The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-17
MOORE ABOUT EASIER.

- AEi.Ee'kAM;--.lo uES ISSUE
of April 26th5 contained an afdcie
explaining why the sab6ath was
changed from the seventh Is the
firstday of the week n6t, enter.
inginto a disGutstsicG concerning
the theauthoritSfo for ths.chauge
"a fact too NUMERICALLY accepted
to require annotattop) wHlehT
in honor OF christ s sSfrect jSpi
and that wesare Celebrate that
great event .6noea week tpstead
ofonce a year, sbyss ksepisgs ffoix
the Sabbath aud s. also Estated
why we sss s9t q 96sgFve Eas,eff,
Christmas ooG, Fridays 81.
Patfices das bsFers, which
reason Is simply. because they
are'wiSh2pt scrtptural Authority,
and the command contained -
Deut fs;$sds clear that noSoiie,
can fat. eompreheeA it. What
thing sosYsI lammstd you, OBJ
serve toaa is;;tl1ou SHALT not add
theretods nor. diminish from if."
So we seestSis not left for man
to decids@hat we shall or shall
not dol 4iiss tendency of the
world tsdaS, as has sger been. is
to add toypr;take from the com
rnands. 5Theys are not content
with thetRaS:pointed put to them
so distinctly that no one need
err there:iG," but they want TO
climb up jnto'the sheepfold some
other way AS to the derivation
of the word 1aster-suppose it
does come from "oster," mean
ing to rise, or some suppose from
"Eostre," the name of o Saxon
Goddess, oi'iasg others say from
the Goddess Of Love, or Venus
of the North. IN honor Of whom
q festival was celebrated by our
pagan ancesrorsin April whence
this month was called Easter.
monath. Eoster is supposed by
Beda, Culver and the authorities
mentioned by Culver and Jamie
son under Paysyad, to be the
Astarte of the Sidonians. While
this is of interest. it does not
prove the point made viz: Bible
warrant The word Easter oc.
ours but once in the Bible. and
that in Acts. 1874, offending
after Easter to bring him CPetcr
forth to the people," or as the
revised version has it, Intend,
ing after the Possoccr to bring
him forth to the people" (and the
same chapter verse 3 says Then
we're the days of unleavered
bread. which of course means
the week of the Passover. see
Exodus l2:l4l5) probably afler
the Paschal week. 1t would have
been proclamation of the Pass
over to condemn or put him 70
death during the solemnity.'
And if "the anniversary festival
was kept in the time of the Holy
Apostles" why did they not keep
it? And if they kept 1T why so
quiet about? Why was itnot even
mentioned by them in Holy Writ?
Surely they could not have for
gotten it. if they considered it
important In Gal, l:S.s. Paul
in a very emphatic manner re.
minds US thai the Holy Script.
ures are the only rule of faith
and obedience. He says though
we or an angel from heaven
preach any other gospe, unto
you, let him be accursed, as we
said before. so say now again,
if any man preach any other Cos,
pei unto you than that We have
received let him be accursed.'
LAS to the religious observance
of Easter and other days having
as much scriptural warrant for
such observance as for the meet.
lugs held by the Epworth League
and Christian Endeavor Societies
we did not deny, but. however.
there was no comparison made
they were not even mentioned
subjects entirely foreign to the
theme under discussion. AS to
the new costume being as pleas
ing to Him as the beautiful
Easter lilies that adorn his
sanctuary we did not deny, but
M cnnnar;Snn was made in no.