Evening star., 1924-05-18

Continuing, the lecturer said: III
is a grievous mistake to think that
the New Testament set aside the
seventh day Sabbath and puts the
first day of the week in its place
Sir William DonyilIe, in the wOr6
entitled Examination OF Six Texts,
saws: Not any ecclesiastical writer
for the first three centuries attrib-
utes the origin of Sunday obserN-
ance to Christ or the apostles
"Rev. Alfred Barry. president OF
Kings College, London, in his Die
tionary of Christian Antiquity, Ar
ticIe Sabbath says: The notion OF
a formal substitution by apostolic
authority of the first day for the
seventh day Sabbath has no basis 10
the Scriptures or in Christian an
tiquity.'
"Re,. John s. Stone, d. D., Girls
void lecturer, in the Divinity School
of the Protestant Church, in Phila
deIphia, i'm his book, the Divine
Rest page I42, asks: That ii the
change OF the Sabbath from the sew
enth day to the first day was au-
thorizcd by God. why is there no
mention of this in the writings OF
the New Testament.
well, the fact is. there has been
no change of the Sabbath by Divine
Authority Men may choose TO rest
on any other day, but that cannot
make such a day Gods rest day.
The seventh day is Gods Holy Sab
bath. When men choose to set
apart another day than that blessed
and sanctificd of God it is plainly
setting up of the humanity appointed
time against the divinely appointed
time. 1t is exalting mans Sabbath
against Gods Sabbath. 1t is man
exaIting himself above all that is
called God ii Thess- IA.
This was what made the Roman
Papacy. The Apostle Paul wrote
that i'm his day the spirit of law
| lessness was working. A departure
from the truth followed. The full
exaItation of the man of sim took
place. ii Thess-, 2.
"'In the interval between the days
of the apostles and the conversion
of Constantine the Christian COM
monwealth changed its aspect
Z = 8. Rites and ceremonies, OF
which neither Paul nog Peter ever
heard, crept silently into use and
then claimed the rank of divine in
stitutions.' Quoted from preface OF
book entitled Ancient Church. b.
DIR. William d. kiIIen. Thus, along
with other adaptations, came the
venerable day of the SUM- SUNDAY.
By gradual process it supptanted the
Sabbath. Catholic Rome, symbol
ized by the little horn in DanielS
prophecy, chapter 7, verse 25, Is
charged with the responsibility ct
the change, and the church not only
| confesses guilt. but boasts of it.
Cardinal Gibbons, in 'Catholic
Mirror of September, 1893, said:
The Catholic Church for over 1000
years before the existence OF
Protestant, by her divine mission
changed the day from Saturday TO
Sunday
"AU Professionalism stands this day
before the world convicted of the
grossest treachery toward their
teacher, the Bible, without the
shadow of excuse for their treason
And what is far worse, they have
abandoned their divine guide, the
Bible, and accepted the practice or
the Catholic Church, which they stigs
Matte as a corrupt organization.
steeped in error, while their own ae=
ton in this particular brands them
as the most illogical, self-convicted
organization on EARTH IF at her
O'keefe.
"The Bible says, Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy The
Catholic Church says, NO: keep the
first day-and all the Protestant
world bows down i'm silent obedience
to the mandates of the Catholic
Church.-Father Enright.
.Choose We this day whom ye will
serve"
This afternoon at 3 O'clock Evan.
geIist Bernstein will deliver his
ninth lecture i'm the series on the
subject, "What Did Christ Nail TO
His CROSSE" and his closing lecture
will be tonight at 8 O'clock-subiect,
"The Sin of Having Our Own Way"
Free literature can be obtained bv
| applying at church in person or by
iHritinS. ..