The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-05-13
Mos1EK CORRESPONDENCE.
Some Talks Upon the Sabbath and Ad-
ventists.

I OOAAO A0AAS OPOA tAAO 6aDOatn ana Al
ventists.
Special to THE CHRoNIcLE.l
MosIER, May 13.-Some one has
forgotten to report Mosier in the columns
of your paper for the last few weeks.
We don't like to be forgotten. A place
that can boast two Sabbath. schools "a
Union and Methodist) both held in
the same school house, and sometimes
two other services on the same day, be-
sides sundry meetings during the week,
may be excused in thinking themselves
somebody.
A few evenings ago the Methodist
minister from Hood River, Mr.. Rigby,
gave us a good old fashioned talk on pro-
hibition, and at the close Of the meeting
distributed lot of political dodgers.
On Friday evening he spoke on the
Sabbath day question, claiming that
Sunday is the original Sabbath, the
first day of the creation, if the account
of the creation be correct, was the Sab
bath day, and the Sabbath has been the
first day of the week ever since. He also
quoted Math. 2Sth chapter and 1st verse,
| but said that was not a correct transla-
ton, for in the original Greek, the first
day of the week was called the Sabbath.
Mr.. Rigby seems to be quite a Greek
scholar, as he has worn two sets of
covers off Greek Testament displayed
at the meeting, from persistent study.
He also told us he was no mean mathe-
matician, and something of an astrone-
mer, for if anyone would give him the
longitude and latitude of given place,
he said he could tell us at what hour the
sun rises and sets at that place. forget
the import of the last sentence. He
also said the keeping of the Sabbath
day was not found in the New Testament.
and not even limited at, but in the same
book the first of the week is called the
Sabbath.
He closed his argument by attacking
the seventh day advent doctrine, and
| then adjourned the meeting until next
/ evening, when he continued the subject
of seventh day adventism. His estimate
| of the intellectually of both leaders and
followers of that creed is not very high.
for he said they were not even respecta-
ple scholars, and far from prosperous, as
God would not prosper such an ungodlv
people. In a similar strain he continued
to the end of his lecture.
We were rather surprised to find a
professed minister of the gospel engaged
in publicly pulling down other peoples
religion, it is always fair to suppose,
that they are pretty well conversant
with the bible; and try to live upsto its
teaching. If he, will permit us, we will
call his attention to the. 18th chapter Of
first book of Corinthians, perhaps the
contents ofesaid chapter had slipped his
memefy or had been torn off with the
covers Of his Greek testament: He
however, will find good translation in
the King James edition of the new tesla.
ment, and worth putting into
i practice. -
4 On Tuesday evening Mr.. r. still gave
taking for subject, the life and writing.
of Mrs. White, one of the principa
leaders of the Advent church.
woman, he claims, who did not .believ,
ina hell and q professor Of d very per
, tended to close his lecture with a few
: words on charity, but from some unex
r planned cause he. omitted to do so.
A large store is about to be erected a
t this place in which well selected stool
t of goods will be placed when finished
Mr.. Holmes, of Tacoma, is the pro
prietor. We give him a hearty welcome
y A. A.