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and principle, without proof or srgsment sare
his assertion, presented with ali the confidence
Of well ascertained facta- Al in tha letter Unjust
conclude The discussion according to tho limits
prescribed when you opened your columns to it'll
can only contradict rome Of the groasest Of
these efzor1. befors proceeding with the proof
Of the continued obliga.io Of the Sabbath: :;
!. The question ID. Rest! Or No 1lesti Rett
for all on Sabbath Docs ". think #e will take
bis unsupported assertions u proof Of the pos
kibility Of retaining the Sabbath u day sacred
to amusement, after We hare destroyed iis di-
viac authority as a day Of worship,t Let him
show an instance Of such an absnrd!ty ii he Can.
The common sepsc Of mankind forbids law to
allow TIE gTogseller 10 manufacture drenkards
and ganbl lers on that day, and to prohibit the
wagon-1naker to manufacture wagons, or any
other tradcsman to follow his traffic. The ex-
ample Of France is conclusive to the result 81
destroying tho divine authority Of the Sabbath
rs day Of worship, ind substituting day Of
rerelrt by human authority. The Continental
deservedly an object Of dislike to Americans.
Have ne not already thousands Of seven day
dFudees in our city, under the degrading infu-
ence which deprives men OF aQ dignity and in.
tellectf Do We not See car drivers and hog
drosers, grogsellers and dry goods men ,groeers,
and butchers, btactsmiths and carpenters, stean
lAE AA4A Alu lul tEk D AAA ~ "V4 f~A
dass ia the week. Does ". think thst his de-
clamatfons will stop our ears aht eyes to the
import Of such facts; Of that be will persuade
us thut these people can possess the moral and
religious character which distinguishes Sab.
bash-keeping people from the slases Of despot-
lsma Are not 50 per cent Of the criminals IN
our peditcntiaries Sabbath. .breakersf Hare VIC
not seen the ba.rcadcs armed with cannon in ths
streets Of Cincinnati; and every Sundays rev.
elry introduced BY iuccndiary fires in New York
mud Philadelphia; and shall we foster aud pro-
iect this parent Of outrage and crime?
2. have prored the Sabbath 10 be indispeu.
sable to public worship. He meets this by the
not q divine institution Did be never hear
the Hundredth Psalm, sung? But By thus
equally denying the Sabbath aud pubc ysos-
SLIP, he admits that they must stand or fall to-
getheF. There never was any true religion
where the Sabbath was not observed, and there
day Of public worship to be Of D1vine institu-
ton from the beginning nf the world, by the ci.
tasion Of the record in Genesis. To thfs II. OF.
fers not one word Of reply. Instead, he Eires
us piece Of the purest fiction about the acci-
dental discovery Of public worship and the Sab
bath BY the first Christians, with all the grav-
ity Of one quoting piece Of well.known his
tory.
s. BE alleges that tho reason which God as
signs for tho fourth Commandment In the II.
chapier Of Exodus, Is MT trse. These ten COM
maudments we're not giTen through the inter-
rention Of Moses. or Of my prophet, 50 that no
question Of inspiration occurs here. They were
spoken directly by God himself in the audience
Of all the people: "God spake all these words"
including tue word which ". says he "knows
not to be true" md which relases to a transac-
ton which God alleges He performed. The
question then is simply one Of veraclty between
God and ". It is not at all my intention to
vindicate Gods yerucitY here, but to call atteu-
tion to the fact that the attempt to orertarn the
Sabbath necessitates its enemies to blaspheme
God. The success Of that attempt will dcpend
on their success in prorinE God liar
resume tic Bible proof Of the continued OBJ
legation OF the Sabbath. In my last letter,
proved that God, at the creation Of man, had
set apart day Of weekly rest from labor to be
employed in his worship, by all mankind. If
any one denies that christians IOWA days are
bound thus to observe that day. it is nlauifesty
incumbent Oh him to prove tllat God has abo.
ished it. For the laws and institutions Of God
must rea.ain in force until lie repeals them; no
] disuae Of them, or opposition to them. By man,
| can either abolish OF render them obsolete.
