Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-03


as though the fourth commandment
was grievous to some And Jesus said:
Eye ought to walk even as / walk.
list John rs. He says: "Ye ought to
do as l have done" How did he re-
gard the Sabbath? He says when the
Sabbath day was come he began to
teach In the synagogue. Here he
seems to wait until the Sabbath to
teach them. Mark 8-2 A~ain he says
| it was his custom to go into the syn.
agogue on the Sabbath dav to teach
them. Why not to do so now, If you
want to do as he did or walk as he
walked?
ond proposition, that they assembled
regularly on the first day of the week
to keep the ordinances Of the Lords
Supper that he had delivered to them
in Matthew 1928. Now will you tell
us how regularly they met on the
first day to break bread, can you show
us more than one time? Come now, II
you can, please do so. And If but one
time, why do you say they met regu-
larly? Is 1T possible that you like 9th
ers do so to mislead people or 70
prove your first day observance, or do
you really think that this is as 1t Is on
record? Now Christ or no one told any
one when to meet or how often to meet
for this purpose. Jesus tells them: las
brance Of me till come again." Now
you have one religious meeting to
break bread on the first day of the
week. Paul was the preacher. but they
did not break the bread until after
midnight. Verse seven says he contin-
ued his speech until midnight and in
verse eleven they break the bread.
Now did they break their bread on the
first day or was 1t on Monday? But
they did meet on the first day for this
purpose. You have one meeting on
that day. Now glet us notice IL there
were not more meetings on the Sab
bath than one. This same Paul in one
city Corinth,4 preached q year and a
half and he preached every Sabbath.
Acts 17-4. And in verse eleven he says
he WAS there a year and six months.
Now could give you eighty-four Sab
bath days that they held religious
meetings on and you can give me one.
Now who has the preponderance Of
the evidence In this case. Let the read
ers Judge in this. And then you say
that the Christian Sabbath is not \
!sday but an experience Of the eternal
rest. This might seem like new light to
some on this question. but If true / am
lin utter darkness. Will you tell US
further about this? Tell us where this
Christian Sabbath is recordeT apd
when, by whom and whose law 1t is.
Give lis the other precepts of this law
IL any And tell us why you and others
| If it is only a dav. Tell us what is the
penalty for the violation of 1t and who
win punish us for violating it. Now
you say you refer to the seventh day
as the Jewish Sabbath because 1t was
given to the Jews only. Now who told
you so? Give us the chapter and
verse. In your fire. proposition you soy
oh n
be. This Is in harmony with the Book
and I hope you will hereafter teach it
So Now Jesus says the Sabbath was
made for man and not man for the
Sabbath. Mark 227. But he never
hints it was made only for the Jews,
but If you are man IT was made as
much for you as for the Jew. might
saw the woman was made for the Jew
only for 1t is identically the same
language LIST Cor, 11-9. And ] would
be Just as consistent in doing SO as
you in saying the Sabbath was made
for the Jews only. Now further on you
say, without stopping to prove 1T, this
lis prophecy, and refer US to Isaiah
66-18, and quote 1t this way: And IT
shall come to pass that from one new
moon to another shall all flesh come to
worship before me- Now why did you
not quote all the verse? 1t also says:
From one Sabbath to another" Can 1t
be that the Gods Holy Sabbath Is 60
ing to be in the new heaven? Surely 1t
is true If this tells the truth in Isaiah
6-22 and %, and other scriptures. Now
to me it seems strange that any one
should try to abolish his Sabbath here
when God says His commandments
shall stand fast forever and then In
form us that it is to be in the new
earth that he will make. Now further
on you say when the disciples came
together to break bread they had what
would remind them Of this death and
the day reminded them of his resur-
rection. But you add that there is no
hint that they regarded it as Sab
bath or Holy day, which is true. But
let US see If we can find something else
that could be In COMMUNICATION OF his
death and resurrection. think bap-.
tism Is in commemoration of his bur-
ial and resurrection and not the first
day, as some assert without scriptural
authority. You teach we are baptised
In to his death, burial and resurrec-
ton. Do such teachers mean this, or
what do they mean? Read Romans 6-3
and verses. cannot see where the
day as you say would remind them Of
his resurrection. There Is absolutely
no scripture to support 1t. 1t seems to
me that the greatest day to us is the
day OF the cross. for the reason that 1t
is through his shed blood that we get
the remission Of our sins. Colossians,
1-14 and 1st John, ii.
And now let me say that conclude
by your article that you think we
ought to keep Sunday in honor Of his
resurrection on that day. II SO, what
any one would think would be won
derful evidence OF Gods will In what
any one thinks, is it not? 1t Is the
book that contains the evidence and
not what we want 1t TO say. Now when
You end what you call the Jewish
Sabbath with the crucihxion Of Christ
will say to you that 1t is as plain as
MONDAY sun at midnight to me but
not one bit palmer. But now as my
letter is getting lengthy I will say
there are other things in his article that
should be answered and would be
pleased to do so but as this is almost
an inexhaustible subject. ] will ring off
until some future occasion.
Carlisle Smith, Agency, Ia.
A REPLY TO sENEx.
Editor Courier
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