, 1876-01-30

n III, Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
R.pr1sr THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, jan B.-A
ronr issue of Saturday, cd inst, in IN artlcl&
ant,tled "The Mosaic Law: Was it Obligatory
m the World 2" signed Noses" the authof
advocates the following proposition: - Inas tns
Sabbath law, az rule OF conduct o1o ZOE law
its oriein at the close OF creation as aihred d
the Sabbath advocates" He also makes otnea
statements, but at present propose 70 noslce
ouly the one quoted. In support OF tals p1opo-
sttion be savs: II have already stated sna
what God did and ea;d during creation, ano n
its close in relation to the seventh aay "as no"
40 far ae we know or have any gooo feason u
haieye. made q m.tter Of record for nearly
2,500 years altar it's occurrence, ano henee couAa
mt ba binding On the conduct OF men Ine3
con,a not be in any scnse bound BY lAw OF
which thew knew nothing. nor could tney 1oa1o"
IN ~vamnIa .of which they had never heard
We Grant that the Book of Genesis was not
rr;ttau unt,l . 500 years after the creation, sud
henco it is clear that patr'archs who lived
on,ine this time wero not dependent Tor their
kno1ledse for Gods will and Law coneernin
than upon 3 record that Was written after sht
xera dead and gone. The record OF Ihoae car
tjrnes uaa not written az rule OF life for tho
who had al1eady pasred away when tho roco
| waa written But when Moaes comes do"n'
| hia historf to his own times, Gods II" ID she3
| an,noliej IN tho record, and H1s people hava
the written law in their hands ~ tnef TUG ot
life. Evldontls there q no p1opt1eeyi N hn bo ;u
| serted in his brlef aecouas = coda o. LASS ~ u
rule Of life for men who had passed Away IRON
the Stage OF being.
The Rev. Charles Hodge, u. - f9oi ieaeo5 N
| the Theological Seminary. Princeton. n J., esge
| in his admirable treatsso On Theology "ntco u
nov nsad Is 4 textbook in nearly IL the schools
| ~ d;vrn,t7 in this country, ~ follows: The
| objection to the pze-Moeaac institution OF tns
Sabbath. founded on the sl1enco OF deoesfs On
tbo subject in the history Of the patz7aEchs. OK
little weight. It Is 10 be remembered snAs *oe
Rook of Genesis, comprised ID some SHY oc1Avo
pages, gives us the history Of nearly A9oo Eea1s-
| All daslpps not being Immediately On Sno uos4En
of The suthor were Of necessity Left OUT II
| nothur uas done but Whist ia there tocofooo.
the a1tediluvians and paeK1a1chs Aseo @naoe'
| entirely without religious obserVAncea.
The early patr'aicha hVea % susa ~ ~ h,nf,nr
| AVN bv tradition through 1000 o1 3,oo JeAIa
tha commandments, statutes, and Laws Of TOD
Adam lived for $50 wears !; he was pettseuy r. r
m,. aa1.nt.1 DIV. aod Who viii doubt that he uade
knovu this fact TO hss numerous po-teHty5 :.
Torr correspondent, Moses, OF Oak Pxk,
uanid soeru to teach that aince we have no Trlt-
, dnt;ea required in the decaloguo were nos bind
Ine upon men previous to that time but it viii
b. hard to convince the candid mind Who haa
no theory to make out 70 the coosta15, taat soes
duties aud prohibitions were not 10 force 3roEa
, the beginning Of the laee- we % no'
find in the Book OF Genesls any com
mauds prohibiting ''idolAtEy, blsspnsny' .sa;t
, d.sobedience to parents, l aou.se1Y: neas as,
! false witness, and cosetousuoeo, ~
! who for this reason, infe1s that the psttlaten.
weze not taught OF God the1 anty concerning aa
these matters? In Genesas IL III I'd I.r,t ~ ~
:. that Abraham obeyod ny voice; tnu AsPs tn ~,
chsrge ny commandments ny .h;s rso,rd ~ ~. ~
. Az hah sss :. .causinted with the command