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death is no more to be feared. Heb. ill.,
L or those who through faith lin Him
that raised up Jesus, Our Lord, from the
dead' are justified Rom. iv., "A. 81, are
Tree Irom the laws curse and condemna-
ton (Rom. viii, l; Gal. ill.,, for I'VE
| nave become dead to it by the body OF
Christ lRom. vii, Il, are justified freely
| by his grace without lor apart from the
deeds OF the law, for by the deeds OF the
law snail no flesh be justified in His
sight" Romans ill.,, a. Is, 2G.) The Sab
path Is past' as a day of obligation. 1t
belongs TO the dispensation OF the law, tor
having died to 1t it is no more way of life
or tas the Apostle found it, unto death.
lRom. viii, l0l, nor is it our rule of life,
Ior That IS putting the law in the place of
Christ. But the sabbath still finds men
ton IN the New Testament, after Christ's
resurrection, but as belonging to that
winch was taken out of the way'' by the
cross OF Christ Col. IL, IL, and in con-
trast with the Lords Day. on the Sab
bath the Apostles preached Christ in the
synagogues (Acts xiii, II, 4, A; XIV,
4; XVI, IL, xviii, A., because on that
DAY the Jews with Gentiles, too were
gathered together, and the services OF the
synagogue allowed the sought-for oppor-
tunity to offer Him. But the Christians
came together for worship and ministry
on the first, or Lords Day-not on the
seyenth-the day Of Christ's resurrection
significant of new creation Luke
XXlv., l, Is, SO, 80; John XXX, 10, 70;
Acts Xxx, I; Cor. xvi, 2: see also l Cor.
XII, Is; xiv, 26), a day that, like the
memorial Of His death, has been espe-
clally honored with the precious title Of
The Lords Day" ''The Lords Table"
(Rev. l., 10; Cor. X, 2l; XII, 20.) We are
warned against holding this day as one of
legal obligation (Romans xiv, >, g., but
! our happy privilege II IS, IN Gods mercy,
to be freed on this day from the cares and
| labors belonging to our pilgrimage and
/ gather to meet Our Lord according to His
promise, enjoying the Lords Day with
/ its precious memories of One VINO died
! for us and rose again, and the precious
/ pledge that the day itself is that we too in
glorified bodies shall be forever with
! Him. (Romans viii, H.
! And it is worthy of note, so far from
| the Sabbath being given to Christians,
/ that while the other nine words of the
! DecaIogue can be traced in the New
| Testament in their spiritual application
! John V, u; l Cor. X, II; James V, r.;
/ Eph. iv., %, vi, ,; l John iii, A. TO-; l
Thes. iv., SO; Col. iii, 9; Eph. V, 3, and
many others there is no such reference
/ to the Sabbath, unless it be Hebrews iv.,
/ 8, referred TO below.
! Nor can there be found a word of Scrip
/ ture transferring from the seventh day to
ness; nor any annulling the commands
and penalties associated with it. If the
/ Sabbath is of binding force upon us now,
then must we observe the seventh day
and obey. (EX. XXX, 10; XIII, u; XXI,
1 10; xXXiv., q; XXXv., 3; Jer. xvii. p,
| +, etc., The Scripture allows no excep-
! ton to the rules only as grace surmounts
the barriers of the law in it's deeds of
mercy Matt. xii. l2). On the contrary,
! the Sabbath is to the Christian as any
other of the ceremonially sacred davs
/ (COl. H., l6) of Israel or heathen; or as are
the clean and unclean foods of the Mosaic
! law. The one who observes these or the
Sabbath is condemned by Colossians H.,
and especially verse 10.
Fourth-The Sabbath in the Millennium
will again be observed, in that near day
of earths blessings, when Gods earthly
people will be regathered to their own
land and their gorgeous ritual re-estab-
lished. Isa. Xvi, .; Eek. Xiv, "a
XVII, I, 81
Fifth-A comparison of Scripture with
Scripture will show the contrasts between
the Sabbath and theoLord's Day,
The Sabbath:
l. The seventh day ending a week of
| labor up to a rest.
,. Physical rest enforced.
3. Given to an earthly people having
earthly calling and promises.
1. Day of obligation.
). Sign of an obedience, to be given as a
ground of acceptance, i. e., salvation by
works.
6. Memorial of creation once perfect,
but now groaning under sin because de-
pendent upon the obedience of the first
man.
The Lords Day:
!. First day, we beginning our week
from rest, Matt. XII, 2S-3O.)
2. Physical labor (such as DreachirU
tract-giving, ETC., if active in the Master S
service.
3. Given to a heavenly people re-
deemed from the world Gal ia, with
no earthly promises.
4. Day of privilege.
). Sign of an accomplished obedience
and work, which has been rendered bv
Christ, and proved by His resurrection,
thus giving ground for salvation by
grace.
8. Memorial of new creation, which
sin cannot destroy, because founded upon
the resurrection of Christ, who has be-
come Tor us the second man last Adam,
head of the new creation.
Yet, though mot under law ourselves
q Cor. tx, 20, q, r. W, we are under
law to Christ" but the spring OF our obe-
dience is love. John xiv. John V. ETC.,
not duty or obligation, and the source of
power to keep His commandments is
uOb III OuiSGlN6S ldS lDb law aSSulneS). DllL
i'll His Holy Spirit given us, by whom we
bring forth the fruits of the spirit
against such there is no law" Gal. v,
49, We are called unto liberty; none the
less liberty that we are warned not to ac-
count it license. Gal. v, 49,
The Lords Day is most precious priv
ilege, and sad it is to see Christians abus-
ing it, whether by making it a day of
labor or of personal pleasure, or by deny
ing it its proper character
:. Type of milennial rest.
s. Type of the eternal rest. Hebrews
iv.9)-Greek "a Sabbath keeping.v
Sixth-The legal spirit that infected the
Galatians and made Paul to be sin fearO
OF them, is rife among Christians now.
Saved by grace, they say, yet we must
I keep the law" to maintain ourselves as
Christians, the moral law being unscrip-
turally separated from the ceremonial"
But ''if under law" at all, we are under
the curse Gal. Ill, from which Christ
has delivered us (v,13) and to place our
selves again under it is to deny a distinc-
tive characteristic of Christianity and to
fall from grace" VA
Seventh-The New Testament use of
the Sabbath and the Lords Day.
The Lord of life and glory lay in the
darkness OF the grave during the whole
OF the last Sabbath that was obligatory
! on men-a fact most significant. 1t was
the lend of the SABBATH for this dispen-
sation Matt. xviii, l.. On the first day
he rose from the dead after having borne
the 'curse OF the law for u.s." and has be-
come the lend of the law for righteous
ness to every one that believeth." The
same first day He met His disciples and
Others luke xiv. 30; John XXX, gave
them the peace He had made for them; as
their Master commissioned them to rep
resent Him; as the head of q new creation
breathed on them, giving the Holy
/ L.hnst Lc E Cen iii q: as Lord nNar =. a Is