, 1876-01-16
THE SABBATH.
WIFI IT WAS INSTITUTED.


THE SABBATH.
WIT IT WAS INSTITUTED.
10 the Editor Of The CHICAGO Tr1oune:
O.r p,pr Ian III want to nake an other
draft on your generosity for brief space in your
otsAN "" so0- o.t:.., ,...
co1unnns u 1of'oei sone.oe4 .no o".1 a1e
ton. 1t must be manifest, 1ninAr to every
intelligent reader that the question is tho OBJ"
iecuya point of the article in YOUR last Sunday
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4'ouo y" 49,: @a .s-,. -. a..,ss.,.. 49,.
no oono@ 'u'nhh n's seouo'lo a. aoe a1"on1
completely annlh1iasea every tsaso OF opooslE 4on
to his view of the case. It the cad Of the dis
cuesion ia polemic success, the gentleman has,
,orhan, nrhercd y vc,orv though even tuat il
I.t., ~ .t,. ,.-aas. ;s +ha ,,,n;,,,;on ~
oouauul' IL 1ne pAPo7e 20 '"o ae4o4't< ~
trnth, he has made worse thao 1a'1u1e- t-esls'-
mate argument Is boand 70 give an adversary tao
beusfft of his whole proposition, or statsmsak OF
.-I:.x IT, 81 e,., ha1;ae
4e'' W ooA01' ~'o"' susN1 - -.
entertained OF aaFocasso VI soe oppoae:'17 ot sno
Sabbath as no law. Their alienation Is that
the old lar was repealed and . new one
t.. r.;, Wv, d;fyarart thing srou, M
enae'eo. LUIS 10 'e'S o'ne,ous -.
law at all. lr. L. ceais VIII tae Repea4 pe'" -
the PROPOSE ton, leaving the other half out OF
eioht. Taking the whole Of the theory al its
friends exp1ess it, there IS no ground for the re-
49, ~ a - 1000 1 vbatho- rru = nr mt "a
- n,et,er ~ f,ct inyotras uo aosurditv IL there
atse. " .aS1' Ir n1 ,n..hr "nt II lie chose
49, 81 ~. Te,;. f;oda ;rcI,t,ng tno f4or.lno,e
anG -a.e:,cr a. mnc; Of i AZ he SEW fit. leaving
~. III ttat ia taar,cd nn~ in hor1nonc tsitf the
~, ardar ~ 1t,inga9 > do not say Fie did. but
1e" n, .,J aan. =. o-rn,e him tn rhe charge
asa' h",l;, "uG,e ,ara M interest IN tho ruceai
~ ra,arsctnent tneo,v. and do MT care
srGather it is votad M or down. / uant merely
~. soS't art tha ,ve ,tness nf nm argument nut
T,,rn ~ ,1o.,swaranIe- Taking n part for the
',a1a 80 a. htr 4 .Ioos. h,s conclusion follows
,-asi ii,. +,:,n1 the w,n,e It ia non sea a,tur,
Rnt cr;t;c;.,no Nr- HALEY il. not making sny
nrorress in tho elucidation of the Sabbath ques-
t;,I v;i1 +nerofora dayote the remainder Of
tn, ,,;c,a ~ 10 or;rin nnf, purpose Of tho ID
ta.1 -Snon M wns il was ;1,stttntad. There
~ g., ma M crndc nations On thi5 subject that
naod ~ ~ ha net an, cleared nway one by one t;at
:. +; ~ ~ ia oncst;on T., think OF 1r2atur it
,a sFa ~, rS,t,;n ri,c l,mrs of a short
n".ss, ,oar s-,,c,e hit 7 viii do tina beat can
10" tr.t - ct,a mo NJ th,, courtesy Of the edi-
ar ror am: ha- ounor,uuitv. LED mo say hers
lhat when use the word Sabbath mean the
Mn:,;r n,t the Tord's day. or Christian Sab
tatI -. II !. c,l.d Tho firns sl,iue u1 to con-
tend With in tho potula1 belief and orthodox
tcaci,;n1 Tint lhe Sabbath vas Instituted By God
aud gwen to mau It The close Of creat'oa:: when
He blessed the seventh dav nDd slnct.fied It.
ILnsa :. ~. adyocata this theory make an sdrn:s-
s,nn winch yirlualIy DESTROYS it. They a;d.ul
Fiat a1ases wrote the Peutatoueh soma 800
vears aftor erection,
Now I will ansyer the assertion that the Sab
bath, M positive aud real Institution. hal it.
o.,a', ~ et "a close of creation by askiug who,
,;nr;ur ali these 2 $50 yeafs Euew wat Tod did
Jnr'ns, croction r,at rnntnol OF p:ocedu-e Ho
foIlowed- or what He saad in re alton to the
seventh dnr3 10 nhom d1d He Tell tho
slorv? Moses does nos mention any rev.
sist;on ~ bsvine been made Oh the subject, and
in the ahseuco Of information from recognized
anthor;ty ua have mn right to assume that any
snc,, revelation was msde. The theological
teaching and curraut belief that tho Sabbath haB
;,soit - ~ ,h,s f;u' instituted the Sabbath
hns kert it5 institution !. profound secret for
nhon. > aiM wears vet all this time it uas bind
mr. m tl1o con,lacs and the conscience OF the
world / commend this to AIr. B. us legitimate
ar,nnia ~ the rafnctio ad absurcum form Of
o-1npant T,a truth ia there vas Eos, SO far a.
ia recorI shoxs. or as re have an7 reason to
haj,avr any Sabbath law Or auv Sabbath known
- tno world hafofe its institution in the wilder
ncsa as recorded in Exodus, sixteenth chapter
Ths tara IT 1rnor we're deaiRuated py the fall Of
manoa. and the Sabbath or day of rest b; it's ab-
| sancs Th,a va ;now from the record itself.
Al the tneories Of it's antecelent existence
.ra mara rronndess conjecture. On
| - eovontho 1,v thew ware told
sn not - ink for mama. as they would
not find il in the fialds, Sone. however, forget
| mi or ind11 erent to the comnaud-the peualty
not vet beiug attacaed-went out to seea for it,
end f1od ranr;manded them and added. BE-
cause haye p1yen you the Sabbath, therefore
have r,ren YOU On the s,xsh day the cread OF
| two nayz" ii the origin OF the Sabbath dated
| hact tn creation. With what prcpriet7 could God
| say- have gwen rou the Sab bath n? To say
| Hs had eiyeu Them what they and the world had
! alaars hni. would barely excite much reverence
for 1ha piYer or gratitude Tor the Eft. The pen
aitv vas afterwards attached, aud ia recorded IN
Exodns tnirt,-tirsz CHAPTER, and an example OF
It's iuuic,1on Is gwen in N.,n,lers tiftecuth chap
tor, thirty j-secoad to t1rty-s..th serses 'nelus-