LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1957, 14 January 1914, Page 4

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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: ''-;,yn^Ul!on , byage i;:: Zealand "ono' , .wiiole".'daylj:and.>';oii'e: , w|jole , . night ; arc is called, Saturday,;orSjhe'Ssixth>iday is ■eallcd-'.the t Seveiith ,^v'itliout;'-any.?, JJible ~ 'Liw Bible' : anclvtlin /? foremostVwriters'-'or tho'' Seventh , ' JJa'y■sAdvcntistsfCiiureh all' agree I :' , lliat';.'t!io J Sab'iathS-ivas'^inndo.' in iiden, ,: aftor. :; ftho T fJreatoD:had'rested on' the Seventh' Daj - .fl\Tlib , *coiirse ,i, 'of. the' Sabbath ; by the ..sun's "ruie~'is'all correct -from. across- Europe, the ■ Atlantic. Ocea'n J -..tlirough : v t}>e*TJiiil>' ecJiStat-os..mitil .tile,lßoth meridian^:.:is. reached there ■■ that■:.'tlioffo.urth r Sday's ! ?;work'* of. creation '.weekM's; .sot aside -.byi'muu, tho aim's rule eudsafter a period'of iiftoen hours' duration from Edem!. Tiios holy, blessed .hours of the Sabbath aro not allowed by man b ,to.:complcto their circuit of the world,'so tho sincere.believer in' the Uiblo. is prcvenited- from observing the very Sabbath , of. Paradise. Tho unchangeable, .ordinances,of tho sun and moon give us the longest, day. in tho year oh tho' gist of June'-.in the Old World. .But in Australasia; .-the longest day is on the,22ml of December, which proves that wo are' one day. in advance, our 22nd should bo thc;,2lst ■ The sa.mo may be said, of the shortest'tiny in the Old World, which is tho .21st of December, while the'shortest day.in. Australasia is on tho 22nd of' June, instead of the 21st.' The .new moon, in 'London is over eleven hours r ..beforc the new moon in New-Zealand. ,'ls:itjiossiblo for tho New Zealand time to be before the time in London by the/sun's rule, and to he. behind by -the- moon? To know which day ■is tho Bible Sabbath all round tho world-we must not look at tho example of tho Papacy, that changed, the Sabbath keeping obligation iu Europe to Sunday. Nor to tho B-.C, sea captains and sailors in th-o Pacific Ocean who virtually changed Friday into Saturday, as they crossed • back'wards' and forwards that wide. track of waters. This change was recommended'by'':'the Geodetic Congress which was held at Rome in 1883. Pleasonpto this: Neither can we accept the.ruling of the Sabbath Day by the' example of-,.the Jews.in their various wanderings.' in the many countries of tho world. We cannot conform to the national, or international method of counting the days ■of the week. But wo can .look, with certainty to. tho sun, the divinely/appointed ruler 'of ..the-day; ■-.-'■.■;■ '-° : ■' A'--'■■■■■■ -.

It has .been stated that.-the . Seventh Day.began. before it got to:E3en, this :is a sad ' mistake.- Bficausc, 'whatever hours there- might bo previous to Eden, they did not-beiojig to tiio &D. Sabhath.' Only . those ] twenty-four. hours ui)on which tho Creator rested, at Etfoih were lnade' holy, and sni'otified; It is at Eden where the.-Sevcnfli Day, js:hioli...is/ tho. Sabbath,■.-■comes 'on .the. caJ'lii,-A)id'g;ocK.offj after it lias per-, $inns^&:'.^ : iii!- ■circiiiii'd'f"tlw sn'iys :: 'nile"bog'aii : atICdcii, it must' nlso fiiiish thore', am] not in tho Pacific Ocrein. Ps. , 19:-6. : Tfiat is only abnu.t half-way, round the world. The his a 'great riyiii iii -oiie who ia'id."l wiU'exalt fiiy throne above the strirs.of'-porl ."■■■.' '.' .'■ I willlio like the Most Hijrh." ' Isa'. 14:- 12-14. ' • '•"

In Holy Scripture this one is called . "The, God .of. this..world.". He wouldhave us forgot-'-.the. Creator, and ihe most effective way is to.!:'change the truth of-, God--into: a lie, and worship and serve' thn.'.creature..more, -ihn'h .'the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen."

IfMyo servo "the creature man,' by accepting arid' submitting io his clianea of tho Sabbath, cither in the Old World, or in the New, or. in Now Zealand, .wo shall just as trul.x' have the "mark of tho beast", as will those who. observe : Sunday in the Western Hemisphere, In Tonga ilw Seventh Day begins :.ibout nn» hour before tho sun brings "the Bible Sabbath to New Zealand on Saturday at Kijnset, so that 23 hours of the Sabbath Day, swhich is observed in Tonga, can bn , kept holy in New ■ Zealand twenty hours of the 21 kept in California- as.' the Sabbath max- be observed here,-. But .the-so-called S.D. Adventist attempts ..to keep n day 20 hours-before his brethren really'begins in San Francisco; *j.?r.; ;■.■«■.- ■■'.

'. A Canadian S.D.A. 'wrote. , under date of October 26th, .1913:'"There is not the slightest shadow of a doubt that, us tlie tract you sent mo puts it, the original, or Edenie Day-lino, was. in the vicinityj,of Armenia; upwards of 15,000 miles west of. the liise of popularr and modern usage','lt'also follows'.is a con. 'sequence.that , tlio.first day of tho week as peri our,calender..is ;:tlic original Seventh Day in that part; of the world between thoso two lines. <■ There is no .chance for an argument, there at all. To attempt to dispute- it would bo to show one's self lacking in common sense or at least in'a'knowledge)-of the first principles'of geography. .-;.'■.. ."■ The Seventh Day is tho.Sabbath, Imt 'it,must be the Seventh Day of God's ap■|)oiutni<;nt, and numbering by the sun's rule,. and that; nrakr-s.- ■0ur...; mis-nainod Sunday to lie tSie Bibio Sabbath,■. The objector asks:. Whore .is ; Eden?' The 55ib10 answer-is'.given, in. (jen. 2: 8-1.4. Tim Gflrdcn of Eden-w;is located on tho west of Assyria,., and east- of the River Gihon. ■ Therefore the Sabbath begins its'revolnt.ioi! of the world on the westoiii side of Assyria, , and not to tho east nf it.' in the Pacific Ocean.:', Proof: "Tho tmrd : ;river is , Hiddokc),4h.".l:Js it which coeth eastward to 'Assyria. , Tf ]th« sun begun-;its cirruif,''.oivrovoluiion" of the rirth,:,,at:Sinai, nr-at'-Jtrnsalcni. wlipj-b : Jesus;:lkept tlio Sabbath. ; the .fact still remain , ;. , :, thut «i«r New Zealand Sunday is. the' Seventh Day Kabbnth.—lain, etc., :*isi£s : '&:?»y DAVID. 'NIELD.:...- ■- Street,j Wellington. ; %:'";"