The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-09-28
"A CRITIC CRITICISED"


believes that the Bible teaches the
observance of the "Ien Command
ments" under the Christian Dispen
sation, and in accordance with that
belief, observes the Seventh day OF
the week as a sabbath or rest day
unto the Lord thinking heis observing
the Fourth Commandment On the
other hand, | know that the Ten
Commandments were given to only
one nation to be their guide until
Shiloh-the promised seed should
come. Read the preamble to the
Ten Commandments, See tx. 2O:2
and Deut. $50: 81 am the Lord thy
God, which have brought thee out Of
the land of Egypt, out of the house
OF bondage. Thou shat have no
other gods, etc.
Any Judge or lawyer will tell you
that it is to the preamble that we
look for the reason for the giving of
the law and for the key for the inter-
pletation thereof. The address on a
letter indicates TO whom the letter
belongs.
The laws of these Islands are not
the laws to be obeyed by the inhabit-
ants of the United States. So we
see that although multitude of ma
tions" sprang forth from Abraham,
but one nation only, viz. those who
had been slaves in Egypt, had the
Ten Commandments to be "a rule of
action" for them alone. In proof
thereof, read, to whom they were
! given--the address on them, indi-
Gates the party for whom they are
intended-but we have seen that they
are addressed, to and intended only
for, those who had been slaves in
Egypt and their actual posterity for
further proof thereof see Elk.
l6:28,29; 31:13; Neh. 8 10 Ezekiel
20:l0-l2.
The Ten Commandments being
"the rule of action" for the children
of Israel, the Fourth Commandment
could be kept by them. For all
could rest on he same day, because
the land that God gave unto them
was small territory. And in OBJ
serving the Fourth Commandment
they had to keep it from "even to
even Lev. 1882; they were to
"labor six days and rest on the
seventh" Elk. POS. They were to
edo nc manner of work. Numb.
1892. 1t was to remind them of
being slaves in Egypt. Deut. 5:l5.
Every Sabbath breaker was to be
stoned Elk SIS; every male to
be cirCumcised; two eve lambs to be
offered, Numb. 28:9-1l. But my
friend Mr.. Burgess does not, neither
can he or any other Gentle do these
things. Hence by resting on the
seventh day of the week he does not
observe the Fourth Commandment
and therefore might just as we'll rest
or keep the third or any other
day OF the week for Sabbath.
But thanks be unto God, the whole
Of the Old Testament but shadow
ed forth good things to come and
the good things have come. The
first of which is "the promised seed"
Christ. We have no need to look
back at the shadow. We have the
substance and we are to ''hearken
unto Him." See Deut. 1875, Luke
9:35, Acts 1922, 7'37. Christ com
handed not the Zen Commandments,
nor any law but the Gospel to be
preached. Mark 1916. The Ten
Commandments do not tell us to be-
lieve in the Lord Jesus, to repent,
to be baptized. They say nothing
about drunkalds, revilers, scoffers,
backbiters, etc, refused admittauce
to heaven. But we do find "rule
of action" Land down in the New
Testament for all who accept Jesus
as their Saviour. And that "rule of
action' is a great improvement on
the laws and commandments given
to the Israelites. Their laws said
nothing about heaven. They were
simply their guide as a nation-po-
litical, civil and moral. They spoke
to them of earth but the New Hesta-
ment commandments, or rules of
action, speak to us of Christ and
heaven.
The Israelites had one day in
seven as Sabbath or rest. Chris
tiaus have seven Sabbaths in seven
days. A Christians life is a con.
tinual Sabbath or rest from sin. Sun.
day is not change of the Sabbath.
In this | agree with Mr. Burgess and
will endorse his $1,000 offer, to give
that amount to any man who will
prove that the Sabbath is changed.
No. it is not changed. 1t died
with all the laws and ceremo.
MES given TO and observed by the
IsraeIites. when their nation died,
and that was when "Shiloh came"
and established his kingdom. After
that the Israelites could not enforce
the death penalty attached to the
violation of each of the Ten Com
mandments. And laws without 8
penalty for the violation thereof are
useless. The only penalty attached
to each of the Ten Commandments
for the punishment of any and all
who broke them, was ''he shall be put
to death" But the penalty attached
to the violation of any of the New