Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-07-07
LOUISVILLE,
Bro. q. Barry's able Defense.
Heis no Jew. Died in tile
House of God.
Local Laconics.

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Having had my attention callee
several times to items in various paper
Iofthe city regarding my expulsion iron
9th street Baptist church, SO deem it ad
ylsable TO, make a few statements
through your paper regarding my case
+ united with the Baptist church
TWENTY-FIVE years ago and to- my bes
knowledge have never been undel
censnre in any manner for living al
unchristian life.
= have ever believed in advancement
in knowledge, and in proving all things
and holding fast that which is good
I make no changes without careful in
yestigation.
The following is an account of my ex-
pulsion: The question was asked, do
you believe it is a sin to work on Satur-
day? Ny answer was, yes, SIR Then
was asked, do you believe it sin to
work on Sunday? answered, no, sir.
Without allowing me any hearing at all,
1 was at once expelled. However,
many failed to see the justice of such a
proceeding. Since that time some have
supposed that was Jew, others, that
! kept the Jewish Sabbath. BY your
permission, I will briefly state what led
me to do as have done. have been
taught by men of acknowledged author
ity in the Baptist church, as well as by
the Bible, to have explicit faith in
Christ as our only Redeemer. In this
/ am UNCHANGED.
Next the Baptist literature, in har-
mony with the Bible, has ever taught
that the ten commandments is the
eternal unalterable, and perfect law Of
God, and the only instrument written
by his own hand, of which we have rec
ord. For proof Of this read the follow
ing: We believe that the law of God
is the eternal and Interchangeable rule of
his moral government; that it is holy,
just and good, etc" Baptist Church
Manual, Art. IL.
Mr.. Spurgeon, of England, says:
THE law Of God is a divine law, holy,
heavenly perfect < There is not
a command to many; there is not one
too few. Sermons, p. $50.
The testimony below is from the
American Baptist Publication Society.
The law as announced in the Sermon
on the Mount, is not an abrogation, but
an illumination of the law as it came
from Sinai. Baptist Teacher, Vol. IS,
No. s, p. 1855. just before Moses was to
come down, the Lord gave him two ia
bles of stone, written with the finger Of
God. They were the commandments,
which were to be the law to the chill
dren Of Israel.
But it was not only right for them to
keep them-we ought to do 80 too.
Ten commandment all divine,
Every one of them is mine.
Ten commandments, all complete,
Every one for us to keep.
Our Little Ones, Vol. IA, No. Al, p. 1874.
The Baptists do not stand alone hold
ing the above views, for the Methodists,
Presbyterians and others are in hearty
accord with them. Now in all this
stand unchanged and believe it as firm
ly as / ever did. Therefore conclude
/ am a Protestant, and Baptist of the
genuine faith.
The reader will ask, then, why was
expelled, and what can be the differ
ence? reply, I am the true Baptist,
but my church has adopted the tradi-
tons of men, and made void the COM
mandments of God; / practice the
Bible and Baptist teachings, but they
do not.
For proof of this i offer the following
arguments: Sunday the first day of the
week, as a day Of rest is not a divine
institution. There was never but one
religious meeting on that day that we
have record of in the Bible. That was
a night meeting, and while Paul was
preaching the Disciples were rowing
the boat all night. Sunday morning, the
first day Of the week, at break Of day
Paul started nineteen miles on foot
Not word said about the sacredness Of
the day or its observance as such Acts
20: z.
Opposed to this, Paul kept seventy.
eight Sabbaths as recorded in Acts Is; a
IL; TWAS his manner to do SO. Acts
17:2. Gentiles kept it twenty three
years after the resurrection. Acts 13:42
A; 1874 It was a day Of prayer. Actl
Is: 10. The holy women kept aftel
Christ death. Luke %; Sc. It wal
Christ's acustomn to keep it. Luke 4
Is. He instituted it. Col. /: IS; Heb
1:2,3; Gen. 2: I, 8. It is the memoria
OF creation. Elk. 20: s, II, and the Sab
bath Of the Lord thy God, not Jewisl
Sabbath, for the Jews did not exis
until more than 1900 years after crea
ton; He plainly calls it my holy day
lisa So: 10, and says He is Lord Of th
Sabbath day. Mark 2: %; Matt 1878
hence it is the Lord 8 day of Rev. / : 1C
| It's mentioned SO times in the Ne,
Testament as an existing institution
The LIST day is mentioned only eigh
times; six Of these are found in th
Gospels, and refer to the resurrectio
day. From these We learn that the It
day, or Saturday, is still the Sabbath
4 Mar. l6: /, 2; Luke %: IS and q: i. W
I also learn that the Disciples did NJ
believe Christ had risen until they vel
convinced while they sat at meat !,