Ends for which the Sabbath was Appointed and Reasons why it should be Observed.
[ALTHOUGH we repudiate those weak inferences by which Justin Edwards in his Sabbath Manual seeks to vindicate a change of the Sabbath, yet we agree with him in many good things which he says in relation to the Sabbath, abstractly, as an institution, independent of the day on which it should be celebrated. The following in regard to the design of God in instituting the Sabbath, sets forth in its true light the teachings of scripture on that point.]
ONE grand object of Jehovah, in all his dealings with men, is to manifest himself, and give to them correct views of his character and will. This is designed to lead them to exercise right feelings, and pursue a right course of conduct towards him, themselves, and one another. By so doing, they will glorify their Maker, benefit themselves, and do the greatest good to their fellow men.
For this, God stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; created man, and made him lord of this lower world. For this, he established for him various institutions and laws. Among them was the institution of the Sabbath; or a day of weekly rest from secular business and cares, of special devotion to the public worship of God, and the promotion of the spiritual and eternal interests of men.
The first great institution established in paradise for the human race, was that of marriage. This lays the foundation for families, and for social relations among men. The second great institution, established also in paradise for the race, was that of the Sabbath. This was designed to regulate families; to point out the period for labor and the period
for rest, for the public worship of God, and of special devotion to spiritual and eternal concerns. So important was this arrangement to the glory of God and to the welfare of men, that with reference to it God regulated his own conduct in the creation of the world. He wrought six days—himself. He then came out in the face of creation, and rested one day. God thus gave to this arrangement of six days for labor and one for rest, the sanction of his high and holy example. This was the proportion which would, in all ages, be suited to the nature of men, adapted to their capacities, and essential to the supply of their wants. With reference to it, time itself was to be divided, not into days, or months, or years, merely, or into any period measured by the revolutions of the earth or the heavenly bodies, but into weeks—periods of seven days; six for labor, and one for rest and special devotion to spiritual things. This division of time, measured by the conduct and will of God, and by the capacities and wants of men, was, among those who should know and do his will, to be as permanent and as universal as though it were measured by the revolutions of the earth or the heavenly bodies. It was to be, in all ages and all countries, a sign of the covenant between God and his people; an emblem and a foretaste of the rest which remaineth for them, and a special season of preparation for eternal joys.
For this reason, Jehovah not only kept it himself, but he sanctified it, or set it apart from other days for this special purpose. He also blessed it, and with such a fullness of blessings, that they flow out to those who keep it, not only on that day, but through all the other days of the week. They are blessed in their bodies and souls, in their going out and their coming in, and in all their ways.
In the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah and thirteenth verse, Jehovah speaks as if the keeping of the Sabbath were obedience, or would promote obedience to all his commands, and thus insure his blessing: "If thou turn away thy foot from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words; then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord: and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob, thy father; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it."
In the seventeenth chapter of Jeremiah and twenty-first verse, we have an exhibition of the same great principle: "Thus saith the Lord: Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem. Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day; but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein; then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain forever. And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat-offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise unto the house of the Lord. But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the Sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched."
In the above passages Jehovah speaks as if the keeping of the Sabbath were everything; as if it comprehended, or would secure obedience to all his commands. This, in an important sense, is the case. Such is the nature of man, such the institution of the Sabbath, and such the effect which the keeping of it will have upon him, that if he is obedient to God in this thing, he will be obedient to him in other things. A Sabbath-keeping people will be an obedient people. The manner in which they treat the Sabbath will be a test of their character, an index of their morality and religion. God did not think it necessary, therefore, to say to his people in these passages, that, if they would not commit murder, he would bless them; or, if they would not be guilty of theft, he would bless them. He knew that if they would rightly keep the Sabbath, they would not commit murder or theft, or ordinarily be guilty of any gross outward crimes. Men who regularly observe the Sabbath, and habitually143attend public worship, which is a part of the proper observance of that day, do not commit such crimes. While they keep the Sabbath, God keeps them; not by force or coercion of any kind, but by the influence of moral government, through means of his appointment.
