Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-05-09

| finished. John 1880. is the day thai
should be kept as memorial of re
demption, if any should be observed
for that purpose.
But if we should commemorate re.
demption, there is no necessity of rob-
bing the Lords rest day of its holiness
in order to do it. When truth takes
from US our errors, it always has some
thing better to take their place. So
the false memorial of redemption be-
ing taken out of the way, the word
presents in its stead those which are
true. God has provided US with
memorials bearing his own signature,
and these We may observe with the
blessing of Heaven. Would you COM
memorate the death of our Lord? You
need not keep the day of crucifxion.
The bible tells you how to do list
Cor. 1885.
Would you commemorate the burial
and resurrection of the Saviour? you
need not keep the first day of the
week.
The Lord ordained very different
and far more appropriate memorial
Rom. 6:3-5. Col. PIP.
1t is true that the professed church
has changed this ordinance to sprink-
ling, so that this divine memorial of
the Lords resurrection is destroyed.
And that they may add sin to sin,
they lay hold of the Lords Sabbath
and change it to the first day of the
week, thus destroying the sacred
memorial of the Creators rest that
they may have a memorial of Christ's
resurrection. Isa. 24:5-6.
Second Reason. The disciples met
on the day of our Lords resurrection
to commemorate that event, and the
Saviour sanctioned this meeting by
uniting with them.-John 20:19.
If every word of this were true, it
would not prove that the Sabbath of
the Lord has been changed. But to
show the utter absurdity of this infer
ciples did not then believe that their
Lord had been raised from the dead,
but were assembled for the purpose of
eating a common meal.
And to seclude themselves from the
Jews. The words of Mark and John
make this clear:-Mark I6:I2-14
John 2O:19.
IL is a fact, therefore, that the dis
ciples were not commemorating the
| resurrection of the Saviour; it is equal
ly evident that they had not the slight
est idea of change of the Sabbath.
At the burial of the Saviour, the wo-
men who had followed him to the tomb
returned and prepared spices and oint-
ments to embalm him; the Sabbath
drewn on; they rested the Sabbath
day according to the commandments,
and when the Sabbath was past they
came to the sepulcher upon the first
day of the week to embalm their Lord.
Luke 23:55-56; Pal.
Third Reason. After eight days
Jesus met with his disciples again
John 20:26. This must have been the
first day of the week, which is thereby
proved to be the Christian Sabbath.
Were it certain that this occurred
on the first day of the week, it would
not furnish single particle of proof
that that day had become the Sabbath
of the Lord.
But who can be certain that, s'after
eight days" means just a week? 1t
would be neither literal construc-
of the language to conclude that this
was upon the ninth day; as an 1llustra-
ton read Matt. 17:1; now turn to
Luke 9:2S. Then after six days is
about eight days in this instance. But
if latter eight days" means just
week, how does this prove that Sunday
has taken the place of the Lords Sab
bath? Rather, how does it prove that
Sunday has become the Christian Sab
bath, when there is not a particle of
evidence that either Christ or his apos-
ties ever rested on that day; there is no
such term as Christian Sabbath found
in the Bible. The only weekly SAB
bath named in the Bible is called the
Sabbath of the Lord.
Was the act of Christ in appearing
to his disciples sufficient to constitute
the day on which it occurred the Sab
bath2 If SO, why did He next select a
fishing day as the time to manifest
himself to them?-John 81.
III il is not sufficient. then the Sun
day on which He was first seen of
them, the fishing day on which they
saw him, aud the Thursday on which
he was last seen by them, may not be
Sabbath. 1t was not very remarkable
that Christ should find his disciples to-
gether, inasmuch as they had one COM
mon abode.-Acts 1:13.
Fourth Reason. The Holy Spirit
descended upon the disciples on the
day of Pentecost, which was the first
day of the week. Therefore, the first