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Baptist Bible Authority and the Sabbath

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 20, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 38.

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Baptist Bible Authority and the Sabbath

FROM an editorial in a recent issue of The Western Recorder (Baptist), we take the following paragraph:—
Since the Roman Catholics do not depend on the Bible, but on their “church,” which they hold is directly inspired of God, the integrity of the Bible is not a matter of vital concern to them. Much that they hold and do is contradicted by the Bible, and when faced by the contradictions, they say the “church” is superior to the Bible. With Baptists, however, the case is different. We depend wholly on the Bible, admitting no other authority. Hence Baptists can not afford to have the authority of the Bible in any way weakened. Of all people, it behooves Baptists to make no compromise with “higher criticism.”
The Baptist position is sound; but if “no other authority” is admitted, what will become of Sunday observance? Will the Recorder say that “we depend wholly on the Bible” for the authority for Sunday-keeping? The logical result of the Baptist principle would be the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath.