The Washington herald., 1921-12-31

garding the creation, or rather the
origin of the Sabbath as we can
ind. Now was the seventh day
blessed and ssnctified simply as a
superhuous ceremony, or was this
for a purpose, and that purpose
that the Sabbath was TO be for
mani Our Lord said. The Sab
bath was made for man. and not
man for the Sabbath" Mark ASS.
Just because we do not find
command. an explicit command be-
fore Sinai that man should keep
the Sabbath holy is no argument
that man was not instructed con-
corning the Sabbath. The story is
told in the sixteenth cha pier Of EN-
odus Of the children of Israel gath
erinC mama In Eek. 1874 IL says:
And the people shall go out and
gather a certain rate every day,
that 1 may prove them whether
they will walk in my law. or no.
And it shall come to pass. that on
the sixth day they shall prepare
that which they bring in: and IL
shall be twice as much as they
gather daily"
Further down in the chapter Il
speaks concerning the sabbath. but
there is no command in this chapter
to remember the Sabbath day 10
keep IL holy" Nevertheless. the peo-
pie were required to keep IL. for the
Lord said: How long refuse ye TO
keep Ny commandments and NY
laws?" eek. I6-2s). Notice it SAYS
My commandments and My laws.
not those OF Moses or any other
man.
Those who apply this argument
from silence" to the Sabbath ques-
ton before Sinai are prone to forget
that the same argument when ap-
piled to the other OF the Ten Com
mandments becomes a foolish argu-
ment.
Sin is the trsnsgression OF the
law" I John. 3-4. Adam and Eve
transgressed this Ten Command
ment law when they sinned. They
disobeyed their Heavenly Father.
they stole His property, they lied
10 Him. they worshipped Satan as
their god. Then. where do we find
the command, Thou shalt not kill, =
given to Cain.
Someone will say our conscience
will tell us what is right and
wrong. True enough, II our con-
science Is guided by that great
standard OF Righteousness. the law
Of God. as embodied in the Ten
Commandments.
People arc free to admit that nine
OF the Ten Commandments are now
binding and have always been
binding upon all men everywhere.
But why should the Fourth Com
mandment be excluded7 The Sab
bath was given to man at creation.
and has existed ever since.
Jesus recognized that It should
be kept. duke 4:1sG And He
came to Nazareth. where he had
been brought up, and, as his Gus
tom was. he went into the syna-
gogue on the sabbath day, and
stoop up for to read" True enough.
He did not keep IL as the Jews
wanted Him to. They had added
thousands OF traditional ordinances
to its observance. Jesus Christ did
away with this tradition, and kept
the Sabbath of the Fourth Com
mandment. This is what He wants
us to do today.
There is no new command other
than the Fourth Commandment
necessary to make the Sabbath OBJ
ligstory upon all men today. II
cannot be proved from Scripture
that the Sabbath of creation was
ever abrogated. Why not then be
in harmony with the teachings OF
Jesus Christ. and keep all the COM
mandments, instead OF miner
Jesus Christ came to bring sal.
walton from sin. He did not come
to do away with the very law that
caused Him to sacrifice His very
| life. The prisoner who is freed
from prison Is not at liberty &C
break the very law that sent him
to prison. So the man who 10 free
| in Christ is not at liberty to bress
the law of God. But we are to re-
ceive strength from Christ TO live
this life of obedience We are help
less as human beings
HERALDus.