The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-01


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law twice; once to the human
race III the Garden 81 Eden and
again to the Jewish race at
Mt. Sinai. Ask from one side
Of heaven % the other whist
nation ever passed Sabbath
law? None. God has never re-
peaIed that law. a great deal
Is made today Of breaking the
prohibition law. "a greater lave
lessness, however, IS produced b.
breaking the Sabbath law.
Where then do we get Sum
from time iilITleniOriaI To Gods
truth has been sun worship.
Even Job said, away back IN
earliest antiquity, III I beIleId
the sun when it slnined or the
moon walking I'm brightness; and
my heart hath been secretly en-
tced or my mouth hath kissed
my hand; this also were An
iniquity to be punished. dob
31:26-28.) While ExecIiieI said:
BEHOLD, At the door 81 tie
temple Of the Lord, between the
porch and the altar, were about
five and twenty men, with their
backs toward the temple Of the
Lord, and the faces toward che
East; and they WOrsI1ipped the
sun toward the. East. GEE. 9:16sl
When Christ came 20 earth
He stood face to face with this
worldwide system Of sun WOr.
ship. The first day Of the week
was named Sunday, I'm honor DC
the supreme sun god. It was
the rival day OF the Sabbath.
There was nothing IN the life
Of Christ or Of the APOSTLES
which would give Sunday d
chance to overthrow Gods Sab.
bath. BY precept and example
Jesus El0nOred the Sabbath.
Throughout the New Testannenl
you find the Sabbath q part az
the Christian Church.
The two centuries, however,
following the death Of the last
apostle were swept by vast and
stirring changes. More than ONe
kind Of Christian Church arose,
each claiming to be the true
church. Mulfitudes were hatD.
tised as Christians, retaining
many Of their heather customs.
Vast numbers made the resurrec-
ton Of Christ on Sunday 8 pre-.
text for setting aside the Sab
bath, and retaining their pagan
Sunday. Among those who at
this time favored the Christians
was that cOflSummate iuggleF,
that outstanding politician, half
pagan, half Christian the
Emperor Constantine.
s'TO the Emperor Constantine,
who at this time was working
hand-in.Iland with the Catholic
Church, we owe the first Sun.
day law i'm existence. As we
quote his law given I'm SCI "A. ID.
any reader can notice that the
day is a pagan not Q Christian
festival. Let the judges and
town people, and the occupa.
ton of all trades rest ON THE
VENERABLE DAY OF THE
sun. In 536 A. ID. the church
extended the obligation to rest
ON Sunday to both town and
country. As then that alliance
paved the way for q union OF
church and state so now see II
the World Court don't open the
doors for Sunday laws and q
great union of church and state.
The Catholic Church claims
to have changed the Sabbath
and reprOaclles Professionals for
observing day for which there
is no command I'm the Bible.
Says Cardinal Gibbons in his
book, Faith OF Our Fathers
page Ill, You may read the
Bible from Genesis to ReyeIa.
ton and you will not find .
single line authorizing the sancti-
fication Of Sunday. The scrip
lures enforce the religious OBJ.
servance Of Saturday, q day
which we never sanctify.' Sec
also The Question Box page
119, book by the Paulist
fathers and THE Catholic Chris
9an Instructed PIP. ESQ, 253.
That the Catholic Church did
change the Sabbath we recog.
nize as fact. Therefore, we
turn to the Sabbath of the Holy
Bible and keep it.
Jesus Christ himself kept
that first Sabbath I'm the Garden
Of Eden; Jesus Christ observed
the same Sabbath during the
tlIirty-three years OF His life.
He commanded his followers to
keep ii. Three times In His
own revelation to JOhn he points
out the struggle over the Ten
Commandments just before His
Second COming-Rev. I1:l9; 1911:
14:I2.
eff this is Gods program TO !
resist the rushing tide Of in.
fidelity and lawlessness, why NOT 1
thankfully cooperate. A change l
in affairs can soon come, will l
soon come. We shall need the \
help of the Almighty then. Why
not come to his help now?"
Tonight Doctor Wilkinson viii
give great StereOpticOn lec-
ture with rare slides at the
Capital Memorial Church on
Goods Longest Prophetic Period:
Christ ut Hand" Friday night
he will lecture on christianity
special appeal to
our Hebrew friends. Marvellous
evidence that Christ IL the
Messiah
Thursday night health lecture
by DIR. n. Fl. Kress on Drugs
and Dragging"
Free literature on these sub
iects may be obtained by writing
to the Potomac Conference, All
Cedar Sire Takona Park, ID. g.