The Red Cloud chief., 1885-03-20

Christ. He then e,ated tha: CHRIS;
never met with his disciples on the
Sabbath. Mex; be spent some time IN
trying 10 establish the authority of the
apostles. All the power Of the gospel
has is center IN the resurrection OF
Christ. Before this world. his relation
Ia 'hc Father wa- not a created one.
He gave his power and authority 20
his apostles. On the day of Penteco-t
200 souls were saved. Tins Was the
first day II the week. This being ms
! platform FOR Sunday observance he
| spent his time IN his fr-t three speech
g. 20 carry tl'e above points and TO e.
! tabii-h tie idea that q new la| went
! ont from Jerusalem from .i;e apostles.
Ref. renee Was then made - Acts ~. :,
/ CotamorE IN II 30 .ho~ that the day
tegsv It midnight. ist Cor. IS: ]. -
va, quoted 10 show that every inst day
! was required ~ bo ~ seT.cd a, i day
y,;shiv. In hi- lac, .wo speeches hc
4. 3.oi.d = few more texts OF scripture.
first Rev. 7. 10. What day have ae n
I! tei,sr righi % call the Lord. day. T..
lis. -, "a Here lie asserted tina. this
49, the Lords DAY, ,he resurrection
| dav. Heb 4. \. y xas then COMMENT
! CD or: he claiming that this rest epok-
.u of. wa- that ether day p~rophesied @!
in Pa. rs: -. During the whole dis
/ cu-sion he held ~ la. strong position
the dp"trinc and authority Of the apo~-
tics. We will nov notice i few of the
! points as noted by the negative. First
affirmative gave EO scripture texts 10
| -hoT dlifc rent WAY. 81 counting time
H. introduces that because Chris;
; n, ."r >aii 10 keep Sunday. Ue con
yeas the .ie, that Christ lid not have
authority before he died. I'm Luke 81
we find h:m giving power ~ the npos-
! ties over nil devils, and To cure diseases
! Could he gave tits II 10 did not have II
: FIRST. Again Ne mss. that he read tha:
| law which went forth from y rn-,lem.
. and saved 1900 souls. He says Pente-
| cost was on sunday. Ii may be, yet It
aas nn, a weekly day, but n yearly
feast and liable 10 come on any day Of
tie week. They came there because it
was the day of Pen,ecost whether Sab
bath or Sunday. We would ike for
him Ia >now u text where the Savior
rested On the first day of the week. He
never. 40 far D. the record shows. took
/ the name on his lips. Tie frs; day oi
the week is only mentioned eight times
in nil the new testament, SIX Of these
T, refer to the resurrection. In these In
lance il Will Dee seen that i, Is only
calici the fir; day Of the week. while
the dAy before Ia called the Sabbath.
| one or the eight texts IL found in Acts
20 :, l2, and here no sacred title L.
giyea il. If according % our brother
The Jay began. ct midnight, then the
breaking ofbrea Occurred on Monday
bu, If the day began 4, snndown then
Paui's company stated ont on an ar
duous journey on that day, AMI he
walked Il distance of ~! miles, thus
showing that he did not regard II very
highly as a Sabbath. The last Of the
eight texts is found in ] Cor l6: J, 3,
and here Paul is speaking Of it as a
day for secular labor. No intimation
of a Sabbath. Our brother has failed
entirely Il bring Il single text that says
the first day is the Sabbath. Christ
rayer said so. He never placed a Iii
vine blessing npon it. The apostles
never called il Il sacred day. They
never cnjo.ned II upon Christians aS a
day Of worship. Vow rs no divinc
sanction is given to the first day of the
week as a Sabbath. we conclude that II
Ma 70; the sabbath. and as the Sab
bath o! the fourth commandment is
spoken Of 50 times in the New Tesla.
ment. and always 49, an already exist
Jig institution. we are forced To- believe
that Ia seventh aud not the fret day
- tho S,bhn,n.