, 1876-03-12

mode q reckoning time as used by the Jews
| this meeting was Oh the first part Of the dny, O
that followed pauI used for his journey. Thi
| passage then proves that Paul made usa Of th
| first day OF the week for travelling, and not 70
| Sabbath keeping. Another unfortunate witness
for apostolic sunday-koeping.
| ]. Cor. wi: 2, is the next passage refer1et
to. 1t Is Upon the first day OF the week lie
every one OF you lay by him Ill store Us God ha
prospored him, that there be no gatherings xhe1
come In this passage there ia nothing sais
about meeting, OF Sabbath, or public collcc
ton. There is direction to lay By him in store
It is inferred from this direction that publi
meeting was held and collection taken. Bu
th'a Inference is based more on tho present cns
tom Of tha Church than ANYTHING contained it
the passage. and is not sufficient to establish s
ruie for sabbath-koeping. Tho opinion Of learn.
Gu wfitors upon thls passage may help in under.
/ seif-i. g., at home." With this agree the
! Latin Vulgate and Castcllio, Martin, Osterwald,
| and De Lacy. Three French trauslatlons have
| - at his own house, at home." Luthor and the
Du1eh give It "by himself at home -; the 1tal. 9
ian Diodati sin his own presence at home y; the
Spanish Of Felipe Scio, = in his own honse =;
'.near hinsolf"; the Douay Bible, apart with
himself; hlr SAWYER by himself u; Theodore
l
If these opinions are entitled to credit tho whole
| was business matter at home.
I am told by one Of my critics that
John in Rev l., 1G., cslla Sunday Lo1d's
Day, The verse is, II vas 10 tho Spirit on the
called Lord 9 Day." it is inferred that Sunday
was meant By john. Unless thete is something
better than this Inference, the passage s d poor
witness for the cause. Tho language aud its
connection shows that tho writer was led by the
EY1irf hat
he calls Lords Day. Afford, in his kew Tosta-
ment for English readers, says: ~ was mot
merely wns, but become) ia tie spirit Il. O.,
in esato OF spiritual ecstacy or trance. becoul-
ing thereby receptive Of the vision or revelation
tofoifow). That thlsis the meaning is distinctive
~ shown BY the same phraso occurring in Chap.
iv, 2, where. after seeing tho sta1s open in
Heaven, and hearing the Come up htthor,' lie
adds immediately, r became in the spirit"
Bloomfield, in his Greek Testament, in note on
tuls text. ears: The spirit presented vision to
my mind Tha phrase s. Lord 3 Day :" il from tho
Greek kuriake hemess, y The adjective kur1akc,
'iordiy." :" is used but twice in the New Tesla
ment. Ihe noun kuros in it's varied forms is
used i60 times IF the writer intended to give
tue sense Of tho noun Lord " he would not
have used the adjective "1ordly." Tho passage
does no. contain IL itsef, or by any logical in1-
plication, the idea Of u Sunday Sabbath.
The examination OF the proof texts have
fasled to show shat the Apostles in any case
fourth precept Of tho moral Law gives to an
other day. In this respect they are found true
to the Sabbath command in the moral law.
There are abundant direct eVideuces that tue
Apostles held the moral law sacred. From these
I select as follows: :'Wherefore the law is
holy, and the commandment holy, just, aud
good y; For VIC know that the law is SPIRITUAL
- For delight in the law Of God after the in
wntd uaa-"-Paul in Romans vii, L. IA, o.
Do We then n1ake void the Inv through faith7
fxA1 Foxh o&1hf .e11 -
mans Ill, 81. "f ye fur6Il the royal
shalt love thy neighbor "a thy- @
seit ys do weu James il. g. believing Ill
things whicn are written in the Law and the
prophets" Acts xiv, II. II will put my
laws into their mind, and write them ii their
hearts. ."-Heb. x, 16. "Bleased are they that
do His commandments. REV. xii, II. These |
and other passages cover the moral law without
exception. That the disciples observed the Sab |
following passages show. At Antioch Paul I'd
dressed the people Oh the Sabbath day.-Acts |
Kill, II, is. In that address he said (which |
are read every Sabbath Day." referring to the |
voices Of the prophets. The Gentiles hesousht J
: repetition of his sermon the no1t Sabbath !
Tho next Sabbath almost the whole city went to
hear the sermo0. At Philippe, Paul praachcd |
By the riverside On the Sabbath, to those accus-
:oned to pray there:-Acts xvi, 10. At Thes-
salonica he preached three Sabbaths.-Acts xvii,
q 1ll6 Is QEc4EIeQ 10 De ;" as Ills manner
ras." At Corinth he reasoned every Sabbath /
'or . year and half. The disciples rested
he Sabbath day. according tothe commandment,
Luke xiii, ST. The term Sabbath is freely
lsed by them iu its ueual significance in those
md other casea, showing that they regarded it
Is such.
There is no account Of their dosecrating the
Sabbath or deglecting it. They nowhere taught
he change OF abEogstion OF the Sabbath. rhey
never spoke of auy other weekly Sabbath. They
+fo r11+ |
according to tba commandment which says ..the
eventh day is the Sabbath Of the Lord thy
iod-" Thus, to the fourth precept Of the lar,
nd to the whole Ian, they Were found faithful,
howing that they were true to the mo1c1 Law in /
+sAbel Anderson" in his second criticism OF
" views, calls for proofs for some of my state
aents. shall be happy to furnish them in my
ext paper. J. BAILEY.