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

AlONSCA 1ANCO1llC5s
Having had my attention Gale,
several times to items in various paper
OF the city regarding my expulsion iron
9th street Baptist church,. I deem it ad
visable 10 make a few statement
through your paper regarding my case
| united with the Baptist churcl
twenty-five years ago and to my bes
knowledge have never been unde
censuEe in any manner for living al
unchristian life.
| have ever believed in advancement
IN knowledge, and in proving all thing
and holding fast that which is gooe
| make no changes without careful in
yestigation.
The following is an account Of my ex
pulsion: The, question was asked, &c
you believe it is sin to work on Satur
day? My answer was, yes, sir. Then
was asked, do you believe it sin t.
work on Sunday? I answered, no, sir
Without allowing me any hearing at all
l was at once expelled. However
many failed to see the justice of such {
proceeding. Since that time some have
supposed that was Jew, others, tina,
| kept the Jewish Sabbath. By your
permission, I will briefly state what lee
me to do as I have done. I have beer
taught by men of acknowledged author
ity in the Baptist church, as we'll as by
the Bible,- to have explicit faith il
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 oil
his moral government; that it is holy
just and good, etc" Baptist Church
Manual, Art. IL.
Mr.. Sturgeon, of England, says:
''The law of God is divine law, holy,
heavenly, perfect x x There is not
a command to many; there is not one
too few. sermons, p. 2SO.
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. 49,
No. s, p. 1866. Just before Moses was tc
come down, the Lord gave him two ia.
bles of stone, written with the finger OF
God. They were the commandments
which We're to be the law to the chill
dren Of Israel.
But it was not only right for them tc
keep them-We ought to do so too.
Ten commandments, 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. 1854
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 Protestant, and Baptist of the
genuine faith.
The reader will ask, then, why I wal
expelled, and what can be the differ
ence? I reply, am the true Baptist
but my church has adopted the tradi
tons of men, and made void the com
mandments of God; I practice tn,
Bible and Baptist teachings, but the.
do not.
For proof of this offer the followin,
arguments: Sunday the first day of tn,
week, as day of rest is not diyin,
institution. There was never but on
religious meeting on that day that W,
have record Of in the Bible. That wa
night meeting, and while Paul wa
preaching the Disciples were rowin
the boat all night. Sunday morning, til
first day Of the week, at break Of da,
Paul started nineteen miles on foot
Not a word said about the sacredness Q
the day or its observance as such Act
20: Z.
Opposed to this, Paul kept seventy
eight Sabbaths as recorded in Acts l8; 4
II; It was his manner" to do so. Act
17:2. Gentiles kept it twenty-five
years after the resurrection. Acts Is AZ
~; 1874. It was day of prayer. Act
Is: 10. The holy women kept ate
Christ death. Luke %; Sc. It wa
Christ's custom" to keep it. Luke 4
Is. He instituted it. Col. /: Is; Hell
1:2, 3; Gen. 2: 1,3. It is the memoirs
Of creation. Elk. 20: 8, II, and the Sal
bath of the Lord thy God, not JEWS
Sabbath, for the Jews did not ext
until more than 1000 years after ere.
ton; He plainly calls it "my holy day
lisa IS: 10, and says He is Lord Of th
Sabbath day. Mark rs; Matt 12:'
hence it is the Lord S day Of Rev. /: i
It is mentioned SO times in the Ne
Testament as an existing institutio,
The 1st day is mentioned only eigl
times; six of these are found in Il
Gospels, and refer to the resurrectie
day. From these We learn that the Z,
day, or Saturday, is still the sabbat
Mar. Is: /, 2; Luke %: Sc and 24:1. v
also learn that the Disciples did n
believe Christ had risen until they we
convinced while they sat at meat"