The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-02
Are the Ten Cemmandmenss Ceremonial
Ordinnncess


ICommunlceted-l
So would "Multorum Unus" have US
He may deny this. but
II his statements are worth the paper
upon which his articles are written 1t
is true. In his article published in the
REPUBLIoAS July Is. 1898, Multorum
Unus says: I'VE prefer the larger
spiritual liberty OF the new DISPENSE
ton, to the entanGling bondage OF the
ceremonial ordinances OF the old"
Now what called forth this statement?
Evidently because / teach the observ-
ance OF the ten commandments. VIII
m. U."deny this2 II SO, let me give an
extruct from his letter published In
the REPUBLICAN of July 90, 1893:
ut 10 more Improbable for any one,
In q serious way, to strive to return
his fellow men to the seryitude OF the
Jewish types and ritual which were
fulfilled and superseded and abolished
as ordinances, nailed to the Cross, by
Him who in his life, death, resurrec-
ton and ascension has given US sub
stances sor shadows and brought life
ard Immortality TO light" This Ia
said In view OF what is taught by me.
Have ever taught the observance OF
any OF the Jewish rituals? Never!
have taught the observance Of the ten
commandments ana II these quota
tons from his,pen do not prove that
he believes the, ten commandments
are "cerem onial ordinances" / don't
know what would.
But il IN. o. does not believe 1t
why make an effort to place me in .
false light before the public? Have
ever taught that the passover should
be celebrated, or circumcision prac'
tlced, or the offering OF sin offerings,
drink offerings, or trespass offerings
or the observance Of jewish Sabbaths
These are cerem onial ordinances
Have / ever taught the practice ol
these thinRs2 Not at all. Again
Auditorium Unus" has placed before
the readers OF the REPUBLICAN the au.
thority for observing the first day oil
the week, Sunday. and then asks
''Why not observe it2" This question
is very easy to answer.
Christ has saId, not jot or little
should ever PASS from His Fathers
law so long as heaven and earth
should endure, and that whatsoever
should break one OF the least OF the
commandments should be called the
least In the kingdom of heaven. Matt.
5; IL, lS. 10. and the commandment
says: THE seventh day. not the first.
lis the Sabbath" tx. 20: 8, Q, 10. The
law epoken by the Great Jehovah ia
authority for observing the seventh
day. And now. lest any one should be
deceived by your eighth day..
''tiftieth day. Pentecost theory. will
notice this point again.
Tie only places in the twenty-thir6
chapter OF Leviticus, where the eighth
day" 10 mentioned. are In verses ~
and 80. and refer to the dav following
the seven days OF the feast called THE
feast Of tabernacles," which was held
on the seventh month, commencing
with tho fifteenth day. SEQ verses IA
IS, SO and 80. The passover was cele
brated on the fourteenth day OF thu
first month. and the fiftieth day
passover Sabbath, which was observed
on the fifteenth day OF the sam,
month, without regard to the day oil
the week on which it fell-was the
Pentecost.
Now, II any one can see the relation
that exists between the eighth day
which fell ON the twenty-second day
OF the seventh month, and the Pente
cost which was celebrated in thu
third month, they can see something
that does not exist. But says "AIul
forum Unus,n Leviticus 23:l0-1l
speaks of the morrow after tn
Sabbath So 1t does, but 1t does no
call 1t the eighth day"
Again, our writer for the primar,
class" refers to Eze. 43, "a, as liking b.
law this eighth day." ''tiftieth day,
"Pentecost," first day Of week. '.'com
monty called Sunday" for the Sabbat
| in the gospel dispensation. Let u
look at this scripture referred to. Eze
43. "a. and the context, verses 20 an
~ say: Seven days shall they (tt
priests) purge the altar and purify \
and they (the PRIESTS shall consecrat
themselves, and when these days ar
expired. it shall be that upon 81
eighth day, and so forward, the prizes,
shall make your burnt offering upo
the altar. and your peace offeringi
and / will accept you, saith the Lord
Will M. u" tell Us how We ma
know that the seven days In which u
altar was purCed, commenced OH II
first day OF the week2 ii they did n,
how can the eighth day fall upon u
first day? A similar period OF tin
was employed in consecrating the o
tar when tho tabernacle was set up
tho wilderness, Ex. 20; 81.
But what authority Is there In a
these circumstances to justify us
disregarding one OF the precepts Z
Jehovah, sroken with his own vol
and written with his finger in tH
tables OF sionef Just none at all.
And IL a person cannot lind any be
ter evidence for changing the law I
God he had better submit to it as
stands. For truly to change la
once enacted need to be as clearly al
definitely stated as the enactment
self, for the change to be obligator
s. ]. HERsuM.
Wilmington, Del, July 81, 1893.