The Red Cloud chief., 1885-03-13

Betweea nds. A J Cadsey. Seventh Day Ad
vsstist, and + J yeweoah. Christian Minis
ter, On the Sobbsth Question
Especial to The CmEv.l

N'e@-
Your correspondent, upon learning
Of a debate to he conducted by the
above named parties, TO commence
Tuesday evening. Feb %. fastened ov-
er the snow-clad hills 20 the Martin
school house. 10 miles southeast Of
town. with pencil and paper in hand.
Upon arriving upon the scene Of ac-
ton he found n goodly number gather
ed together at an early hour, anxious.
to hear what could be said on both
sides Of this question. After singing
and prayer the question was read by
Ed. Hooper. as follows: Resolved
that the Scriptures teach the Sabbath
Of the Fourth Commandment il bind
ing upon Christians at the present
time" Then Mr.. Cudney made the
opening speech. The elder read Mark
2:2-: The Sabbath wa made for
man. and not man for Sabbath"
The Elder said: while this text
does moi give US all the desired inform
atiSn concerning the Sabbath question,
yet ii does make some statements that
are very important in the consideration
Of this subject. First, it says the Sab
hath was made. hence We are not left
to make Sabbath tor ourselves. II
also tells us for whom it was made.
foIne people tell us it was made for
the Jews only. but Christ says it was
made for a In order to show that
IL wAs only intended for the Jew, il
must first be shown that none hut the
Jews are men. As there words were
spoken by the Savior aud written in the
New Testament, we conclude the Sab
bath was made for the Christian man
a. we'll as the Jew man. We are next
led TO enquire, when, where and hy
whom was the Sabbath made? Under
what circumstances was il made, and
what was il made ont Of? In answer
to these questions I viii, call attention
10 tho following scriptures: John I; 3
All things were made by him, and
without him WAS not anything. made
that was made. In order TO under
stand the a~ntecedent Of the pronoun
him. i'm this text we will refer TO the
first and fourteenth verses Of this chap.
ter; We here learn that it was God the
Hon who wss afterwards made flesh.
and is said TO be the only begotten of
the Father. Hence we conclude a. the
Sabbath was made. and Christ made
everything that was made, he must
have made the Sabbath. How did he
make it? BY reading the tenth verse
we learn that the world was made by
him. 30 when we read in Gen. III, In
the beginning God created the heav-
% and the earth we understand that
the work Was done by God the Son, a.
directed by the Father, and as Chris,
the Son Of God, did the six days of Ia
Dor. we ask who rested the Seventh
day. Evidently the one that did the
work, aud the Scriptures already re-
fsrred to. q Heb. lila. $40 and Col. /:
1911, declare it Was Christ. The same
one that did the work and rested, bles-
sed the s~eventh.day and sanctified il. To
sanctify is to set apart for a religious
use" We are nov led TO enquire what
constitutes q thing, a Christian i%nstitu-
ton 7 Certainly anything instituted
by Christ must be a Christian institu-
ton. This we find to he the case with
the Sabbath; Christ first rested not be-
cause.-The wa weary. but to set us an
example, next he blessed the day and
set it apart for a religious use. The
people were not furnished with a writ
ten law until after the d~ellverance Of
the I~sraelites from Egyption bondage.
In the third month after this the ten
commandments we're spoken from Mt.
Sinai, and written on tables Of stone.
In the bosom of this law We find a
commandment regulating the observ-
ance of the Sabbath, which reads. Re
member the Sabbath REST day to
keep it holy. SIX days shalt thou labor,
and do all thy work, but the seventh
day is the Sabbath (Rest dxy) OF the
Lord thy God. in it thou shalt not do
any work. etc. Some tell us the sew
enth day is the Sabbath of the Jews.
The Bible says nothing Of the kind. it
ssys it is the Sabbath Of the Lord. We
then enquire how long does the sew
enth day remain the Sabbath, or rest
day Of the Lord? Answer, as Hong a,
it remains a fact that the Lord rested
on that day. But it may he asked, can
NC not change the Sabbath from the
seventh day to some other day? Let
ask can you change your birthday
from the day you yer born, to a day
upon which you were not born? OF
course not; neither can We change the
rest day Of the Lord from the day he
did rect to some other dav upon which
he did not rest. 1t is his rest day, or
Sabbath day, that We are commanded
&c keep holy. Notice, the command
does not require lis 10 make aday holy. |
The Lord made the seventh day holy |
and now requires Us 70 keep it holy, |
and not desecrate it by laboring o |
II. Concerning the ten commandment |
law Christ says. Think not that l am
come to destroy the law or the pro- |
phets; | am not come to destroy. but to
fulfl testAblish.) for verify I say unto
you. till heaven and earth pass. ian
event that has not vet transpired.l one |
jot or title shall in no wise pass from
the law. till all be fulfilled. Matt. S,
1918. The Apostle Paul in speaking
of the same law says DO We then make |
the law.. through fai;hy' God forbid: |
Yea We establish the law: Rom. 3:3l. |
The law is thus established. As q whole. |
ny both Christ and Paul. II it. ia es-
tablished Is . whole il must be estab |
lished in all its parts. That portion |
that says the seventh day is the Sab.
bath - vel a. the other precep,s.
Thus We learn not only the that Christ
made the Sabbath. but what he made
it out of. and tha, ne endorses the Sab.
bath command with the rest of the |
law and gives US to unden,an1 tina, i, |
10 in force, and .men are expected 10
obey il as long - the heavens and the
earth remain.
FIRST RDoINp1R |
Elder Newcomb followed BY stating
that there 10 nothing in which we
ohouldcsbe so much interested as to obey |
The commandments of God