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the apostles kept In every instance
II was the seventh DAY.
The Sabbath Of the New Tesla
ment is the seventh day OF the week.
Christ kept it, The apostles OF the
Christian church kept it. And from
these statements OF fact before us
from the Word of God it is plain that
it is the duty OF Christs followers 70
/ do as he did
REPORTERR
| From Wednesdays Daily
lit is with unbounded surprise and
horror that many discover for the
first time that some religious leaders
are teaching the abolition or change OF
he law of God-the ten command
| ments," said CARLYLE B. Haynes, the
evangelist, last night at the gospel
tent on OkIawaha avenue His sub
ject was The Two Laws" and he
said in part
1T will be evident from a careful
consideration Of this subject that the
teaching of the abolition Of the law
IS in direct opposition TO both the
spirit and letter of the whole Cos
pei OF Christ 1t is a misrepresentation
OF the intent Of the gospel and arises
wholly from one of two sources, or
from both combined namely: A fail
ure to distinguish between the moral
and the ceremonial laws OF God; or
4 lack Of Christian experience-a con
formity to the law OF sin and antago-
.Iism to the law of God
Two laws are mentioned in the
Bible One is changeless and eternal.
The other is provisional and temper
airy Many attempts have been made
to blend these two systems This IS
done by using the texts that speak of
the ceremonial law to prove the NOR
al law has been abolished This is
a perversion Of the scriptures. The
distinction between the two systems
is broad and clear.
The ceremonial law was that gov
erning the priesthood, the offerings,
he sacrifices and the tabernacle SER
vices of the Jewish people But
this priesthood and these sacrifices
and offerings came into existence be-
cause of the transgression of another
f-vx 10 Ia of
ten commandments, for we are in
formed by John 3;4, that sin is the
cransgression of the law The priest
hood was made necessary because Of
sin, and sin came because of law
transgressed Now, it is evident that
the law which governs the priesthood
which came after sin is not the law
Of which the transgression is sin.
Paul says where no law is, there
is no transgression.' Also he says
sin is not imputed where there is no
law Everyone knows that sin came
into the world at the beginning.
Therefore, it will be plain to every
one that the law which was trans
crossed when sin came into the world
must have existed before that calam-
ity came. Law existed before sin; sin
existed before the priesthood was in
stituted to take it away. Therefore,
law that existed before sin, TO
transgress which was. and is, sin,
could not possibly depend on a priest
hood which entered after sin, and be-
cause Of sin, and therefore could not
possibly be affected in any way by
the abolition of the law-the ceremo-
NAL law-which regulated and gov
erned the priesthood
The ceremonial law Of sacrifices
and offerings has been abolished in
Christ The moral law of ten com
mandments, the transgression of
which is still sin, is eternal and I'M
changeable; it can never be abolish
| ed, and Christians today are under OBJ
| legation to God to keep it in its en-
tirety"
REPORTER.
AT THE GOSPEL TENT