The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-14

A Review of Rev. William p. swnrtz'l
famphlet.


Inmphlct.
PART 2.
Having shown that there Ia def
mite. specific Sabbath day, and tina
that one Is the seventh OF week.,
cycle of seven-tho only cycle o
soven, the only regularly recurring
week that ever had an existence. ant
which. in the very nature OF things
must have continued from the yer,
beginning. when IL was instituted
now tie assertions of Mr.. Swartz vii
be glyen-iirst. here he denies tina
God ever instituted a specific day, ant
then (when no desires to prove tht
Isanctliy OF Sunday his argument thu
God must of necessity, have named b
particular day, else there could no
DO such thing as sabbath.
The reader must bear in mind thu
Mr., Swartz is aboring to do away with
the Bible Sabbath, and to elevate in ii
place the high day of the Papacy, Sun
day, the high day OF Baal.
MR.. swARTZ's STATEMENTS.
THE obligations OF q weekly Sab
bath Is perpetual, to break 1t is L
break the table in twain II no othe
part of the decalogue is abrogatet
why should any say this ISL PIP. lie
! Now notice:
"Ihe commandment itself docs no
designate any particular day OF the
week. The Seventh rest day, may fal
upon any day OF the week unless Coz
shall designate some specific day. The
commandment does not designate 0
particular portion OF time, only pro.
portion. God never allowed the tern
Sabbath to be confined in its use to /
particular day of the week, as though
the Seventh day of the week. and Il
only could be Sabbath" p.3.
NOW THE sTuLTtrIcAT1oN.
iii. Though God has not made on,
time more sacred In itself than anoth
Ier, nevertheless the purposes OF the
commandment. and the command.
ment itself demand II certain day
which all shall observe as the Sabbath
and thel o is reason to believe that Goo
has indicated day for US. When {
common day Ia not observed. there Ii
soon no Sabbath. History Is the
proofs = y The necessities OF worship
require fixed aud common day FOL
its appointments. The exclusion o
the world and ita every day affairs
from which the Sabbath would b,
sacred, becomes impossible without 0
common day. Thus therefore III
very purpose of the institution dc
ponds. In no little measure, upon tn
observance OF one day p&"lt is be-
You'd dispute that God did designate
u day for Israeli p. s 8. "a Now why
was Mr.. Swartz forced thus to deny
his own assertions
:. Reading OH in the pamphlet we flint
! that tho Bible Sabbath. II is argued
was given to tho Jews-Israei-henc
/, the gentleman was left outside of til
provisions OF the 18th commandment
IA predlcament that oYertukes all VIII
oppose the word of God. What wa
to he done 70 God he could not flee
for he had denied the word. and tn
power of God Ia In His word. Their
was, therefore, no hope in that diret
ton, aud there was but one othe
soufce from which 10 draw so.ealle
inspiration. from tradition
But tradition belongs exclusively t
! the Catholic Church, and to the Catho
} lie church Mr.. Swaltz had to go for
sabbath; and here a new difficulty me
! him, how to present a specific da
when lie had expressly denied tina
God ever named u special day
What WAS TO be done? Ilapp
, thought. The Sabbath of God wa
dead -relegated to the Jews, Now, til
admission will DO made that God di
name day for them dts dead issul
what's the odds) Aud then the asso
/. ton will be boldly made that Chris
!, changed the day to Sunday. Aud S
we have the contradiction above III
ticed. But where Is tho record of tn
: change? Certainly not III the Bib,
: Not one word, What was to be don,
Just I'LL up the gap with another al
tsertlon. and here it Is: Speaking of I'll
asserted change Of the Sabbath NJ
swartz says-"lt Ia beyond positiS
i proof either way. but the probabilit
d is that the apostles departed from tt
observance Of the seventh day OF I'll
week. To which nll their prejudice
bound them. only under tie clear II
:. stfuetions OF Christ, y and tht
, these commandments are largely vi
, recorded. u = ls it improbable thu
thsH were instructed on this very ma
tel3 PIP Il, Is. How forcible are I'll
words of Cllri6t-"In vain they d
worship me, teneiiing for doctrine Il
/ commandments OF men,