Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-08-15
Seventh. Day Advent1sm.
" PAPER.

began them in reply to some question.
proposed in the REGISTER by Revs
Heacock and Coffman. Before we be
gan We knew just what the Adventist:
would say in reply just as well as we
know now. They can say nothing oil
importance. but only pick at our argu
ments and Scriptual proofs. We knew
what we could do also. We do not lay
claim to any great depths of Biblical
knowledge. but any body is able to see
the shallowness of Adventism who will
only read his Bible little.
Rev. Heacock is very anxious to
know why we '.keep' Sunday. We
will tell him why we observe Sunday
when the proper time comes. Let us
not be in great hurry. That will
come later on at its pt oper place. Blu,
why other people "keep' Sunday Is
their own business, not mine, and why
Adventlsts "keep" or pretend to keep
the Sabbath is their own business, no,
mine, if they would only not forget
that God forbids them to judge me
about the Sabbath day.
We have looked at that long array
of Bible texts referred to by Rcv.
Heacock, and find that they prove his
points above like the first verse in the
Bible proves that woman has no soul
just about.
0 yes, the Law of God was placed in
the ark, but the law of Moses in the
side of the ark! John wears his hat
on his head, but when he wears his
cap he wears 1t on the side of of his
head. The. soldier did not get shot,
his leg only got shot. My fireplace is
not in my room, it is only in the side
of my room. A mans stomach is no,
in his belly, it is only the side of his
belly! We see now. All is clear.
Strange that we had not thought oil
that before!
And the Sabbath is mentioned so Of
ten too, in the Bible! yes, and some OF
those mentionings are to show that il
| is done away. abrcgated, and abolished
| by Christ, and that no one is to judge
| US for not keeping it, as shown by Col.
ossians 2:13-17: 'Blotting out the hand.
| writing of ordinances that was against
us, which was contrary to ns. and took
it out of the way, mailing it to his
cross" s.Let no man judge
you in respect to the Sabbath day
We will look at these DAYS aud the laws
of God and Moses when the time comes.
And where would man find bet
ter place to find the natural moral law
that is written in the heart exempli-
fed and illustrated than in the natural
wild Indian of the plains? That is the
proper place. But by nature the In
dian cannot tell when Sabbath comes.
Hence the Sabbath law is not moral
law. We also pointed to Romans. 1st
chapter, our readers remember. And
see what extortion and twisting to try
to make the devil Christ's lawgiver?
But we knew they would do that way
before we began. We are not ignorant
of their devices. If we command a
person, does that make him our law
giver. Because the teacher commands
the pupil, does not make the pupil a
lawgiver for the teacher. For shame!
The word deuu appears in the Bible
oftener than the word Sabbath, hence
probably some people might think
they should observe the devil! That
would be in line with Adventists' ar
gument.
Well. say the Adventists, we do not
claim to keep the law as the Jews kept
it. Why not. pray? The law is in
force in all its vigor and severity or it
is not in force at all. one Or the other.
Where has God abated its vigor or put
slackness in it? Nowhere. But Ad-
veutists know they are guilty of break
ing all the commands, therefore they
try to make it appear that God is salts
fed with kind of halfhanded. slip
shod way of keeping the law. Their
efforts to escape would be amusing if
they were not pitiable.
If Rev. Heacock is not satisfied with.
Mat 4:10, for reference, let him
consult Acts. 1918, Rev. 22:9, and
many other references to show that the
first commandment and all the rest of
them are repeated and recommended
in the New Testament by Christ and
the apostles, but the one about a day,
and alas! for Adventists, that is want
ing.-deplorably wanting.
We care not what Father Enright or
any one else has to say on the Sabbath
or Sunday question. These irrelevant
points can not take the place of the
Scripture with me. / have proved by
the Bible that the Sabbath law is not
binding on us Christians. and that we
are warned against keeping it, and
that no one, not even an Adventist.
keeps it, and on this Bible line of poll
cy we expect to continue.
L. M. WAGNER.
Gravelton, Mo.
(To BE cONTINUED.l