Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-07-26
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The Sabbath - It's Institution ana
Perpetuity.

The Sabbath = It's Institution and
Perpetuity.
1t is almost universally admitted
that a Sabbath institution is recog-
nized throughout the entire Bible
but is the evidence thoroughly under
stood? Is scripture proofthe founda-
ton of this generally conceded fact
IF SO, how is 1t that out of the millions,
only a few thousands observe the
Sabbath HANDED down to US from
Eden, where it was instituted to be
observed by the entire human race !
In Gen 2: 2, 3, we read: "And on
the seventh day God ended"-ceased
from-his work which he had made ;
"and He rested from all His work
which He had made" "And God
blessed the seventh day and sancti-
fed it," because that in it He rested
from all His work which God created
and made. Here, as the browning act
of creation, God set apart the seventh
day as a memorial of creative power
to be observed as such by all of
Adams posterity. Had this been
done, no idols would have been wor.
shipped, as the return of each seventh
day would have been reminder of
the God who ''made the earth by his
power" Jer. 10: 10-1e.
Power to create is characteristic
distinguishing the true God from
false gods; aud what better reminder
can be instituted than a memorial
day? Monuments of stone are not to
be compared with the oft.recurring
day, which stamps itself on the atfec-
tions of the people.
AIn the fourth commandment the
reason ,ohy we are to remember the
Sabbath is given-"For-or because
in six days the Lord made heaven
and earth, the sea, and all that in
them is, and rested the seventh day :
wherefore the Lord blessed the Sab.
bath day. and hallowed it," AT what
date did it become unnecessary to
longer remember the Creator of the
universe? Where is the proof that
the sanctity has ever been removed
from the seventh day, where God
placed it at the beginning? Please
give chapter and verse.
But some wise( p people tell us
that the seventh day Sabbath was
kept by the Jews as a memorial OF
their deliverence from Egypt.
Are we to suppose that all the pa
triarchs and holy men of old disre-
garded the day God sanctified and
blessed in Eden thousands of years
before the Jews, as nation, existed ?
But say they, "The commandments
were not given previous to the writ
ing by Gods finger on Sinai. Do
we not read in Gen. 26 5, that Abra-
ham kept the commandments of God
and pray tell us what they were if not
those under consideration. Here
God says Abraham kept his charge ;
which was, "Walk before me, and be
thou perfect" Gen. II: l. Think
you God would have considered him
perfect had he lived in violation OF
His plain commands, which we're en-
tirely in force?
The book of Genesis covers peri
cd of over two thousand years, hence
mu st be a very concise history many
events, even those of Importance,
could not be recorded in such brief
space. We have no record in Gen.
of the law requiring the offering OF
sacrifices. Why not admit the record
of the keeping of Gods moral law as
readily =?
There must have been law previ-
Gus to the one concerning sacrifices
for in Gal. 8: 10, we read "Where-
fore then serveth law ?" 1t was ad
d ed because of transgressions, till the
seed-Christ-should come to whom
the promise was made. Webster says
transgression is "The act of trans
crossing. or of passing over or be-
yond any law or rule OF moral duty ,
the violation of law or known prin-
ciple of rectitude breach Of com.
mand." Then no transgression could
be committed without previous en-
forcement of law. Everybody admits
that Adam and Eve sinned in Eden.
What is sin :? The transgression of
the law. / John 8: A. Hence the law
must have existed before our first pa
rents sinned. Then the existence of
the law is an established fact.
Expounders of the law tell US that
"The ten commandment law is the
foundation of all law" Then these
worldly-wise teachers would admit
that the moral law of God was given
first, and hence is the basis of all law.
Why are our religious teachers less
discerning?
We find Cain and Abel giving at
tention to the added law. Gen. 4 3,4
Then who can deny the previous
knowledge of Gods divine code !?
What intelligent Bible student can
find any truth of the scriptures more
plainly taught than the existence of
the ten commands in Eden?
Then we have additional proof in
Elk. 16: where we find Israel observ-
ing the Sabbath a month before they
reached Sinai. In verse 4 the Lord
says: "That / may prove them,
whether they will walk in my law or
no." Then law existed, and they
knew what that law required. see
verses $50. This is that which
the Lord hath said: Tomorrow is
the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the
Lord dc. They could make no mis-.
take in the day, for the Lord said !:
Six days we shall gather it (: but on
the seventh day. which is the Sab.