not do any work, thou nor thy
son. nor thy daughter, thy man-servant,
nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy gates;
For in six days the Lord made heaven
and earth, the sea and all that in them is,
and rested the seventh; wherefore The
Lord blessed the Sabbath-day and ha.
lowed it, "-ExoDUs, oh. 20, V. S-11.
"And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, speak thou also unto the children
of Israel, saying, verify my Sabbaths ye
shall keep for it is sign between me
and you throughout your generations
that ye may know that | am the Lord
that doth sanctify you. We shall keep
The Sabbath therefore ; for it is holy I'M
to you. Every one that defleth it shall
surely be put to death; for whosoever
doeth any work therein, that soul shall
be cut oil from among his people. Six
days may work be done but in the
seventh is the day of rest. holy to the
Lord; whosoever doeth any work in the
Sabbath day, he shall be put to death.
Wherefore the children of Israel shall
keep the Sabbath throughout their gene
lrations, for perpetual covenant. 1t is
a sign between me and the children of
Israel forever; for in six days the Lord
made heaven and earth, and on the
seventh day he rested and was refreshed"
EXODUS, ch. 81, v. 12-17; LEvIrIcus,
Ich 10, " $50
"And Moses called all Israel and said
The Lord our God, made covenant
with us in Iloreb." q" am the Lord thy
God, who brought thee out of the land
Iof Egypt. from the house of bondage"
4" Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as
he Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
six days thou shalt labor, and do all thy
york. But the seventh day is the Sab
hath of the Lord, thy God; in it thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son,
npr thy daughter, nor thy man-servant,
mr. Thy maid servant, nor thy OK, nor
fly ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates; that
thy man-servant and thy maid-servant,
may rest as well as thou. And remember
thou vast a servant in the land of Egypt,
and that the Lord thy God brought thee
out thence through mighty hand and
by a stretched out arm therefore the
Lord thy God commanded thee to keep
the Sabbath day DEUTERoNoMY, oh. 5,
V. 6-l5. 1t is one of the feast DAYS
of the Lord" LEyITIcUs, eli. 90 aye
shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence
my sanctuary; am the Lord, I" speaking
to the children of Israel. LEvIrIcus, oh.
rs, V. 2. Also, see GENESIS, oh. Q, v.
%.
30 rigidly did the Jews observe these
commands, that they censured Christ for
pulling heads of grain even to eat on the
Sabbath. MATTHEW, eli. II; MARK,
CHI. 2; LUKE, oh. 6; and for healing the
sick. MARX, ch. II, v. 9-13; Mark,
ch. 3, V. ID LUKE, Oh. 6, v. 6, and
oh. l3, V. 10-17.
Thus did God establish the Sabbath.
how and when it should be observed. and
afiixcs the penalty Of death to its viola
ton. But these commands were all
given to the children Of Israel, the Jews,
and not to the Gentile's Of whom ! am
one, nor repeated to the christians of
whom am one. ! do not therefore OBJ
serve the day to keep it holy according to
the Jewish idea of the day, but ] attend
to my ordinary ayocations on that day,
as do all other christians, 50 far as / am
informed
Our names of the days of the week are
derived from the names Of the Saxon
heather gods. They are designated in
the Old and New Testament numerically
from one to seven. The seventh, or