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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 19, 1870

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 35, No. 18.

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C. S. Warner: The washing of feet seems to be clearly enjoined as a church ordinance, in John 13.
S. W. Parks: We see nothing in Isa. 19 to be fulfilled in modern times. It was probably all accomplished centuries ago.
E. F. Debord: The great apostasy in the church resulted in the formation of the Roman Catholic church. We do not understand that that church, as such, was ever the church of Christ. A union of church and state consists in the state's having jurisdiction in ecclesiastical matters, and using the civil arm to enforce religious enactments, whatever be the character of the church with which is united.
F. Hall: For an explanation of Luke 23:43, see Which? Mortal or Immortal? pp. 52-57.
I. M. Matthews and S. A. Cardell: For an exposition of 2 Cor. 3, see Sabbath Tracts, Nos. 1-4, and Both Sides, p. 37.
I. Z. Lamb: The three days and three nights during which Christ was to be in the heart of the earth, are usually explained according to a Hebrew usage, which sometimes speaks of a part as the whole. Thus the time of his rest in the grave being one entire day, and parts of two others, it is spoken of as three.
P. H. Cady: The inquiry you make as to how far it is proper for S. D. Adventists to solicit or receive aid from those without, in building their houses of worship, is one which frequently arises. At the General Conference held in Battle Creek, in May, 1863, Brn. Andrews, White, Byington, Waggoner, and Smith, were appointed a committee to give some instructions on this point through the Review. We hope, for the benefit of the brethren at large, they will soon find time to take the matter into consideration.
L. Jenkins: We have no particular light on Isa. 4:1.
Mrs. N. G. Sanders: You say well that those who argue for Sunday-keeping from the expression, "eighth day," in Lev. 23, assume that it is the day of the week instead of the day of the feast. But what right have they to assume this? There is nothing about the reckoning of the days of the week in the narrative. It is a most unwarrantable assumption. And as that is the central and vital point in their argument, it all falls to the ground.
W. W. Jilz: For remarks on the death threatened Adam, see Which? Mortal or Immortal? p. 105. For an exposition of Col. 2:16, see Sabbath Tracts, 1-4.
L. W. K., of Wis.: The objection to the Sabbath, based on the difference in time east and west, is old and oft-repeated. But how does it affect the cases of those who are located at any particular place? Suppose it should be granted that a person going round the world could not keep the Sabbath accurately, how would that affect the cases of those who are not going round? A person has no right to suppose circumstances under which he could not do certain duties, and then make that an excuse for neglecting those duties under circumstances in which he could do them. But the objection is altogether factitious. We have never yet heard of a person who was not able to correct his reckoning so as to keep a true reckoning of time under such circumstances. The condition of a person on the move around the world is exceptional and temporary; and his reckoning must of course be regulated by the established time at whatever point he may be.
J. Atkinson: The ordinance of the washing of feet we understand was instituted after the passover supper but before what is called the Lord's supper.
N. G. Sanders: The best argument on the types and their fulfillment, the wave sheaf, pentecost and the day of atonement on the tenth day of the seventh month, will be found in the Prophecy of Daniel, Sanctuary, and 2300 Days.
E. B. of Iowa: We think it better to be on friendly terms with other denominations as far as possible. Do nothing to close their ears till they have been tested by the truth, and either receive it, or develop a spirit of opposition.
J. M. Adams, Jeff. Co., Kansas: The resurrection spoken of in Luke 20:35, 36, is a special resurrection "out from among the dead;" those who are left being the "rest of the dead," who are not raised till a thousand years thereafter. It is the same as Phil. 3:11, which evidently refers to the first resurrection. The original demands this construction. If the doctrine of the non-resurrection of the wicked is agitated in your section, the book you want to circulate is Bro. Waggoner's late work on that subject, entitled "A Vindication of the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Unjust." It is unanswerable. Price 15 cts., postage 2 cts.
Mrs. S. Whalen: For our views of the four and twenty elders, see Thoughts on Revelation, chapter 4:4, and 5:8. It is doubtful whether any messenger can visit your place within the time you specify.
L. D. Santee: Your poetical contributions are thankfully received, and will be used in due time. Meanwhile, as the supply of this kind of reading is large, and the demand limited, will you not favor us with some short, pointed, stirring articles in prose. There may be poetry in prose, as well as in rhyme. The matter of the book, we refer to the Trustees.