The Sabbath is the great and all-pervading means of giving efficacy to moral government, and holds a relation to general morality similar to that which the marriage institution holds to social purity. It was designed, and is adapted to lead people steadily to rest from worldly business, cares, and amusements; to contemplate Jehovah as the Creator, Preserver, Redeemer, Benefactor, Owner, Governor, Judge and Disposer of men; to keep alive, and render practically efficacious, the knowledge of the one only living and true God; to lead all to worship and adore him, and thus to experience the benefits of his infinitely wise, universal, and benevolent reign.
Hence the reason which he gave to his ancient people why they should keep it—"that ye may know that I am Jehovah." Had all men properly kept the Sabbath, all would have known Jehovah, and worshiped him, from the creation of the world to the present time, and idolatry never would have been practiced on the earth. Hence also when the wants of his ancient people required that they should no longer depend upon oral communications merely, but should have the unchanging laws by which they were to be governed placed upon a permanent record—such as, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me; shalt not bow down to graven images; shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; shalt honor thy father and thy mother; shalt not kill, commit adultery; steal, bear false witness, or covet,"—he put this among them: "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates." He places this in the midst of them; and obedience to it was essential, in order to obedience to the other commands. If they would not keep the Sabbath, they would not obey him in other things. Sabbath-breaking would be treason against the government of God, and open the way for universal profligacy and ruin.
Hence, as a civil ruler, he would no more suffer the Sabbath-breaker to live among that people than he would the murderer. The penalty was placed among the local and temporary regulations of that peculiar people; it was not designed to be permanent, and was not written by the finger of God on the tables of stone; but the law was written there; because that was designed to be permanent. It expressed an obligation which arose from the nature of man, and from his relations to his Maker, and which, as really as the obligation expressed by the other laws, would be binding upon him through all time.
It is sometimes said that, if the law of the Sabbath is binding upon men now, then we must, as the Jews did, put the violators of it to death by the hand of the civil magistrate. This does not follow. We are not now, as the Jews did, to put the open presumptuous violator of the first, or the fifth, or the seventh command, to death. Yet are not these commands binding upon men? Is it not wicked for men to have another god before Jehovah, to bow down to graven images and worship them, or to dishonor their parents? All the commands of the decalogue expressed obligations which were binding upon men before they were written upon tables of stone, and which will continue to be binding till the end of the world.
The penalty of death attached for a time to the violation of the Sabbath, showed how the Lawgiver abhorred the crime. Nor was this abhorrence without good reason. The Sabbath-breaker violated a fundamental law. He proclaimed by actions, the most impressive of all language, "No God!" and thus produced the effect of practical atheism on himself and on others. He does this in all ages. And as long as it will be wicked for men in a state of probation to have another god before Jehovah, to bow down to graven images, to take the name of God in vain, to dishonor their parents, to commit murder, adultery, or theft, to bear false witness, or to covet; so long will it be wicked for them not to rest from worldly business, cares, and amusements, one day in seven, for the purpose of publicly worshiping Jehovah, and promoting the spiritual good of themselves and others.
The reason which God gave on the tables of stone for keeping the Sabbath, was not a Jewish reason. It was one which applies alike to all men. "For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is." But he did not make them for Jews merely, or for any particular people. He made them for us, and for all men. As a memorial of that fact, he set apart the Sabbath, kept it, sanctified and blessed it, for the benefit of all. All are bound, by keeping it, to acknowledge this, and to honor him as the Creator, Preserver, and Benefactor; and, as such, the Owner, Governor, and Disposer of all things. The Sabbath was appointed for that purpose, and, as a consequence, to impress on the minds of men the great truths, that "the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world, and they that dwell therein;" that the "silver and the gold are his," though acquired by human industry, and "the cattle upon a thousand hills."
