, 1876-02-20
81 THE MORAL LAW CEREMONIAL.
stMosEs" AED t'ADEL ANDERSON


70 the Editor er The Chicago 1Ti61ne:
CHICAGO, Feb. 18.-1 ask indulgence IN Al
other response to my critics. I give Moaes"
the benefit of mJ ai1euoe to all discourteous ra-
marks and Misrepresentation Of my position
There is style Of discussion that does not bedt
morol and religious topics. I choose to ignore
it. do not assume s'that the Sabbath law,
heiue embraced iu the decalosus, is therefore
essentially moral" Tho Sabbath has its charac-
ter. from the fact tha. God blcsged and sanctl-
fed His rest-aay, after Ho had rested On it.
This sabbath law is the only affirmative precept
in the frat table of the LAW. For these state
meuts I hayo given proofs. Any statoment
riven *.rathcr as d theory than an argument
Tint the Sabbath was instituted as means OF
compelling the Jew to contemplate Divine power,
and thus act as preventive Of idolatry,'
will do ouly for idle spcculatlon: nu1
bas no authority against tho Divine declar-
,t;on that God blessed aud enuctihed the
seventh day .because that in it He had rested
from all Ills work which God created and uade"
Tho additional roaeon in Ueut., y, 10, LOT TIC
Jews, in no sense inpairs tho epeclnc !eason
given in Gen, H., 8, and e., *, Il s11,., II;
authority IN keeping the Sabbath. on the plea
that Christ was jew, and as such Kept e IT; !,
Christ DECLARES Himself Lord OF the Sabbath,
not its servant or slave. Does - Aosos looh
for salvation through Christ as oo" or snione1 a
Him. as :!God manifest in the lesh'? As GOD
He held His connection With tue Sabbath: anu
not ~ a Jew. "Moses further SAYS. THIRST
did not come to destroy, but to tnlnll ana IN
fuI6lllng, to abolish" II he will give Woll-de,
fiaed and clear difference between "aesstoy
aud "abolish - he will confer favor. Ihay are
nearly or quite Synonymous according to tue
hat critics, He then would maze Christ say,
s.thipk not that am coma to destroy the !aw
nm not come to destroy, but to aoo..
ish." lie must make that plalner II ae would
+ hecometh us to fuldn ali righteousness" The
word fulfill, in each caHe, Is from tho same
Greek word s4perosai." Did ha mean abonsa
all righteousness?
admits that saql Of ;s Tarsus sI.ke kept the
Sabbath, but denies that Paui alo, eScsps ~ s .
authority for the e1pediency.. Ho kept two - sao-
baths 81 Antioch one 1t -Phi!ippt, tbsee at Ihes-
saIonia, and seyenty~eigh! At Corinth elgns.-
four in all, thae are specially named. fanl
teachings nre in harmony Hl,n nt6 pm prschtee; hne;,
nothing that was profitable unto you" no 10,
where taught them that tho Sabbath Wsa
| changed OF abolished" In verse "a he saFs
II have not Stunned to declare unto yon 81 tne
! counsel Of God.' change or abolition OF tno
Sahhoth was not in the counsel Of God for Paul
never so declared to then- In ACTS 3s1r. -, ~ no
| eaya: AEut this I confess unto thee, Ihas altel
] the way which they call heresY 50 Worship Ins
| Cod Of nv fathers. believing all things Wh'cn
are written in the law and the prophets" IT "aa
written in tho 1sw "The seventh day IS tne
| S1bbnth Of the Lord thy God in It thou shall
| moi do any work." Paul believed al tnis "as
written in tue law. The prophets Isaiah and
| Jeremiah taught the sac1edness OF the SaooaIh.
| psu beIleyed all that the prophets taught. He
n1so declares, Acts xx7., 5 either asaanss NV
law Of tho Jews, neither against tue temple no.
| vet against Caesar. have l offended anything 81
iii" Again, in Acts. xviii, II. ho says: Aen
and brethren. though have committed nothing
| against the people or customs OF nnf 1atae1s.
| n Epheslrns. ill.,, 6, he Gays, Touching thS
r;uhteo15noss which is in the laE' blame!ess
Theso IRE strorg eyidences that the laW OF COO
and not .'c1pcdencS,"" governed nm: Eit
nractice aud teaching being in aSreomens IS gooe
anthontv. Paul was eridently closr~heaaee
i Sabbath-keeper.
frcshiag to have something over true name
! Ha thinks tim. have come to the conclus1or
that the Church has failed to vindlcate ita SAB
hath. because ..Moses " has failed to present
IN acceptable theory He probably has no
| rea1 nv articles before ''Moaea" put IN hli
annearnpce. t will, however, thankfully Civ
hin my attention while he attempts to shoz
- hnw eaaiIy the Church has vlndic.ted its Sab
bath.n Be starts out With tho thoaghs that th