The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-13

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truths contained in the Bible Will be acknowledged
Then the light Of the Will be as the light OF seven
days. In other words love to the LORD ana 10 tae
and the light OF the moon, as the light OF the sun Is
that true and enlightened faith will be In the under
standing OF man.
The Sabbath Day Question.
To THE EDITOR OF THE hERALD:-
In late Sunday HERALD is an article over the
signature of wv. c. d." headed 'rhe Christian Sab
bathn in which the writer says tnat latter the sa.
viours death and resurrection the Church changed
the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday"
Now, SIR. If this were fact it would show a
pretty piece OF presumption on the part Of the
Church. "Keep holy the Sabbath day." was the
Injunction OF God to the Jewish nation, through the
medium of the law The Jewish Sabbath was in
sttuted by God, and no man might annul 1t. But
when Christ came he said, 81 am the end OF the
law for righteousness to every one that believeth"
in Me- The observance OF the law. Of which the
Sabbath is part, Is no longer binding. Hence
'Christ healed the Sabbath, and did other
things, for which He was accused as a Sabbath
breaker by those Jews who did not believe on Him,
and who, therefore. adhered to the law OF Moses.
Paul TO the Galatians says:-"A man Is not just-
fed by the works OF the law, but by the faith OF
Jesus Christ; for If righteousness come by the
law, then Christ is dead IN vain. Before faith
came we were kept under the law, shut up
until the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Wherefore the law our schoOlmaster until Christ
came that we might be justified by faith" From all
which we can see clearly that at the first advent OF
Christ the whole OF the Jewish ceremonial law was
abolished the observance OF the Jewish Sabbath in
Guided Christ and his disciples frequently broke it
to show the unbeeving Jews that .'He was the end
Of the Mosaic law for righteousness to every one that
believeth." "All the law is fulfilled in ths:-Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.' Stand fast,
therefore, in the liberty wherewith Christ hath
made us free, and be not entangled again with the
yoke OF bondage (the Mosaic ceremonial law).
careful perusal of the whole OF Paurs Episte to
the Galatians will prove that there is no Sabbath
and none intended by Christ and his disciples
during the present Gentle dispensation; and that
any attempt to observe any part Of the Mosaic law
in the present Christian dispensation is nothing but
return the weak and beggarly elements from
which "Christ hath made us free. BY faith are ye
saved, not by works, lest any man should boast.''
The observance OF days, mouths times and years is
| declared to be "done away In Christ"
fish seventh day Sabbath for present GENTLE first
day Sunday. or Sabbath Is contrary To facts. | am
tendon; but 1t Is not based on apostolic testimony
The origin OF the first day Of the week service OF the
TO HIS disciples "As Oft we do this do 1t in
brance OF me till Gomez !the second timel Now
1t Is well attested fact that Christ arose from the
dead on 'the FIRST day OF the week. and Apostles
after HIS ascension, agreed among themselves for
no commandment concerning any day was gvenl to
meet on that day to observe the ordinance OF the
Lords supper" IN commemoration of the resur-
rcctlon OF their beloved Lord and Master, Jesus
Christ. We see at once the day was adventurous:
for had Christ risen on any other day OF The week.
the Apostles would have chosen it for the commemo
ration OF the glorious event by the assembling OF
themselves TO break bread" to observe the Ordi-
Of the Last supper which shows GS
stltute or change the Jewish seventh
day Sabbath for Christian first day OF the week
SaDbarh entered their minds. That the ADDS
ties met the first day OF the week expressly to
commemorate the resurrection Of Christ on that
day py the observance OF Lords supper is sum-
GENTLY atested by the fact that they never met on
that day without observing the ordinance WHAT
contrast in this respect to the churches OF our day
The object Of their meeting on that day would have
| been meaningless without the observance OF the
ordinance. And 1t Is remarkable that the Apostles
| never term the day they met either sabbath or
sunday las Is done IN our day. but they deslg;
There Is no record in the writings Of the new cove
nant OF the Apostles having met Ito break bread'
| on record 1t is mentioned as 1.-The first day Of the
| week.. No reference 60 Sabbath or Sunday Is ex.
Pre- o or for
during this disDensaton) on the first day OF the
week was expressly 70 commemorate t Inc resar'
'As Oft as ye do this do 1t In remembrance OF me-"
&c. The idea OF the Apostles meeting on that day
without observing the ordinance las Is done by most
of the churches In our day. would have been ipcon-
ssten and preposerous as they had no other object
| for assembling on that day. These same Apostles
| were preaching the Gospel every day; they had
nothing else to do sucn was their commission, such
was their entire occupations that II Is useless To
| say they met the first day TO preach the Gospel.
True they seized the opportunity presented ~ the
| feresting occasion before after observing the
OrdInance) TO explain or expound d0ctllnai Dolnts
and in that way endeavored 10 .bulld one another
! up in their most molly latl" 10 this extent, ho
| more. -. A.,
modern secIs or churches Of Chrstendom have lost
| all knowledge Tor never had any OF the origin OF
the first DAY OF the week service AZ Instituted anu
1 ta,A vnns tIac an
apostolic observance OF the day including, IN every
Instance the ordinance or the observance OF which
Mosaic sabbath with ..prles,ly order, to
Ofrlcate where no ''altar," but liable" only ~
absuriy That il is Kept on the '.irst day. uhc day
Coo commenced the work OF creauonl instead OF on
the seventh day. upon wch Goa n res' Sa IRON IN inc
| mode OF worship and In the day chosen the modern
Church practice Is complete burieslue upon ooth
| the Mosaic and Christian dispensatons
or course, many OF the Jews rejected Chrlst, no.
believing that he was the Messiah Goa PROMISE
to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, they naturally hold
TO the Mosaic law, and still Keep tne Saopd.n IN
sntuted BY Cod Having rejected Jesus OF Naza
rethn az the messiah" that should come, they are
consistent In continuing the observance Of Inc Jew
ish sabbath. and are correct III the day-namely
the seventh. The seventh day SABBATH of the Jews
was moreover type OF the seventh thousand years,
the resi- which remaineth to the people o. Go co.,
| under tile mlennla reign Of Christ, when He shall
come the second Judge Tor rue) the world IN
righteousness The temporal rest from labor Of one
day IN seven, under the Mosaic 1ispensatl6n, was
thus made q type OF the millennial rest Of the
nations under the benign reign OF the prince
| OF Peace.u Had the Jewish nation accepted
Christ as the promised Messiah they would have
| apoIlshed the whole ceremonial law at once lOf
| which the Sabbat. partl and adopted me
church organization and role OF the Apostles by
'lalth" are We saved not BY the works OF the law.
| Whoever seeks salvation by ceremonial WORKS the
Aposte declares as fallen from grace" Read the
whole of the Episte Of Paul 10 the Galatians, and
you Will see that there Is no sabbath, anu none
| intended Dy Christ or His disciples during the
present Gentle dispensatlon That the apostolic
observance of the Lords supper on the nrst day o.
every week TO commemorate the glorious event o.
the resurrection OF Christ was not intended 10 SUP
stitutc a CHRISTIAN ''Sunday" for tie Jewisf
seventh day s.Sabbatn," and that any statement 70
that effect is false Is abundantly testined IN othe
| epistles Of Paul 10 the then existing churches.
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