Amending the Ten Commandments
IN Mr. W. J. Bryan's speech in San Francisco, he said, “It is the attempt to amend the Ten Commandments that has led to the most of our international difficulties.” Mr. Bryan did not make a literal application of his remark; but it is nevertheless a fact that men have attempted to amend the Ten Commandments. The principal amendment they have proposed is to strike out the fourth commandment, which requires the observance of the seventh day as the memorial of God's creative power, and substitute in its stead the observance of Sunday, which should carry with it, in the minds of those who are well informed, all the memories of sun worship from the days of the remotest antiquity. And furthermore, this attempt at amending the Sabbath commandment will cause the fiercest conflict that either the church or the world has ever seen, and that conflict will come erelong. In that mighty struggle, those who propose to stand by the clear teachings of God's word will have a great opportunity to show their loyalty.