Telegram-herald., 1889-07-23
THE SABBATH QUESTION.
Rev. a. q. AeeEe kesisws Dr. Campbell
EAtF's segaaaA

Z Aesietd~y and eNsc.ag, cn the '+>Ab-
D~lA Question Bar i tae discourse
~s published Ia your paper of the I'D
. Is correct i contains some statements.
/ whieh are cAicul4ted u m.slead-nog
Intentionally So, for be.sNe the rev
eIend brother ~ be Christian gentle-
nAn wao las the good oi Ihe cause Of
/ God Al beart-4nd are very serious ef-
( rofs and ~ q Christian minister feel
Gated upon f0I thc honor 0t my Mas
F ter Snd the cause ~ truth 10 protest
against them. ] shall Iry - DO tnls IA
f IaC spI-l oI ugotAerls love, mol IA the
spirit Oi controversy.
+ You make pr Fair say. That bui
F few mgnIlo Of Tie observance OF Sln-
day ale found in the Bible. Now.
t1ere s. gn lhc Bible, al authority for
sunday Observance The word Sun-
cay ls NOT found n tie Bible, from
Gtues-s 10 Revelation. and the uhsefy-
aIoe of tie hrsI day, or sunday, =
mentioned oAly once, Acts xx. and
mat WAS on what ~e now call Saturday
llSAt. See verses 50. Paul continued
ills speech until midnight" Eleventh
verse says. "Ee preached even TIL
break OI day, and while he Was about
las preaching the brethren that
accom- panied nm Verse a. were
buslly gagged III sailing l. Assos,
intending lo take ln Paul a. soon ~ he
arrived. Verse IJ-Ihe FIRST Cly
was not considered sacred Al
dat tine-some thirty years after the
resurrection. Tins Is the only instance
Iil the New Testament where rel gious
meeting was held on the first dav of
the week. And 10 show further that
no sacredness WAS 10 be attached TO the
day, simply on account OF Paulfs hold
ing service on that occasion, / Will
say that the Bible custom commenced
the day at cyening-not al midnight
Is we now hayeit. Proof, Gen. i. 3, etc,
Neh. xii 1919. A night meeting on the
first day OF the week must there have
been on what We call Saturday night.
1t was OF the evening winch succeeded
the Jewish Sabbath" saws Cnybeare
and HOwsOn; see also Prof. Hacket.
Prof. McGarvey and others. This text,
then, SO far from proving Sunday ob-
seryance, Is strong proof that Paul
knew nothing about Sunday
sacredness. DR.. Fair says "there
is authority for Sunday OBJ
servance." Paul says, in Rom. ",
Is: because the law worketh wrath;
for where no law Is, there IS no trans
gression;" also Rom. V, l3; "But sin Is
not imputed when there is no law"
II there is no law requiring Us to
keep holy the first day OF the week,
how can II be sin not 10 keep il?
DR.. Fair has the Sabbath law hanging
on the wall of his lecture room, and 1t
says: "The seventh day is the Sabbath
of the Lord, thy God >" and it is the
only day God ever made holy. 1t Il
impossible for any man or set Of men
TO make a day holy. God alone can,
and has done it, and we DO well if Ne
heed the Divine injunction 10 keep il
holy. If age would glve ssnctity To a
day, certainly Sunday would claim
some respect. The North American Re-
riew, volume IS, page 409, in an effort
TO Justify the Observance of Sunday bv
the Christian world, styles il "the wild
solar holiday of all pagan times"
Webster says: "Sunday-sO called be-
cause this day was anciently dedicated
10 the sun or its worship" Worcester,
IN ms dictionary, uses similar language
"Sunday--sO named because anciertiy
dedicated 10 the sun or its worship
The 1sraelites were guilty Of sun wor-
ship and God was greatly displcased
with them, ii Kings XIII, a.; Ezckiel
vii, 1916; and have vet 10 learn that
God regards the day with any more
cOmplacency, Deut. VI, -. ] nave vet
10 find any biblical authority for OBJ
serving az sacred the first dav Of the
week. DIR. Fair said "The apostles
rested always on the first day" Where
5 the proof? None, whate yer; simply
assumption. in the New Testament il
says, Luke XIII, SO, "And they returned
and prepared spices and Olntments; and
rested the Sabbath day, according 10
the commandment" The command
ment required the seventh dav. The
first day was a busy DAY of hard
work, Luke XIV, l. If Paul had
given up the Sabbath and commenced
the Observance of the first day. DO You
not think the Jews would have found
II OUT And vet when he was carried
To Rome. and called the brethren to-
gether, He SAYS. Though | have
committed nothing against the people
or customs OF our fathers" etc. Acts
XVII, l.. Now either Paul told false
hood. or he was still keeping the sab
bath OF the commandment. Iharc fsnof
n single instance. with tho except nn If
the one above referred o.. wh ~ tnov
or the disciples ever kept a. sacred The
first day. as far o. thc Bible record
goes. As far as the government is con-
ccrncd believe u right 10 obey "tle
powers that be-" when We can DO So
without disObeying God. / believe
with Paul that we should "obey God
rather than men"
I r. L
first a day Of religion IN which 70 study
Gods word | think VIC should study
God s word every day But lsa. Twin. l3
isvcry emphatic On TINS point. God has
pronounced blessing gup0n All those who
viii comply with the statement therein
contained
Again Or. Fair ssvs. Honor Gods
day by attending church. hv kind words
at home, by charity abroad TINS
beautiful language : true But God :
Gay Is the seventh day. not tho first
day. or SUNDAY. That THIS Nation niil
20 20 ram because they 90 not observe
the first day az the week there is no
positive evidence. God savs "1hry
flat honor SIC I VIII honor Think
Won that ve can honor God ~ keep ng
8 day 50 ssCrei tns' De hss not
called so' Nav. verify. but BIS
nc gnsr0u VII the rather rest upon
u.s. Sec Isa. Xxx. s-l3. That Wesnng
fon ard Lincoln were great men and
should De held 10 respect for Their
works sake. none VII deuv. ard vet
lat hey I'D - not especially bIudirE
uunr us. Washington aeld s.sves and
I reeu attended, tie fnester. Yet Ir
isr wrTl RI rof arr~r tref 70 shorIi