The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-13

ALL" Making II 20 plain IN veIscs -
the seventh day Sabbath command. The
that that a. Christ states through his ser
want in lisa SIS: The w wa fsrrnIn men,
And as Christ Is, Lord also OF tne
Sabbath and the sabbath was made
for man. MARK 3: 27-2s). and with
made John 1910. It must
have been our blessed Lord who made
the Sabbath and presented u TO man
as an everlasting memoria, OF mis- Gre
Who was the first man for whom the
Turning to Genesis / 1927 and s: Ia
we read: And God said. let US make
male created he them and called
their name Adam
After finishing his nobiest work In
the creation of man. for whom the
Sabbath was made, did our Lord set
that Sabbath apart that 1t might be
secure from violation?
ia. we read: thus the heavens and
the earth were finished, and all the
host of them"
And on the seventh day God ended
his s,.v work d.x. and he rested on the
And God blessed, the seventh day
and sactifed II :.
How did God end his work. BY
And Webster tells US, to sanctify. 10
to set apart TO a holy or religious
use" ITO secure from violation"
And as Adam was the only man at
that the Sabbath command was given
to him.
The next thought brought out by the
writer of this article. and which we
will consider for a moment, is:
THE law was not given to Abraham
at ALL Nothing is said Of Abraham
or the other patriarehs keeping Sab
bath before Moses time
Thus the writer of this article would
have us believe that Adam. Abraham.
and all the other patriarchs were with
table of which points out our love
to God" and the second table. love
to neighbor" In the bosom of which
stIi remains that command, "Remem.
That law of two commandments. on
which Christ says: Hang all the law
and the prophets Matt. "a: 35-4o).
After the Lord had promised Ahra-
ham and his seed "aIl the land" for
IAN everlasting possession" Abraham
died. and the Lord In renewing that
promise to Isaac, says In Genesis
which sware unto Abraham, thy
| father -.
Because that Abraham obeyed my
voice, and kept my charge, my com.
mandments, my statutes and my laws"
Not only does God tell us that Ahra-
ham had those commandments and kept
them over 200 years before Moses
time but the Lord. himself tells us IL
was the seventh day Sabbath Law that
the people were breaking before he
spoke and wrote thai law on sinai
For forty years the Lord proved his
Sabbath to be a particular day. holy
and sancitihed, or set apart from the
six profane or unhalowed secular days
BY a threefold miracle. First every
work day the Lord rained mama for
the children of tract of which Moses
commanded them to gather only a GER
! tain amount. as 1T would not keep over
till the next day without becoming
worny. on Friday. however. the day
| the Lord told them to prepare for the
proper observance of His Sabbath each
one gathered twice IS much as upon
/ the profane or unhailowed days and
/ laid IL up for their Sabbath food and
/ it did not spoil; and the third miracle
was none fell on the Sabbath. That
this particular Sabbath day command
was in the commandments before the
1 Law was given at Sinai, We quote the
! Lords own words to his servant Moses.
! as proof
/ Turning 10 Exodus rs 14-3a.-we hnd
/ the record Of the gathering OF the man
/ Sabbath holy, bat put ne difference
hetw een the holy and profanet and
went out To gather and found none
And the Lord said unto Moses. How
! long refuse we to keep my command
| ments and my iaws7 See. for that the
| Lord has given you the Sabbath.
| therefore, he giveth you on the sixth
every man In his place. let no man go
Loaf of his place ON the seventh day,
[ So the people rested on the seventh
day" tNerses @T-30.)