The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-22

ers as Antinomians, traitor" Ere
probate" HMr. D. can steal hay |
but keep the law in the spirit"
All who do not believe in, and |
worship on the Sabbath "their |
minds are dwarfed by the Soul des-
troying doctrines of Antiuomian-
ism" 'gThe first day is the devils
day, all who worship on that day
are sacrificing to devils" "Mr. d.
is an Antinomian and | have MOTH
ing to retract." Is this the Ian
guage of the lowly Nazarene you
speak of, or, cold hearted 7th day
ism? Did / misrepresent you?
Do you charge me with it? No
Sir, you can't, / beseech you to
preach this gospel of love and
peace, instead of harping over the
dry bones of an abrogated Sab
bath.
You ask the reader to take the
bible, why don't you? / quoted
distinct scriptures to prove that
Moses law was Gods law-one
law, and in the face of the words
of Christ, you deny it; besides "a
passages Of scripture bearing on
the issue. Did you notice them?
Not one. Still you complain of
scripture arguments not presen-
ted.
/ doubt the mental capacity of
anypreacher so narrowly contracted
as to write; II find that the bible
recognizes no other law as Gods
law but the ten commandments"
If he honestly believes this, he
scarcely has sense enough to
pound sand into rat hole. Mrs.
e. G. White said, and my oppon-
nent believes it. angels are gov
erned by the law of God, the COM
mandments." Now think of such
absurdity.
Did the angels keep the Sabbath
of "a hours? Is their day regula-
ted by sun shine? Take this "Thy
son, nor thy daughter, thy man
servant, nor thy maid servant, nor
thy cattle, nor thy stranger with
inlthy gates"
Honor bright, now look at Sab
batherian delusion "sons" daugh-
ters "and thy neighbor's wife,"
| When Jesus says "in heaven they
neither marry, nor are given in
marriage" Again, cattle" COX"
"ass," Do angels own cattle and
work oxen and asses in heaven2
In the Advent heaven here there
may be some among those who
believe such tomfoolery. Again,
"Man servants, maid servants"
this means bond slaves, such as
Jews owned in those days, Lis
ten, "Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbors wife, man servants nor
maid servants, nor his OK nor his
ass" Do angels own slaves?
| Could they covet another mans
wife? Did Adam have slaves in
EdenP Will the redeemed own
them hereafter?
| What nonsense says D. M.
Canright since his eyes are opened,
after teaching such nonsensical
stuff for % years. I cheerfully
confess that this correspon-
dence, (not discussion) was not
conducted in the proper manner,
such a thing as having a fair and
honorable discussion with a sew
enth day Advent is hard to find.
| blame the system, not so much
the preachers, for they have to
obey orders.
| Before we part, permit me to
| give you few more of these hard
nuts to crack, for it will be a long
time ere we meet again | am sure.
| What proof have you that o single
human being knew aught in re-
gard to Gods resting on creation
on the seventh day, until God
made it known at Sinaip What
proof have you that God at crea-
ton hallowed the 7th day, reveal
ed to man that he had hallowed
the 7th day for mans observance
as q rest before the events recor-
| ded in Ex, 16 and 20 chapters.
With the fact before you that
| Genesis was not written until
nearly 40 years after the events
and 1850 years after creation.
What proof have you that q single
being knew aught of a rest, or that
God required any human being to
observe the 7th day as a rest un-
til they transpired2 God comman-
| ded Israel to observe rest, be.
cause he had given them rest
| from bondage, could the command
have been given before the events
which it commanded had trans
pired.
| Did God require any one except
a Jew to rest on the 7th day? Can
you find in the bible shadow Of
authority for your course in as
sembling for worship on the 7th
day Sabbath? Can any Sabbath
erian quote the verse where Jewish
christians worshipped on the 7th
day. What authority have you
in the new testament for your wor-
ship on the seventh day? Was
not the observance of the 7th day
observed by Israel ALONE and by
doing nothing at home, as much
national civil observance as