The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-07-12

lore tnc rail. 1T will be still more
apparent that he had nothing of that
nature in mind when the 23rd CHI.
! of Leveticus is examined, where the
annual sabbath to which he did al
lude are brought to view, for those
days were to be "beside the Sab
baths of the Lord" verse SO. That
which was abrogated, Paul says in
verse IA of this chapter, was "thc
handwriting of ordinances which
was against u.s." 'fThe Sabbath
was made for man" MARK 2:2O,
therefore can in no sense be said to
be "against u.s." Albert Barnes,
and many of the ripest scholars of
this and past ages, held that Paul,
in this text, had no reference to the
seventh day sabbath. Paul says
"the law is holy" and not made
"void" through faith in Christ
(Rom. 7:12 and 3:3I; therefore he
taught the observance of the seventh
day sabbath, and it was his manner
to worship on that day. See Acts
17:2 and 13:42, A, and :13, and
1874.
That there is a distinction q
Kings 21:S) between the moral law
and ritual requirements and that
each rest upon different founda-
ton, L think, is quite evident to
every careful reader of the Bible;
and in no part of the Scriptures is
this distinction more manifest than
in the writings of Paul. And if all
who would be teachers of the word,
would follow his injunction to limo
thy and study to show themselves
approved unto Cod" workmen,
"that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth"
e Tim. 2:15), they would not fall
into the egregious error of confound-
ing any moral precept with "the
commandments contained in ordi-
nances." Eph. 2:15.
Failing TO find any enactment for
Sunday sanctity, great stress was
laid upon the fact of the resurrec-
ton of Christ having taken place
on the first day of the week, and a
conclusion drawn, therefore, that
sanctity attached TO the day; but
the conclusion by no means ncces-
sarily follows. In support of this
conclusion he held that the Evan
gilists emphasized the importance of
the day, which is untrue in fact.
They, and the Apostles did, how
ever, most emphatically emphasize
the Importance of Christ's resurrec-
ton, but not one of them ever wrote
word attaching any Importance to
the day upon which it occurred.
Having seen from the very nature
of the law of God, and from the
teachings and example of Jesus and
his Apostles, both of which were in
strict harmony with its durability,
that no alteration could be sanctioned
by them; and readily conceding
that for ages the vast majority of
the Christian world have observed
Sunday, in the place of the Sabbath
of the Lord; we ask, then, by what
agency, or power has this substitu-
ton, or change, been wrought? That
some influence has been at work,
and brought about this change, is
evident to all. Now can we, from
the Scriptures, and from we'll an
thenticated facts of history, learn
anything reliable, concerning this
change? Let us see.
In 2 Thes. 2, we read of man
"who opposeth and exalteth himself
above all that is called God, or that
is worshipped; so that he as God
stitch in the temple of God showing
himself that he is Cod That,
even then, "the mystery of iniquity"
was already at work, but that it was
restrained by some power which
should, in time, be taken out of the
way, and then should "that wicked
be revealed" verses 3-S. In a
vision given to Daniel of powers
that should arise in the future, he
was shown one under the symbol of
a little horn having "eyes like the
eyes of man, and mouth speaking
great things" Dan. 7:S. When
Daniel would know the truth of all
this (verse 16), the angel tells him
that when this power came upon the
stage of actiou itshould "speak great
words against the Most High, and
shall wear out the saints of the Most
High think to change times and laws"
verse 25. In the Revelation, John
is given view of the same power,
under the symbol of beast, that
"opened his mouth in blasphemy
against God, to blaspheme his name
and power was given
him over all kindreds, and tongues,
and nations. And all that dwell
upon the earth shall worship him,
whose names are not written in the
book of life." Rev. 1858. (See.
also Oh. II 1850.
Now I ask, has there arisen,
since Johns time, power that has,
in Its assumptions and work, met the
specifications of these prophecies?
And from the pages of history
comes the undeniahle answer, that
there has. In this dispensation
power has come up claiming to
exercise the prerogative of God on
earth and in heayen-sOle arbiter i'm