Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-02
THE SABBATH AT THE SEVENTH
STREET QsLANDJ PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH. .. .

THE SABBATH AT THE SEVENTH
STREET QsLANDJ PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.
The Rev. Mr.. Brown, pastor Of the Seventh
Street Presbyterian Church, OF this city, delly-
cred. on Sunday, an able sermon upon the sub
ject Of the " sabbath.' The text was: And
he rested on the seventh day from all his work
which he had made, and God blessed the sew.
snth day and sanctlAed." [Gen. II; 2, 81
The reverend gentleman said that he pro-
posed, to-day, 70 discuss only that portion Of
the general subject OF the Sabbath which re-
latea to 10 moral obligation; and on next Sab
bath morning he proposed TO consider II
eAdH0s Of day and saHett aeation. Our adorable
Saviour says that the sabbath was made for
man, and not man for the Sabbath" plainly
indicating that It was instituted for man as a
race, and consequently binding upon all men.
Q. It was established at mans original ere
alton. This Is denied by all antl-Sabbotarians
who generally claim that the original instltu.
ton was by Moses, as given In EX. xvi; 1870.
But this denial, and the argument based upon
II, rest upon the mere assumption, without any
lntimation from Scripture, that This part OF the
book OF Genesis was written after the giving of
the law. Neither Is there proIepsiS or antlci-
patton In the text, as Ia argued by some. Tho
nrst clause states a simple historical fact, and
all admit that 1t Is to be construed literally;
the second clause states another fact, growing
out OF the first, and plainly connected with Il
and TO allege prolepsis OF twenty-five hun.
dred years does the grossest violence to every
principal eIegeeis.
That the Sabbath was established at the orlRi-
nal creation OF man, Ia further evident from
the almost universal division OF time into
weeks of seven daysi and this, too, prior to the
exodus. .rg .r,..
.. From the public worship, which, from
Adam to the present, has given to God.
8. Because a knowledge Of preceding code
Of moral law among the people, prior to Moses,
y manifest, and In that code, when Il came 20
be written by the 1nger Of God upon tables
Of stone, Fe Ind ths Sabbath. This il the true
key TO En-. xvi, ye2--26.7 Moses commanded
them 10 gather manna, each one for himself
but not TO leave 1t over till the morning. But on
the sixth day, the people, Of Ilsfr oHn accord,
gathered twice as much as usual, and made
provision for keeping the Sabbath as day of
rest. Does not this prove familiarity with
the Sabbath Some Of the rulers, believing II
70 be violating the command OF Moses 70 gath
or only for one day, complained TO him OF this
fact Of the people gathVring twice as much a.
usual, and he uses these remarkable words /;
This Is that which the Lord hath kaid. 10
morrow 10 the rest Of the holy Sabbath unto
the Lord" When had tho Lord spoken Of the
SABBATH When he promised mamma Thsrs
IL nothing OF tho kind 10 the narrative. When
thenf Al mans creation-and from that lime
onward II waS an institution known and re.
Spoctsd by the people In all ages.
The moral and perpetual obligation of tina
Babbafh y further evident from the fact thai n
has IN place, ~ we have before stated, among
the other moral preeepts Of the decalogue, Il
IL not denied but that all the others grew on,
OF the very relation Of rational creatures and
their Creator. and are Of universal aud binding
obligations and Goo, In His Infinite wisdom
promulgated tbs fourth, with the other min,
precepts, amidst the awful thanders of Binai
Wrots It, twice wrote 1t, upon tablets Of ston,
with the other nine, preserved Il In the Ark O
ihe Covenant, In common with che others. ant
IN al these ways he indicated lie parity II
moIah With the others, and we dare not re
0ove These landmarks without arroRatinK C
TSII, n knowledge and wisdom In divine
Lnlng.i which neither we nor our fathsrs sVoI
Lastly, the lAw-msauing tho ten command.
ments-was virtually re-enseted by ChTist. and
the fourth among the rsst; and We Nv. ~ sr o
thor sanction OF his Apostles in IL s,r1s, ~,
SsryAnee, and 10 violate itI sacred s.nc,,o.S =.
- much breach Of moral law !, 't IN i u
idols, 70 steal, TO swear, to murder " "olSniP