Smyrna times., 1893-07-12

by him and that he was misquOted by
the paper. In letter in my possession
from the editor he says the Bishops
words were taken by an expert steno
grapher and the proof sheets handed
to Rev. ]. NJ. Thoburn of Trinity M. E.
Church for examination, and was pub
blished as approved by him. There is
now no doubt with any but that the
Bishop is correctly quoted.
But for your correspondents benefit
l will give a quotation even stronger
than Bishop Mallalieu's. In the pas
toral letter of the NJ. E. Bishops
printed in the New York Herald, De-
cember 9th 1874 occurs the following
"The Sabbath instituted in the begin
ming and confirmed again and again by
Moses and the Prophets, has neUer been
GbrOgGted, a part of the moral law, not
one jot or a little of its sanctity has
been taken away"
John Wesley says in his sermons
vol. sermon 25:-"But the moral law
contained in the ten commandments
and enforced by the prophets, he Christi
did not take away. II 1Oas not the de-
sign Of his coming to reUOke any part Of
this. This is d law which can never be
broken which stands fast as the faith.
full witness in Heaven"
Whether it is correct or honest ia
quote what men say to sustain doc
trines they do not believe as "B" says
leave the reader to judge. This !
know, it W w)uld be a great deal better
if men did not say things they do not
believe or practice. And if "B" don't
believe the ten commandments are in
force, why does he, at (the christening
or sprinkling of infants, ask the par.
ents to promise to teach the child, as
soon as be shall be able to learn. the
ten commandments And if the par.
ent teaches the ten commandments ac.
cording to promise they simply teach
as we do:-"The seventh day is the
Sabbath ofth Lord thy God" See the
4th commandment
Again "B' tries to "pull the WOO
over the readers eyes" by saying "The
first distinctive Sunday legislation
came through Constantine that his
christian subjects might
have uniform Sabbath day for obser
vance,.
As a matter of fact it is the first law
either religious or civil for the obser
vance of Sunday, and that law wa.
made 32l A. d. almost 300 years after
Christ left the earth.
Smiths Bible Dictionary Ia Method
ist work unabridged edition of 1877:
says: I'VE have never found a passage
previous to the Conversion of Constan
tine, prOhlbitOry of any work or occu
patton on Sunday" The law of Con
stentantine was not a Christian law
but as heather holiday dedicated t,
the Sun-GOd. The following is a cor
rect copy of that law:
Let all judges and all the CITY peo
and all tradesmen rest on the UenerabI
day Of the sun. But let those DWELLING
in the country freely and with ful
liberty attend to the culture of thei
fields, since it frequently happens tha
no other day is so fit for sowing G
grains, planting of vines hence tn
favorable time should not be allowe
to pass lest the provisions of Heave
be lost"
Given the 7th of March, Crispus AN
COnstatine being consuls each for tn
second time. = COder Justin, Lbs tit
II, 1-3.
Would "B" call that a Christia
law? He knows or ought to know
that Constantine himself was a Sur
wOrshiper when he made that Law
On his coins we find these words
latin "SOti IaUictO Comiti" meaning
1.-The sun my invincihle ally"
1t was natural for such an inhumal
wretch who murdered his own wifi
son, nephew and many other innocer
persons in cold blood, to make a la
-, compelling all to keep a day dedicate
), to his God, the sun.
t John Wesley speaks of his pretendt
II conversion as. follows :-"when Coz
q stentine called himself christian
r. was like huge cloud of internal brin
: stone coming up from the bottomles
pit" Wesleys sermons, vol. 2 pas
. 81.
v "B" refers to the prosperity of SUI
day keepers and the struggles of fe
i. Sabbath or Saturday keepers.
g Prosperity is no evidence of trut
?. or blessing. Psalm 70: SO says,
IS was envious at the foolish when 1 sa
'e the prosperity of the wicked" Chri
n himself calls his people little foe
m and Paul says in End Timothy 8:
)" "Yea and all that will live Cody
l- Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution
m And if "B" wants to be on the sic
le of the big crowd or "many" and do Il
IS work Of persecution prefer to
2 with the few. Now in regard to Il
t. statement in the other column that '
stay in one place a short time al
to then go elsewhere. l will say that
rs is a mistake. Ia the last three plac
g. l have been we have raised up chur
K. organizations. In Rock Hall Md.
MS membership of so, and nice chur
an building. In Ford's Store, Md,
an membership of over rs, aud a larI
d. church building. In Millington
ID membership of 80, and we expect
es put up a church building there all
ir We have located minister ct Ro
"a Hall who looks after the two Fl
id named churches and regular minisI
he at MillingtOn. We have total me
,e bership of over (35.OOO) thirty e
en- thousand, Conferences in most OF t
de states and in Europe, Africa and Al
tralia. Mission in Asia, South Am,
l's lea and elsewhere and a missions
ne ship working amid the Islands of
he Pacific. L. e. FRANKE
L. KentOn Del June 20 1909