The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-21

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spr par,y 0f Dssrt When no ~evsr Ensy tns death
Christ, tho feligoa bessn TO ne made
tom the Gt"ees, question ~ross soo upad nat quas
tcp, long controversy, whether tho Gsntile ayers
1uO bA required c0ntO % 8eDeew custp and
obey In al tnipgs the lac o. soses, except 50 far
CHRIS, bad ocGm .Dosd 20 the coo'rsry roe dssoduoo
ssyp ca " uors 10 respect 20 toe rita Grosmu
sn0 tor "certa DO do ~ rom Ju1ea ssnsat
he hrtbreo say ns, except ye oo crcunised -or 'ns
nsnner o. Moses ye u.nDOt De saved ~ Acts xy
Feet rsste bis ooct luz; ne SAID say tempt ye God
20 pvt yOse upco tna OF sns d.sopes, ~s,oH AZ
fathers abe 20 o-srf'-to6
the Acts and tue Ep'stses ~- aiot WHO s'a
lar tmoastrsnces sDst tue prejadces o. tue Jssa
lsvot o. toe oio a the law II Moses ~hth haa Se-o
supssedeo by the a0d truth az Jesus cosiss" L.
i3ot The controversy IL Key msAong OF very
large poslon Of tn New Testament, which ,dsrD
ba.e aevea ooscur~ scruO WHOM
feIes paai hs1 met. Otsnse tnxD any
tar.s o. copec eot0ls ~bo mag asd thai II toeY
neglected 20 the pstiunus Of @ss In resarn 70
clrcUunr'sioo upU,eao meas Ooat0as sarridcss. Aan
ssnnshs they guilty Of Elm Tina ADstes repy 70
them, "No CHRIST oAs freed you from the penal
Ger " new s~, he 81 la" d ' sSs ao-sssr
muco 1t vas a privilege 70 have be"n nrcan
o'sed .e descendant OF AAnsm there 10 no longer aay
mer liz shat ot<ervaoce nor other N the Old cers
mona, code. all meats may DOS be eaten; u1tniog +.
conlnob ~ onCieaD sscrocea and onertogs are done
Assy, sufficient for you that Caris offered MIN
s- ID ritce, and much Dubisr his STOOD .nsn
that OF pulls ana poae II is not by tnese dead vorSs
.ns 700 WI purge yonr hpiease es wing
God Your jct,hcati0n Ia hs gnt 10 not 0f Aoees, bd
q Chris, and
az ,s JUG. % or IL S's o. IL
days Collcssians ii s.
MOI only things longer to be considered
escsI duties but he who observed them was 60 oe re
Geved who "wsAk IN faith 49, eceived,
hoserer person to DO des p,sed but In spirit OF
siodress and charity for,
Who 'hru thu, jusgss another mans
900 is able % make HIM stand
eemete every DAY alike Let bo foy persuaded
hst rega oeh the day res.rdeh uc,o the Lord aud
he that The day LORD he doth regard
Romans aiu. SO.
We may observe here that this positive declaration of
the Indifference OF days. religious OBJ
applies fully and emOhsticaiiy IN the
modern Sunday the MosAi, SAobain No exce oson
Ade In favor OF the first day OF the week day
SEA apart in commenoration N the rssurrecton
Tor shy O,hes Whether FIRST day day,
che that rsgardetb the day. regsroeth it unto he Lord
Apd be that NOT the day. " the Lord lac doth
regard II -
me origin OF the Chrs,an Sabbath now demands our
Sttebton
1t hardly be commended in the fa,e Of pas
that Chr ct abolished the snceot seventh day Ssbbs
Only subs.tue for another same kind tn be
Il Ia q
lar orthodox impression. There is not bo~ever, the
sshiest trace OF such suhsttusoo in the New rssa
nent There command, either the of Christ
or h Apsues, t0at the first day Of the week should
kept holy lieu Of tho seventh day, thar toe rst day
should he set apart IN CONNIE Of the
and devoted exclusively 70 prayer ana PRAISE or inst M
work should be perOr med that day We real Of the
oiscpies meeting The nrst day Of the week.
but this At Time when appestA from the Ac they
-ere aso 10 the habit OF assembling in tho
tire ordinary Sabbahs; ana on one occasion OF their
meeting on the frat day Of the week. IN toe earliest in
mentioned John 49, they we're OF
the Thomas surnsmed mus refusing TO
belle upon the concurrent testimony of resi-
requiring the evidence Of his ses.
