Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-12
Camp Meeting Sunday hight hestils,

II the Lord from Paradise Lost to Paradise
Restored. Text Mark 2; 27, 20. This text
caches tlst the Sabbath was a made institu-
ion at some time in the past. The speaker
ook up the subject under seven different
reads. First, the Sabbath was made at the
,reation of the earth. Christ il the maker
oi the earth, Jno. / |. g. Col. |: Is, and all |
ihiugs were made by Him. In Gen. 2: l, 3,
we read that as soon as God had finished His |
six days work, He rested on the seventh day. |
Ii takes three things 10 make a Sabbath:
First, God rested; secondly, He blessed it;
q sacred use, for the use OF man.
It the Sabbath was made at creation before
man fell, it is not a gospel institution. That
is, it was made before the gospel WAS needed,
eternity, If man had not fallen. SO the gos-
pei is no part of the plan OF redemp ption, but
is a primary law and not part OF the re-
medal system.
Secondly. the Sabbath was Incorporated
into the moral law at Mt. Sinai. and is thre-
fore a part OF the moral law. Rr. 20; IL.
The Sabbath being part Of the moral law
is not Christian institution. All are under
obligation to obey the Sabbath but none who
are not Christians are under obligations TO
obey Christian institution. Christian inst-
tutlons are such as pertain to the remedy for
sin, such as baptism and the Lords Supper.
None who are not Christians are ever required
to observe these latter institutions.
Thirdly, Christ kept the Sabbath and
taught il to others. Lu. 4: l6. Christ al
ways kept the Sabbath and never broke
it; tor II he had done so he would have been
a sinner He taught it by precept as well as
by example. Matt. "a, 20. He commanded
his disciples TO pray that their fight from
Jerusalem might not be on the Sabbath.
That flight took place 80 years after Christs
DEATH aud therefore the Sabbath was to be
binding 80 years after his time. He did not
teach them anything about any change OF the
Sabbath from the seventh to the first day OF
the week.
Fourthly, the apostles kept the Sabbath
that was instituted at creation, or the seventh
| day Of the week. In Lu. "a, 43, we find that
Chfist's followers kept the Sabbath according
| 10 the commandment. But the commandment
requires us to keep the seventh day. The
| Old covenant died when Christ died on the
cross, but the Sabbath still lives after the old
covenant ended. Tbi. shows that the Sab
bath is a par, of the new covenant.
| Paul, the apostle TO the Gentiles, kept the
seventh day Sabbath. Ac's l3: l4--42, a.
At Antioch, in Pisidia, he went Into the syn
agogue on the Sabbath, aud, on being invited
presched to the people. After the Jews had
| gone out o. the house, the Gentiles asked
| him to preach to them the next Sabbath, and
when the next Sabbath came, the whole city
came together to hear him preach. What a
grand opportunity to tell them OF
| the Sunday sabbath if such an in
7 sttution had been in existence
In Acts le: l3, we read that Paul wen, out to
the river side on the Sabbath, and preached
to the womea who resorted thither. Thi.
wss not 10 synagogue OF the Jews.
In Acts II; 3, it is recorded that it wal
Paups manner to keep the Sabbath.y s2A
there preached to Jews and Greeks.
| Ia chapter ls it lie recorded that At Corin,h
He reasoned in tse synagogues to Jews and
Greeks, on the Sabbath. After being turned
out OF the synagogue, he went into a private
house and taught for a year and six months
OF 7s Ssbsaths, verses, 4, IL.
! Laa, h.. 6ro, d.r 81.
week At Troas2 No, that is only record
that Paul held single meet.
iug on the first day OF the
week According to Bible time the day be.
gins at the going down OF the sun, which
would make the night meeting at which Pau
broke bread come on what we call Saturday
night. In the morning OF the FIRST day OF the
week Paul walked 10 miles, and his com.
panions were sailing their vessel round q
point OF land, about 10 miles in extent Thi.
Paul and his companions would not have
done il they had regarded Sunday as the
Sabbath or the Lords day. To prove tba,
Paul did not break the Sabbath, and that he
did not keep the Sunday, Acts 2s: II wa:
read He said he had done nothing contrary
to the customs OF the fathers; which would
not be true if be bad disregarded the seventh
day Sabbath, and kept the heather festival Of
the sun. This and Acts %; 8, conclusively
prove that Paul regarded the Sabbath of the
4ih commandment, and knew nothing of q
Sunday Sabbath.
The change of the Sabbath WAS made by tht
| Roman catholic power. ln Dan. 7, 25, is q
prophecy OF the papacy, in which it is stated
thai the ROmish church should change God
Law. The D;cretsls, An authoritative work
ia the Z Jman church, claims that the pope
has power TO change or sbragste laws. In
tle Roman catholic catechisns the claim il
made that the church has made the change Of
the Sabbath from the seventh to the first day
OF the law. Many extracts we're read from
those calechisms TO prove that protestan,s are
Inconsistent with their principles who observe
the fret day Of the week, which is simply q
catholic festival.
Many protestant writers were read TO show
that the ten commandments of the dec.
slogue are still binding on all. The Sunday
is the day OF the sun, which was kept as a
festival by the heathen world
The seventh day Sabbath is to be restored
by Gods people in the last days before Chris,
comes In Rev IA; o, 10, is warning
against the worship OF the beast and the re-
ception OF his mark. As the result OF this
message class is developed who keep all
Gods laws, which includes the Sabbath thu,
has been set aside by the catholic church.
Ia Isa. SO: |, l2-l4, this reformation is re-
| farred To The mhreachn In Gndla ls LILA In a