For instance. if it could he proved that from
| the first fall of Adam down to the landing Of
the Pilgrim Fathers, nobody ever kept the Sab
bath, that would be no sufficient reason for our
neglect oft, aor would it saye Us from the pun.
ishmeut wi.n which God risits trangressors !;
| any moro than the fact that the greater part Of
| mankind have ceased to worship God entirely.
would justify US in worshiping idnls. or saye III
from the ignorance. vice aud misery. here and
hereafter, with which he Furnishes heathenisn,.
| This, however, cannot be proved The obser-
ance Of the weekly division Of time by the Sax-
| ons Romans, Greeks, Assyriaus, Egyptians,
| Brnhmins, and other idolatrous tribes widely
dispersed orer the earth'e surface. Is proof
that they once had Sabbath; and is a warning
1 c. i. A. &f..kA H. L. i
ton Of M intelligent people is no new thing in
tue earth. Sabbath bfeaking does not cease to
be sin because a great muny people commit
| it, any more than idolatry became innocent
| when it became general.
| Nor will the Sabbath be overturned by alIcg.
ing that Jews, I'uritans and other stupid f.
natics hare observed it; and that the record o'
Scriptures. 1t does not, therefore, become q
mere worn cut ceremonial which has no more
binding force on the present world than the in.
stitution Of sacrifices. polygamy, and the injunc-
tiou not to cat pork, continued in the same and
| only scri ture which epioins the observance Of
| rights md duties in the Old Testament, to the
| Hebrews, givcs them IN exclusive monopoly 0!
such rights and duties, aud If their use Of thcm
for some Thousands Of years has worn them out,
| the Sabbath-bfeakers, no less than other men,
| will find themselves in a bad predcament. j
| 9ttt Ill iHAA CsA8E 10 AVI NU[&4 &AE pHfoE Lie
| Carries; it is Of no more sacrcdness than the
life Of hog or a COW, or Of my other creature
Of God; for the revelation OF that sanctity, and
| the law which protects it, are proved nowhere
sayc in that same and only Scripture which for.
bids the use Of pork and commands tue observ'
ancc Of tue Sabbath.
The institution Of n ar.ingt stands on precise.
| " the same basis, land is recorded in tue same
| chapter which records the Institution Of The
| Sabbath. When the Lord Christ adiudeate.
| the important question, " Is it lawful for a man
to put away bis wife for every cause?" (alat,
thew xix, 81 he grounds his decision upon thai
record Of the original Institution, saying "uave
ye not read thst lie which madc them Ut the be.
ginning" etc. His decision, then, can have nc
more authority than the foundation On which he
bases it-marriagc becomes worn-ont Hebrew
ceremonial; for sure enough its institution !!
recorded in the same and only Scripture which
contains the Injunction mt 10 cut pork The
trials for seduction at The Sunday gardens, now
going on, throw great light on the intimatc con
nection between lewdness and Sabbathbrcak
ing. and that contempt Of the Bible which il
their common root.
| Nor is tie repeal Of the Sabbath proved By
alleging "a general rule now universally ac
knowlcdged, That tue commandments of the Ole
Testament, other than those which arc proved
In every moral code. are simply the statute Ian
of the ancient Hebrews, and not binding upor
u.s." There is no such general rule acsnowl
edged by any person who knows what are tht
commands Of The Old Testament, and what i:
to be prored ia -othcr moral codes, Is it uni
reEsally acknowledged that the command not te
steal, whiches not found in the moral code d
tns Spa1tans, is simply the statute Law Of the
ancient Hebrews not binding upon us? Is il
universally acknowledged that the command
not to worship idols. which in not found il
the moral code Of any heothen nation whatever
is not binding upon us? Oa the contrary, everJ
thing by which Bible morality is distinguished
from erery other code Of morals. is 10 be fouuc
in the commands Of the Old Testament, ant
continues binding upon us. The great com
sell" and Christi paraphrase Of ii in the COLDER
rule, is to be found in the Old Testament. ant
ia enforced BY him on that yery consideration
"Whatsocvcf Je would that men should do tt
rou, do Sc csen 80 TO them, for this il the tdu
aad tie p1ophets." (Matt-, 7:1e; Luke, 10:s6.
Christ made no such wholesale repeal Of th'
Uld Testament as W. dreams Of He declare!
Il came not destroy the law and the prophets,
| came not to destroy but to fuldl.'-Aath. v.-1s
| The rule Of COMMON sense and common Law ~
p eAble he il, that all Gods statutes remain !,
To- ce till tic sepeals them. If Christ or bis in
| spirrd Apostles or I'rpphits abolished the Sab
| bath let it be proved. If it cannot be provet
tho Sabbath s.anda. It is indispensable lor th'
foes Of the Sabbath to prove the repeal Of th
ten commandments, the obligation Of whicl
| Christ and the Apostles 50 repeatedly rtassert
commandments, which God spake With his Owl
mouth from Mount Sinai. WHICH be wrote viii
b,s own finger on tie tables) Of stone, which b.
commanded TO bc placed alone in the ark Of th'
testimony, while oil the other statute law of th
Hebrews was plaeed outside It, and 10 Fhicl
Christ and his Apostles 80 repeatedly refer =
our rule Of life-I say Is it universally acknowl
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