Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-31
OBSERVE SABBATH
On THE WRONG DAY.?
EVANGELIST 1UrTERF,ElD rv,Ia
GROUNDS FOR SEVENTH DAY
BELIEF.

GROUNDS FOR SEVENTH DAY
BELIEF.
Who changed the Sabbath from !.
Saturday to Sunday?" was the topao
under discussion at the tent OF Evan
gslist Butterfield, last evening. .isla
The speaker said: up until the
seventh day was the only day kept 81
Christians as the Sabbath. They took
the bible to mean just what It says ana
followed 1t. But . change has taken
place. Some, yes. many now keep an.
other than the bible Sabbath.
Whence came this change? This
10 very important question, for II
Christ made or commanded the CHANGE
we must obey 1t. but II he did not. and
We can ind no scriptural authority for
observing another day, should We C
people who claim to follow the bible
and the bible only. be observing an
other day a. the Sabbath?
No Destroyer Of Law.
You may hear It said and ofton
from the pulpit, that Christ abolished
the law and he and his disciples kept
Sunday. But this cannot be 20. for he
said No came not to destroy the law,
or the prophets. Matt. SIT, and show
Ing the impossibility Of q change said
For verify | say unto you, till heaven
and earth pass, one jot or title shall
IN no wise pass from the law, till al
be fulfilled. Matt. 5:18, and before he
left he said, Il have kept my
fathers commandments and II
|ye will abide in my love, keep my
commandments John 1910. These
texts show plainly that Christ did not
change the Sabbath So We must look
outsi the bible and to some other
than Christ
I'VE will call for q few witnesses on
this point" The speaker then read
quotations from encyclopedia and
prominent writer's Of various denom-
nations q few Of which follow: 4,
Watchman (Baptist): Tho scrip
lures nowhere calls the first day OF the
week the Sabbath. There IL no scrip.
tural authority for 30 doing nor, Of
course, any scriptural obligation.
DR.. Binney: 1T IL true there il no
positive command for infant baptism;
nor Is there any for keeping holy the
first day Of the week."--M. r. Theo-
logical Compendium, page 1903.
Encyclopedias Britannica: Still It.
must be owned that the passages are
not sufficient to prove the Apostolic
institution Of the Lords day, or even
the actual observance OF it."--Art
Sabbath.
Chambers Encyclopedia: by none
Of the fathers before the fourth CEN
fury IL 1t Sunday identified with the
Sabbath. nor IL the duty of observing
1t grounded by them, either on tho
fourth commandment or on the pre-
cspt Of Christ or his apostles. Art
Sabbath.
Chicago Inter Ocean, April 20. 1895:
Sunday ID not the Sabbath Of the
bible, and every preacher knows It
Is not : - There Is not passage Of
scripture, not one, In which command
ment Is given for the change OF the
Sabbath from the seventh to the first
day. =" = We know Of no divine COM
mand for the observance Of Sunday.
We make bold to say there ID no d.
rect command for It's usage. So much
from Protestant witnesses. We will
now hear what the Catholic church
says on this question, who changed the
Sabbath? Doctrinal Catechism: Cues
ton, Have you any other way OF prov
Ing that the church has power to IN
stitute festivals of precepts?'
Answer. Had she not shown power
she could not have done that In which
all modern religionists agree with
her; she could not hasey substituted
the observance OF Sunday the first
day OF the week, for the observance Of
/ q Ak
for which there il no scriptursl az
thorfty."
Augsburg Confession: The observ.
anco OF the Lords day Sunday II
founded not on any command Of God
but on the authority OF the church. -
Catholic Sabbath Manual, part q,
chapter /, section 10.
The Catholic Mirror Cardinal Glib
bon's official organ: The Catholic
church for over one thousand years be.
fore the existence OF Protestant, BY
virtue Of herd divine mission. changed
the day from Saturday to Sunday :
The Christian Sabbath II therefore to
this day the acknowledged offspring
of the Catholic church ~ spouse Of the
Holy Ghost, without word of r0mOns
STRANGE from the Protestant world. r.
| September 70, 1898.
The evangelist closed the evenings
lecture with the query:
Say, Protestants, where did you get
your Sunday?"
| The subject for tonight will be:
''Will Rome Again Rule the World I"
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