Graham guardian., 1913-07-04
THE SABBATH QUESTION
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to get to Christ, wash and be clean,
and then by his help cease to violate
the law. Then the law will witness to
his life of Sabbath breaking as truely
as it before witnessed to his life of
Sabbath breaking. Rom. 3:2l.
1.-The change was made because there
was an imperative reason for making
it," says this Sunday champion. But
he fails to give us any scriptural proof
for this saying. Well, he had good
reason for not giving the reference,
viz, !, there was none to give. y
Touching the question of Whence
came Sunday into the church?" we will
read to this congregation the truth of
the matter as set forth by Edward T.,
Hiscox, ID. ID. DR.. Hiscox is the author
of the Baptist Manual. His statements
therefore ought to have weight with
our Baptist friends. He says:
''Of course quite well know that
Sunday came into early Christian his
tory as religious day, as we learn
from the Christian fathers and other
sources. But what pity it comes
branded with the mark of paganism,
and christened with the name of the
sun god, when ADOPTED and sANCTI-
FLED by the PAPAL APoSTASY and be-
queathed as sacred legacy to Protest
antism. There was and is command
ment to "keep the Sabbath day." but
that Sabbath was not Sunday. 1t will,
however, be readily said, and with some
show of triumph, that the Sabbath was
transferred from the seventh to the
first day of the week, with all its duties,
Nr,xy, md EoyynctlU do
string information on the subject, which
| have studied for many years, ask:
Where can the record of such trans
action be found? Not in the New Test
ament absolutely not. There is no
scriptural evidence of the change of the
Sabbath institution from the seventh
day to the first day of the week.
From an address before Baptist min
isters' meeting in New York City, and
reported in the Examiner, Nov. l6, 1893.
The above statements from the pen
of DIR. Hiscox are In perfect keeping
with Reme's boastful claims. Here is
what Priest T. Enright, Of Kansas
City, Mo-, says:
''The Bible says, Remember the Sab
bath day to keep it holy The Catholic
church says: No, by my divine power |
abolish the Sabbath day, and command
you to keep holy the FIRST DAY OF THE
WEEK. And 10, the entire civilized
world bows down in reverant obedience
to the command of the Catholic church.
Am. Sentinel, June l, 1883.
Some, says the pastor, ''are urg-
ing that we keep the Sabbath (Satur-
day) because it is the law" And then
-. - Il hat 10 ,pf ,,t,l.,.
obligation 20 keep the commandments
of God he quotes Rom. 6:l4 which reads:
For sin shall not have dominion over
youfor We are not under the law, but
under grace. But let the reader "read
for himself" the very next verse.
"What then?" continues the apostle,
"Shall we sin?'' Continue to break the
law. John 3:4.) because we are
not under the law, but under grace.
Note the apostles answer, GOD FOR
BID. Rom. 6:l5. And again in Rom.
1921, we read: "Do we then make
void the law through faith? Cop FOR
BID; yea we ESTABLISH the law.
Concerning loyalty to this law Christ
says: "Whosoever therefore shall
break one of these least commandments
1.-THE Sabbath commandment is not the
Ieast) and shall teach men so he shall
be called the least in the kingdom of
heaven; but whosoeper shall do and
teach them, the same shall be called
great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matt, 5,l9, Does our brothers teach-
Ing as set forth in this article lead peo,
pile to keep the commandments of God
or to break them? To be Sabbath
keeper, or Sabbath breaker?
We are in perfect harmony with our
brothers closing statement, when he
says: 1--WE are TO do right and keep
His commandments, because OF what
He has done for us, and because we
ove Him.
And for this very reason Seventh
Day Adventists keep the Sabbath day
according to the commandments. Luke
1856; John, 5:l,2.
w. l.. SIMS,
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