The Moral Law by Uriah Smith

California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists · Oakland, California · Apr 1, 1875

The Moral Law.

By Uriah Smith

A LATE exchange says that “Henry Ward Beecher, at a late meeting in Plymouth Church, took the ground that the patriarchs of the Old Testament, and the apostles of the New, were far behind the people of the present age, in their understanding and appreciation of the moral law. And yet the house, misnamed a church, was filled to overflowing, and the people calling themselves Christians applauded the sacrilege.”

Yes; the patriarchs and apostles believed that the moral law was binding and acted accordingly; but many in the present age, ministers as well as laymen, don’t believe it is binding; and they act accordingly. That’s the difference. U. S.