The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-18
WASHING THEIR FEET
Seventh Day Adventists
Answer Attacks of Rev.
Mr.. Houston.
IR. FRANKE'S STATEMENT.
Challenges Any Minister to Debate
the Sabbath Question With
Him-Many Author
tiles.

The Seventh Day Adventists meeting
place, at jackson avenue and Union street,
was crowded last night. Mr.. FRANKIE, the
Adventist preacher, had announced through
the newspapers that he would reply to the
sermon preached on Sunday last in Elsey
Chapel by the Rev. Thomas Houston, in
which he attacked the Seventh Day Adycn-
fists. Mr., Houston was invited to attend
the meeting, but he did not. Mr.. FRANKIE
claimed that it was because he knew that he
had the worst of the argument. Mr.. FRANKIE
held in his hand a collection of notes which
he had taken ON Mr.. Houston's sermon. All
about him were piled religious and historical
books and books of reference. A chart hung
beside his desk. On it was written '"The W
laws: The law of Moses and the law of God"
Under the heading of the Claw of God"
were written about fifteen scripture texts
concerning that law; under the Law OF
Moses" was written the same number OF
texts, each contradicting the text of the
other law placed opposite it.
Mr.. FRANKIE started in by saying that he
wanted to be as fair as possible. He said:-
81 would not conclude for a moment that the
brother. whose sermon | am going to read
this evening, Intentionally said what is I'M
true, but | do conclude that some one has
taken advantage of im-the poor man
can't see, and has not only misquoted and
garbled the scriptures, but has also falsified
history. There is always some benefit to be
derived from opposition-why, it is the life
of trade. If the truth of God Won't stand
ON its own foundation it should fall. Now,
we either nave OF have not the truth on the
Sabbath question and If we haven't it we
want it. If we have it we will stand by it.
r -. ,-sTIsx,. - ,sra 1sxr na1rfc+n. fhic mr. MD
for half of the meeting and debate this
question with him. If the Sabbath is abol-
ished, as Mr.. Houston says it is, the len
Commandments are all abolished, and l
offer a reward to any one who will make a
diligent search of the Scriptures and will
find for me one passage that says that the
Seventh Day Sabbath has been abolished. l
will say more than that:-Father Enwrlght,
a Roman Catholic priest, has offered $1,000
for the same thing"
MR.. HOUSToN'S REMARKS.
"Mr. Houston said, Sunday, that he didn't
want to become a Seventh Day Adventist as
was afraid he would have to get his feet
washed. He said, some of them .(the Ad-
v~entists) need to have their feet washed.
That was a wonderful admission on his part,
for let us see what st. John says on this sub
| ject:-sJesus saith to him, he that is washed
need not save to wash his feet, but is clean,
| every whit: and We are clean, but not ALL"
xdlUC1 M u OthDS S@AtN ND ~
| pieces and calling the dominic to account for
making reference to so solemn an ordinance,
he explained how he had been ''shut up,D at
the Elsey Chapel meeting. He said:-'When
he was through preaching he asked those
who believed what he said to be true to rise.
| Only half the congregation arose, so | called
| for a negative vote. They told me l had no
right to speak, so | apoligized and said moth
ing more. Mr.. Houston prayed that he
| might be able to expose the damnable heresy.
If Chat is heresy, Iplead guilty right away to
| being a hereto. He said that the law was
abolished. He quoted scripture to prove It.
What a pity it is that he did not read the
lines preceding and following those he did
read; they would have put a different con-
| struction on the whole matter. We have
heard that he studied for two months on
this subject and was afraid before he got
through that he would become a Seventh
| Day Adventist. He didn't want to become
| one for fear he would have to get his feet
washed. He: quoted Bible Readings an
| Gent history, Encyclopedia Britannica and
| Chambers Encyclopedia. Did he study all
| these in two months? IL he did he did more
| than I could do. Now, l have all these
books here as well as a number OF others"
MANY QUOTATIONS.
Mr.. FRANKIE then went on to quote from
| the books mentioned, and also from Barnes
Notes. a Presbyterian book, ''The Faith of
Our Fathers" by Cardinal Gibbons; Glib
bon's Rome" Miners END of Contro-
| versy,n .Catholic Christian Instruction"
| doctrines of Catechisrn,' and numerous
| other books, all of which showed that the
| Bible never authorized the change of the
| Sabbath, and that it was entirely the doings
of the Catholic Church. He read letters
| from the Rev. Father Wall of Pittsburg,
| and one from Father Enwright, in which
they acknowledge this. He then took s.The
Fathers another book Mr.. Houston quoted,
| and held it up to ridicule. He said that there
| is no doctrine so absurd that the fathers did
teach.
books are positively revolving.
'sWhy," he continued, II would not let my
wife read it. I would even be ashamed to
read some passages of it to men let alone
women. Ii any Of you don't believe me, why
I will lend the book to any who want it after
meeting and they can see for themselves.