The earth is not eternal; it did not create itself; no creature called it into being. Nor is its existence to be ascribed to chance, to idols, or to any of the false gods which men have worshiped. In the beginning Jehovah created the heavens and the earth. And the things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. They were literally created. "He spake, and it was. He commanded, and it stood fast!"
The Sabbath was designed to make all men feel this; and to lead them, by keeping it, publicly to acknowledge, "Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou remainest." And "Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all."
Such are some of the truths which, by the keeping of the Sabbath, are every week proclaimed to the world, in a manner adapted to the nature of man, and suited to make on him a strong and lasting impression.
PHILANDER C. BYAM
By Philander C. Byam
From Bro. Byam.
DEAR BRO. WHITE:—It is with great pleasure that I inform you that I read the Review with pleasure and rejoice that I am counted worthy to suffer for the truth's sake. The enemies of truth are rising around us, who say that the Old Testament is done away and is no longer binding on us. In this way they think to get rid of the fourth commandment. May God have mercy on them, and save them from such a fatal delusion. There are some however who are striving to keep all the commandments, and the testimony of Jesus Christ. There are others who are opening their eyes to the present truth.
I cannot express my gratitude to God for his loving kindness toward his waiting children. Among those who have embraced the truth, is my companion; you recollect that she had embraced the Sabbath, but had not embraced the Advent faith. She is now rejoicing in the belief of Christ's soon coming, and is waiting for an opportunity to receive the ordinance of baptism. I cannot express my feelings when I see some like Paul, embracing the faith they once destroyed. There are others in this vicinity who I trust are listening with the deepest interest. We are talking of having a grove-meeting near brother Dean's where I trust much good may be done in the name of the Lord.
There are some who are looking at the subject of the Sanctuary, and I hope and pray that it may result in their conversion to the truth. They express a desire to read the Review.
Your brother, looking for the Lord.
PHILANDER C. BYAM
Ulysses, Pa., May 1st 1854.
COMMUNICATIONS.
By Alvah Wilber
From Bro. Wilber.
DEAR BRO. WHITE:—Feeling to praise the Most High, and to take his word for the man of my counsel, and loving the dear brethren scattered abroad, I thought to say a few words for their encouragement. I could not live here alone in Chicopee, were it not for the grace of God. This has been a noted place for Advent believers; but alas! they are scattered and "I am left alone and they seek my life." "The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow to cast down the poor and needy, to slay such as be of upright conversation." Ps. xxxvii, 14. "The Lord knoweth the days of the upright and their inheritance shall be forever." Verse 18. "Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time." Isa. lx, 21, 22.
We will take God's word for the man of our counsel. Christ says, If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. Again: Take up your cross daily and follow me, or ye cannot be my disciples. When a person commits himself before the world to keep all the commandments, he takes up his cross: this is the whole duty of man.
Blessed be God, brethren, we will take his Word. Rejoice then and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in heaven. Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither is his ear heavy that it cannot hear. I sometimes go to Springfield to meet with the little band who are trying to live, there, to offer up ourselves a living sacrifice to God.
It is between twelve and thirteen years since I first believed in Christ's soon coming. I believe the world generally has been warned of the judgment-day; but being in gross darkness they heed it not; so that day must come on them as a thief. But, brethren, ye are not in darkness that that day should overtake you as a thief. Blessed be God, we know his going-forth is prepared as the morning; and he that shall come will come and will not tarry.
I hope to be ready with his scattered flock to see him as he is and to be made like him. If any have wandered from the fold, his Word says, Come back again. There is no other way under heaven given among men whereby we can be saved.
ALVAH WILBER.
Chicopee Falls, Mass., May 14th, 1854.
The Cause of Truth Rising
By H. N. Bates
From Bro. Bates.
