Iron County register., 1895-02-14

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! not guilty drawing New Testament
from his pockeD; and desire to define
| the Lords day by the declarations O
Him who is the Lord of the Lords day
as they are recorded in the Lord.
book.
Prosecuting Attorney.-Your honor
object.
Judge.-Mr. Gibson, this is a civil
not an ecclesiastical court.
G.-Your honor, the summons which
brought me before this court is by vir.
tue of a law respecting an establish
ment OF religion; and the very wording
of the summons necessitates a relig-
ious controversy. The summons does
not accuse defendant of doing work on
the first day of the week. commonly
called Sunday, but on the Lords day.
and desire to read from the Lord s
book a few scriptures, which will ex-
plain why plead not guilty of doing
business on the Lords day. The Lord s
book is the only authority which can
decide which is the Lords day.
Judge.-Go on, Mr.. Gibson.
CT wish to refer you to Mark g
81, 2S, which reads: land he said un-
to them, The Sabbath was made for
man, and not man for the Sabbath
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also
of the Sabbath" Again, speaking of
the Lord Jesus, the declaration is made
in the second and third verses of the
first chapter of the Gospel by John,
that '.the same was in the beginning
with God. All things were made by
him; and without him was not any
thing made that was made" The first
declaration, your honor, asserts that
the Sabbath was made; and the second
scripture declares that the Lord Jesus,
who was in the beginning with the
Father, made all things that were
made in the beginning; hence. the
Lord made the Sabbath day. and is
therefore, rightfully Lord of the Sab
bath day Or Lords day. He it was
who labored six days and rested the
seventh day; wherefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed
it." Now, having shown that the Son
of man is Lord of the Sabbath day, l
call your attention to Luke 23:56, to
to show which day of the seven is the
Sabbath or Lords day.
Judge.-Please wait a moment, Mr..
Gibson. Clerk, will you bring me the
Bible? (After securing the courtroom
Bible, and blowing the dust from it's
covers) Mr.. Gibson, what was your
first reference?
G.-Mark 2:27, 20.
Judge.-(After finding the text
Co on, Mr.. Gibson.
G.-I was about to read Luke 23:54-
Sc. The text reads as follows: "And
that day was the preparation, and the
Sabbath drew on. And the women al
so, which came with him from Galilee,
followed after, and beheld the sepul-
chre, and how his body was laid. And
they returned, and prepared spices and
ointments; and rested the Sabbath day
according to the commandment. Now
(uext verse, chap. "a, verse y upon
the first day of the week, very early
in the morning, they came unto the
sepulchre, bringing the spices which
they had prepared. and certain others
with them.' The text finst quoted
states that the Son of man is Lord of
the Sabbath. This text states that
1.-The Sabbath day according to the
commandment" is the day which pre-
cedes the first day of the week. The
son of man is therefore Lord of the
day which precedes the first day of the
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seventh day of the week. Therefore
the only day which the Son of man de-
clares himself the Lord OF, is the sew
enth day of the week and not the first
day, hence the seventh day of the
week, or the day preceding the first
day of the week. is the Lords day.
Your honor, 1 would like to ask you
if the law by which l am prosecuted,
relative to the Lords day, is not based
upon the fourth precept of the Deca-
logue?
Judge.-I question your right to
ask the court such a question.
G.-Your honor. do not insist upon
your answering it, but would regard
the answer as a personal favor.
Judge.-Well, presume that it is.
G.-Well, then, your honor, we will