Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-02-19
THE SABBATH

gens and the earth We're finished.
and all the host Of them. And on
the seventh day God ended his work
which he had made; and he rested
on the seventh day from all his work
which he had made. And God blessed I
the seventh day, and sanctified it:
because that in it he had rested
from all his work which GQdcreat- /
ed and made" Also Ed. 20:8-11.
BY the Creator. Christ John |
lib; Eph. SO; Mark 2:27-2S.
c-By his resting on the seventh |
day Gen. ALA; Elk. 2o:S-11.
d-By his blessing the seventh |
day. Gen. 2:1-3; Elk. 20:S-1L
e-By his sanctifying the Seventh |
day as the Sabbath. Gen 2:1-3; Elk.
20:8-n.
From the above Scriptures one can
see what is necessary to make tn
day a Sabbath day: By God resting
ON the day; by his blessing the day,
by his sanctifying the day. We find
also from the above Scriptures that
the Lord chose the Seventh day OF
the week and not the first.
Elk. 2O:10 But the seventh day is
the Sabbath of the Lord thy god.
From this text we find the Sabbath
belongs to God and not to man; he
reserved one seventh OF time unto
himself and asks man to give one
seventh OF his time to resting on
Gods Sabbath-day-the Seventh.
The Sabbath command is founded
ON the attribute of creative power,
and is memorial of the exercise
of that power, hence it is as eter-
nal and Interchangeable as is this at
| tribute: u ann the Lord, l change
not" NAL 3:6. The Sabbath is OBJ
ligatory upon all mankind, Jew and
Gentle. Mark 2:27 And he said
unto them, the Sabbath was made
for man, and not man for the Sab
bath"
Isa. 1926; lisa. 1928. And it
shall come to pass, that from one
new moon to another, and from one
Sabbath to another, shall all flesh
come to worship before me, saith
the Lord" We see clearly from the
Scripture that all flesh shall Wor-
ship the Lord On the Sabbath. The
seventh day not the first day, OF
the week is the Sabbath of the New
Testament Matthew 28:1. In the
end of the Sabbath, as it began to
dawn toward the first day OF the
week, came Mary Magdalene and the
other Mary to see the sepulchre.'
Mark 1912. And when the Sab
bath was past, Mary Magdalene and
Mary the mother of James, and Sa-
lone, had bought sweet spices, that
they might come and anoint him
and very early in the morning the
first day of the week, they came
unto the sepulchre at the rising of |
the sun"
Jesus himself kept the Sabbath |
while here upon earth. Luke AIS; |
John 1910. IF We keep my COM |
mandments, We shall abide in my |
love; even as 4 have kept my |
Fathers commandments, and abide
in his love"
According to the first apostolic |
council ever held, all the converted |
Gentiles kept the Sabbath. Acts.
L5:19-21.
The first Christian churches, with
1ut exception, consecrated the Sab
bath to religious services. Acts.
13:42-44; 16:12,13; Acts 12:1,2; Is:
Ia
The following Scriptures prove
conclusively that the Sabbath is the
Lords holy day. Elk. 16:23,25 20: 10;
Deut STA; Elk. BIB; Lev. $3.50;
:3S; 1872; lisa. 1854; Matt. 1913;
Mark 2:28; Luke SIS; Rev. lilo.
Many more Scriptures might be cited
but the above will suffice. Chmst's
own words in Matt. 5:17-19 read thus
Think not that / am come to de-
stroy the law, or the prophets: |
am not come to destroy, but to full
fill Some try to tell us to fulfill
means to do away with. Christ, S
own words are not to destroy but to
fulfill Wehster's definition of de-
stroy: "To take away completely
the value or usefulness OF, vitiate
ruin: lay waste" etc. ITO put an
end to the existence of; cause to
cease TO be; to show to be false;
1isprove; to render of no avail;
neutralize; counteract."
Webster's definition of fulfill: ''To
cause to correspond, in execution
Of effect, with that which has been
promised or foretold; bring to pass;
make good the provisions or purport
Of; performed; to satisfy completely;
20 fill to the full"
Quoting further from the above
-ext: For verify l say unto you.
Fill heaven and earth pass, one jot
1r one little shall in no wise pass
rom the Law, till all be fulfilled.
therefore shall break one
If these least commandments and
shall teach men SO, he shall be
called the least in the kingdom Of
but whosoeYeF shall do and
each them, the same shall be call
ID great in the kingdom ofheaven."
The law here referred to is the
aw found in Elk 20: 3-17 which en-
braces the Fourth commandment and
shows conclusiVely that the Lord has
10 mind to make any changes in his
aw, neither did Jesus have such