, 1876-02-19

God HirnAtlf on tables Of st0nB. Tho4s command.
wi!ien their meaning. md % impses. ths sptt't Of
III. siGnoss e :s, :s,i s e s'' '
Notwithstanding all that hsa toon said .oajnst
the origin and perposuity OF the sabbatl, law II
BeomH to mo thoro Ia not much danger OF undor.
mining Tho truth - Bot forth in tho above qnota.
tfons. The Sabbath LAM IN part Of tho moral
laN, which Ia tho basis Of oil civilized aud Chris
tian Governments. This moral law Ia summod
up In tho ten commandments, aud reiterated In
the Sermon on thn Mount by christ h,mset pro-
claiming thom to continue ia force "tlll Heaven
and earth rass," adding penalty for daobcdicuce
In "ono OF these least commandments"
Willie am perfectly Aatlaioi with the origin
and pcrpeinity Of tho Sabbath law ~ act forth
by tlo Doctor, ~lat TO call attention to poius
several times asked tho question through TnE
TRIBUNE, "Whnn and by what authority was tile
day Of tho Sabbath changcd7" aud It rsmaius
unanswered. There aeem to b. plcnsy, Of
but none TO show the change Of day. / trust
that DR.. Falons will tAke up this point and glve
tho truo anaWer. That ho recognizes the change
Of lay IN common With orthodox Christians la
clearly shown BY his practice.
Thus, Dr.. Fal1ows chtia Sunday tho " frat day
Of the WoeG, and asks us all TO ~ ro-onact II In
public senilm Which shall 30 hardly. less
omnipotent IN our city than the original uni
yefs sefsi q r. .a s 'f 6oeo sse
toxt, " Remember tho Eabbat!,-tlay to keon 1t
holy" emphasized by tho "awful splondoss OF
suni," arc transtorrod to Sunday. giving It oil
that roated formerly on tho aeventl. day. Il Is
not any day Of tho Teok we may
day, Of tho week. i is not Reasonable That
Keep any dsv they might chooao, any moro than
l1o Would leayo thoni without Sabbath. Nor
/ would ue allow mon to change q law whon all
| tho rnasons for which lfe made It rcmain In
force. but II, on account OF the resurrection Of
| Christ or any good and sufficient reason for
change Of the day Of the sabbath. God or tho
| Son Haw ct to make the change, 1t would bo re-
leliou, indeed, on cur part not to submit to It.
WI d. FalIowa gtyo tho rehsons for The change
which ts taken for granted III hts sermon, there
/ by establishing tho practice Of tho Chrstlhn
world III Aoeping sunday7 1AYMAs.
| 10 the Editor n The Chieaoo Tribune:
CnIcAoo, Feb 1G.-In common With largo
numbet Of tho reatlera Of your trnly catholic pa-
por, nm deoply Interested In tho rooonr Discus
| stons 10 the religious department. especially
tlloHo pertaining 10 lie naturo and perpstutty Of
| tho Sabbath Law.
I am not ambitious to outer tho arena for the
auko OF enatchiog anay any Of tho honora duo
those rho have been striving 10 va1sant'y for
| tho truth. But II you will slow 1ittle spnce,
would liko to call attention to certain rather
anomalous foaturcs in the sermon OF tho Roy.
Dr. FAiIows, on last Bundsy evening, as pub
lished in TuE TRIBUNE of Monday, Fob. II.
Tho Doctor takos radical grounds respecting
tho Origin, moral character, aud pe:petuity Of tho
| Sabbath. No advocate OF the Sabbath Of tho
| fourth commandment could ask for better
| Abatement OF its moral and Interchangeable cature
| tllln ho haH Gtyon while laying the foundation
for his aubsequent carnoat appeals for the clos-
| Ing OF Sunday theatres. Hc boldly Afiirms hIB
belief that - tho sabbath waa instituted 1t tho
creation !" that - tho law Of tho Sabbath was
| given to out common ancestors at the beginning
OF the races" thnt 1t waa repeated to tho
- ''Israelltea at the beginning OF their history az
q distinct people !" that "tho Sabbath is not q
| ceremonial law. Tho command to keep It is one
solemn circumstances, written by God lIimsof
On tattea OF stone. Thoso commandments Christ
cslno not to abrogate. 1t II Of thlB lie aays I
cams not to destroy but to fulfill"
1t would thus appear to 10 the opinion OF tho
Doctor that God, 10 His wisdom, had given to
man ono unchaneeable Sabbath, to bo pctpstu-
allv observed To commemoration Of God AZ Cro-
ator, and In imitation Of His examplo tor, says
can nevor become obsolete" Now mark the
| constHterc7 OF bnnh atatemauts with what fol.
lows. !" Tbs frat day Of the week has been OBJ
| served by Chrlst.ane in general aa tho Sabbath,
| In supposed conformity 10 tho anciont Jewish
| Babbath." What change has suddenly come
over tic spirit Of our brother dreamsl An once
| uehave an "anclent jewish Sabbath =" But q faU
admitted. 1t was then, for tho purpose Of at
argument, OF Us futcrum upon which to resi-
tho leyor OF an appeal to tip over Sunday
theatres, regarded as tho Sabbath "of the
race" which tho Jews wero commanded to OBJ
sorso In common With a'l mon before and after
their national existence, bus which they could IN
no Benye call their own. But now hlI tho good
logic OF provious reasoning is thrown away, aud
as' treated to srsPg9 Of ssn
Sabbath" German Sabbath" "EnRsh Sab
bath" "puritan Sabbath" "Americzn Bab.
bathl" but pray what has become OF ooa't
Tho Doctor AYERS that "Tllo sabbatl, Is ourt
by right. Our foreign friends hayo uo business
10 change it." Which one OF thesa Habbatht
docs tho Doctor moan now? A llttlo while age
we should have lAd no difficulty IN understand.
inE him, for 10 then maintained that Tho Sab.
batl. Of tho fourth hcommaudulont,-th seveDtl
day Of tho wosk, the day on which "God rest
cd" aud which "can mover become obao!oto". =
was tho Sabbath to bo universally and pcrpot
coniondnE for tho closing OF theatros on Sun,
day. on tho ground of lis boing tho Sabbath
IL" our foreign frIonda havo no right to change
it," pray, tell ma who has Z II ChriHt cano no
ity haa 1t been changed? Tho Scripture.
change. Christ neyor iotiInascd that thort
was to bo any change III its observance. There
10 no ordeneo that tho Apostles evcr regarded
Sunday as : sacred day, while there is abu,
dance OF evidence that tlley continued to obsery!
the Sabbatl. according to tho commandment
fear TINT nll arguments aud appeals for th'
more aRcrcd Observance Of tho frat day Of th
week will only increaso tho owls which 80 mucl
need correcting. irrsltgsous. people uso .lwny
ready to seize every absurd ponition or argi
ment OF xchlous aud well-lnsentioned teaoher
| and tao 1t agsinst truth aud morality, 0rea
yantaRe-ground will DO gained whom mon ccas
"teaching for doctrine tho commandments o
meu." LIE. L.
FREE HOUSES OF WORSHIP.
ABOLITION or rEW-HENTlSU.
| To the Editor of Ths CAk1po Tribune:
CHICAGO. Feb. 18.-We offer strange expoB
tlon OF our American Christianity in philadc
plia, whore representatives from all parts Of th