The Portland daily press., 1884-09-11
THE DEERENG CAmPmEETING.
"HOw, When and by Whom was the Sab
bath ChanReds' Abstract of
Elder HaskelPs Discourse.

tractive. Quite large audience assembled to
listen to the discourse which had been an
nounced to be on the subject GLOW, when,
where and by whom was the Sabbath changed
Elder s. N. Haskell took the stand and the
following is brief abstract OF his sermon:
The fourth commandment in the Decalogue be-
ing to view the seventh day Sabbath. The ten
commandments are called the Law of God.
| (Deut. 4, 12-13) The prophet Isaiah said that
Christ would magnify his Fathers law. lisa.
AZ, 21,) and he did severely condemn the
Pharisees for making void one of the ten COM
mandments by their traditions. Matt. 10, 81
There is but one prophecy in the Bible which
speaks Of a change being made In Gods law,
| and that refers to power that would arise in
direct opposition to Christ and think to change
"times and laws" Of the most High Tor as most
| translations have 1t, and as the Hebrew i'm
plies, the law Of the Most High.) dan. z,
| 25) The power brought to view in the above
| prophecy is identical with that symbolized by
| the little horn Of Dan. Z, 8, and the imam of
sin" spoken of by Paul. 2 Thess. 2, A. This
power has certain characteristics SO marked
that all prominent Protestant commentators
agree in applying it to the papacy. Itthis
said it would think to do, then the evidence is
that the application of the prophecy is correct.
The Decretalia, a Catholic work thus exslts
the pope: "The Pope has power to change
times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with
all things even the prscepts of Christ. Again:
THE Pope's will stands for reason. He can
dispense above the CLAW; and of wrong make
right, by correcting and changing laws" Pope
Nichols Dist. IS.
The ten commandments as given in any
Catholic catechism stand thus: The first two
| precepts are combined in one, and the last one
| divided in order to still have ten. This, how
ever, they do not claim to be change of the
law. but there is precept which they say they
| have changed.
The following from Catholic work, entitled
THE End of Religious Controversy" by
Miner (cspt. IL, page ~ shows this:
"The first precept in the Bible is that of sanctify
ing the seventh day: God blessed the seventh day
and sanctifed it.'-Gen. Ii. 2. This precept was
confirmed by God in the ten Commandments: Re-
member the Sabbath day to keep it holy, The
seventh day is the Sabbath day of the Lord thy
God.'-Ex. XXX. On the other hand, Christ declares
that He Is not come to destroy the law, but to fulfill
It.-Matt. v. II. He himself observed the Sabbath:
| And, as His custom was, He went into the syna
gogue on the Sabbath day. - Luke w. 49, His dis
cples likewise observed 1t after His death: sThev
| rested on the Sabbath day according to the com
mandment.'-Luke xiii So. Yet with all this
weight OF scripture authority for keeping the Sab
path or seventh day holy. Pr0testants Of all denom-
nations make this profane day, and transfer the
obligation of it to the first day OF the week or Sun
None whatever EXCEPT the nnwrtan ord 81 tr
dition of the Catholic church. which declares that
the apostles made the change in honor OF Christ's
resurrection and the descent of the Holy Ghost on
| That day OF the week."
The following from a Catholic work en-
| titled "Plain Talk about the Professionalism OF
today" (page 213) is still more to the point:
SIT is worth while to remember that this observ-
ance of the Sabbath--fn which, after all the only
Protestant worship conssts-not only has no foun,
dalton in the Bible but is in fragrant Contradiction
with its letter which commands rest the Sabbath
| which is Saturday. 1t was the Catholic church
| which, by the authority of Jesus Christ has trans
ferred this rest to the Sunday in remembrance of
the resurrection of our Lord. Thus the observance
Of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they
pay in spite of themselves, to the authority of the
/ church,
The changing of the time of the beginning
and ending OF the day frem sunset the Bible
time, to twelve o'clock midnight Roman time,
Is attributable TO the same power. Sunday
| observance was introduced into the church
| gradually. 1t was first heather festival ded-
icated to the sun. When Constantine, the
Roman emperor embraced Christianity he and
the Pope made sacred this relic of barbarism
and gave it sanction as a Christian ordinance
| (S21-325, A. d.. Professionals were to merge
| gradually from papal darkness and there has
been burden OF reform for every age. Prov.
| 4:l9, Dan. 1874. The Sabbath reform is
brought to view just prior to the coming of
Christ, lisa. So; I'D and will separate a peo.
pie from the world and test their love and
sincerity, as the restoration of down-trodden
truths has ever done in the past
The speaker seemed inspired with the spirit
that actuated the early reformers, and held
| his audience almost motionless with his earn
estness and plain talk.
