Telegram-herald., 1890-05-30

rae fAei-1s teNf1kEseE saNu2f-
IL rae Batter SO tle la nsaAa.IsaAra
I1e following fesotatoas were adopt f
ed a. tie pastors conference. o4 Noa-
day last
WHssEAs, The question # q proper
observance ~ sunday IS one % ia
Importance not on.y q tue clgrcn 0t
lar.,t. bat also seriously ateets Ile
W-. .t2fc oL t-e cOA4nulliy and l-e 4es-
uny ~ tlc s-ng generation. therefore,
Ntca .Tsl-ll4t wc cVpTcc1 te rle
laa.ess use of The day, and hereby ez-
.rcss eur solemn CONVICTION Eu4t tle
lsa, " tlS commonwealth u regard 90
~a.JAy 0os erganee should be enforced
ov t.-e proper authorities, second
j hal sc ~. .cFe taere j. great need 81
ar0uslag pabilc NAg.st.an sentiment ln
reference - tae dangers tnst threaten
tne sacred day. b. Wi>rHH.
Secretary pro tenn.
l. kindness / ask you syhy yea lA.nk
.t1at "a proper Observance VI sunday IS
az y4,al .Gia aoftaacy ~ the CGauA of
Carl,tF Have you any Bible prOot
tnat such observance Would le of vital
lmp0rtlnce ID lae CuaIuu VI IlT.st.
None whatever.
Gou certainty know HAT there IS 10
sacru1lc-s connected WlIl tlt day $50 u
sabbath lr1nt Genesis o. Revelation.
Then w.y eudeay0s 10 make tne peO-
PIE fCleKe tAete ist
Why Caal ''Suday" sacred as YOU
have done ln tAl second resolution
above mtluono4iy Does your calling
tAe day ".aere0' make il SOP Can you
make lAe day sacred simply by rest
iug upon H.
You must certainly reply in the mega
tive. Then ! ask from whence has
SUNDAY :, sacrCdncss?
Has GOD given II any? Has Christ
commanded as to 50 consider lp Ger
taiuN not Then Why persist ln calling
u such untl you are able 10 show some
proof
! humbly protest against such work
( by Christian ministers.
I II you wish - speak OF sunday as
secular rest day, very Well but please
! don't give 10 It i name ana character
/ tina. never belonged 10 It..
/ 40 you not dIshOnor God Toy claiming
/ so much sacrcduCss tor Il day that Is
/ known in history only IS "the Wild
/ Solar Holiday of An Pagan Tines
] 4
/ append some extracts flOm your
own church writer's which state plainly
the truth concerning SUNDAY Sacred
ness:
kittO, speaking of the time Of Chry-
I SOstOm, \. ID. 800, says: Though "a
latter times we lind considerable refer
euce 10 sort OF conservation OF the
day, il does not seem at any period OF
Il - Ia - q
the form Of such an observance rs some
modern religious communities have
contended for Nor do these Iu any
instance pretend to allece any divine
command, or even apostolic practice IN
support OF Cyclopedia Of BibIic1l Lit
crcttrc Ar, Lord's Dag; Aadrcss' H,.t: y
d Sob, p 453.
Firth SAYS: "The Jews nave the word
of God for their Saturday, sith since
It is the seventh day, and they were
cOmmandcd 10 keep the seventh day
solemn. And we have not the word OF
God for Us, but rather against us; for
we keep not even the seventh. but
thc first, which is not commanded OF
cod ."--F .r;h's works, p. l9S; quoted 10y
Hosscv; Aadr0rs' Hit, II Scb., D. iJO.
"Chambcr's EucYclOpedla' SAYS: "By
century 1t is identified with the SAB
bath. nor IS the duty OF Observing i
grounded bv them, either on the fourth
commandment. or on the precept oil
Jesus or his apostles. .'-.tft. Ngbjath.
Lltner Lee. Methodist, i. D.. saws
"There is no express esscommandmcnt 10.
observing the first day OF the week as q
Sabbath. and vet ID almosta universe.
custom. .'-Lcs's ITcoioqu. p. 552.
LYMAN Abbott. editor OF the Clrisin
Union. SAYS in that paper Of Jan. H.,
-: The current notion that Christ
and his apostles autbouuvcly suhsii-
tued the inst day Tor the seventh. j.
absolutely without auy authority IN the
New Testament"
The Wotchmon. B2rtist. in reply 10 a
correspondent, saws: "Tnc Scriptures
now here call the frs. dag OK tine week
the Sabbath. There is no
scr.ptural authority for SO doing. nor OF
course. any scrlDtirsl obhcAnOn.'
The Protestant Ep.scopll Church
saws. "The dav ls now GLANCED from
the seventh To- The first day.
bat a. We meet wlthu0 scuuturaI direc-
ton Tor t.e change. we may conc.ud,
Il was done hy the authority OF tnC
church. .'-Erri0na' ~ CqfoeLsu.
SIT Wm. NOmvlio says; 'Couturie'
of the Christian era passed away befor-
the sunday was observed as a sabbath.
History does not furnish rs with single
proof OF inDlcaton mat 10 was ai tn
time 50 observed previous 10 the 9tl'
batlcal edict OF constantine, % b. D.
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