The Christian Sabbath Defended by Sophistry
By Editor
REMARK.—It is quite sufficient to condemn any doctrine or theory that its advocates have to resort to cavils and subterfuges, to false reasonings and even to false statements to uphold it before the world. And no doctrine was ever foisted upon the church which has been advocated by so much error in reasoning and statement as that of the misnamed "Christian Sabbath." What but a lack of proof, and a deep-seated prejudice could lead such a man as Luther Lee to put before the world such a criticism as that noticed above? "Rev. R. G. Baird," a Congregational minister, wrote, and preached, and published two sermons in opposition to the views of Seventh-day Adventists, in which he said the plural form of sabbaton, as found in Col. 2:16, always means the Jewish Sabbath, by which he meant the seventh day. Now the form used in Col. 2:16, the genitive plural, is used in the New Testament ten times, and of these it is eight times used with a prefixed numeral and translated first day of the week! For notice of another "specimen falsehood" see the first editorial of this paper. Now the question arises, Why will people still cling to that which can be upheld only by sophistry and deception? This is a question which ought to receive candid consideration. We think the explanation is found in the fact that the standard of piety in the churches is very low; that there is very little genuine faith in the Bible; and that the majority prefer popularity to the cross of the truth of God.