The instances Of the disciples meeting the rst day
OF the week. although they not numerous, Indicate
custom, but custom about which there need DO mys
tery* The Romans the masters OF Judea, and mad
their religious festivals well the Jews pubic holt
therefore, Afforded the Hebrew game available op
p0rtunes Of leisure which the modern Jew nlds In
modern Sunday. It was the period Also ss we have
shown, when the hebdomsda week Of India, Assyria
ana Egypt WAS beginning TO superseae the calends,
nones sDd ides Of the old Roman month The Dies
Soiis, when the Romans visited the temple of
Apollo, would DO . day Of comparative liberty to
their slaves and dependents Tue Christian con
yer among them would seize the OCCASION 10 NEE. and
confirm each other In the faith, and especially
in the distant provinces, Greece and Galas, whee
tue old pagan festivals would be more universally OBJ
serveo than In Jerusalem.
We need DOT therefore pause q moment upon this part
Of the No doubt be entertained that rst
That ibis the DAY 10 which Piny tbs younger in his
letter to the Emperor Trsjap a. D. 1917, audes the
stated day. on which the Christians Of Bithyna assem-
ed before l, was light, $50 sing q hymn 70 Christ
GOO. and bind Themselves by oath commit any
but that the Dies Soils not observed
Sabbath in the Nosaica sense during the inst and
Centuries We have positive evidence Justin Mar
tyr, who srote about the a. D. 147 defends himself
IN bis dialogue with The jew against the charge
observed no Ssbbsshs.' Justin Martyr reples:-
The NEW :w will have yov fsep psrpeSM sabbath Yoy
s,ous The LORD God is not pleased with tsnss IS
these any sns be E y Of perjury or fraud let
have kept the truly plessn TO God You ace
he Of sS sos
Is here any need Of them after Jesus Christ
Juin his Apology" for tho Chris ians TO the EN-
pero Aptonnus Plus gives the folio wing description
nature Of their assembes:-
On the day csed Dies solis there is meeting place
ny the Of The apos writings Of the
prophets sre read II IN - long as it suitable chen the
we ali arise and pray"
passase, that the members returned TO their or
diDsrys Avocatons The reasons which Justin Mar
tyr assigns for meeting the Dies Soils rather than
any other day. are that the day which God rst
turned darkness into light and the day which Christ
rose from the dead. This clearly mistake; but his
facts concern III more than bis opinions.
Another OF the fathers, Terulian, writing in A. 1872
refers 70 the Sabbath involved In the abolition OF Cir
cumcision and the old law aud may be CERTAIN there
fore, that sunday was not In bis time, sabbatcaly OBJ
served Sunday al that PERIOD was held to be day Of
rejoicing not Of Borrowing; day to feast and not to
tast aud we told that the early Christians PRAYED
standing, DC more ymboical than kneeng their cona
deDce In God
There some grounds for doubling whether the phrase
"he Iords Day " did not arise out Of tho ary
Then addresses to the SUM- the "God OF Day" the Dies
Sol,s. We have seen that Bsal, one Of the names
OF the sun, is sometimes rendered lord; and Por-
phyry, noticing the funeral customs OF the Egyp-
usns Ia the third century, gives example
OF their prayers, commencing with 0 Domino Sol.
Mr. Higgins In his Ho7G Sabb1icG states that
every enc OF the ancient nations called the Lord or
Mas,er, using the ephets Krios Domnus some other
equivalent term The author OF Gan Examination OF the
SIX Texts" relating to the Christian Sabbath shows that
he term mir ha