The Newtown bee., 1896-06-19

A PAPER READ BEFORE THE CONSOCIA-
 TI0N AT NEW PRESTON BY REV c. II.
 SMITH OF PLYMOUTH.
 The question before us is only the
 opening por,al to the temple of 8 larger
 question; namely: What attitude is it
 right for any minister to take regarding
 any moral question which is made plain
 in the word of God? Can a minister
 teach what he pleases: Can he throw
 overheard the old compass of the word
 of Holy Writ and steer the ship of his
 soul and the ship of his church ny the l hrcnies in the meadows about Vanity 1 Fair: Has the minister any choice in the thing he must teach? Now my pO- siti0n is that if minister does not agree with the Bible both in his preaching and
 his practising the thing for him to do is either to change his views and life or else get out of the ministry. X man must be all honest man before he is a leader of the flock and not hypoCriCe or a yyoather-vaue. If teach in the day school 1 am supposed to endorse the text book or else throw it overheard. And If ] t@arh Iu the Sacred dcsk l ought either to endorse tho Bibic from which get my right to preach or o!*c iump Jvcrboard myself. Back 0f every miui~lcr.s teaching there must be a linus saith 1he Lord, oI It i- only the ''s9y so" of an ordinary man and it has no great weight or value in the eyes of the most discriminating thinker. fine quostiou t cu before u~ j@
 WHAT IDOLS THE BIBLE rhAcu
 about Sunday obstrvaa<e. B,fore answering that quc-ton, which i~ The main que~tou, 3oC me say in 8 parro1isa- Clcal way t':al l de not updt7-taod that my discussion oi the Sabbath question 4s distinct frolu ;hu Sunday qu"=tion vaa desired bp our cymmitt2e. Iu.7 4u not
 v:.at me to enter into Jh" l4hy ri1rhnc u-"2r If thc question of the Gr7a day or the -gcmh day. EzfHeT GAa qur~si0n js hor Che clcrLymru If lae closing years If the century are lo regard and ob.rcEo uc1'> rect day and worship day; what they are an teach 1y-45dinE jg. Furth.r..urr ,a1" it th n" question do.- 1al utpjy ch"t ttcrr i- di~riuc15"u bet eg,, Ii what jz "j-, aud svhot j4 right. To inc servant If ,Je~uz hr.-j @1rhjn2 Is ui~r which ]. r,c 7j%hr IT.. worldly . wi.r uau migb- @ll Jvrerul ,2 f,.I s,r getting into nccdchola because he would declare Gods Fl ssag4 and 1tephon cl4nE Uecau-c he called his au&ie"rc "zl5tIacckcd @ud uucircum- cscd cf heart and 4 stouiag tO pay for it. Eut i'll tie light Of tine gospel tn"
 Hcu Nh0 laid down their lives for tho ruth were heroes. The cro:s itself i~ foolishDcss to the man who truelIcs to public opia.an. Iutha light of heaven there is no wisdom :H @@j jChiug t'.1t i5 wronEa0d tno prlac;p..s of ,'a.iscIan..Y know nothing Of any wisdom
 SAVE Tuh WISDOM OF luuurAous>Eas. What then does the Gods truth tc- ~h lo be t:sr t:Us md righteous observance If . thc Holy l),r. LrJ us look first it th4 Old 'Ne4.uDcas t"4ching and then at the New Fe-jamrnt. To those who Chlnk themselves as not having ourljvcd the authority of the D4cal0gue, it speaks saying 'H5mamD4r the Sabbath day r0 keep it hoiy." Now the idea of the Hebrew, which is translated holy is to sanctify and make pure and clean. The . Sabbath in the light of the Decalogue is . to be the holy day and not the holiday. 1t is to b. as the Hebrew shows, con- . secrated to sacred things and not to be . used for pr0fauo things, Other passages . in Exodus and in the body of Levtical . law contain the same truth. In the 3I3t . chapter, of Exodus i've read, "Whercfor the children of Israel shall keep th9 . Sabbath to observe the Sabbath through out their generations for a perpetual . covenant. It is q sign between me and . the children of Israel forever. For in . six days the Lord made heaven and . earth and in the seventh day he rested . and was refreshed" aJn Leviticus it is . written rye shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary" in winch is bound up not only the idea of a holy ] time but also holy place.
 EVIDENTLY IN THOSE DAYS