Telegram-herald., 1886-09-27
SUNDAY At THE CAMP
A Great Crowd Of Visitors on
The Grounds.
ALL VERi QUIET AND ORDERLY.
Tnc4saaas Listen 70 Excellent Ser
naoason the Sabbath Question
ard Origin CT SUNDAY o.
ssrsanCe.

Notwithstanding toe fact thst yesterday
morning iasued ~ifh clouds aud drizzi-
ing rain. the Seventh Day Adventist cafnp
xas alive and stirring a. al earlier hour
than usual Al clock the PAVILION Was
hlIed With eager listeners o. hear Elder ;.
Haskell relate his experience Ia estab-
ashine the W0rd Ia Australia. Vita
company u sorkeEs. Eidsr Haskell went
b Australia IN the year Of 1854, u intro
d8ce religious faith OF the Seventh Day Ad-
genrisla 10 the people OF that continent, aud
t1e ali acenr islands. They met viii very
encouraging success, insomuch that several
.arge and h0urishing churches are already
organized there. a publication ofhce has
been established from which is Issueda large
l6 page monthly paper, and the work Is
progressing LAForaoly ln various parts OF
the continent Elder Haskell spoke % the
pr0ple for IEO hours, relating many very
interesting circumstances IN connection
with the work In that ftr OF land, al Of
which vas deciGediy encouraging 70 the
listeners.
SERVICES ~ rHE HOLLAND LANGUAGE.
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lures Of the camp meeting, We mention the
services IN the Holland language. On Sat
ardag evening Ed. b. >Iursmau addressed
the H0llanders ia one Of The large audience
tents. taxing for bis subject The Signs OF
the Times. sunday afternoon be gave
fhera an address, giving an outline OF
prophecy This Monday evening a Bible
reading viii be given Ia the Holland Ian
guage, 3n interesting topics
THE TRACT ASD MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
At9o'elock a session of the above society
was held Ed. Haskell gave an address 10
the society. explaining the wonderful Op
portunities thar now exist for working IL
this direction and the methods OF working
successfully. At the close of his address
the election of officers TOOK place,
q. 1. Butler. Vice President, W.
G. Sisley; Secretary, Miss Hattie House;
"oRIstS. PURPOSE AND PERPEruIrY OF THE
SABBATH"
AT 1880 {. m. the pavilion was welt filled
with listeners 70 hear Elder L riah Smith
discourse upon this topic. He took his
text in James. 2.l2. 80 speak ye, and SO
do. as they that shall be Judged by the law
of liberty said the speaker: There is a
Judgment coming and that is what makes
all Christian duties Of such great import
ance. Among these duties IS that of keep
ing the Sabbath We must depend upon
God 70 tell US which day Is the Sabbath.
how % keep il, and how long il will exist
Those who hear of people who observe
the seventh day Of the week wonder why
this variation from the practice OF the mass
OF Christians. and they have a right 10 ask
for our reasons for so doing. Such being
the case. We are naturally compelled to
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theme OF discussion. Ii is a notable fact
that all observers Of the seventh day of the
week, wherever they are IN the world, give
the same reasons for such practice. This Is
not the case with the observers OF the frst
day OF the week. They give various rea-
sons, and are not al ali united in their rea-
sons.
The reason given by seventh day people
for their practice is that God commands the
observance of that day, in proof Of which
the fourth commandment of the law Of
God was quoted. We see by the
commandment why the Sabbath was iDsti-
tuted. IL was 10 commemorate the
work Of creation, and the Lord act Of
resting. Had all men always Obeyed this
commandment there never would have
been an intidel or an an atheist in the
world The fourth commandment Is the
basis Of our faith IN the matter of Sabbath
observance.
But it IS objected that the commandment
does not tell US which day OF the week 10
keep. Then now should it be wOrded 50 as
% tell that fact more explicitly than il does
II the seventh day of the week is not
meant in the commandment, will any one
tell Us what it is the seventh day of When
aud where did the week originate except
at creation-just where the fourth COM
mandment points Us. IN giving the reasons
for the Sabbath But says one, IL all
depends upon where we begin TO count
Suppose, said the speaker, a man has seven
sons. He wills each OF them certain pOr-
tiOn Of money, and 10 the seventh son be
wills a larger portion than TO the others.
After the father dies, the sons are called to-
gether. the viii read, anG the oldest son
calls upon them to all stand up in a circle
and be begins at the second son TO count,
thas bringing himself out as the seventh
son. The others object 20 this. and each IN
turn has the count gone through with IN
such q manner As 10 bring himself out the
seventh one II thus appears that all are
seventh sons. By this illustration It ap-
pears that IL makes great
deal Of difference when We be
gin % count in ascertaining which
dav is the sabbath II We say il makes no
difference where Ne begin the count, we
admit that the entire week was sancti6ed
sBd set apart. The fourth commandment
selects one particular day and elevates il TO
the position Of the sabbath Of the Lord.
10 order ~ have a divine Sabbath. or rest
day. it il necessary 20 have a day that has
been 80 used by a divine being The sew
enfb dag j. the only day that possesses this
Qualification. God rested upon the seventh
DAY. and then sancfined il. To s8nctify j.
70 SCI spart 70 a holy or religions use. and
act Of sancsifcaJiou had reference only %
future time. In this act Of ssnctisoation
vas included A PROCLAMATION TO Adam and
Eve. a. the representatives, of the entire
race of such sancfiiication. Thus it is that
ths sabbath was made for man. according
- The testimony Of Christ II oheyiug fhis
sabbath command. our FIRST parents would
begin fo c.lunt Immediately AZ the close of
the arst sabhith. and thus has been perpet
aafesi tha weskiy cycie
The fat shst God placed the Sabbath
commandment IN the same iaw with ether
moral and perpetual commands, shows that
En- those respscfs IL - of the same nature.
Ir IS further objected rhaf the Sabbath il
tVpicsi IN its nafare. Bat Il must BE- re-
mem0sred thar trpicsi or8.nances did not
originate nntil afer man fell. whereas
the sabbath orisinaied before man
fe hence it is not typical IN
snv sense of the word Hal ran never
IA en- thers would have been no need Of
svricsi oriinsnres.
No change If the Ssbbafh is claimed hy
anr from Moses 20 Christ B1t when
CHRIST raale e IS ciaiaie.t thst the Saabsth
anier~ent a change ~nne cisim ils shro-
-atiar. eshers that ghe law Vas chsueet 80
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