The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-02
not UNDER THE LAW.
Rev. I. Il. BleluS on The Sabbath
and the Lords Day,


bath the Exclusive Property Of the
Jews-Christ Observed the Last Sab.
bath Obligatory on the Human Race
The Lords Day, What It Common
crates and How 1t Should be Oh.
served.
The religion Of Jesus Christ, the gospe
of the New Covenant is for children, not
for slaves a religion OF grace rather than
of law-spirit. not letter-the law being
written on the heart and not on "tables
of stone" Ii is an uncOnverted Jewish
spirit-a spirit of slavery-that rum
images the New Testament for authority
for positive Sabbath law, and failing to
find it, returns to SINH and contents
itself with the ministry of death. Read
II. Cor. iii and Gal iv. " In ,some form
in which a grateful ransomed spirit may
1oyfully seize it, and not in the statutory
form to which slavish spirit trembles in
bonds in fear, must we look for New Tes-
lament regulations.
Either Christians are bound to observe
the Sabbath day, or they are not. If they
are bound TO keep it, let US see what the
nature Of that observance is, which was
prescribed for the Sabbath day. The law
reads thus: Remember the Sabbath day
to keep it holy. Six days shall YOU labor
and do all your work: the seventh day is
inc oap'"Vn u Vi' i1oi' SoUi NoU' III ~
you shaH not 90 any work YOU nor your
son, nor your daughter, nor your man
servant, nor your maluserVant, nor
VO1lr cattle nor the stranger that
+ WlOuih your EaIeS. or III SIX
Gays Jhe Lore mace heaven ana
earIhi Uhe sea ana an Illav IS IN IllSIll, ana
FesI9q ON me SeEeilLli HaN Wherefore uue
lowed H. IL VIII De observed IhaJ IN
inns commandment Goa poSiGlNely pro
1IoiVS an manner OI WORK Oh IdnoI Oh IulS
gay. Son, daughters servant caUtIe;
sIfahgCf' are 'oIlllildhueu 70 DC exempted
IRON. d.! manner u MoIh IN ehalinIllB
Uhc dIulVu41l Z re- cPVS OCL 3 q, uiue rom
TINS law recorded III Ine ga testament,
we ma the IoiioWlllg SDtcldica ions;
]. hou snHII hllulC no nIG OhIUughouG
your ia oluuVionS Oll 'n9 0"pDa'n uay' e
Elk XII q.
2. abide YOU every man in his place
(home or TENT; let no man go out of his
place (home or TENT on the Sabbath day"
Elk. XVII 20.
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bread OF two days Bake that which you
will bake this day and seethe what you
Will secthe, and that Which remains over
lay up for you to be kept until the morn
ing EX. XVI; 29-23.
T. Bear no burden on the Sabbath day
nor bring 1t IN by the gates of Jerusalem;
neither carry forth burden out of your
house on the Sabbath day" Jer. xvii !;
2-22.
.. Not doing your own ways nor find
ing your own pleasure, nor speaking your
.. From evening unto evening shall
you celebrate your Sabbath" Lev xxi;
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z. Whoever does any work on the
sabbath day, he shall surely be put to
death. Every one that detiles il shall
surely be put to death" Elk. XXI, IA,
Is. And while the children of Israel
We're in the wilderness, they found man
that gathered sticks upon the Sabbath
day. And they that found him gathering
sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron,
and.to all the congregation. And they
put HIM IN ward, because IL was not de
clared what should be done to him. And
the Lord said unto Moses, THE man
shall be surely put to death; all the CON
gregation shall stone him with stones
without the camp And all the congre-
EdtIOl bIOuElt MN NlluOuL inc camp,
and stoned him with stones, and he died
as the Lord commanded Moses" Mum
bers XIV, 30, 36.
The above items are few of many that
might be selected out of the Old Testa-
ment on this subject. We believe them
to be fair specimens of the law given bv
Moses, as explained and enforced upon
the nation of Israel. Now the question is,
are we under this law If we are we paw
little or no respect to it. For who is there
that does not habitually violate the rest
enjoined on this day? Those who some
times make the most ado about Sab
bath breakers, quoting the law of Moses
TO prove the necessity of its observance.
are themselves, according to that law.
worthy of death. They kindle fire in
their houses They go out of their
houses. They travel from place to place.
their sons and their daughters, their man
servants and maid-servants do some kind
of work. They bring in burdens of
wood and water. and prepare food They
do not celebrate il from evening to even
ing, but from morning TO evening they
violate it. They speak their own words
and Go many things worthy of death
Why then is not the penalty advocated
and enforced2 Assuredly such an Oh
servance of this law is mere moclterv II
is an insulton the I.aR-giver.
We know that SOME of the clergy have
given, if not sold indulgencies to violate
this law. They tell us. at times that
certain works of necessity and deeds
of mercy" are allowable But who told