The Washington times., 1926-01-18

lies mans re-
-: belliOn against
49,, -,....,,tI he Sabbath.
-. = :. 800 80 If you can dis
pense with light. that necessity
which God created on the first
day; if yOu can dispense with
air, that necessity which God
created on the second day; IL
YOU can ignore tile grass, tho
grains, the fruits, those neces-
skies which God created on the
third day; yea. or any Of the
necessities made on the other
days; then. and then only, van
Sou reject that supreme aneCeH.
SHY He made on the seventh
day-tlle Sabbath.
by three distinct acts God
placed the sabbath on SatuT
lay. And He God RESTED
on the seventh day and
4 God BLESSED tile seventh day
and SANCTIFIED III. lGen.
~, 80 BY blessing that day
I God made Il superior I'm beIle-
fits. When he sanctiffed IL, he
put IL apart for holy use.
Divine example IS equal CO
precept. Thus across the gate
way Of time was written the
Sabbath command. To ignore
IL, Is to wreck all.
This was Gods original seven
day program imposed in Eden.
Who dares 90 substitute another
seven day program? Who dares
to substitute another cycle Of
seren days and dispIace the
original cycle? Sooner or later,
tie reckoning must come. Tu
wreck this program Is worse for
man than 10 wreck the solar
system.
You can never make God
forget that lie rested on the
i Sabbath day. There are not ma.
tons enough In the world 20
make God forget that he rested
on that Sabbath day. There are
not angels enough In heaven 10
make God forget that lie rested
on that original Saturday.
By q triple miracle every
week for forty years God singled
out Which day was the Sabbath.
First, 4 double portion Of mamma
fell on FrilIags though d single
portion had fallen other days:
secondly, none fen on the Sab.
bath, and thirdly, that which
WIS kept over on Friday night
WIS INTERNATIONALLY preserved
other nights II stanlx. Exodus,
1864. 5, 90, a.
the original parent Sab
bath was Saturday, who darea
to put newcomer In its place.
Jesus Christ did not do II. He
indignantly rejected any charge
that he came to change the
law. Think not that 1 am come
to destroy the law he said.
lMatt. 5:17.) Since It was Christ
who made the worlds lHeb. 1:2l
it was He who made the parent
Sabbath. Therefore,, the
SEVENTH day Of the week II
the CHRISTIAN Sabbath. He
reafffrmed the Sabbath law when
He said. The Sabbath was made
for man Mark 2:25l. Are you
man? Then it was made for
you. Saturday was proclaimed
the Sabbath in Eden. WHY not
honor it? Sunday was born
of man. Listen. According to
the Bible, Jesus Christ never
ONCE met with His disciples
for a religious meeting on the
first day of the week. No, not
fONCE.
Saturday is the Sabbath OF
the new covenant. Until His
death, all admit Christ observed
the seventh day Sabbath. when
Christ died on the cross Friday
afternoon he signed the new
covenant with His blood. Sun.
day was twenty-four hours too
late to get into it. IL You are
under the new covenant, observe
its Sabbath.
Furthermore, Saturday is the
Sabbath of the New Testament.
The devoted wOrshfR on that
day, Immediately after His death,
by those women who had fol-
lowed Christ during His ministry.
revealed the will Of Jesus that
The seventh day be sacred. And
they returned and prepared
spices and ointments; and rested
the Sabbath day, ACCORDING
Ito THE COMMANDMENTS
Luke 23:56.l
$50 the Fourth Commandment
was i'm force after Christ's death.
Paul obeyed it. Twice at Antioch
we find him bonoring the seventh
day and calling it the Sabbath,
once with the GenfiIes alone.
(ActS 1914, 42-44l; once at Phil
lipi facts 1919; three times mt
Ti1essalOnica lActs 17:2); seventy.
eight times at Corinth lActs 1874,
III. or eighty.four times alto.
gether. How many times did
he do this to the first day OF
the week? NOT ONCE.
FINALLY the seventh day Sab.
bath will be observed i'm the
eternal world. lisa. 66:22. 49,
It was instituted before sin en-.
tered. This truth is Gods
eternal flag. 1t must be re-
stored I'm those looking for
Cllrist's soon return. REV. 1917;
IA: IL, l4.) God fOrgives ignO-
rance. But now he commands
all to obey, in Christ, the Ten
Commandments. Failure would
be disastrous. Only by divine
help can crime now be subdueal
and ArInagedd0n averted."
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ID. G.
Tonight great ster0Dticon Ter.