The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-10
Does Not Agree With Her
the Editor Of the Eagle.

10 the Editor or the Eagle.
desire space in your valuable paper
to reply TO an article which appeared
in your issue of Sep. 6. signed "a True
Christian"
There appears to be a wave Of Polit-
ico-Ecclesiasticism pervading the moral
atmosphere, that threatens a repetition
of that religious persecution prevalent
during the dark years Of the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries. The spirit of
the blessed Christ appears 20 be lost
sight of and in its stead the spirit of
anti-Christ has been installed. 1t is
evident that our Phariseeical scribe
who signs herself "A True Christian
has never studied Gods word sufficient
ly to know under what dispensation she
lives. whether it is the Jewish or the
Christian. This Pharisee is Mortified
to see so much riding and driving on
the Sabbath day. and in order 10 set
the good example she walks to church
as also does some other worthy citizens
but in that very act they violate the
command Remember the Sabbath Day
and Keep it Holy" That law of which
the above is the fourth commandment
was given at Mt. Sinai 2513 years and
4S days after the creation of man and
fifty days after the exodus of the chill
dren Of Israel from Egyptian bondage:
il was applicable to the Jews and TO
them alone. and can be applied to no
other nation or race of people. and to
substantiate this fact in the mind OF
every honest bible student I desire TO
submit the following proof: First In
Deut. 5; %, We have this statement to
from Moses himself referring to the
covenant made on Mt. Sinai: THE Lord
made a covenant with us in Hored. The
Lord made not this covenant with our
fathers (referring of course to Abra-
ham, Isaac and jacob but with us,
even us. who are all of us here alive
this day. Second: Having found who
this covenant was made with we shall
next find how long it was to continue
Paul in the Glatian letter referring to
this covenant says to Abraham and his
seed were the promise made and that
seed was Christ (Gal. 3: 16) and further
on in this same chapter Paul SAYS the
law was added because of transgress-
ions till the seed should come and that
seed being Christ. and having already
come. hence Paul says, Why serveth
the Law
Now every man who stops to think
knows that there are but two ways
by which law can be aSrogated. viz:
by virtue of limitation or by being an
nulled by the power that made il and
Paul declares that this law e which
we speak expired in both wayN for as
it is impossible for two laws to exist
at the same time conflicting with one
another, and as the first was limited
until Christ be nailed the first to the
cross. thus as Paul says in Heb. 10: 9
He taketh away the first that ne NAV
esta blish the second" But admitting
that the law of the Sabbath is still
in force our True Christian" does not
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law was given Were prohibited from
leaving their tents upon the Sabbath
day. They were prohibited from kim
ding a fire throughout their habita-
ton on the Sabbath day or 10 pick 10
sticks on that day, does my Christian
friend observe this prohibition? J
trow not. neither does any man in thi-
country at the present time. Do ye-
say | am in favor of this revelry an
rioting on what my friend calls the
Sabbath day? / am opposed 10 this -
much as any man for this reason: We
should use all our persuasive power
TO induce all persons 10 devote one day
in seven 10 the development of the
spiritual natures and the physical me-
also needs rest and for this reason
would be glad to see business OF q
kinds suspended upon the Lords day
but deliver US from this Phariseeic
cant about keeping the Sabbath DIV
holy. / am not a Jew but a free MAJ
under the government Of Christ ana
He commands no man ~ keep any day
holy. but rather ''let no man judge you
in meat or in drink or in respect OF a
holy day or of the new moon or Of the
Sabbaths. which are a shadow OF things
TO come" (Col. .: 16-l7)
Yours truly, W. H. HORN.