, 1859-08-11

tue Sabbath is Saturday, the seventh day Of The
week. which has increasingly been kept By the
lraci'tes from tue time Of the commandment Of
Inc iSaobash at Mount SINH to ths present day.
Az the rar'ous laws contuined III tho Feutl-
tcuch arc given to the fsractites only, and need
not be observed by my p,her nation or denomi-
nat'on whaterer. except the seren obligations
or commandments whict, Noall and his ds+cend-
ants I'D to keep. before the siviug Of the law VI
oinai-that IL, the so-callcd- moFal lav.-apd
those, Laws specially given in tue ren,ateuch,
grow'''1, out OF the sumo. Any person who il
LII: MI lsraete and kccps tue saiI seven COM
nla0dnents to their full extent, truy aud sin.
evsely hax On equal sharc ia the kingdom Of
leayen with the best and most ardent aud ortho-
dog 1srac!ite, who keeps ull the six hundred
and thirteen commandments contained in the
lentateucl. 4 uou. lsraelitc may believe aud
observe anything that does not conflict with
1hc sa'd seven commandments, but is under ITO
obligation 10 believe or observe anything else.
All hpasaases of the fen1atench commanding
the Sabbath arc in very plain and unmstakabFs
language. directed 10 the children of Israel and
ia 10 oce Csc, as plainly appears from the ful-
lowing passages:
{uj Exodus Xxx, LIS, contains the well known
ten Commandments, including tho law Of the
Sabbath, and reads as follows:
.hS t @hs T.. ~, y 81 E !ee o'a
M r Es'' ''' '0'' t''' h'Se 10 ''1eF e'a before
.(b) Deuteronomy ', 1-es. contains a recapit-
ulatton Of the toregoing ia the following words:
ls the y u'er aid judgments vi ch ista your On
s a. tat : ssa ta;,s I'd kefp q E ~
ss Y y & :: hss Ms, e. l Z isa
a.* s.. tetwecn the t~ni md you It TIC lime Il. suw
e." X: sss d s? q es st s e III Of
= nd M q. God wtc Icusht thee out e the
| nonc G:iic: u aas before me-" kc-
| (cl Exodus XXI. XIII and NXI1l, contain
various civil and religious Laws, and among the
latter the law uf the Sabbath. There is fery
plain distinction madc, in regard to the two
kinds OF laws. in these cAaptess. AL those laws
WHICH arc to be Observed by aud concern a!l men
aud nntious liviny among 'l,e 1sraclites ia their
own lasd are sivea in the Third person by using
the term ''ifc" o. "a ,nau'--fur instance:
lie t.a +mft<th thas le die AbsI t surely put
!. asal ad @ n,71 + +, ,ot ~ wa but God asa!ses
IL. m ah f. s ~ n s. e. LIZ, Sp'6 EN- h
| n4iLc aAas, ti7t heu4y dc. Sc
Where's MI Laws to be observed by and con.
ctrnsng Issaelses only and among them the law
Of the Sabbath, arr given in The second person
by using the term 41'tou" as "You," ior cx-
nmpfe: %,
, Ies M s =. =. r. X, ,s
@ 's I It. " tso5 aS .s snd ss
H. T.. T. I e. .sa:s ~. T. IL
III as sd @ sss hsa
1 1ss ri "a sas I'D h .oa
Exodus xxi Il 10 ls, reads as follows:
IL I'll sss s,s s :sn VIII y Hss as
shall kep foF !: Is IN .:~ e. ne - throughout
S:l En- ts 81 ySa Ss' may .A0*' '41 lam u A 1a1
r,a ESery .se taat deait1h iii ssrey l. en d dea;:
f wlo..ses dtxs aoy work theEelu tat sal sha II
I "a ss:ss :t Y: B -. L fsssi
NhosescE t.eth .ny wert On te sa;'at1 d.y be tlnI
;sS !s II! ta s &. :s ;lti I'll
e. ~ I'd e. CHILDREN Of ,s for
cvcr. &c"
This passage needs no further comment.
