Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-10
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A Word From oenex.
Editor Courier:
Some a8riters ore like Goldsmith's
schoolmaster, who, 1t will be remem-
bered, though beaten could argue still.
am pleased to see that my friend
from the town Of the hyphenated
name, has again assembled the dis
jecta membra, and renewed the at
tack.
| am sorry | rubbed the fur the
wrong way" in giving him the title OF
"grimallin.' For reasons given III my
former letter, thought 1t most ap-
propriate, and it is tame besides the
appellations showered with lavish
hand upon myself by him.
| am gratitied in noting that my
tutorage has resulted in accurate quo
tation, but am panied at the absence
OF frank admission Of the hetro-
phemy manifested in his former reply.
brilliant writer has drawn dis,
tinction between reply and an
answer, by likening the former to
shot that whistles harmlessly through
the rigging, while the latter carries
away the main mast and disables the
ship.
As the gentleman suggests that we
ought to end our discussion, and We
would thereby earn the gratitude OF at
least some readers. many of whom
have long ago concluded that while the
Sabbath may not be everlasting, the
Sabbath question certainly isl have
no objection.
1t should be remembered, however,
that in dealing with cold tyne, 1t 1T
does not say what one wishes, one may
throw the paper into the corner and
jaw at it and it can't talk back
while those interested may read it.
Apropos of his latest reply. | am at
a loss to know why the gentleman so
persistently misrepresents my posi-
ton except it be that he cannot NEE;
its oppositions as he finds them.
He first advances an interrOgative
argument, and then proceeds to
answer it by showing that beliefs are
not always facts.
He does not correctly state his own
position in reference to 'the cal
endar now in use," as shown by his
former letters, and pelts me with
more missiles from the Britannica. By
adverted to that portion of the article
he quotes in the Courier of April rs,
years ago. was not.
and am not SO asinine as to deny that
Sosigenes and julius Caesar lnstitut-
ed a new calendar, in spite of the gem
tleman's assertion that do. My posi-
ton was and is, that they did not
established the calendar now in use"
The Ency. Americana Cart Calendar),
speaking of the Julian calendar, says:
1.-THE chief improvement consisted IN
restoring the equinox to It's proper
place in March" This was also "the
chief Improvement" made by Pope.
Gregory. 1t follows from this that next
in Importance comes the provisions for
avoiding the necessity Of another re-
storation In this the pope succeeded
better than Caesar. Only six out OF
the twelve calendar months remain as
they were gotten up by julius
Caesar
BY placing in juxtaposition these
two quotations, it will be seen that my
logic was O. K, and the error be To-
Gated in the premises with which 1
was supplied by him: Sunday in the
Bible calendar IS the seventh day of
the week." Il stated plainly-that
Christ--arose Sunday morning Read
the 10th chapter of Exodus. This was
after the time of the captivity. Here
God plainly indicated which is the
seventh day, and punished the Jews
for not keeping 1t. So much for the
chronological objection.
He asks why, il do not believe peo-
pie are going to hell for not keeping
Saturday, do proselytize? / don't.
| believe the mistaken ought TO be en-
lightened, whether the heather in
Africa. or the misled in America. Not
all ignorance is culpable
Why didn't he answer my question
as to why Pentecost did not advance
the Sabbath one day" each year, dur
ing the 1000 years before Christianity,
yet did SO in that one particular year!
Why dodge the questions
Why did he ignore the fact that
said occupied the position Of stu
dent OF the Bible, before the public.
and have not said l keep the Sabbath
or Saturday? The Bible is the witness
we are examining.
There is not sufficient timber in the
VI HIS dlllClc W tdSh q *
ply to.
A recent contributor made the sur
prising declaration, that. "the disciples
of Jesus never observed the seventh
day as day Of worship after the
resurrection; that they assembled
regularly on the first day of the week
to keep the ordinance of the Lords
supper and cites Acts POST.
propose to examine every refer
ence to Sunday to be found In the
New Testament, subsequent to the
death of Christ. But five Sundays are
referred to- Luke 24:33 to 40; John
20:19. rs to 20; Acts 2:1;20:6, Z;
/ Corr. 1871, 2.
The first meeting after the resnr-
rection, John plainly states, was not
for worship, but for fear of the
Jews" The second, doubling Sunday,
when Christ appeared for the purpose
of confounding the incredulity of
Thomas. Not a word Of prayer, praise
or reading of the Scriptures.
The third the Feast of PentecosL
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