The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-03
Observance of the Sabbath.
Editor County Record

an article designated "A Timely Ad-
monition," and signed by m c M
This article treats the observance
of the Sabbath day, and in the cor
rect observance of that day we are
with him heart and soul.
Six days shalt thou labor, is the
command. The idler, be he pauper
or millionaire, that don't labor is as
much guilty under the command
ments as the murderer or thief, for
God says the violation of one of
these commands violates them all.
The Sabbath is day of rest for
man and beast, and he who puts his
horse or mule in harness on the Sab
bath day and drives him, that is,
works him, disobeys the command
to honor the Sabbath day. Now,
our Savior, forecasting what was to
come in our day, for He knew all
that was to happen, speaking OF
man in and out of the church, for
the church is the foundation of all
our morality and religion. said,
They strain at gnat and swallow
a camel" Again, They teach for
doctrine the traditions of man.
Can't we see this in our day? What
about the faith of the Presbyterian
church? Christ established no
church. He gave only the doctrine
of religion. But one John Calvin
established the Presbyterian church.
He was simply man. and yet got a
following second to none, and today
the doctrine of predestination is in
vogue in our land. If this doctrine
is true then God is neither just or
merciful, and we, as mortals, are
not responsible for our actions.
Now comes the Baptist with their
doctrine of immersion as the only
form of baptism. Who promulgat-
ed this doctrine we have no record.
No one seems to stand as father to
that doctrine. Now, to what does
it amount? Either baptism by i'm
mersion or sprinkling or pouring is
accepted by all denominations ex-
cept the Baptist. They may be
right or wrong, but they are in op-
position to the Christian world and
can't establish their doctrine from
the Bible. The Waldenses adopted
that form and they have followed it.
John Wesley established the Meth
odist church. He was of the opin-
ion that the church of England or
Episcopal church was corrupt. Per-
haps he was right, but even his
church has degenerated, and as we
infer, the ten commandments have
been reduced to three, to wit, Thou
shalt not play cards, thou shalt not
dance and thou shalt not drink
any liquor" This seems the Metho-
dist propaganda at present.
Now come the Episcopalians with
their doctrine of Apostolic succession
in other words, that they have a
monopoly of the doctrine Of saliva
ton. Christ states that those who
were not opposed to Him were on
His side, so this theory won't prevail.
Now come the Catholics claiming
that their priests can forgive sins.
This may be denied by the priest,
but the rank and file of the church
believes it, and as consequence the
average Catholic looks to the priest
instead of God to forgive his sins.
Now, in this state of affairs what
is a man or woman to do? After
consulting all of these doctrines
what is her remedy, or is he or she
in a maze as to what faith she or he
can pursue to get salvation? All
are against each other. What is she
or he to do? This predicated upon
the fact that the party does not en-
ter the church until he or she ar
rives at maturity. The consequence
ia that in this divergency of ideas as