Leytncus xiii, to!. Commands the Sab
batl, and the feasts to be obserred by the Israel
ltes IN the following words:
And ths Land spoke unto uoscs saype: Speak a.sa
h. I Fl % e. hsy
d.ys s.aa xs!s + d1e tat the Seventh a,yt Il.
h Il { - m en =, sssa e TO tx -: y Do ~ , sts
@ =: g., sss i, Is IL 1 holy
~ s 5us.*sns ~ q ,s a 'aa y I. sssa Il
y anfaren 1a q =: uas ~ e. .e
, ~scseas.ss ~ nt.a cal usaeavxaed heesd. &C.
.. Sofar we hare viewed the snhject Of the Sab
: bath ffon, tho 1sraciite standard, but VIC vii
/
! anr,.tcr side. na,nefy, from the Christian stand
ard 1t is one Of the Ehr5ssian general doctrines
= that with the death Of Jesus al the Laws Of III,
:, Bible were "futsilled," thas is, abolished
- Now If according tn this doctrine al1 idss o
the Ilible were .sfalfiIied," 1ae law Of the Sal,
= tbs rest Of tic iawe. Under this rule one fa.
!, cannot be declared to remain ia force, while al
4 the rest are declared to tc null and yoid. The
= m1,si he eishtF all in farce or all Toid-
TIC New Testament according to Christia'
;. doctrine, is the only Christian lag book, I'll
- ,!,s only ones which are binding upon chris'
iaus~ Iut tic Scx Testament Of the Gbrnt!a
| flibfc does not contain Apy commandment OF
= sabbath OF any Other feast or holiday.
!. The Christians in tbs first centuries gtte
Jesus, wrTc 'olicn taken sud peEsccuted for Jew
by the Romans and other heathcn nations, an
c"mmenced:to obse1re: the Sunday merely
distinguish themselves FROM the Jews, an
:, thereby to escape persecution.
II SUNDAY, As now obstfred BY most Of the lnn
sifar;ous Christian sects, was instituted by Il
i. Pope and the Roman Catholic clergy al the gre.
= council Of Sscc; ss.s5 ycars after 1esns. and
: therefore, not eycn Protestant bat C4ibol
snxtstutton.
Afier nor having viewed the. subject Of u
Sabbath from both tie 1sraclite and tie Chri
tiau standards, aud bsfurc drawing any coacI
% siops in regard to the movements Of eomc
The Protestant ministers now going On in max
Of the tovus and cisiea Of Upited 6txte1; 70 ems
70 aud enforce lass, compelling the observance
'Sanday rs Sabbath, We shali state some Ell
Thc,e are several Protestant Christian Sex
x which do not observe Sunday or any other d.
as n sacred day. They att governed BY tho n
Is Testament, aud declare that they arr unah,e
M fpd scripture 10 the same, making one day mt
| sacred than anoshcr. The Ffieuus. Or Quake
IN; aud several other sccts belong to that class
''a hsiAtiaus~,. 1t is curious tozays but nevertl
= less TACT, al Of the sssd stscts do not rccosn
= paid" ministers. =
. Tue Christian ministers in France, Germs
and uther partso Europe are installed FOR
,iui~. with n fixed salary By their respect
e, cUrcrnmrnts, aud receive. in caso ot, anahi
to act % account Of old age or continued 81
rr meas. good pensions Their bread being seen
'>' tl,ry never think Of declaring war agalust ds
in:, theatrical performances or Other pn'
~ anusrtnents on SuudaY, nj their salary will
- the same, whether they preach to morn of
~ full churches. Tbty seem not 10 consloeE
- SUNDAY Us u sacred -day, bnt Is a day OF :
aud recreation, aud therefore, as The most flt'
!. far lie attendance Of public worship.
Protestant Christian ulnistnrs ~ Afnestes
sc-s nccunisriKy not SO fasorab1s eitunted. They
mid ty the congregations forwhich 1neJ Pre-
g. Their salaries depend upon tlte annoout Of il
encc which they may hare in their congT
,C tiops, and their policy is therefore Te'y nstu1
I,. Il, get ali possible coutrot over the pubic-