Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-15

bers OF our CITY,
We respectfully submit the above
for his further consideration.
Henry Phillips.
Jno. B. Dennis.
+ 1 note in Thursdays Tri-weekiy
paper Nov. 10, page ten. a poem that
is not quite correct as 1t teaches me
the way to live, it tells me how to
die" Now T don't think that God
tells any of us how 80 die. but to the
contrary He instructed us how to live
and told us not to dir. St. John 5:ai:
25, for God hath no pleasure in the
death of him that dieth, saith the
Lord God, whereupon turn yourselves
and live ye.'' Ezckiel 1S::f9:32 The
Lord God tells us to repent and turn
yourselves from all your transgres-
sions, SO iniquity shall not be your
to die, then why should He teach us
how to live? If he wanted us to die,
then it would be no Use to obey the
law of God if We Should die anyway.
He is not the God OF the dead, but
the God of the living. ''Ye therefore
do greatly err" Mark 1s:27.
| also find in the same column stat
ed in brief the following, "A lot of
you people go around trying alter
Gods order of things Now then that
is just what w. A. Sunday is doing
concerning the Sabossth, command,
which is as follows: Remember the
Sabbath day. to keep it holy. Six
days shalt thou labor and do all thy
work; but the seventh Gay is the Sab
bath of the Lord thy God. in it thou
| shalt not do any work, thou nor thy
son. nor thy daughter. nor thy. man
| servant, nor thy maid servant nor thy
| cattle nor thy stranger that is with
| in thy gates. For in six DAYS the
Lord made heaven and Garth. the sea
| and all that is in them and rested the
! seventh day, wherefore the Lord
! blessed the Sabbath lay and hallowed
/ it," EXODUS 2O-S:1!) But, beloved
| be not ignorant of this enc thing. that
| one day is with the Lord thousand
| years. and Il thousand wears as one
/ day" G. Peter $3.50
! But as to w. S. Sundays statement
as following. ITO the Iews the Sab
bath day was the seventh day, COM
memorating the Lord's creation. ano
/ to the Christians it is the first day
4 commemorative the resurrection OF
Jesus Christ. and TIE fact that We
! keep the first day of tie week. "A
Christian is Christlike person. Jesus
Christ kept the Sabbath Gay the sew
enth day. He is a Jew. for salvation is
! of the Jews est. join 4:22.) "a
1 Christian will follow Christ and keeI
the Sabbath day just like Christ did
w." (Roman 2:29O Bat be it remem'
bered the fact that easter is the com
memoration of the resurrection o
Jesus Christ the Sunday after Coco
Friday which we keep once q year
but Easter Sunday sctllsd not be, KEEP
| fifty-twO times year. or once week
as a commemoration OF the resurrec
tan re iGf
the memorial of the Lords Passover
is only kept once year.
1t would be appre2iaole IL w. A
Sunday would follow Jesus Christ lil,
a man instead of like a hound in hi
track as ] did hear MIN speak it. bu
If he won't respect his mother or him
self how can he respect others. Th'
people was the ten commandments
aye shall not add unto the wore
which he command yoa neither shal
YOU diminish ought from it. that yo1
Ilnay keep the commandments of tn
Lord your God which he comman
: YOU deuteronomy so and it ]
easier for heaven aud earth to pas
than one title of TIC law to fail.
CLuke 16:1ID. Man may administe
GODS law, but never make laws tina
can bind the children Of God. 9TH
law Of the Lord being already perfec
as revealed through Christ need
neither snbtrs ction no" additions no
: permits of either: who soever com
mitteth sin trangressath also the law
/. for sin is the aression of til
: law" q John $40 ''tic that commit
teth sin is of the deNi, for the dew
sinneth from the beginning. For thi
purpose the Son of Got! was manifest
ed that he might destroy the works c
the Devil" q John $3.50
But when we love Coz we keep hi
commandments. land his command
, inents are not grievoas." q John j
23.) There is absolutely no evidenc
or authority in. the abe, for to kee
the first day Of the week (Sunday) a
the day of rest (Sabpat) but, to til
. contrary. it is q day for work. Go
, worked on the first lay when he mad
: it a day. because there was no da
, until God made it a JAY. God alway
begins work on the .l1st day, so d
his children. be We therefore perfec
: even as your Father which is
/ heaven is perfect" (;St. Matthew
: 4S.) So brighten UP Your light ar
do let it shine for your neighbor a
we'll as for mine.
r. V. Trcdrickson,
Dudley, la.