DEAR BRO. WHITE:—The cause of truth is still rising in this place, although we have some severe trials to pass through, but if our trust is in God, he will soon bring us with the 144,000, to stand on mount Zion with the Lamb. We have not had any one to preach to us since Bro. Bates left; but we are striving to keep God's commandments and attain unto the faith of Jesus. We hope the Lord will send some of his ministering servants here soon. Souls are starving for the truth. O that sinners [law-breakers] would arouse from their slumbers while mercy lingers, is my prayer.
Yours waiting for Christ, H. N. BATES.
Green Vale Ill., May 8th, 1854,
ALMIRA HALL
By Almira Hall
From Sister Hall.
DEAR BRO. WHITE:—I feel thankful that I have the privilege of reading the paper. I should not know how to be deprived of it. I have been trying to keep the Sabbath three years, and have no cause to regret that I commenced; but I have cause to mourn over my imperfections. Still feel to trust in the rock that is higher than I. We have no meetings here. There are but four of us keeping the seventh day in this place, and I fear we are not faithful enough to warn our fellow-men of their danger. I pray to be found watching when the Master shall return. May the Lord comfort all his dear children, is the prayer of your unworthy sister.
ALMIRA HALL
Westbury, Sherbrook Co., C. E., May, 1854.
Keeping God’s Commandments
By Naomi Lesley
From Sr. Lesley.
DEAR BRO. WHITE:—We read that where our treasure is there will our hearts be also; and I can say, if I know my heart, that its whole desire and delight is in that blessed hope which reaches within the veil, whereunto the forerunner is gone, even Jesus; for he is my strength and my salvation. When I think of his return so soon, I feel to ask myself, Shall I be weighed in the balances and be found wanting? Have I done all things right? Do I walk in his ways? Do I love God with all my soul mind and strength? If we love God with all our soul mind and strength, we shall keep all his commandments. O how good and cheering this law is; for all his ways are pleasantness and all his paths are peace. Christ has shown us the right way; for he has said, If ye love me keep my commandments, and then ye shall know whether I speak of myself, or of him that sent me. I do not know how the apostles could have said any more than they have concerning the commandments the law of God; and yet we see such opposition to the truth. Even professors who pretend to be engaged in religion say that it dont make any difference about Christ's coming, or keeping the commandments, if we are ready to die, then we are ready for Jesus. I do not know where they find such doctrine. Except they have a hope beyond death, I fear they will be lost. We want that faith that if we sleep we shall sleep in Jesus, and when he comes be raised to meet him in the air, and so ever be with the Lord.
Yours in hope of soon seeing Jesus.
NAOMI LESLEY.
Lysander, N. Y., May 14th, 1854.
Deceitfulness of Sin
DECEITFULNESS OF SIN. — What fruit had ye? — There is no real fruit in sin; the promises thereof are all false and deceitful. Gehazi promised himself gain, but got the leprosy. Balaam pursued honor, but met with the sword. Achan found a wedge of gold, but it cleaved asunder his soul from his body. The only fruit of sin is shame if we repent, and death if we do not repent.
FOREIGN NEWS.
THE WAR—BOMBARDMENT OF ODESSA BY THE ENGLISH FLEET.
On the morning of the 23d, nine steamers of the allied fleet took up a position before the forts that command the entrance to the harbor, and immediately commenced to throw bombs and rockets upon the forts and the city.
One statement says that the bombardment was over in two hours: another that it continued incessantly for ten hours, and only closed with the night. The Austrian official account published at Vienna, 30th, states as the result of the action, that "a battery of four guns was destroyed, and one Austrian ship, the St. Catherina, and eight Russian merchant ships in harbor, were burned." The Russian telegraphic account is significant. It is in these terms:
"The English and French Admirals demanded the surrender of the Russian ships in the port of Odessa. This being refused, bombardment began from eighteen ships. A small part of the city is destroyed. An attempt to land 1,800 men failed. The bombardment has produced no effect!"
Three of the English steamers were badly damaged.
A dispatch to The London Daily News states that on the 22d a partial bombardment took place, but not much damage was done except setting some buildings on fire. On the 23d, hostilities were suspended, and a summons was sent to the place to surrender.
