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shall speak words against the most
High, and shall wear out the Saints OF
the Most High, and think to change
times and laws, and they shall be
given into his hand until a time and
times and the dividing Of time" DAME:
7, %. &
| The law does not refer to human
laws, which every human power has a
right to change within proper limits.
| but to a law which this power could
not really change but only think to
change. This must be Gods law. The
very first time" appointed Of God was
the day. See Gen. 1. 1t began at even
in and closed at evening. Lev. %, 30.
Mark, 1, 3d. The other time" appoint
ed of God in the beginning was the
week, marked by the Sabbath. A
change in the beginning Of the day.
and change in the day, of the Sab
bath, Is certainly change of the ap-
pointed times" which would change
! Gods law in it's most vital part, name
ly, the fourth commandment, the only
comma ndment in the law, which per-
tafns to time, and which requires the
sanctiflcation Of the seventh day. The
above shows that the work Of the
power spoken Of, must have referred
to the fourth commandment, and only
one of the ten which related to time.
The Roman Catholic church declares
that she has done the very thing
which the prophecy predicted. Note
the evidence.
Eucebius one of the most eminent
fathers Of the Catholic church. says,
"All things whatsoever that 1t was the
duty to do on the Sabbath day, these
we have transferred to the Lords
dav Sunday. The "We' to whom he
refers is Constantine. Pope Sylvester,
and such bishops as himself
In their doctrinal catechism. pages
1o1, 49, 351, 1865, offers proof that
Protestants are not guided by scrip
ture.
I will present two Of the questions
and answers.
Question. Have you any other way
of proving that the church has power
to institute festivals Of precept!
Answer. Had she not such lower, she
could not have done that In which all
modern religionists agree with her
she could not have substituted the oo-
servance Of Sunday, the first day OF
the week. for the observance of Sat-
urday the seventh day. change TOT
which there is no scriptural authority.
Question. When Protestants do pro-
fame work upon Saturday. or the sew
enth day Of the week. do they follo"
the scriptures as their only rule OF
clearly laid down in the sacred vol
ume?
Answer. On the contrary they have
only the authorit-- Of tradition for this
practice. In profaning Saturday. they
violate one Of Gods commandments
which he has never clearly abrogated.
Remember that thou keep holy the
Sabbath day.
In another Catholic work, called the
"Abridgement Of Christian Doctrine,
the Catholic church asserts Its power
to change the law, in the following
manner: How prove that the cnurcn
hath power to command feasts ana
holy days? BY the act Of changing the
Sabbath into Sunday, which PROTEST.
ants allow of, and therefore they
fondly contradict themselves by
keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking
most other feasts commanded by the
same church.
I will give one more testimony from
a Roman Catholic, letter from Car
dinal Gibbons to John r. Ashley, OF
Rock Hall, MD.
Baltimore, Md, Feb. rs, 1892.
John r. Ashley, esq.
In answer to your first question, dr.
rected by the Cardinal to reply to
your letter, will say.
/. who changed the Sabbath? An
swer. The Holy Catholic church.
| 2, Are PEOCeStaltS lOlN"iiAS eA.S
Bible or the Holy Catholic church in
keeping Sunday? Answer. The Protes-
tants are following the custom nitro
duced by the Holy Catholic church.
| 3. The Protestants DO contranct
themselves by keeping Sunday and at
the same time profess to be guided by
the Bible only.
| am faithfully yours.
G.. F. Thomas. Chancellor.
This testimony confirms and estab-
fishes the position already clearly
proved from the scriptures, that
! Christ did not change the Sabbath IN
His day. Dear reader what power snail
we obey? What path shall we choose
| whose Sabbath shall we keep Shall
we obey the word Of GOD, or hold to
the traditions of men? Shall we obey
Christ or anti Christ? Shall we OBJ
serve the Sabbath Of the Lord. or the
! rival Sabbath Of tradition. Shall we
obey the law Of God, as 1t came from
the lawgiver, and observe the Bible
sabbath, or shall we obey the law as
changed by the papacy. and observe
the Roman Sunday? The Savior says,
I'm vain DO they worship Me, teaching
for doctrines the commandments OF
men," Matthew Is, 9. blessed are they
that do Hts commandments, that they
may have right to the tree of life, and
may enter in through the gates 1nSo