The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-04-02
&c. w. E." Away Off In Baltimore
Uses Considerable Space To Say
A Very Pew Words.
To the Editor of The Republican.

| cluSlVely that u. w. b. IS In error con-
corning the Sabbath" appears some
very remarkable statements and con-
illusions, to say the least. will thank
you for space to reply, ard with all due
respect for First Day" l must say
that the evidence is lacking.
Christ's coming to this world was not
to revoke any part of Gods law. He
came to magnify the law, Is. 1921.
He enjOins. Think not that | am come
to destroy the law" etc. Again 1T is
| easier for heaven and earth to pass
away, than Tor one title of the law to
fail, Luke 1917.
1t would certaly seem that First
| Day is hard put to it, " for material
to use in his argument when he SAYS,
ANY one contending for the Seventh
Day should practice circumcision. OBJ
serve Pentecost, the feast of the Pass
over, etc. | want to give First
Day credit for being sincere but this
| argument is almost the limit. Surely
First Day" knows that there is a dis
| tinctlon between the law of God and the
law Of Moses, or as they are termed
for brevity and simplicity, the Moral
law and the Ceremonial law. The Nor
| al law is Gods Ten Commandments
written with his own finger on the ia
bles Of stone, while the Ceremonial law
was written by Moses in a book. This
was the law that First Day says "was
| nailed to the cross with the shadows
and types. The Moral law as above
shown will never pass away or fail.
THE law of the Lord is perfect" In
| fact nearly every Protestant denomi-
nation in their articles of faith, allow
that Gods Holy Law, which is perfect,
holy, just, good and spiritual, is binding
| upon all men to the close of time
First Day" tries to give the i'm
preston that there was no seventh day
Sabbath keepers, until it was revealed
to Francis Bampfield A. d. 1900. How
dare he make such charge in the face
of all the evidence that can be shown to
the contrary. Let me quote him very
few historical evidences:
Centuries of the Christian era pass
| ed away before the Sunday was OBJ
| served by the Christian church as a
Sabbath. History does not furnish with
a single proof or indication that it was
at any time so observed, previous to
the Sabbatical edict of Constantine, A.
! D. 35l. Exam. of Sixth Texts p. 291.
at was Constantine the Great who
| first made d law for the proper obser-
vance of Sunday. "-Ency Brit, article
Sunday.
Prynne says: The seventh day
! Sabbath was solemnized by Christ, the
apostles, and primitive Christians, till
the Laodician Council did, in a manner.
quite abolish the observance of it. -
| Dissertation on the Lords Day, 1893,
1853.
If space permitted pages could be
supplied similar to the above.
First Day seems to think he scored
a point when he quotes, Jesus appear
! ed to his followers on the hrst day of
the week" True Christ met with his
disciples on the evening of the first day.
but this meeting was not a religious
meeting in honor of the day; for o. the
| deciples did not believe that Jesus had
! risen; and (2) they were only gathered
| in their own common abode, at the very
close of day and had shut the door for
| fear of the Jews. First Day then adds,
"a second appearance was one week =
later on the first day, there by approx
ing the day." etc, here again l must
correct him. The record says latter
eight days which after Sunday night
would carry it at least over to the next
Monday or Tuesday. There is not a
shadow of influence for first day sacred
ness here.
First Day makes one statement
that | do heartily concur with him on.
He saws l should be Sabbath keeper
! | fully agree with him. So should he.
He like myself is a first day keeper.
God says the seventh day is the Sab
bath. and commands US to keep it holy,
| First day disagrees with the command
ment and calls the first day the Sabbath.
Pray tell Us where you get your author
/ ity from to do this? You use almost
two columns of paper, defending your
position, and yet fail to show a single
/ sentence from the word of God that
calls Sunday the Sabbath. You fail to
/ show a single instance where God
| Christ, angles or inspired men have
ever SAID one word in favor of Sunday
being a holy day Give me Just one
passage that would seem to indicate
that Christ changed the Sabbath to
Sunday and you never saw person
that will give up quicker than l will.
Cardinal Gibbons says 1.-The Catholic
Church by virtue of her divine mission .
changed the day from Saturday to SUI
day" and at another time he sa
''The observance of Sunday by t.
Protestants is an homage they pay
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