In the event of a refusal, the Admirals, French and British, threatened to destroy the city on the succeeding day. On the 24th, was the attack. It was further stated that the Russian fleet sailed out of Sevastopol and advanced against the allied fleet, either with the hope of drawing the latter away from Odessa, or of getting it between two fires, but, on a portion of the British ships offering battle, the Russians withdrew to their strong-hold.
It may be remembered that on the 6th ult., the British steamer Furious was sent with a flag of truce to Odessa to bring off the British ex-Consul and some seventy British subjects. The Russians refused to permit the steamer to enter the harbor, and on her persisting, fired six or seven shots from the walls, and sent out some ships to chase her. The Furious escaped, and brought back to the fleet a report of the treatment she had met with. This was on the 6th of April, and the next we hear of was the arrival, off Odessa, on the 14th or 17th, (for accounts differ,) of several ships of the allied fleets. The last advices from Odessa, received here per steamer Canada, were to April 20th, at which date, although some English steamers were in sight, all was quiet. Consequently the account in the papers that the city was bombarded for one hour on the 18th, is manifestly incorrect.
LATER.—Prince Woronzoff's palace at Odessa was entirely destroyed by the bombardment. Four English frigates were badly damaged. A private dispatch states that the whole of the allied fleet left Odessa on the 26th, and was to cruise off Sevastopol to prevent the egress of the Russians.
Prussia has forbidden privateers to enter her harbors. Small-pox had broken out on board the British ship James Watt, and Sir Charles Napier had caused a number of the sailors to be vaccinated. A million of paper roubles are just issued at Warsaw.
THE SIEGE OF SILISTRIA.
The important position of Silistria is closely invested, but a telegraphic dispatch of date 26th says that to that date the fortress had suffered no damage.
Accounts from Bucharest, April 19th, mention that it (Silistria) had been hard pressed since the 14th, and would ere then have fallen but for the determined valor of its defenders, who express themselves able to hold out until aid shall arrive.
The Russians, on the contrary, expect to reduce the place in a few days. Mustapha Pasha has a strong garrison, but is said to be neither well victualed nor properly supplied with ammunition. The ford is in the possession of the Russians, as are also the intrenchments at the junction of the Dristra, the Turks having retired within the defenses.
The Russians were expected to assault, on the 1st May, with 30,000 men. They had erected seventeen heavy batteries, under cover of which they will cross the river. The passage at Oltenitza is expected at the same time. Notwithstanding all these formidable statements, we must not forget that Silistria is too strong a position to be carried without a severe and perhaps a prolonged struggle.
THE BALTIC.
The British fleet had been further re-enforced and was awaiting the arrival of the French squadron.
On the 21st, nineteen British ships anchored before Stockholm. A depot of coal for the fleet is being formed at Farosund, on the island of Gothland.
A Russian powder factory on the island of Cronstadt, and containing 60,000 pounds of powder, blew up and killed sixty operatives. No damage was done to the fortress.
The Decree.
By Uriah Smith
In noticing the idea entertained by some, that the decree to restore and build Jerusalem was given to Nehemiah, it may be proper to consider what constituted a Persian decree, and the form in which it was given. Daniel who was among the captives carried away to Babylon, gives us information on this point. In chap. vi, 6-9, he says: "Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him: King Darius, live forever. All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed according to the law of the Medes and Persians which altereth not. Wherefore, king Darius signed the writing and the decree."
Here we learn what constituted a Persian decree; and we ask, Did Nehemiah possess any such document? No one will claim that he did. When he arrived at Jerusalem, he did not present any such thing to the people, but told them the words which the king had spoken to him! Neh. ii, 18. Thus additional proof is given on a point already clearly established, that there was no decree given to Nehemiah.
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SPIRITUALISM.
By Editor
"But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily [Private Circles,] shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that brought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction." 2 Pet. ii, 1.
"When they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them." 1 Thess. v, 3.
"Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit," &c. Chap. xviii, 2.
