The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-06-28

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s-4.ss. Communicatedl.
Whereas. this subject at the present,
becauss Of the Wcrld's Fair. e being
brought into special prominence, and
because many good and pious persons
are averss to the opening OF the Fair
on Sunday. few thoughts on this
disputed point may not be out OF
order: We inquire first, then, what
constitutes the Sabbath OF the Lord.
thy Godf And In Exodus XIX, we
have the answer: "Eix days shalt thou
labor and do all thy work, but the
seventh day is the Sabbath OF the
Lord. thy God; In 1t thou shalt not do
ANY work. thou nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, nor thy man servant nor
|thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor
the stranger that 10 within thy gates. y
This is certainly emphatic, and re-
lquires no explanation whatever. H.
must then be patent to every observ-
ling mind that In the roll Of centuries
since Its first establishments ". Gud'
himself, the Seventh day has afwayk
nth unerffng certainty. succeeded
hat Of the Sixth dAytAqd must con-
tinue to do SO until that Sabbatlz, OF
which 1t 10 but . type or shadow, shall
nave come Ia Its proper order, time
season, and place. As God Is oh
chnngeable, so are his laws, his times
ana his seasons, or purposes. .'They
shall stand" 30 that the Worlds Fair
IN Chicago 10 not violating Gods Sab
pxxs~ M
sunday, the day on which the Pagans
worship the eun,e Sunday never
was. nor ever will be, nor ever can be,
The Sabbath OF the Lord thy God"
No man. or men, or body OF mon, or
nation or government can change
THE Sabbath OF the Lord thy God"
from that Of the Seventh day" to
that OF the first day. That they have
Lried to do 60 and may persuade
themselves that they have succeeded
In their efforts to do so may be true,
md to-day men are incal cerated In
prison who observe ''the Sabbath oil
The Lord their God" and CONSEQUENT
ly think 1t proper and right that they
should work on the Pagan Sunday.
Does this land OF freedom furnish ITO
license or protection to men whose
conscience dictates to them the proper.
observance Of Gods Sabbath" Il |
his nation committed to traditional
sm2 10 1t 10 be a factor in the perse-
.ution and imprisonment and fine Of |
lonest peace-loving and God-fearinR |
men, whose only offense IL their fall.
Ire to recognize the Pagan Sunday ae
the sabbath OF the Lord their Godr
y We wise ones. pause and reflect
Who made your Sunday Sabbath Not |
nh - n-SA
,baDEe the error OF nations. than at |
empt to change the Interchangeable
hings Of the Interchangeable God.
u one thing we may rest as
ured. no men inspired Of God had
ny hand Whatever In changing 1.-THE
'abbuth,n from that OF the Seventh
lay to that Of tho first day OF the
geek. And though they call 1t the
Sabbath" 1t never can be the Sab
'ath OF the Lord thy God" for GOD
avs. the Seventh day is the Sabbath
4 the Lord thy God.p And woe to
i'm that striyeth with his Maker II
, not the first time that the truth OF
Tod has been changed Into q lie.n
III We need. and must ana Will have
Sabbath, why not avail ourselves OF
he Sabbath of the Lord our God?"
nd thereby be In harmony with him.
What. says an objector, would you
ave US oil turn to be Jewsf No. no
lore than we would have all Jews to
ecome Christians. at their diyinely
ppointed time. We do not see how
ither Of US can change our position
until the fulIness Of the Gentiles be
ONE In" To hate the Jew, lie the
robable cause OF your rejection OF his
abbath. and to reject His Sabbath IL
} reject His God. Il am the God OF
braham, the God or Isaac, and the
cd OF Jacob; this Is my name forever;
lis Is my mortal unto all genera.
ons." These are tho circumcision
The fathers On them, and their
,ed is the unconditional promise and
lth OF God, and not on any other
1dy Of men. His covenant Is with
10 circumcision, them first. and Gen.
les afterward. ITO the jew first. and
SO to the Gentiles.p salvation Is I
tho Jews" Ia
The author OF Salvation was himself
jew, OF the seed Of Abraham ana 1
me as minister of the circumcis- :
n for the truth OF God. to confirm ,
Q promise made unto the fathers.n ,
lie was not sent. but to the lost sheep , ,
the house OF Israel." And the jews !
charged him with violating 4
Q Sabbath day. but they did not know I
at HE was Lord OF the Sabbath"
pr do those who profess to follow
m now. know that he is not Lord
III OF the Lord thy God" How can Q
dicially ''blinded,n until the.fullness t
the Gentiles be come inq, This 4
blindness" Is just as applicable to d
r so-ca1led spiritual Israel now h
1t was to Israel In the day Of Christ, :
cause the times OF the Gentiles are :
t yet come to their fullnese.n And Q
are following the directions of the u
;lnely Inspired guidebonrd. We bor- +
" nothing from tradition, nor from C
dictionary legends. n
We recognizes but one Lord, one
th, one baptism, and one hope of :
r CALLING In this divine unity lies /,
, hope OF the world. Our present
ms Of so-called christianity are not
harmony with this dlvinely estab-
led unity. because OF their divine,
licial blindness. until the fullnees
the Gentiles become in.n We follow
divine record OF facts. as they are,
ich are as interchangeable as God
aself is and as his Sabbath is. This
he divine centre. around which all
purposes and plans ravolye, and
inmate and eliminate In the dis.
y OF his Infinite wisdom and power.
he final and ultimate salvation OF
ny man from Adam down to his
.st offspring. Wo are not contend
for an idea. an opinion, or a sup.
ition. but for divlnely established
!. Men who can, and have been
led into 'first.day OF the week
BATH" as the Sabbath of the
d their God" are not to be relied =
N as competent guides In other
tiers OF equal Importance to all.
40 thought that out of world OF !
lera, all equally guilty. that God 7
lld save me, and my wife, my
John and his wife," and damn all
rest OF sinners. who were no worse
| we in his sight, is an idea too "
orient to him Whose tender mer- Y
TIRE over all the works OF His
d. No. airs, this hackneyed phrase 4 4.
Iayed out. God himself is respon- u
, for mans destiny, and not man ~, y,
self. Ills holy names sake I'll ~
ls him to this fact. As In the case ne
,rael, see Ezekiel XXXVI. q, Is, 80. Eer
ology, mot understanding nor Par
wing God" Jeremiah TX, %, "a. s6u
, been duped into many other n 9
RS by their disregard of his pro- All,
%. and will yet learn that Surely prin
fathers have inherited lies, vanity. q 1ns'
things wherein there is no profit" Pan