Mrs Ellen G. White and Elder Uriah
| the ground at quite late hour.
| This morning the glorious sun poured
| flood OF radiance over sky, sea and "tented
plain" and the air was full Of pleasant sounds.
| AT 1870 the people resolved themselves into
| mammoth Bible class under the leadership
OF Elder Smith and by request the subject Of
PredestiDation was investigated. Nearly ev-
| cry passage in the Bible which seems to teach
that God ordained from the beginning that
certain portion OF the human family should be
| saved and certain portion damned, was
| read and commented on. Questions were freely
| asked by individuals in the audience and 40
| much interest awakened that the exercise was
| extended by unanimous vote somewhat be-
yond the appointed time. It was stated that
| the following passages which seem to prove
the doctrine (Eph. !, 4-5, 2Thess, 2, Is, 2 Tim,
| l, 8, Pet. /, p are each limited by restric-
| tive clause, making the predestination through
Christ, or in other words, showing that If man
| BY free will act connects with Christ then it
| is predestined that he shall be saved, but the
| act OF believing on the part of sny Individual
| Is not fore-ordained. Gods fore-knowledpe
does not destroy mans free-will. The Lord
may foresee the course which individuals will
| to do right or wrong.
The question was asked by some one in the
audience, I'm what manner did God harden
| Pharaoh's hearth"
1t was shown that God gives all men a
chance to believe and when they refuse to de-
| velop righteous characters, and receive not the
| love of the truth then for this cause he fire.
| quently, as in the case of Pharaoh, sends them
'strong delusion that they should believe a
lie," Il Thess, 2-l1,) and become hardened in
| sin.
Many other questions were asked, objections
| raised and removed, points OF interest discuss
| ed and the exercise closed with vindication
of the wisdom and justice Of God Elder Uri-
ali Smith is professor Of Biblical exercises in
Battle Greek College, Mich, and understands
| the art Of awakening an interest in the study
of the scriptures.
The noon trains brought several new arriv-
| ais, showing that some of the brethren are
| rather tardy in getting to the meeting but a
/ number OF days yet remain and the leng tn of
the conference enables all to receive some
benefit if they will.
In the afternoon Elder Smith gave a brief
| exposition verse by verse, Of the tenth chapter
| to the effect that the preaching of Christendon
| is open to criticism because so little of the
| word o. God is woven into the discourses of
| the popular ministry. Paul's charge to limo.
| thy, Preach the word" is still binding. Nc
| Cheyne once said: "Tell me the meaning of
| Scripture, one gem from that ocean Of truth is
| worth all the pebbles Of earthly streams"
Then referring to the chapter under consid-
GRAFTON the speaker said, SIT spans the line
from the beginning Of the typical system of
sacrifices in the old dispensation to the COM
ing Of the King of Glory in the clouds of Heav.
en-. The apostle in this chapter shows the ma
| ture of the Mosaic ordinances, how they were
| shadows or types of Christ and his work In the
| heavenly sanitary and how they were taken
| away to give place to something better In
| the old dispensation the round of service in
| the sanctuary was performed each year,
| Christ performs his work as our high priest
once for all. The beautiful relation existing
between type and anti-type was shown and the
work of the atonement in the one made to cor
| respond with that in the other. The atone
ment in the type was not made when the sac
rifcial lamb was slain, but was q work per.
formed in the sanctuary, so when Christ shed
his blood on the cross, as victim offered for
the sins of the world, he provided a way
| whereby man could be reconciled to God, but
| the atonement is distinct from this sacrifcal
work and performed by Christ as high priest
| Just before his second coming. VERSES 1920