Evening journal., 1921-03-05
Peoples Column
SEVENTH DAY THE SABBATH.

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To the Editor OF The Evening
Journal:
Sir-In your esteemed publication
Of March / notice. an article on
the Sabbath by DR.. Stevens, rector
Of Calvary Episcopal Church in
answer to Evangelist Golfers ser
mon at the Majestic Theatre, in
which DR.. Stevens frankly admits
the statements of Evangelist Collier
are correct
I would be glad for the benefit Of
thousand of readers Of your publica-
ton If you would please publish
the following facts:
Saturday is the seventh day of
the week and is, therefore, the only
day sanctihed by God.
God declared from heaven that
Christ was His beloved Son, Matt
3:17. Christ declared that He. him
self could Of Himself do nothing, but
what His father did He did like
wise. John 5:19.
Therefore, as God did rest on the
seventh day. Christ did the same.
Again, Goa is declared to be an un-
changeable being. NAL $50. Christ
is declared to be Of the same sub
stance as God. John IL and IA verses
Therefore, Christ is Interchangeable
and this is positively stated in Heb.
1873. Now we have Christ in God,
as God and of God in all that God is.
Col. /: Is. 16. II verses
Again, hear Christ's own words.
on this rock, Gods eternal truth.
His word made flesh in Christ. l
Cor. 1914. That rock is Christ him
self He would build His church.
Matt 1913. OF this church He is
head. Col. 1:1S. II is His body,
flesh and bones. Eph. $50. He
loved His church as His own and
gave His life for it Eph. 5.25.
This church OF Christ is a living
spiritual house in which He Himself
in all His fullness dwells. Eph. 2:
21-22. II is His body in all its full
ness. Eph. 1: 22-23. Christ created
all things. John 1:3. Heb. 1928
verses. Christ. therefore, made and
is Lord, creator. keeper and ruler of
the seventh day Sabbath. Mark 2:2S.
The Christian church. the church
Christ founded on this earth, whose
disciples who followed him. and a
disciple is a pupil, taught to others
what He had taught them. Acts
1926
Therefore the Christian church
did not, or could not, without His
approval and full accord and con-
sent, change the Sabbath that he
made without separating itself from
Him. To do so sets the church up
in His place, which is Gods place
and dethrones Him. He then is
no longer head Of the church and
the church is not Christ's church
Sunday is and always has been a
pagan institution. The Standard die
tionary defines the word thus: "Die
solos-The venerable day OF the
Sun" Neandor, in his church his
tory states it was the wild solar holi-
day Of all pagan times The man
who named the first day of the week
/ Sunday was a sun worshipper wher
he sat on the throne OF Rome
| Constantine the Great. who made
! his infamous Sunday law on March
13, 321 A d.
Can any one contradict this and
J prove this is an untruth2 What
does DR.. Stevens or any professed
/ Christian or denomination see In
keeping Sunday? What earthly good
is II when It has no authority from
Christ or the church He founded
or the Bible written by the leaders
i'm his church which all religious de-
nominations accept as of divine in
spiration.
II we are Christians, let us dc
as Christ did or we are not Chris
tians.
No man, or church, or creed car
make a Christian, and in Acts 2:4'
is stated how Christians are made
Respectfully yours,
WILLIAM TUBBS.
No. 1O3 S. Harrison St, Wilmington