A Short Argument on the Sabbath.
Sab. "Then you do not believe the Sabbath to be a divine institution?" Anti-Sab. "O yes, I do. I believe the Sabbath to have been a divine Hebrew institution, 'a shadow of good things to come,' which shadow has now passed away." Sab. "But 'remember the Sabbath day' is among the ten commandments." Anti-Sab. "I know it, but so is the promise in the fifth commandment, 'That thy days may be long upon the land,' which means the land of Canaan. You don't183expect to spend your days in Palestine, do you, because that promise is in the decalogue? I believe that all the ten commandments are Hebrew laws, not binding on us except in the general principles which they contain." Sab. "What is the 'general principle' contained in the 5th commandment to which you have referred?" Anti-Sab. "Obviously that all should honor their parents. This is applicable to every age and nation." Sab. "Has each command in the decalogue a 'general principle' of its own?" Sab. "Does this principle in each case have the sanction of divine authority?" Sab. "Well, what is the 'general principle' contained in the fourth commandment, 'Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy'?—a principle applicable to every age and nation—a principle having the sanction of divine authority?" Anti-Sab. "What principle?—why—obviously—that is, if it has any general principle—well—I will think of it."—L. S. P. in Tract Journal.