Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-26


our readers that you have a habit o
using the scriptures Unfortunately
nave examined every reference you
gave studying the context and honest
~ believe that two-thirds Of them are
imisapplied and foreign to the question
not rightly divided 7 will give a few
instances. In Isaiah SO If you read tbs
first and last verses you will see it il
to the house Of Jacob, and is therefore
to Jews. Then in Psalms 80, "a. My
covenant will I not break nor alter the
things that are gone out of my lips. Nov
I why drag us to Deuteronomy to find
what covenant had gone out of his lips
verses twenty to thirty seven you will
see it is the covenant, verse twenty
leight God made with David that his
throne, verse thirty-six, should be es-
| tablished forever, verse thirty seven
Next you say, go to Numbers, %, 49,
20, and here he says he cannot reverse
what he has spoken. Please read 1t.
have and find two pronouns in
verse 20. He and l.
/ Who Is the He that hath blessed?
and the that cannot reverse it? We
will have to go back to the beginning
of chapter twenty-five. There we find
when the children of Israel pitched in
Moab. Verse 1 that Balak the king,
verse 3, sent for Balaam his priest,
|
people, verse six. The story occupied
several chapters but is interesting.
| Three times from different positions
Balak tries to get Balaam to curse
| Israel; but, see what he says in
verse twenty. Behold (Balaam) have
received commandment to bless; and
He (God) hath blessed and I
the commandment was not the law
that you thought, and. you have mis-
| taken the voice Of BALKAN for the
voice of God.
Now why take us to Job 1922 where
Eliphaz used the word law. 23:12,
! where Job uses the word command
ments, when it only shows what I say
before Sinai for the book of Job ante
dates the giving of the law many
years.
Your reference to Psalms 1, 2 does
not apply to the question, is the
Christian under the law? for David
was Jew and under the law.
Your references to Isaiah 81 and
Psalms 119 as you use them are not
rightly divided, but we can not notice
all you mistakes. I want to notice your
favorite reference, Matthew 5, 18 for
verify say unto you, till heaven and
earth pass. one jot or one little shall
in no wise pass from the law, till all
be fulfilled. / don't think a letter has
come from your side, that has not
contained this reference; and you
make it apply to the change in the
date. in that you are consistent; but
whether it is worse to change the day
or the manner Of keeping it?
Your attention has been called re-
peatedly to the matter of kindling
fire on the Sabbth; but, as yet, you
have not seen fit to give US word on
this matter Now please sit up and
take notice: Ye shall kindle no fire
throughout your habitations upon the
Sabbath day. eek. So, 80 This is
shall be kept. know you make an un-
important matter Of 1t, as others do
the change in the day, that it could
not apply in this climate, for we must
have fire. But, law Is law. There is no
provision to this for environment. II
your habitation was in the far north,
you would not dare to light your oil
stove. for, throughout your habitations
are larger than you explain the jot or
title to be, and must not be changed.
And further, the same fate should
be meted out to an adulteress: John,
8, 3-5, or one who, blasphemed the
name Of the Lord and curved, Lev.
sticks on the Sabbath. Numbers Is,
1896. If you kindle a fire on the Sab
Gods sight than an adulteress or a
blasphemer? For whatsoever shall keep
the whole law and yet offend in one
point, he is guilty Of all, Jas. 2, 10. We
might follow your letter to the end and
find the same proportion Of your ref
erences wrested from their place and
So much for your method Of handl-
ing Gods holy word for which you
profess such profound reverence. Now
as to your attempted answer to my
propositions. The first was clearly al
handicap In your favor, except that L
referred to it as the Jewish Sabbath,
with no thought Of disrespect, either
to the people or the day. Since the
children everywhere are known as|
Jews, I merely used the word as
shorter way Of saying it. was the day
which God had given to them. I gave
you plain scriptures showing the law
had never been given until the chill.
dren Of Isreal were redeemed out OF
Egypt and that the Sabbath was to be
distinctively sign between God and
them forever.
I would like to quote y~ur entire
this point, merely to show the confus-
ing tumble Of talk, but. will notice
this. Let me ask you by whose auth
GRITTY do you call the first day the
Christian Sabbath? Where is this re-
corded? Please tell us. have said that
you misquoted and misconstrued me
and the readerl with my letter before
him, can see that I said repeatedly,
that the first day was not a Holy day
or Sabbath.
In your run through the first espistle
of John quoting verses here and there
that contain the word, commandment,
as, for instance. verses three, four.
six, in chapter two, why did you omit
verse five? Simply because in that
verse it says, Who SO keepeth his word
showing that the word commandment
in the other verses does not mean the
ten commandments. And In passing
on to chapter five, why did you pass
those in the latter part Of chapter
three? Because verse twenty three
says, And this is His commandment,
that we should believe in the name of
Jesus Christ, and love one another, as
he gave us commandment While
Johns explanation of the word COM
mandment may not suit you, it Is in
accord with the teaching of Jesus in
John 6:2s-29. When asked, What shall
we do that we might work the works
of God? Jesus answered and said.
This Is the work Of God, that We be-
1ieye on him whom he hath sent.