Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-09-28
The Sabbath Question.

Eds. TriJune::-As you have been
previously told by correspondent
of your paper who keeps you posted
on happenings in this locality, there
was recently organized here club
which styles itself, The Mutual I'm
provment Society. The deliberations
of this society are often quite inter
esting, ard, doubt not, will induce
much thought amongst its member
ship. 1t meets Sundays. The Sab
bath question has been the topic of
the two last meetings, and as some
Of the points made were new to
many of us, and different from what
we were taught, we present them;
The Sabbath was not commanded
until the Israelites had journeyed
six weeks into The wilderness. 1t
was incorporated into the law given
on Sinai, and they were to remem-
Der it, because the Lord had brought
them out Of the land Of Egypt. 1t
was positive and not moral com
mand and was to test their loyalty
and obedience to their dcliyerer and
King. The yiolaler of the Sabbath
was to be punished with death. 1t
was to be kept holy. No work Of
any kind wasSto be done, and no
fire was to be kindled on that day.
fhe man found gathering sticks on
that day was stoned to death. Curses
were pronounced on the people if
they violated the law and particular
ly the Sabbath day; and partly on
that account they suffered the seven
ty years captivity, during which time
the land rested and enjoyed her
Sabbaths The law given on Sinai
was for the Jewery. 1t was not
binding on the Cent world. Christ
"came not to destroy but to fulfill the
law Not one jot or title was to
pass away until all was fulfilled. All
that "was written in the law, the
psalms and the prophets concerning
him" was to be fulfilled. On the
cross he said 1t is finished" After
his death, resurrection and the set
ting up Of the church on Pentecost,
Peter said that all these things had
been fulfilled Paul said that that
first covenant was done away TO
make room for second which was
better; that it waxed aged and was
ready to vanish away; that the com
mandments were blotted out-nailed
to the cross--and to show that he
meant all the commandments, he
said the law, "written and engraven
In stones, was glorious" and SIS done
away" The sabbath was not oblig.
atory on Christians. They might
observe it, but no one was TO Judge
them if they violated it. There can
be no Christian Sabbath. The Sab
bath never was changed, but was
done away. We have the Lords
lay-the first day of the week-a
day as far superior to the Sabbath as
Christ is to Moses. The day on
which Christ arose from the dead
pulStiH9 Jht bdlS VI bhc lp'iiD diih
liuht and Immortality to
life through the gospel. On this
lay the church was set up, and on
.ms day Christians always met to
listen to apostolic teaching, for fel-
breaking Of bread, and
prayers. They were commanded
mot to forsake the assembling Of
together" on this day but
they were to lab II for the edlhcatlon
of the saints and the upbuilding of
the church. The Lords day is day
not Of rest-but of earnest Jealous,
work in the masters cause, workinL
under that great commission, &c.
make disciples of the nations, "and
10, | am with you always even unto
the end of the world" Call Bible
things by Bible names and you will
never call the first day of the week
the Sabbath day.
These points and much more were
brought out ut the two meetings.
The next subject is 800 the Scrip
lures sanction the present divided
state of Professionalism and can
Christians unite?"