Evening journal., 1919-03-20

When interviewed in regard 20 the
change Of the sabbath yesterday, Evan
gelist Booth said in part:
The Sabbath Question is big ques-
ton, for it involves one Of Gods ten
words written, and sin is the violation
Of the law. Jno. 3: 4.
This question is agitated all over
| the world today. Thousands of Chris
tian people, including some ministers.
are beginning TO keep the seventh day
sabbath. You can go around the world
today and stop every night in the home
of a Sabbath-keeping Christian.
Men may say that Christ changed
| the day, but it is a different matter to
| find the command that says so in the
Bible. l am exceedingly in earnest
about this matter, and have offered
| 800 a number Of times for the divine
command for Sunday observance, but
no one has called for the money. II
any one in this city can find the COM
mand, l am sure he is welcome to the
money.
we must have a command to in
volve sin. The Bible says, Where no
! law is, there is no transgTession.' Rom
4: i5 Sin is not imputed when there
| is no law Rom. 5: t3. To make Sun
day desecration a sin, we-must have a
divine command in favor Of Sunday as
a rest day. However, we cannot appeal
to the fourth command fer this, for
the Sabbath command, commands rest
on the seventh day and work on the
other six days Of the week. Therefore
the Sabbath command, commands work
rather than rest on the first day OF
the week. Christ is so clear OF the
matter that there is no record in the
Bible that the. expression first day or
the week ever passed His lips.
Back Of the faNv Of God is the God
that gave the law. Therefore he who
opposes the law opposes God. Men may
say what they please against the
Fathers law, but that viii not alter the
reading Of the law in the Bible or the
Judgment. They may say that 10 does
not make any difference relative to the
sabbath law, but that will not alter
the fact that the Bible teaches that he
who breaks one Of the commandments
will be found guilty Of all in the judg-
ment. Jas. 3 1912.
Christ was commandment-keeper
Jno. 10: TO- He stood for every jot and
title Of the commandments. Matt. 5:
1919. He instructed those who desire
TO enter life TO keep the commandments.
Matt. 49, II. Christs endorsements Of
His Fathers law have 10 do with the
fourth commandment as much as OF
the other nine. We, as Christians, have
no more right 10 eliminate the fourth
or Sabbath command from the endorse
ments Of the Lord than the murdered or
thief the special command that con-
demns him.
"The question is sometimes waved by
simply saying that the Sabbath Is Jew
ish and not for the Christian. The
facts are: The Sabbath was made back
at creation, and God honored His own
law by keeping the first Sabbath day.
Gen. 2: ?, 3. Therefore the Sabbath
was made over. 2500 years before the
Jews became a people. II we can keep
nine of the commandments Of the law
without becoming Jews, we ought 20
be able TO keep the whole Of the law.
for the same God that wrote the other
nine wrote the Sabbath law as well.
Christ said, The Sabbath was made
for man. = Mark. 2: q Man does not
spell Jew. II spells Christian as much
as Jew. Christ gave the Sabbath 10 His
children to keep not to oppose and
violate.
"The Lord says, he who breaks one
Of the least Of the commandments and
teaches. men so will be called least in
the Kingdom Of Heaven. Matt. 5: i9.
u the church calls the fourth COM
nandment least Of the law, that would
be the very. one, then that the Lord
means to her. We should not only do
hem all but teach them. Not every
one that saith, Lord. Lord Twill enter
.he kingdom, but he that doeth the will
Of my Father which is in heaven.
I'VE should take no chances in violat-
ing the commandments Of God. The
only authority we have for keeping any
day is in the law Of God, and that law
rest on the seventh day"
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