The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-18
TILE SABBATH QUESTION.
.,sav .s viewed by the Episcopal
Church.
I.
ruF 'oRp's DAY AND THE yHwsh sABhAuH'
rlrom tho New York Chnrchman.l

NO. L.
rur ,oRps THE ,EwrH sABnAm
from the New York Cherchman.
m Holy Scripture read that after the six days OF ere
alton The Lord rested q Nc seventh; wherefore the
seventh day snc as ana Waa
The ratrarchal church, but was bound on the isfah
by The commandment Of the Lord, given anna 'e land
defs Sinai When the Israetes entered INTO .ne i,
Of promise, the Sabbath received new sisnnes na
was tohon TO them Of that rest from oonh lug an"
slavery which God had merciiuy granteu 70 G no,
we ex.mne the shirt of the sabbath wo snaii uh 1''
IKE all the of the Jewish SYSTEM nsu T"s n
sersnce TO this earth and t 70 soud be vouchsaed to
chosen children Of jehovah pa. sun i nos on,v az
one Of temporal rest an na,oo whatever And the
Pharscs carried the precopt Of rest SO far nat ey re-
sued Lord for works OF mercy aonc o 1r ana Nj
nostIes plucked ears the Sabbath not because
s6ey ate H. for they had right TO do according %
shs Iewish law of hospitality but because they hbored
:, plncknr IT, whole Jewish system was one Of rest
or rcpose, Of waiting for better covenant, even
Not 80 the Christian dispensaton That is one Of aspi
cation praise for have entered on the one great
sabbath have unto the Mount Sion, and unto
xhe city Of the living Cod the heavenly Jerusa and to
an nnumerabe company OF angels 70 the general assem-
bly, and church Of the FIRST born, which are written IN
noayen and God the Judge Of all and - tho spirits OF
just men made perfect and 70 Jesus the mediator OF
new covenant, and TO the blood of sprnking which
sDeaketh better things that OF Aben No longer,
shen are celebrate the creation OF this material uni
verse; longer We to rest in commemoraton OF Gods
dead and become the first fruits of them that slept"
He died on Good Friday, crying, IT rs finished He,
Sunday he triumphant from that tomb he began new
work Of love for those whom he had purchased with ms
blood. Henceforth he was not under the bondane OF
carnal ordinances; the temporal Kingdom mad passed
away, and the kingdom OF heaven had come lnat Ssv-
bath had been buried with him. rose regenerated,
sanctihcd-the Joyous festival Of his resurrection;
no longer it, then, a day OF mere repose,
so. rather OF alteration Of glory and Of loud re,
cr The christian church. day Of Pentecos to the
end Of things holy and spiritual Sabbath Again,
che whole life OF each individual Christian from his bap
usm 70 his death, antitype of the Jewish Sab,
bath. The heaven earth, which abdes in the rege
ncratc SOUL this is the true spiritual which God
missed in old time in the words OF Zacharias " that
being delivered out Of the hands OF our enemies, might
serve Him without fear IN holiness ana rgnseoasness'
speaking upon this very subject, III we then be risen
with Christ, seek those things which are above" Yet
hough this be shall we therefore say that the fourth
commandment is abrogatedy Surely not. The Sabbath
indeed, s abrogated, but the commandment which en-
joins II is fulfilled in another The Sabbath with
ether shadows Of the law, has fitted away; but the
word Of God endureh for ~ and has real mperish
able substance essence issuing forth fresh mani
sations fresh duties fresh promises as its older forms
successfully do their work and dissolve The old fulfil
nent Of this commandment, Nth its observance Of the
Hverance from Egypt its ceremonial inactivity its pre-
and S orma at at an end but ut the duty of
mains II is observed still IN substance, though not in
the letter.
Earded by the majority OF even good Churchmen is
sill to them Jewish Sabbath day Of temporal rest in
rest OF the week If you ask why they keep it, you win
be told that commanded in the fourth commandment
and that God rested the Sabbath from all His
you remind them that they do not keep the seventh
day, they win OF course say that the day has been
changed; but still ts character as weekly Easter is
The prevalence of sabba.aran especially evil
dent we examine the character which they give TO
christmas day; that TO them festive day; yet the
church regards the same as Sunday. II Easter is the
'queen Of eass Christmas is the mother Of festivals
Scr il was then they began.
