, 1875-12-04

atitutiou Two thinos ~ -" ~ M ~
in this subeututint,. Trtt Ina ,,mtitv ~ III"
dny of Tho I,or,ls rosn,racttnu. sscSf that
I Christ, tho l,urd Of lin Eshhath orIero, ia
subs,itulon to bo ma1c. It NAV tm tl,,t ths
resurrection took ulaea m Mo Jrs1 a.v No;,i,nr
Of tho Evaugell.ts u,nknn aucI, n .,ntan,,t
atattlten, Mark. and Luke. In giving Tim wurIa
Of the angel 10 tin woman ahc1, thnr ,isitn tno
sepufo.,re, said, " I[o Ia r,scn, hmt in moi Nv
| wien lie rose. John reonIJs st..v,a 1.nn,,.~:
"Ther have taken AWAY thc '1.or5 6,,t ~
tho sepuoAre," without s.rtns rhon II VIA
| DOM. TI,c day of tbs forr. r.s"r.
rcction ought to be acnnilniv ,rn,"r
to make It substitute for apothnr il.tn;.n d,v
Tho second point, tho sntboftv of Jasn. Chr;!!t
for tho change, is essontiai; Tor no one loss IN
authority than "t,le Lord Of tbe Sas}mth" % VT h.. ~
auy nnthort7 in tic matter, fiay,ne nevcr ,onna
tl'o authority. submit tue further sosrch Tar n
To "lnqntrer," feeling aasutej thas hn viii ,n.
form me whon and wl,src he has found II,
"1nquirer" asks: ibid not Christ and His
Apostles authorize. by their praotIco mud ta,o,s
lnsa Tho change OF the Sabbath from t,,o
scvonth day to tie frat day OF The woek !" Wr
ask why did not "1n4uiror furnish tue au-
thortY from thom for suoh changer Il ro.
ltept That day tu show their authority. II
either Christ Or His Apostles 80 taaebt.
ii can To found. When men and
women stood In maturity at ono day
puro whon mau stood ianocens Of All transeros-
sioh. In tile Image Of God hoIdiuY conyoreo tilh
Him, no received from God'a oni, yoioe Hls ~
struotons for his manhood and his raca; ho rc-
cei7cd the tHo groat atlismat'ous Of tito moral
!aw,-tho ress-day Of, God for his spiritual 1,a-
tnre, md the marriage or family law for lis
sJcisl nature, Did JosuH or His ApostieB teaol
tho abvogatlon or change of tlleso fundamental
iAIa Of man'B be,ug, aud bIeak up the family ra-
!ation aud mani spiritual ounte,so with uod on
Asa eaosed day? Tho mission OF CHRIST was to
'eHsoro tlo primitive order that mans sin Las
dorauged. BY placing hin IN the iunocsocs whero
lheso two principles wore the lawR Of BID boIpg,
Does Christ mako man innocent aud tako from
h'm tho lana TINT were guido to linn when
innocent2 Does Ho sestoso tho primitive
that eouditlon To tolieye thu la TOO much for
ordinary cssau}ity. Dut, II Christ has dono
thla, lila authority will provo II. have not
found shc passage that declares 10 faot or In
ference That Clrlat aver kept tho frat day OF tho
woek % tho Sabbath, or taught othors tV DO 30.
Eazaseth' where lfo had beon brought up, and,
~ Als custom wAs, Ilo wont INTO the synagogue |
OH tue sabbath day aud stood up to road. I |
have nut found the passage Lhat statos direotly
OF W necessary inference that the Aposlles eyor
kept tue first day Of tho week "a tue So pbatl., or
ovor taught o!herB to do so. have found In |
Acts XVII, l, \, that st Thosaaloutoa. paul, as
h's manner was. went in uuto them, and three |
6atbath = days reasoned with them out Of tho
SCRIPTURES hnl aiso that ho spout two Sab
batha o. Antioch: In Plaidia. preaching Christ,
atd also ono sabbath at rhippl. Acts xvi, 10,
and heyenty-eight Mt Cosinth. teaching tie word
Of God among them. Aote xvtli.t 4. II. But I
leave this point for ''lnqutrer," ~1io notice
how tho toYolutlon of thu earsh throwa the days
OF tho meoks Into coafusion.
llttle confused iu hls statement when ho fnas It
necessary to drop instoad Of add day, when he
nakea bia westward trip around tho Garth, In