Smyrna times., 1893-07-12
For the Smyrna Times
From Sabbath to Sunday.
EDITOR OF SMYRNA TIMES 4:

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"B." The article referred to emanated
from a brain fattened on prejudice. It
was not an argument from scripture,
as it did not contain single Bible
text, but from beginning to end it con-
tanned personal thrusts, misleading
statements and positive falsehoOds.
The man who wrote the article is well
known to the writer, and while was in
Millington, "B" was very docile, as he
knew the scripture arguments were all
on one side.
But now while have left Willington
he puts on the war paint and poses as
a "big brave" much fight" and stabs
me in the back so to speak under The
disguise 3D." Why not be a man and
sign his name in iull, 1 suppose he was
ashamed to sign his name to such an
article and l don't blame him, for too
would be ashamed to sign my name to
an eftusiOn so full of contradiction and
falsehOod. His article purports to be a
reply to my tract which contains facts
he cannot touch. Now notice his glar-
ing falsehoods:
1st he says "YOu may find him in
our churches and bearing pretentiOus
testimonies in our Methodist class
meetings. II challenge him to name
one instance where bore testimony in
a Methodist class meeting. Let him
come now and prove himself an honest
man if he can. The statement is
wholly false and he knows it too.
have only attended one Methodist
class meeting in the last seven years or
since l became an Adventist and on
that occasion in the NJ. f. Church in
Kenton where / did not speak or bear
testimony, and say it to the shame of
the preacher and class leader here,
who would permit a stranger to enter
their class meeting and then not per-
nit him to say word for Jesus. But
it all fulfills the language of Christ in
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shall put you out of the Synagogues. :"
"B" says "At the start everything
out of the usual order is given in hom-
oeopathic doses" l would like to
know where he got his information, as
he never attended our meetings OF
heard us preach single sermon. and
let me say right here that those who
never hear US are the only ones to use
such unfair methods against us. "B
says THE mischief comes when he
reaches the Sabbath question" In.
deed it does come to those who are in
the position of "B." When a man has
an institution on his hands like the
Sunday institution which cannot be
proven by scripture, the mischief
comes in trying to pull the wool OVel
the eyes of his congregation while the
scripture teaches to the contrary.
Now as an inducement to your cor
respondent will make the followin.
offer. I'VE will pay $500 for one tex
of scripture which says that Juses, tn,
Apostles, or any christian ever KEEP
the first day of the week, cOmm0nl,
called Sunday, holy as the Sabbath o
ever commanded any person else t,
keep it, Come now Mr.. "B," dom
dodge this, bring on your bible text.
"B" says they did not keep tn
Seventh day Sabbath after the resur
rectiOn of Jesus" Let him read hi
bible. See Acts 1872 Acts 1874 Act
13 :42 and "A where both Jews and Gen
tiles kept the Sabbath 80 years afte
, the resurrection of Christ.
The statement of "B" that "w
serch in vain for one passage in scrip
ture that sanctions the Saturday Sat
hath as the day that God rested at tn
day of Creation" is surprising. Evi
) IDENTIFY his Bible study has been sadl
|. neglected. Let him attend his Ow
;, Sunday school, the infant departmen
r will do, aud let him hear from the lin
r of three year Olds, the words of th
# commandment: "The seventh day
l. the Sabbath of the Lord thy God"
IS The seventh day Sabbath is mer
toned a times in the old testameu
!. n and SO times in the new. And as "B
himself virtually acknowledges ths
Sunday is the first day of the week."
naturally follows from his own wore
that the day before Sunday is the Sc,
D enth day or Sabbath and that is satu
day, see Luke %: 1886 and Luke "a
1. Mark IS: 1-2 shows plainly thu
the Sabbath is past before the first da
of the week Sunday begins.
= But the greatest ignorance is man
tested when "B" speaks of not beir
I able to tell which is the particular Sc,
I enth day mentioned on Sinai. He sa,
"well know the changes that hav
been made in the calendar once whC
Or ten days were added and in 1852 whC
the date was advanced eleven days
By the above "B" would leave the il
preston that the reckoning had be-
changed twice when such is not Il
fact. In 1852 the 9th of October, W
called the 10Th by order of Pope Gre
eS Ory XIII; this made no change wha
ever in the days of the week.
The Protestant nations refused
make this change for almost 200 yea
Y and yet we don't find any clash b
y tween them as to the days of the wee
England and other Protestant natio
made the same change in 1852 VIII
D, they were compelled to add elev
days to equalize calling September
the 14th. Russia has never accept
a1s the change and to the present day us
the old style reckoning and yet the
days OF the week are the same as on
4 q change of the day Of the month d
" not effect the days of the week in t
~ least. But this is only sample Of Il
= sophistries to which men are driv
- when they try to uphold a mamma
doctrine to get rid of Gods word.
| Now 10 regard to Bishop Mallalie
- quotation given In my tract let
say that the least said about that
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