Christmas rs even a greater feast than an ordinary
Sunday; and the obligation to keep holy just as
great, and enforced by the church just as much. II
B as much sin TO do servilc work, and 10 absent
ene's self from church that day, il is to do
on Sunday But some will say, christmas is ordan-
christmas in the New Testament" Christmas is not
srdained by man, but by the church; 1t is ordained
by the same authority which commands the observ
anceo of Sunday We have no command in the New Tes-
lament to observe the first day Of the week. and unless
had been observed universally in the church, could
lot draw theresrom precept for its observance
rs only mentioned incidentally three four tines but
the Sabbath and other ordinances of the law As Chris
nans read that they celebrated their highest Of
he was in a vision on the Lords Day; but without our
present preconceived belief how should we know that
day. But even he' New testament did EXPRESSLY
mention the observance Of the first day of the we
SOr is only her authority that receive the Bible
There was party in the church who desired to bind
upon their Gentle brethren the ceremonial rights of the
Jews, and they chung enacousy TO the Sabbath which
was observed by some down to the fth century These
Judaizng Christians condemned by St Paul because
ehey made the coming OF Christ of none effect They
were the fcrerunners of those who denied His Divinity;
and so likewise have been the Purans Of modern times
Sunday, then should be kept joyous festival: with
our 0oa'es and soas we s 5 HIS blessed Sou We are
bound by the laws Of the Church observe the day holly
N the services Of the misunderstanding deveutly
the celebration OF the blessed sacrament III we are abe
and 1t is should be- celebrated) and wifally to
gect the religious duties of the day mortal sin But
not this account 10 keep the day as fastno, is
day to give us cheerful countenance and glad heart
and such innocent amusement as conduces TO this ~ bot
lawful and proper. There must Of course be no riot
ing drunkenness for these unlawful Tor the Chris
all times; and especially would they desc
crate this holy festival being entirely inconsistent with
Christian mirth All over Catholic ChristenGom Sunday
regarded festival and it was not until the rise
Of Puritanism that assumed Its present chilling Saba
neal aspect
Even Calvin and Luther kept it II had always been
observed and throughout Europe to this day SO Kept
and regarded the only difference being that the Pro-
testat Rects do not keep II as strictly as we and other Ca
rholcs do.
In next shall review the rise and progress Of
THE Rise AID PROGRESS OF PURITAN sABBATARlANIsM.
From the Churchmar.
IN our former article cndeavorcd to show the diGe-
renee between the Jewish Sabbath and Lords Day
that the ordinance of temporal and
NAL inactivity, but the other joyous festival and that
regarded for upwards Of sixteen hundred years
How is it, them there has been such change Of senti-
ent among the people Of Great Britain and America
subject Let US review the history Of the rise of the
HPsritan Sabbath, and shall see. To quote then 01e
words of an author, himself Puritan
@Bu not little singular that the church, though
nght IN theory and TO extent practice continued
Enough successive centuries wrong principle that she
disowned the sancty of the law Of The Sabbath In other
words the Divine authority OF the Sabbath neither was
cognized by the ancient fathers by or Calvin
or by the Reformers II reserved for the Purtans
20 their immortal honor first expound and enforce the
law Of the Christian Sabbath based the authority of
Gods Word They better read the law OF the our God
on this subject and bringing from the mass
'o SAINTS days and festivals with which the chus eli had
oysrad y like some priceless gem disntcrred fram the
adgosh o. many generations presented to the world
WV heaven own lustre The influence of the-cun in
heavens s not more clear genial than thatof the
SS n 4, saeData upon the whole English wherever
lvunu ihey and they alone have Sabbath Christian
Suopasa, noiy una1 the Lord, by Gods command With
: rs, oSsnout Snrslendom the sabbath holy day.
iestva observed by common couseu. like other saints,
s sss ae esyS q the caen the doctrine Of
slposn was hfst promulgated by an English
L1ssenter the Kew Nicholas Board, d. D. ef Notes. n
the county Of Suffolk About the year 1896 lie published
a iaeeous book, entitled, 'Sabedam Vetsns :, War;
1e7dM st or The True Doctrine OF ahe Christian S.h,y
This book spread with wonderful rapdity. The doctrines
nrnp1unded called @oeN .l,Hs