The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-08-26
That 500 Dollar Offer

| en- silence" and have completely back
ed down from their fake QUO dollar Of
Ter, thereby admitting the fact that
! the Scriptures do call the first day
The Sabbath. They seek of course to
cloud the issue by making social
ID" reply to Mr.. Lathrop. Then they
| substitute for their former offer q
new one, with new conditions and re-
| strictions which were we to accept
| would mean more hedging and a re
| ply" The substance of their position
that they will accept no proof from
any sources other than those dictated
oy themselves and which serve THEN
| purpose.
| But even so, we now submit the
proof-the New Testament Scriptures,
where the first day is called the Sab
oath. 1t is a rule of court, of bust
aess and Biblical Interpretation that
in matters Of dispute the original is
final and decisive. So we offer in ev-
| idence-not versions or translations
of the Greek New Testament-but the
| Greek New Testament itself. This
IS the original language in which the
Holy. Spirit dictated the words in the
| New Testament. There is no "hocus
pocus" matter here as our Adventist
friends intimate. 1t is the real
ching, of which their versions are but
translation. Now turn to Matthew
ISL In the so-called authorized YER
sion we read, SIN the end of the Sab
oath, as it began to dawn toward the
irst day of the week, etc" The
Greek original of this reads "Opse de
Sabbaton to Epiphoskousa els milan
Sabbaton." Note the word Sabbaton,
Used twice. The first is translated
Sabbath" the second is translated,
of the week." but the meaning is ex-
actly the same in the second instance
else than "Sabbath"-so a literal rem
dering of this second clause would be,
First day Sabbath, or to express the
Greek case ending more fully, First
of the Sabbaths." Now, the first Sab
baton is also Genetive plural and
should read, "In the end of the Sab
baths" The particle "de" preceding
the first Sabbaton indicates that the
Jewish Sabbaths are meant and that
che Jewish Sabbaths are ended. So
the words, "First of the Sabbaths"
mean the new christian, resurrection
Sabbaths.
Our Adventist ministers definitely
promised to pay 500 dollars, for a
single text of Scripture that says that
the first day of the week is a Sab
bath day. We have given the text,
and any one with eyes and Greek
Testament can see for themselves that
| have met the condition. So, now,
without submitting it to judges, l
call upon them to make good" their
agreement, and they may pay said
500 dollars to the City of Emmett to
be used to purchase playground ma
terial for the new city park.
But, we will not stop our proof with
the one text given above. We will re
fer our readers to Mark 1912 and
9; Luke PAL; John pol and 10; Acts
20:7, and l Cor 1862. In every one Of |
these the first day is called Sabbath. |
So we have Matthew, Mark, Luke,
John and Paul, New Testament writ
ers, all calling the first day, the Sab
bath In Mark 1863, instead of "mian
we find Prota Sabbatoun
(genetive singulars). Milan means
first in order of time, but Prota means
more than that 1t means first in
chiefest. So here
the first day Sabbath is called the
'Chiefest Sabbath" Let US next
turn to the Fourth chapter of
Hebrews. 1t speaks, (Dof God rest
ing on the. seventh day, verse A. ~
Of the failure of the Jews to enter
into that rest, verse 6. (3) Of Christ
having given another day, verse 8,
and (4) the 9th verse reads in the
Greek original, "There remaineth
therefore a Sabbath keeping for the
people of God" And while studying
The Scriptures on this subject include
in your reading Rom. 1885; Gal. A;
Col. 2:16-17, and all other Scriptures
On this subject.
Some may say, why did the trans
ators, appointed by King James.
translate the word Sabbath by "of
he week." l think can understand
his. The purpose of the translation
IS to put the word into the language
If the people of the time when writ
,en, so it would be readily under
stood. At that time among the En-
ylish people the first day of the week
vas universally observed No thot
vas in the mind of any of going back
o the Judaistic Sabbath. So the
irst day of the week meant to them
,nly the Sabbath. But about 1845
Seventh Day Adventists arose with
he wonderful discovery that the
Christian Fathers, the Christian
hurch, and all christendom-sch
nd devout men and women who were
ot learned-all were wrong and that
he only escape was back to Saturday.
Saturday is Saturday, so named
n honor of the Ancient Deity of my
hology). But now the original
cripture text looms up to upset these
nelly spun theories. But they talk
bout authorities. The ultimate au-
hority is the Scriptures in the origi-
al languages But l will refer to
ne best of human authorities to sub
tantiate my statements as to the
First Day Sabbath" First, Martin
luther in translation of the Scrip
Tres, made about 70 years before
he King James version, makes our
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