"Whose [Christ's] coming is after [immediately following] the working of satan with all power, and signs and lying wonders." 2 Thess. ii, 9.
"And shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." Matt. xxiv, 24.
A Correspondent of the Telegraph from Cannon, Mich., giving an account of his experience says: I soon commenced hearing, and could readily distinguish, by the voice and manner, departed brothers and friends, who had power over me to move me about the house and fields with a force similar to atmospheric pressure. My hands were moved to many passages of Scripture, turning the leaves with accuracy and expounding their meaning; reproving me at the same time for evil thoughts, ungraceful movements, and pernicious habits, such as using tobacco, and correcting me in the pronunciation of words.
The manifestations soon began to spread over the neighborhood, and there are now in our town some forty or over that receive communications, some of them of a high order, approximating to a state of clairvoyance, and a majority of our citizens are believers. The subject has been treated respectfully, and evidently most are seeking after light and knowledge.
CARRIED OVER THE ATLANTIC BY SPIRITS.—We published, some months since, a wonderful relation of facts which seemed to prove that a ribbon bearing a peculiar inscription, was brought by Spirits from a circle in England, to a medium in Troy, N. Y., and that by the same agency a penknife belonging to said medium was carried to the circle in England, and that both transportations must have occurred within less than the period of an hour. Incredible as this statement may appear, we have just been informed upon good authority, that the medium referred to, Mr. Hansen, of Troy, has since been to England, and found his penknife in possession of his friends of the circle with which he had been in communication by means of the Spirits. His friends had previously written him descriptions of the knife which had suddenly and mysteriously appeared at their circle, but he now saw and identified it by unmistakable marks. The ribbon was in like manner identified. We merely allude to this affair now, in the hope thereby to induce Mr. Hansen to write us the particulars concerning it, as he found them on his visit to England.—Spir. Tel.
Appointments.
By Editor
PROVIDENCE permitting we will meet with the brethren in Conference at Rosendale, Wis., June 2d. This meeting will commence on Sixth-day and hold as long as may be thought best.
We will also meet the brethren in Conference at Grand Rapids, Mich., June 17th and 18th. ED.
The Conference at Rochester will be held June 23d, 24th, 25th, commencing the 23d at 2 o'clock P. M.
PROVIDENCE permitting, we will hold a Grove-meeting in Ulysses, Penn., June 3d and 4th. W. S. INGRAHAM. A. S. HUTCHINS.
PROVIDENCE permitting, I will meet with the brethren in Catlin, N. Y., June 10th. A. S. HUTCHINS.
Quite a Battle.
By Uriah Smith
In an account in the Harbinger for May 20th of meetings at Chicago and Crane's Grove, Ill., the writer, [J. C. Bywater,] says :
"Bro. Collins labors hard and constant, and his labors are blessed to the conversion of souls, and the stability of the saints. He has had quite a battle to fight with Mr. Bates and Moses, on the one hand, and Bro. Collins, Jesus and Paul, on the other, but Judah's Lion prevailed, and truth triumphed."
As this account reads, it stands thus: Collins had quite a battle to fight on the one hand, with "Moses and Mr. Bates," and he had quite a battle to fight on the other hand with "Jesus Paul and Collins!" It seems then that "Mr. Bates and Moses Jesus and Paul" were all on one side and all agreed. Well, so they are; and this account would be all right, were it not that in the melee, we have the wonderful spectacle of Collins vs. Collins. A house divided against itself, says the Saviour, cannot stand. But in this case, pray tell us who is Judah's Lion that prevailed?
Perhaps the writer meant, though he has not so expressed it, that "Mr. Bates and Moses" were on one side, and "Collins Jesus and Paul" on the other. Well, looking at it in this light, we have Jesus and Paul arrayed in battle against Moses!! This is placing them on rather a different footing than is generally represented in the sacred record. What became of "Moses" when "Judah's Lion" prevailed, the writer saith not!!
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