Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-27
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lin reply to Mr.. Smith on the Sabbath
question, he says II am sure Mr.. Hunt
er would oppose law compelling him
to keep the seventh day. Can Mr..
Smith be suspected OF not knowing the
Christians position in regard to the
laws of the land and to those in auth
GRITTY? Romans 10, first verses. Subjec-
ton to the higher powers, and not op-
position is here included. Titus 3: 1
again Endorses this. And in 1 Pet. 2:13
the word is submit, not oppose. He
says the fourth commandment is pre-
ciOus to some and yet If we break one
we are guilty of ALL" Let me ask Mr..
Smith if he has broken one of the COM
mandments at any time of his life. If
he has then why be SO anxious about
keeping the fourth? for he is guilty of
all. And he has broken some of them
for Rom. 3:19 says What things So.
ever the law saith it saith to them who
are under the law that every mouth
may be stopped and all the world be-
come guilty before God" So Mr.. Smith
is guilty for "all. have sinned" Rom.
1928. And Gal. 800 says those who are
guilty Of breaking the law are cursed.
But though this be true there Is hope
for Mr.. Smith and all others in a like
position for while we were yet sinners
Christ died for US Rom. SIS and he
can redeem all from the curse of the
law for he was made a curse for u.s."
GAL 3:13.
Mr.. Smith says Paul preached wher
not Jew was present and quotes Acts
13: A. This Is how it reads, "the next
Sabbath came almost the whole city to-
gether to hear the word Of Cod. To
where? The synagogue, and not a Jew
in it. but the next verse shows clearly
the Jews were there. AS to Acts 20 he
says this is all the meeting we have
record of where they met to break
bread" Will he give me one instance
where they met to do so on the Sab
bath? He says Christ taught them,
and Paul taught them on the Sabbath.
Before the cross Christ taught the null
titudes in the synagogues on the Sab
beth, and in the temple, but after res
direction his very first meeting with
his own was on the first day of the
Week. John 20: 10. The case cited of
Paul teaching, Acts 7:2. Paul is
preaching Christ to the Jews in Thes-
solonica, quite a different thing from
Acts 20:7, where it is the disciples who
come together. And SO Mr.. Smith mixes
things that differ. AS to John 20: 26 he
says Notice it says after eight days
they met again. That could not be the
next first day, it does not mention any
day." Look at verse 10. 1t says it was
the first day or the week ne appeared
to them. Verse 26, after eight days he
again appears. In 2 Chron. 10:5 Come
again unto me after three days" Verse
IL they came on the third day, as the
king said" In Mark 1881 Christ says,
after three days he would rise again. In
chapter 1924 he says the third day he
would rise These are sufficient to
prove that after three days was under
stood by the Jews to mean the third
day, so that after eight days" was the
next first day. No Mr.. Smith l don't
place my blessing on a day. but on the
fact that Christ died for me and rose
again, thus meeting all Gods require
ments against me as a sinner, and all
my need as such. also meet on the
first day of the week according to the
scripture. Acts. 207 to break bread, or
as Cor. 11-24 put it, to remember
Christ and to show forth his death I'M
til he come.
H Hunter, Abba, la.