Telegram-herald., 1889-10-20

10 ll-1 filIUE " t-H He...t.a .alst.t
.ee - g0ar paper ot October Is. a.
a.eount 81 the Me- gan Baptist sl.l-
.t. ll..fersl alt aH art.ele ea
cae -Igra uaY. - bbieal Bass ~
Rev. A. r. Carman. ol ANA Arsel.
l-.a say I'D o1i 1e Impossible a. ste
IL fcg words a correct itea ~ tas
raner. bi.t tae central taensat a.s, that
tha Lord Day, AZ observed - tae
ca .tans, IS the Outgroagh of tae
DIV ue teachings I'D through the Scrip
tures aad not ID accordalce w.th any
soec.aI command. A. 4as pre- 1t
a1d listened % tie essay, [ ta,uk you
reported t correctly. IL by the term
Lord Day they mean the hrsL day
8L tae aeez, or sunday. as a Chr. Tan
minister emDha -.eally dcuy that ~ll j.
.ueollt-gG0ath ol the Divine teachluss
Iaere 3 u0r. from 1eles., % EeFtla-
toa. lle least hut. or aterencc. that
tod uss. does 0r ever Wll attach aly
sacredue-s o. lg. il q, SIMPLY Else n4sr
day oi tle week. That tie paper
Was clothed u beautiful language and
tie argument llgenlously pat. l Wu
not 4 euv, but lt lacked one gfand essen
t.ll-tr4En. 4 corpse, be u arrayed IA
tc.et ald lue llllu, Is q corpse never
tleiess. ann ,ure that 4 oar Baptist
IT. old bad uo betEgT foundation tor
Immersion be- would abandon AT once
All through tne Odd AMI New Testament,
huth by prophets and priests, disciples
4ul egaugel SIS. bv Christ himself, the
seventh Iav sabbath of tae Deco.Oguc
is recognized ald observed. David,
thc ">Wlet singer oI Israel, tells how
he loved tle law Ot Cost. Daniels
enemies could ind nothing against
h-m, except Concerning the law OI nls
Goi Daniel ST. 81, and Malachi in his
wonderful. mllcdct0ns eXnOrt> them
O. 'kememoer Sc the ltW OF Moses, nay
servant. which | commanded unto him
ln Ii0reb for all Israel with the statutes
and judgments -.v, 4.
Jesus, the great teacher, in his initial
sermon. declared cmphat.cdilv that
she had not come % destroy the law.
aul that be "who should break one OF
the least commandments should be
cuipable Matt. V, 1919. In the hour
Ot the -c pies deepest sorrow at the
death of their beloved Master we find
that they rested ON the Sabbath
day according 10 the command
ment - Luke XXX, li-56. Through
the Acts OF the Apostles We find
them strenuous observers of the
sabbath dav." The .'banlshed john
tells us that ne was IN the spirit on the
Lord : day" Rev ]. 10. Yes; but what
day wa, that9 Why, the first day, Of
course, saws Rev. Mr.. Ctrmau. Where
Is the evidence, Scr.ptural or secular?
None whatever. All assumption. God
declared that ''the seventh day is the
sabbath of the Lord, thy cod" TX.
Xxx. 10. But is toe seventh day the first
dav, or the first the seventh? Ii would
be q singular system of mathematics
that would sanction such q transpOsi-
ton, and Vet not moro unreasonable
than 10 take the positions taken IN the
paper above referred TO. The
hrst day, Sabbath, as il j
sometimes called. is relic of
Pagan and Papal superstition.
The Wild solar holiday of all Pagan
timc"-so says the North British Reric,r,
volume Is. page 400. SUNDAY Is SIMPLY
heather festival day. named IN honor
of the sun. adopted by the Emperor
Constantine. christened by the Catholic
Church and lauded 70 the skies by
PrOtcStantS-nO sacredneSs whatever at
tachcd TO 10 by the Author of creation.
The prophet clearly speaks of the
work now being done bv priest and peO-
pie-see John Xxx, S-l1-wh.ch ! re-
quest the reader q examine. Paul ex-
horted Timothy % ''preach the Word -
''for,' sud he, "the time VIII come
when they viii not endure sound doc
trne,' and "snall turn away their ears
from the truth, and shall he turned
unto fables III Timothy ", II.
| am glad there are those even in
this city who think more of ~ Thus
saith the Lord" than tncy do of the
fine spun theories of man. The day
Is soon to dawn when the foundation
Ot every mans faith Will be tired. If
built OF ebay, wood or stubblc." il Will
be consumed, but if built upon the
rock Christ Jcsu, 10 shall abide. Let
ia heed the injunction of Christ:
search the Scriptures" / would
kindly refer Rev Mr.. Carman
to the "Noral Law Tract" No. 81, of
the American Baptist Publishing So
I ciotv. also TO tho Baptist Manual"
I Either the Baptist arc drifting
I avav from these landmarks,
or thcv stand I'm need OF revision.
Prof Brown. of Brown University Bap-
tIStl. saws. "Iou can no more change
the moral law than attempt 10 change
F O,od himself. b" and vet ( the ideas pre-
sented I'm the above paper are correct
"that the Lords Day a. observed bv
+ Christians IS the out-grOwth of the
U.vine tcachInLs,' then God must have
changed His law I'm order 10 accommo-
date tie various theories OF modern
drucs God. Ills law, and the pre-
cents of trat law arc eternal and uu-
chaugeab.e. Blessed are they that do
I, commandments that they NAV
have right % the tree of life and may
enter u through the gates into the
Utv' Rev. xxi, u.
N---- IL LIE trnth Of Gni,s word.