Nailed to the cross by Cornelia Rice

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 23, 1858

Nailed to the cross.

By Cornelia Rice

This seems to be the most conclusive argument of the opposers of the Sabbath; as they hereby get it out of the way; the ten commandments are nailed to the cross; still some how or other nine have escaped crucifixion. This is all well enough, but the fourth, by unanimous consent, should remain nailed there. But why are we dissatisfied with the memorial God has given us of creation? No better reason can be given than was given by the Jews when asked by Pilate, Shall I crucify your King? they answered, We have no king but Cæsar. The answer is now, We have no Sabbath but Sunday. The ancient Jews crucified the Lord of the Sabbath because they would not have this man, Christ Jesus, to reign over them; his professed people would crucify his Sabbath because they will not be brought under its restraint; and I often think when they bring up the plea "nailed to the cross," that their own mouth condemns them; for they witness themselves that they are the children of them that slew the Saviour.

And if any should ask me the reason I stay From the place where the people assemble to pray; It's because I've no ear for the fables there told, While the words of the Lord are like "apples of gold." The great moral law to the cross they have nailed, That the Rest-day of God may thereby be assailed; And the day of the Pope they blasphemously say To God, and repeat it, is thy holy day. The plain Scripture truths by their creeds they deny; For sleeping in Jesus is made to imply Praising God with the angels in some brighter sphere, And the first resurrection, experienced here. That the Son is the Father, we too must concede, And not "God was with him" as the Scriptures read. Thus the words of our Saviour they plainly deny When he says that "my Father is greater than I." The coming of Christ is at death, too, they say; Thus his second coming transpires every day; To die is to live, and to sleep is to wake, And when we read one thing, the opposite take. Such heterodox creeds must ere long pass away, As the darkness recedes at the light of the day; And the remnant shall stand girt about with a shield, And the sword of the Spirit successfully wield. Cornelia Rice. Folsomdale, N. Y., Sept. 2d, 1858.