The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-09-01
TRUTH is STRANGER THAN FIc-
TON.
Ed. Daisiey called to an Account by
o. e. Scoles.
"No rogue err felt the halter.
With good opinion ofthe law

-Hudibras.
Ed. Press: Ed. D. seems to
take my last article very hard;
but it is no wonder when we re-
member that. at is the shot bird
that futters."
With regard to Alexander Camp
bell, / have shown that he said
just what / claimed, and when he
speaks of the Fourth principle of
the everlasting ten" and quotes the
4th commandment, and speaks of
'THE SEVENTH DAY." l claim it is
no injustice to A. C. to quote him
as / have done: In fact d. said
to me,-when | gave him the re-
ference for A. C's. language
know he did hold that position,
but afterward changed" And
lest,-since Mr.. d. says the ten
commandments are a "dead is
sue"-he should be inclined to
break the 9th by denying such
damaging testimony, | will say
that | have witnesses who heard
him make the statement above
quoted. At any rate, A. C's. testi-
mony remains, Notwithstanding
the fact that Mr.. D. tries to make
it appear that he didn't mean
what he said.
Then Mr.. ID. undertakes to help
himself out of the dilemma, by
perile argument (?) Of obeying in
the spirit without the letter. But
in SO doing Mr.. d. acts on the
same principle that an old lady
did, who professed to be a chris
tian, and was stealing hay; but to
ease her conscience, (and, like Mr.
D. keep the law in the spirit said
while pulling out the hay. "Nc
difference what your hands are
doing just SO your heart is right
A person may keep the law in
the letter, while violating it in the
spirit, as Christ shows in Matt. 5;
% that lustful thoughts are a vio-
lation of the law; but it is utterly
impossible for any one to violate
the law in the letter, (that is do
the outward act) and keep it in the
spirit.
Let us examine the law and see
if the letter can be changed and
the spirit remain the same, "Thou
shall not bear false witness against
thy neighbor." How shall we
change that? Probably to leave
out mot" would please some.
"Thou shall not kill"
"Thou shalt not steal" etc.
Any fair minded reasoner car
see that the forms or letter cannot
be changed without destroying tn,
sense of the language. So it il
with all Of them, except the fourth
commandment, and when that il
reached 10; PREsTol changel ant
SUNDAY stands in place of the Sab
bath of the Lord; an institution too
without SO much as a line of Scrip
ture intimating its sacredness, Of
showing that the followers o
Christ are to keep it,
So the whole law is made null
and void in order to get rid of the
Sabbath, and then the other nine
commandments are grateful back
in, and Sunday spurious 'Lord';
day" is put in place of the true
Such are some of the fallacies o.
Antinomianism.
/ reiterate the statement to
which Mr.. ID. takes exceptions that
A. c., Mr.. d. and all others wht
hold to such pernicious doc
trines ARE ANTINoMTANs, Twill prove
it: .
Webster in his unabridged die
tionary edition 1886 thus defines
"Antinomian: :"-"Ono of a sec
who were charged with maintain
ing that under the gospel dispen
sation the moral law is of no us,
or obligation" And he furthel
says under claw" def. 8 Mora
Law-The moral law is summarily
contained in the decalogue, writer
by the finger of God on two tables
of stone, and delivered to Moses
on Mt. Sinai. Ex. 20. So, accord
ing to Mr.. Webster an Antinomiar
is one who denies the binding
force of the decalogue or ten com
mandments, and Mr.. ID. is surely
one of the most pronounced of thai
class. So, if Webster understands
the use Of the English Language
/ am correct in my naming Mr., D
an Antinomian, and l have moth
ing to retract.
But let us see further, if my us,
of it is in common parlance of tn,
term.
John Wesley says:-"Beware 0
Authoritarian, making void tn
law, or any part of it through
faith. !. Let this be our voice
prize they commandments abov
gold or precious stones; OH wha
.s love.have / unto thy law?"
Christian Perfection PIP A, As.
Again he says:-What is Antino
mianism? Ans. The doctrin
which makes void the law througl
faith. What are the main pillars
thereof? Ans (1) That Chris
abolished the moral law; [the te'
commandments (2) That there
fore christians are not obliged t,
observe It; (3) That one branch {
christians liberty is lihertv frnr