The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-04

work on Gods day or resu 1t IS not my Saooath,
nor yours, nor the Jews. 1t is the Sabbath of
the Lord thy God. II is robbery to use Gods
time fer yourself, If we would honor Christ let
US keep the day He made holy, blessed and ap-
pointed for us. He says THE Son of Man is
Lord also of the Sabbath day" He does not
own any other day as His. Six days are
for our work, the seventh for His.
He set the Sabbath as coronet
on the brow of the creation. It was the crown
ing creation of God. 1t shone for the patriarchs.
prophets and apostles, and the Lord of
glory honored it when here. He set US an ex-
ample as 20 how we should protect it. Through
the fogs and dust of the dark ages a counterfeit
gem was placed where it should have shone by
the Catholic Church, but the light of reforma-
ton is growing bright The false luster is de-
tected, the spurious Sabbath is made plain.
Let US come up TO the help of the Lord and
place the real jewel back in the crown Let us
remember our Creator and devote ourselves to
honor Him. Let US take away our feet from
the Sabbath. In the better world that is com
ing the Sabbath of God will have no rival. God
saws, For as the new heavens and the new
earth shall remain before me, saith the Lord,
so shall your seed and your name remain, audit
shall come to pass that from one new moon to
another, and from Sabbath to another,
shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith
the Lord:"-Isaiah Xvi, %, %. God promises
special blessing to those who lay hold on the
Sabbath in this generation. See Isaiah lvi.
Elder d. M. Canright preached in the evening
the first day of this week is mentioned but eight
times in the New Testament: Mark xvi, 20;
Matthew xviii l; John Xxx. l; Luke xiv, l;
John Xxx. 49, Acts Xxx 4 Corinthians, xvi, 2. He
proved that the disciples were not met to cele-
brate the resurrection, for they did not believe
it had occurred; but simply together in
their home Acts j. 13), for they lived together,
were eating a common meal. not celebrating the
Lords supper The first day of the week is
never termed the Sabbath. This name is always
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disciples other days of the week besides the
first day. Thursday the ascension day.
One day Jesus met His disciples, after His resur
rection, when they were fishing. He told them
how to catch more fish, and did not rebuke them
for Decorating the first day. The day of Pente-
cost when the Holy Spirit was poured out, ac
cordine to Pitts, Barnes, Clarke and other COM
mentaries, did not occur on the first, but the
seventh day of the week. There is one night
meeting on the first day recorded. But meet
ing at night the first day would, according to
Bible reckoning, be Saturday night. Paul
preached all night, but Sunday morning he
walked nineteen and one-half miles. and met the
other disciples, who had been toiling while he
Xxx, 7, l3. IA The Corinthians were command
ed to lay by "a collection for the saints" on the
first day. This might be money goods. 1t
was a private. not public collection. The
Greek shows it is to be laid by at home. That
is all that the Bible tells of the sanctty of
Sunday. There is not hint of it being a sa-
cred day, but everything proves just the re-
verse God used it as a working day. The
Savior worked upon it. The disciples did not
keep it. There is no intimation that it should
be kept. Why do you keep itq Some say it is
called the Lords day because John says. Rev.
i, 10: Il was in the spirit on the Lords day.
This text does not say what day this
was. The commandment says ''The sew
enth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God"
The Lord calls it "My holy day." Isa. lviii, H.
Jesus says the Son of Man is lord also Of the
Sabbath" He and His Father are one They
created the worlds together. They rested to-
gether. Jesus says, BLESSED are they that do
His commandments, that they may have right
to the tree of life and enter in through the gates
into the city"
Saturday was observed by the campers as the
Sabbath, and Elder Underwood volunteered
some information as to the Adventists manner
of observing the day. 1t is general custom
among this people to begin and close this Sabbath
with prayer. On Friday all cooking is done for
the Sabbath, and everything is laid aside that
can be. The Adventists hold church services
and Sabbath school. as other Christians do, on
Sunday but do not keep the Sabbath many
keep Sunday. They do not regard it day for
visiting or mere recreation. The meetings on
Saturday were well attended and the deepest
interest shown The Sabbath-sc school service
was conducted by Elder Henderson; Elder I'm
derwood preached in the forenoon and Elder
Bartlett in the evening.