The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-02-14


growing rapidly in the churches"
Now as you have. asked for informa-
ton let us inform you that it has been
aeustom in every religious creed or
denomination that observe the Sab
bath at all, ever since they were or
ganized, and to-day let him point us
to a single church either Protestant,
Roman Catholic or Jewish, but what
make contributions of some kind OF
the Sabbath, whether it be to pay
for their house, their minister, or in.
cidental expenses. / appeal to any
Christian if ever he or she had a re-
morse OF conscience because they,
on the Sabbath day, gave their con-
sent to solicitors request to allow
him to make a memorandum of their
names with the amount they were
willing to give at some convenient
season-to the end that a house might
be dedicated to the service of God
Tree Of debt. But some men there
are who will resort to any frivolous
objection or paltry device to justify
them in being penurious when asked
to subscribe to a good cause. Bah
"Ye guides and blind, ye strain at a
gnat and swallow a camel".
p 1t is the rule in this church to OBJ
serve the communion of the Lords
supper on Sunday, but ON that oc-
casion for obvious reasons it was
postponed until Monday. The au-
thority for this is that (l. the Lord q
Supper was not instituted on the Sab
bath day; (2) there is not a single
passage within the lids. of the Bible
commanding us to observe it on the
Sabbath. The passage adduced by
you, Acts. 20. Z, has no reference to
the communion of the Lords Supper.
Commentators on the Scriptures,
missionaries and travellers all agree
in the statement that it is q custom
among the people of those eastern
countries to this day, when coming
together, to break bread to one an
other as a token of friendship and
hospitality. Scripture itself proves
this, for Christ on the night the ordi-
nance was instituted gave his disci-
pies to understand that he would not
again commune with them on earth,
but in Luke "a. 80, we find the fol-
lowing "And it came to pass that as
lie sat at meat with them, he took
bread and blest it and break and gays
TO them" Now this, remember, was
afteI his resurrection. A similar iD.
stance is found in John FL. I3. How
will you reconcile this with the Or
dinance of the Lords Supper? AgainI
Acts. ,. AZ. And they continued
steadfastly in the apostles doctrine
and fellowship and in breaking OF
bread and in prayer. And again 4t
verse; Sand they continuing daily
with one accord in the temple and
breaking bread from house to house
did eat their meat with gladness
and singleness of heart" Now do you
suppose they were communing all this
time and places spoken of here
And that Christ should commune with
his disciples after he said he would
commune.with them no more on esrthl
This breaking of bread is the same
as an ordinance observed to this day
in some of the churches and styled
''Love-feast." The communion of the
Lords Supper is spoken of in other
parts Of the scripture to which have
neither time or space to call your at.
tentiOn at present. These are
some of the proofs we advance in
favor of the truth, and now my friend
and fellow traveller to the Bar of JUS
tice let us remember that ''on the
/ lips of him that hath understanding
there is wisdom, but a rod is for the
back of him that is void of under
standing" Let us beware of that
rod.
Yours with good feelings,
A SUBALTERN.