Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-23
THE SABBATH QUESTION.



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In the Huo ~ your rarer baarlug
dafo Jf February i1.u 1 notice nu
editorial On the Adysu,lsts aud ,hu
Sabbath question. inaamuch nl tho
people AMI tgpchiugs 1 represent ore
thus publicly mentioned boy you, and
believing That ynur desire D. O. be fair
400 the matter, / submit the following
Tor publication: AZ q pooplo tHe
Seysntr-fay Aivsntlsig rex tag
Eiuio 20 tho inspired Word Of Cod; %
ls our rule OF iaiih and doctrine und
"Whuts.cvcr BE- not read therein, nor
may boo p foved trcf,ty, 10 not TO be- fl-
qlircJ OF any mal TINT 10 should DO
believed ns nu article of Aitl, or be-
thought requisite 90 necessary % saliva
il1u," 30 you will uudprUlgud hy this
That we are thoroughly Pc t.B,aut,
orthodox and ovausUllpaL W. diilur
uoMuWuut in % lew OF our practices,
from other demon iuatiuuti but lu tni-
We arc all conscientious, uuu, W. think,
-cfpluaL We entertain none but thr
kluuusi feeling toward oil cur fellow
mon. Asa iuIplu We nru aruldudly In
favor OF religious liberty nud believe
that the "cnuruh aud state should bu
kupt forever Separated Religious laws
enacted by the legislative b0ltUu u this
government, are Ia violation u the
Constitution OF tue United states
which declares Iu Tao fut amendment
That, "Cougrcfa shall make NO law re-
/ dpoCtiug an ustAbiishmeut Of religion,
Or prohibiting the free cXurcite tnUrr.
o." All such legislation will ultimate.
| ~ oulminale Ia religious persecution.
! 1 was pleased 10 notice your recOgnl.
lion OF the fact that tho nnlug anu i'm.
/ poisoning Of our brethren iIr having
Observed the seventh Jay, und lab0rlng
on Sunday as aay0riug VI persecution.
/ Ia this you are more candil than some
OF your religious contemporaries.
/ We were sorry indeed shat you
/ departed from thiu line Of filrutsl,
Ia your dealings with tho question
ltsuIf, at istut-tho Sabbath; but
/ attribute this more ~ a lack VI timo
10 give tho subject thorough study
/ than 20 a lack VI oaudOr. You Gry that
"lhe aovuutH.lny AdveutistH main.
tain that Saturday Is tttl ihu SABBATH
und the L9rd's uay, % proposition iUr
/ which they Chn had no Souptural
| .rIui winter" We assert, anu be-
/ iiOvp, that Advcntlsls are gbunIuuuy
anlB 10 prove from tao Scriptures TINT
] tho seventh day Of the week % both the
| sabbath uut tue LORDS DAY,
Your statement that tho R8bl th az
! tuuOii diBpuusnli0u VIVA Saturday, anu
| tlEt Christ anu HIS nut followers Kept
HHs.
70 correct one. 10 be- very uyi lent Go the
! Bible student that Jesus Christ kent
tue seventh dHy ~ Sabbath, aud Hs IGr
u6 the Bible 10 concerned We do not
know that Hp ever mentioned tho
ilnt day " the week, 10 ray nothing
about His designating 10 by the title Of
! tuo LOti's day. lilo Kept the seventh
/ Jay as Sabbath according % the COM
msnImynt, aud not according 20 the
! lat.HUf the phatlsUus, who mad heapeu
upon % thcir vain tTauitionB until tho
,rup design Of Ihv Sabbath was hidden
from view.
lu Mark 3; ~, rs, JcsuB says
"luu SAbusIp WAS made for man
Aud not mAu Tor tho sabbath: There.
lUfu tho SON Of Man ia Lord also OF tho
sabbath" The SABBATH was made
"lur" mal, u1t "AgAius" him: lue
'SJu uf Aiau,n jesus CuriHt,B Lord OF
luu a.uultl:" Then tho sabbath De-
las day, 30, then, Il % He day, 10
certainly % { .v LJTI's DAY. Sec MISC
Exodus 20, t-lli lHl. 6s:l8. the
| HuuptuIls tsleh tu.t jesus Christ b.
tuy author nnu defender OF the seventh
Gay 100 SauIatl. llu1H the Lord, rec
! puIm llu;l, MaTg lg,35.81, HuuEgW
l;t-ll, u1 ~ alec tuu Creator aud
l..lr OF al tniugs, joan ]; l-3i 10;
Oh. !; 1917, Lpn. $40, u-r, Lur
s4uyutu was "lnlr," mu4g by Chrlti
! Howl lie employed DIX Gays iu
creation, on the seventh no rested, AMI
tnuu blessed nhd snuulhui b. Thus
the Sabbath was Nldn ny Him VINO
"lada all thiuRs "8ud Is pro.emintnt'
liz Ills, the LlrI's day. Jesus himself
Fcpt tho sabbath (lUhn 10: 10; Luke
:. 100 aud uulUiuud 80 Observance upon
HIa deaCiuln tNntthtW o; 1890
! Matthew 81, Id, ,,r.l The AUHOt tuy
Apofllrs, wrIltuuug Luke, dumnuatrRte.
| yury CLEARLY that PAU ry.Iut 10 The
Sabuatn IL jesus Chus5 (Aga DO: ~,
10; ~: l-S ,ts) ltiavufy evident ron
| 1nu New Testament wuuugs that none
%, tho Apostles knew anything bLUul
the change OF the Sabbath from the
rgyouth upy 20 the hlst day OF tn,
week, by JUsu5 Christ, Why2 BE-
cause such never occurred,
Daniel speaks Of an uut'- Christian
mower that would "rhluk % rhaupt
umrs nnd law," lDA1, 2: g5.J A.,
Paul srys 10 wac ut wUr, lu nis uuy &.
rhpss. 3: 3l2; Acts 90. g..8l.l SO W,
are not ut gll surprised cunt tnego ha.
been departure .r1m tuu CJmmauu
meats OF 6Il. Bu. now nu Invitation
ls sent out 10 all men 10 return 90 tui
"commandmsuis OF God and tho faitl
} uf JUsuu." drew. II: 8.li)
Your quotation from Juslin's Apollo