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71401 In Defense of the Faith, p. 70.3 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath question is perceptibly changing the position of ministers and churches touching the Ten Commandments. Till this question came to be urged …
71402 In Defense of the Faith, p. 70.4 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath and should be observed. Hence, wherever the Sabbath question is agitated we find representatives of the same orthodox churches, in order to avoid …
71403 In Defense of the Faith, p. 75.4 (William Henry Branson)
… holy Sabbath.’ We know that this refers to the Ten Commandments, for the Lord did come down upon Sinai and speak them from heaven, while no other law was thus given …
71404 In Defense of the Faith, p. 77.1 (William Henry Branson)
… , profanity, Sabbath breaking, disobedience to parents, murder, theft, etc. Did man’s relation to these moral duties change at the coming of Christ? Did the death …
71405 In Defense of the Faith, p. 80 (William Henry Branson)
Chapter 5 — When and to Whom Was the Sabbath Given?
71406 In Defense of the Faith, p. 80.1 (William Henry Branson)
Mr. Canright the Baptist bitterly attacks the seventh-day Sabbath, which is kept by Seventh-day Adventists. He says:
71407 In Defense of the Faith, p. 80.2 (William Henry Branson)
“The Sabbath is not mentioned by name in the book of Genesis, nor till the time of Moses.”— Seventh-day Adventism Renounced, p. 249.
71408 In Defense of the Faith, p. 80.3 (William Henry Branson)
“The Sabbath was given to the Jews.” —Ibid ., p. 258.
71409 In Defense of the Faith, p. 80.4 (William Henry Branson)
“‘Thou came down also upon Mt. Sinai.... and made known unto them Thy holy Sabbath.’ Nehemiah 9:13, 14. This implies that it was not known before.”— Ibid ., p. 255.
71410 In Defense of the Faith, p. 80.6 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath as well as on the law, and it may be of interest to the reader to compare his arguments of that time on the Sabbath question with those set forth in …
71411 In Defense of the Faith, p. 81.1 (William Henry Branson)
In a pamphlet entitled “The Morality of the Sabbath,” written by him in 1875, fourteen years before he renounced Seventh-day Adventism, Mr. Canright said:
71412 In Defense of the Faith, p. 81.2 (William Henry Branson)
“The principle of every moral precept existed before the fall, and would have existed if man had never fallen. This is true of the Sabbath. But all ceremonial precepts were introduced after the fall, to shadow forth redemption.
71413 In Defense of the Faith, p. 81.3 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath which is true of all moral commandments, viz., that it was a primary institution existing before the fall of man. But this is not true of any ceremonial …
71414 In Defense of the Faith, p. 81.4 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath ever was based did exist before Adam sinned. Creation’s work was ended, and the Lord’s rest upon the seventh day was in the past. God had placed His …
71415 In Defense of the Faith, p. 82.1 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath points back to Eden. (See Exodus 16:23; 20:8-11; 31:17; Mark 2:27 .) The Sabbath is a memorial of creation.... and hence became necessary as soon as creation week …
71416 In Defense of the Faith, p. 82.2 (William Henry Branson)
“The Sabbath precept, like all moral precepts, applies equally well to all nations, in all countries, and at all times.
71417 In Defense of the Faith, p. 82.3 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath. As we have shown already, God instituted the Sabbath at creation in Eden before the fall. From this fact several important conclusions necessarily …
71418 In Defense of the Faith, p. 82.4 (William Henry Branson)
“1. It is not a type. Types were given after the fall to shadow forth redemption; but the Sabbath points back to creation, not forward to redemption. (See Exodus 20:11 .)
71419 In Defense of the Faith, p. 82.5 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath was given in the Edenic state indicates that it was designed to be a perpetual institution. Hence we read that when the curse shall be removed …
71420 In Defense of the Faith, p. 83.1 (William Henry Branson)
“3. It is not a Jewish Sabbath. The simple fact that it was given at creation, twenty-three hundred years before such a distinction existed proves this.