The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-04
Alexander campbeII's Testimony.

HIIs LQlbOis
Mr.. Scoles of the Advent church
read statement on Monday eve
ming purporting to be taken from
popular lectures of A. Campbell.
He claimed that this proved the
binding force of the old covenant.
Next day l asked Ed. Scoles to
read the testimony of A. Campbell
Tuesday night on that subject.
He refused to read it. | therefore
ask your permission to allow A.
Campbell, torough your paper, to
speak for himself on the question
and see if the gentleman did not
knowingly break the 9th COM
mandment. I quote from his
celebrated sermon on "the law"
delivered on Sept. 1st 1916. "Ye
are not under the law but under
grace" we must perceive that the
whole law of Moses, or legal dis
pensation, is intended, | say the
whole law, for in modern times
the law of Moses is divided. and
classified under three heads, the
moral, ceremonial and judicial laws
This division of the law being un-
known in the Apostolic age, and
of course never used by the Apos-
ties can serve no valuable pur-
pose. If this distinction were
harmless, if it did not perplex,
bias and confound rather than as
sist judgment in determining the
sense of the Apostolic writings we
would let it pass unnoticed. The
phrase, the moral law includes
that part of the law Of Moses,
written and engraven on stone,
called the 10 commandments.
Paul having called the 10 preceigts
the ministration of death, next
affirms that it was done away, 2
cor. 3 Z. IA.
When we say the moral law
is done away, the religious world
is alarmed, but when we declare
the ministration Of condemnation
is done away, they hear us patient-
ly not knowing what we mean.
The law is denominated, the
letter, "the ministration of death, "
the old covenant and Moses, the
gospel is denominated the spirit.
"the ministration of righteous
ness" the law ofliberty and Christ
In respect of duration, the for
mer' the 10 commandments "is
done away" 'the latter that.which
remainet6," ''the former was
faulty" "the latter faultless,'
the former "waxed old, is abolish
ed and vanished away"
The latter remains, lives and il
, everlasting. After hearing thu
plain evidence Of A. Campbell
should not Mr.. Scoles as a pro
, fessed christian make an honor
able confession to the public in
, behalf of the sainted dead, against
whom he perferred his charges
: He (S)knows we are not unde
the law himself being judge, un
less we are not christians, that WI
} have a better covenant, bette
promises, better kingdom thar
the faulty covenant the law, W
have the law of Christ the perfec
! law, which will judge the worlt
on that day by Christ's gospel
J Rom. 2. 16.
Your offer of 800 is accepted
when you will give Gods com
7, mand for your keeping of the It'll
! ! day Sabbath. Where in the scrip
| lures of the old Testament is th,
! command to Israelites, (excep
t Priests) to assemble on the I'll
day to perform any religious act
Where in the old Testament i
t the command for your meeting Oh
, the 7th day for worship? Do no
you inject into the old Testamen
8 the worship of our day sthe Lord
udy III NlOldGlOA VI dlI VI uUtiS luC
$ and sense? Where in the scrip
lures do we find the 4th command
Q the Sabbath day, ever mad
J. part of theslaw given from Chris
e through the apostles the law tina
(, went forth from Zion Isa. 2. 3. ane
4 not from Sinai.
Was it a part Of the second GOV
enant? These are hard nuts t
crack and ! have many more, an
G when you give bible authority,
r, will then undertaketo furnish tn
e evidence to prove that Ellen J
It White the accepted and acknowl
a edged Prophecies Of the 7th da.
& church is a false prophet. Thi
r will be gilmore value to you thai
8 800 which we could readily offe
o in return, for the command 70
O your 9TH day observance
- J. b. DAIsIY.