Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-31
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"To the law and to the testimony, II
they speak not according to this word.
1t is because there is no light in them
! isaiah s-2O.) IF any man speak,
let him speak as the oracle OF Co..,
| Il Peter 4-11.) And why to the law
and the testimony, because that is
| Gods standard of righteousness, both
as to speech, precept and practice,
hence the psalmist says, "Thy right
eousness Is an everlasting righteous
ness and thy law is the truth Psalms
l119-142. Again he says in verse l44,
"The righteousness of thy testimonies
lis everlasting" Again verse l5ll52.
"Thou are near. o Lord; and all tiny
commandments are truth, concerning
thy testimonies, have known or ola
that thou hast founded them forever.
Again verse 165 Great peace nave
they which love thy law; and nothing
shall offend them" In verse III ne
says, "My tongue shall speak OF thy
word: for all thy commandments are
righteousness" Now we wish to quote
the first section of this psalm and 9TH
err verses of it, blessed are the unoe-
filed in the way, who walk in the law
of the Lord blessed are they that keep
his testimonies, and that seek him Win
the whole heart. They also do no IN
iuuity. They walk in his ways. Ihou
hast commanded us to keep thy pre-
cep.s diligently O that my ways were
directed to keep thy statutes. Ihen
shall not be ashamed, when | nave
respected all thy commandments.
will praise thee with uprightness OF
heart when shall have learned thy
righteous judgments. will keep thy
statutes, o forsake me not utterly.
When I read ]. c. Pearson's article
on the Sabbath question, in The
Courier q forget the date) | thought OF
what the psalmist said in the TO- 10
1928 verses of this psalm. 1T Is time
for thee, Lord. to work. for they nave
made void thy law. Therefore l love
thy commandments above gold, yea,
! above fine gold. Therefore esteem all
thy precepts concerning all things 10
be right and hate every false way.
And then he says in the twenty-nlnth
and thirtieth verses, Remove from me
the way and grant me thy law gracl-
ously." And why? Because. Il have
chosen the way of truth: thy luds-
ments have laid before me- Then IN
the 163rd verse he SAYS, Il nate ana
abhor lying: but thy law do love.
And why? Because, Great peace have
they which love thy laws and nothing
shall offend them
That is the way men and women.
and children feel when they submit
themselves unto God and become
"sanctifed to him through his truth,
for his word is truth John 17-17. His
| law is truth call his commandments
are sure, they stand fast forever and
ever, and are done In truth and up
Brightness" (Psalms Ill, 7-S).
Now I wish to give two or three
more quotations from the prophets,
then I will 20 to the new testament.
In the fifty-eighthl chapter of Isaiah
and the thirteenth and fourteenth
verses we read. IF thou turn away thy
foot from the Sabbath from doing Thy
pleasure on my holy day: and call the
Sabbath q delight the holy Of the LORD,
honorable; and shalt honor him, not
doing thine own ways, not finding thine
own pleasure nor speaking thine own
words. Then shalt thou delight thy
self in the Lord; and I will cause thee
to ride upon the high places OF the
earth and feed thee with the heritage
of Jacob, thy father; for the mouth of
the Lord hath spoken it,,
have met those conditions and now
I am delighting myself in the Lord, and
rejoicing in His truths.
In Ezekiel 1928 we read, "Thou last
despoiled mine holy things. and hast
profaned my Sabbaths.' In verse rs,
"Her priests have violated my law, and
have hid their eyes from my Sab
baths"
Now Mr.. Editor, think you will al
low that have stuck to my text = IF
any man speak, let him speak as the
oracles Of Cod = and if have shall
expect to be endorsed. What if some
do not believe, shall their unbelief
make the word of God without effect?
God forbid; yea, let God be true, but
every man liar" from. 3, 3-4)
Every woman,too. This Sabbath cues
ton, God has made so plain that. the
wayfaring men, though fools, shall not
err therein" Isaiah $3.50.
He has not only told us what day
to keep as His Sabbath, but told us
how to keep it, when to begin and when
to end and has given us his reasons
for requiring its observance, "For that
in six days the Lord made heaven and
earth, the sea and all that in them is,
and rested the seventh day; wherefore
the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and
hallowed it," Exodus Polly.
And when I think how plain it is,
I am surprised more and more, that
there should be any difference OF
opinion on the subject, and l just as
quick discard every or any other COM
mand in Gods law, as to discard the
fourth, for as James says, For whose
ever shall keep the whole law, and yet
offend in one point, he is guilty OF all"