Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-23
THE SABBATH 0NA
ROUND WORLD AGAIN

ooIi' ~ oost00 the 1uSflduS OF WOFIQS.
by whom also He made the worlds.
Heb. L. He made all things that
are in heaven, and that are in earth.
visible ard invisible, whether they
be thrones, or dominions, OF prin--
CAPABILITIES, or powers: ali things were
created by Him, and for Him: and
He is before all things, and by Him
all things consist.
Man Was Made.
The Father said to the son, Let
Us make man in our own image, af-
ter Our likeness. = Gen. 1-26. Thus
in counsel together they made all
things.
The Sabbath Was Made.
1.-THE Sabbath was made for
man, said Jesus. Mark 2:27. It
was made for the English, German,
French, Swedish and for whatsoever
tongue or complexion be they red,
white, or black; for imam" uttered
the Master, "the Sabbath was made
for man. Be it true then eternal
ly, for the Word, like its Author,
changeth not. y am the Lord,
change not; Jesus Christ the
same yesterday (the eternity Of the
past), and today (present time), and
forever (the eternal future.'D Heb
| 1873. Sabbath means REST. The
| Christian Sabbath means the rest of
the Author of ChristiaHity,who was
also the Creator of all things =
Jesus Christ. AS rest follows labor,
so the rest of Christ the Creator,
followed His labor in creation and
this, the Lords day of rest the
Lords day 1.-The Sabbath Of the
Lord thy God''-followed the days of
His labor in creation.
How the Sabbath Was Made
Christ, as we have Iearne ] made
all things. HE spake, and it was
done; He commanded, and it stood, .
fast" was spoken Of the Lord in
the creation of this world. Ps. 1873.
After six days had been consum-
ed in the creation of the host of the
airy heavens and the earth, the
work was accounted very good. Gen.
1:31; 2:1. The Creator then made
choice of the ONLY remaining day
of the first cycle of seven days,
upon which to REST. After resting
upon the seventh day, He BLESS
ED it, then sANCTIFIED it. Thus
the seventh day was made ''the Sab
bath of the Lord thy God" and
made for man"
Acts and Facts.
Fact l. He choose the seventh
day upon which to rest there was
no other day in the cycle. Fact q
He rested upon the day He chose
: Fact 3.-He blessed the day upon
which He HAD rested. Fact 4 He
sanctified the day He blessed. These
four ACTS of the Creator are FACTS
that can never be changed, and they
made the seventh day the eternal
Sabbath. Eek. 20; 8-11) eternalIy the
Lords day (Rev. 1:1O), forever "the
holy of the Lord Elsa. 5S:13), the
: Christian Sabbath as authorized by
= the Author of Christianity.
Jesus was a carpenter, so we
s know that, according to the command
r ment he worked at his trade days
Sunday included) and rested the
seventh day Sabbath. Mark 6:2, 3;
| Luke 4:16. To follow Jesus in Sab
bath keeping, we must do as he did
r Were he here upon earth now He
> would keep the seventh day as afOre
| time; Jesus Christ the same yes
2 terday, and today, and forever. Heb
! 1873 He said, cit is easier for
f heaven and earth to pass, than one
title of the law to fail" Luke 49,
III. He placed both the Sabbath law
and the Sabbath in the New Tesla
ment ct is LAWFUL to do well on
the Sabbath days. Matt 12:12. The
disciples rested the Sabbath day
according to the commandment. Now
upon the first day of the week,very
early in the morning, they came I'm
to the sepulcher, bringing the spices
which they had prepared and cert ain
others with them. Luke 1885; PAL
The Sabbath is herein said to be
the day just before the first day OF
the week, and all this according to
D., so, Paul declared himself to be
a believer in the written law, SO it
must have been still in force; and
in harmony with his faith as a true
Christian, he observed the Chris ian
Sabbath, the seventh day, commonly
called Saturday, as a life practice, in
harmony with the example Of the
Master-the Author of the Sabbath
and of Christianity. Acts 24:14; 1872.
When the Bible proof has been pre-
scented that the seventh day (Satur-
day) is the Christian Sabbath, then
, we are informed that the seventh
day Sabbath can not be observed on
round world, for in going west
ward around the world we lose a day
and in going eastward around the
world a day is gained; therefore, it
is useless to attempt to obey the
Lord and observe the Sabbath on a
round world. But can Sunday. the
first day Of the week, be observed
any more easily on a round world
The fact is, there is not one MO
MENT of time actually lost in go
ing one way around the world ,heith-
er is there any actual gain of
MOMENT in going the other direc-
Ition To illustrate this thought, let
us take three children who are trip