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holy time, but chose SUNDAY SO TO
do. Sixth Text. John 20:19: Then
the same day at evening, icing the
First day OF the week, when the
doors were shut where the disciples
were assembled for fear OF the Jews,
and saith unto them, Peace be unto
you" This text says the disciples
We're assembled not for worship, not
to commemorate the resurrection for
they did not yet believe Christ had
risen, Mark 16: ola, but for fear OF
the Jews. Hence no proof for Sun
day keeping. John 20: 26; is some
times referred to as a Sunday text.
II does not mention the first day
however but says, And after eight
days again the disciples were within,
ETC." This could not be the follow
ing Sunday for it says after eight
days, and that would bring it at least
to Monday evening. So we must not
make the mistake of calling this a
second Sunday meeting. Seventh
text Acts 20: Z: "And upon the first
day OF the, week when the disciples
| came together to break bread, Paul
preached unto them ready to depart
his speech until midnight" In going
back to verse four, it states that Paul
and seven others, some of which ut
| least were ministers, came to TroaS
where they doubtless had meetings
every day for the seven days. On the
last of these seven days, there was
special meeting called-a meeting in
which the disciples came together to
break bread and to hear Pauls fare
well sermon: 1t was an evening
Paul preached longer than twenty
minutes even till midnight. What
night was this? Was it Saturday or
Sunday night? According to Gen. l:
5; Lev. %: 80; Deut. 16: &; and
Mark 1: 80; the night precedes the
day, and the day commenced at sun
set, that is the dark part of the day.
Hence the evening Paul preached
was the evening following the Sab
bath and that would correspond to
Saturday night. If this meeting has
anything sacred attached to it so far
as time is concerned, why do your
Sunday shopping on Holy time? The
bread was broken after midnight. IL
you reckon according to Roman time,
this will bring you into Monday. If
breaking bread makes the day Holy
then according to Acts 2:46; every
day is a Sabbath or Holy day. No,
my Brother, this proves too much
and what proves to much proves
nothing. Paul spent the first day OF
that week as follows: in preaching
breaking bread, planning his trip, and
walking nearly twenty miles. Acts
20:7-l7. According to Acts 1872; and
1874; Paul habitually frequented
Gods House or the day preceding
Sunday. And on that day, he preach
ed to Jew and Gentle alike Act
out of the Synagogue, the Gentiles
besought that these words might be
preached to them the next Sabbath
And the next Sabbath Day came al
most the whole City together to hear
the word of God Why did they not
ask Paul to/preach to them on Sun
day fifteen years this side of the
cross if Sunday was then the Sab
bath? In Acts 28:17; Paul says Men
nothing against the people or Gus
toms of our fathers, yet was l de-
livered prisoner" Surely he kept the
Sabbath if in harmony with the Gus
toms of fathers. Now brother Clark
you seem to classify the ceremonial
Law, circumcision, meats, drink,
new moons etc. with the Law of God
or part of it. You will notice Paul
separates the two in / Cor. 7:19;
Circumcision is nothing, and uncir-
cumcision is nothing, but the keep
ing of the commandments of God"
Eighth Text. 1 Cor. 1872; Upon the
first day of the week, let every enc
of you lay by him in store as God
has prospered him that their be no
gatherings when come" This test
is often cited to prove that one
should be in church on Sunday as
sisting in a material way when the
contribution box is passed. But really
this is not what the text says. II
does say one should lay by him.
| Several versions such as the Old
German, the Swedish, the French
| and etc. render it this way Let
every one lay by him at home" Paul
here refers to Sunday as day Of
| business, day to figure up accounts
and then to. lay aside certain
amount for the needy poor at Jer-
! when he arrived. Now, l have referred
to every first day text in the New
, Testament, and / am perfectly agreed
! with brother Clark that Help Help
is needed to furnish proof for Sun :
! day sacredness from the same. Would
it not now be a good time to sum
mon such help, and thus to give to
the public that for which they are
| hungering?
You ask where the verse is in the
| New Testament that Jesus commands
the keeping of the Sabbath; why
should there be such text? He GER
tainly does say that in order to en-
ter into life one must keep the com
mandments and the fourth is one of
the ten. 1t is one that was recognized
and kept by Jesus followers Luke
%: So; the same as the other nine
Now according to the rules of logic,
j an ordinance or law is binding upon
| the subjects for which it was en-
! acted until the power that enacted
the same or a power equally. great
reverse it. And the terms in the lat
ter must be equally clear to the
| former. Now brother Clark you ,ad
init the binding claims of the Sab
bath at Creation, you also admit that
the Sabbath was not wholly Jewish
1 for it was made at creation, which
was more that two thousand years
before the birth of the Jewish ma
ton; that Sabbath the New Tesla
ment says was made for Man Mark
1927; now no lodging. Are you a
man? If so it was made for you. With
one dash of your pen you did away
with the old testament or over one
half of the Bible in your next breath
! you said in substance, the same doc
ument cannot make Christians and
again you affirmed all who read tho
New Testament cannot be anything
but Christians. These are mere as
| cartons without proof M r. An