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71441 In Defense of the Faith, p. 88.5 (William Henry Branson)
“The Sabbath was made for all men, and was designed to be a universal and perpetual blessing. It was not made for any particular class or race of men, but for man …
71442 In Defense of the Faith, p. 89.1 (William Henry Branson)
… . ‘The Sabbath was a recognized institution long before the days of Moses. Traces of its strict observance in the ancestral home of Abraham are disclosed in …
71443 In Defense of the Faith, p. 89.2 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath, and remember why I did so, and for what purposes.”—Adam Clarke, A Commentary and Critical Notes, vol. 1, p. 402.
71444 In Defense of the Faith, p. 89.3 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath day. They loved and venerated it as a patriarchal usage.”— The Evidences of Christianity, a Debate Between Robert Owen and Alexander Campbell, p …
71445 In Defense of the Faith, p. 89.5 (William Henry Branson)
“The Sabbath was binding in Eden, and it has been in force ever since. This fourth commandment begins with the word ‘remember,’ showing that the Sabbath already …
71446 In Defense of the Faith, p. 89.6 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath question today is a vital one for the whole country. It is the burning question of the present time. If you give up the Sabbath, the church goes; if …
71447 In Defense of the Faith, p. 90.1 (William Henry Branson)
“The church of God is losing its power on account of so many people giving up the Sabbath, and using it to promote selfishness.” Page 47.
71448 In Defense of the Faith, p. 91 (William Henry Branson)
Chapter 6 — Has the Sabbath Been Lost?
71449 In Defense of the Faith, p. 91.1 (William Henry Branson)
Becoming desperate in his effort to abolish the Creator’s Sabbath, Mr. Canright the Baptist turns to the age worn lost time theory. On this point he says:
71450 In Defense of the Faith, p. 91.2 (William Henry Branson)
… original Sabbath.’ ... During the long period before the flood, during the patriarchal age when they had no records; during their slavery in Egypt when even traditional …
71451 In Defense of the Faith, p. 91.3 (William Henry Branson)
This objection to the Bible Sabbath has been so often and so adequately answered in the past that it hardly seems necessary to devote much space to it here, and yet we find that some people are genuinely troubled over it.
71452 In Defense of the Faith, p. 91.4 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath. Since that time God has carefully preserved the weekly cycle, as can be proved beyond all possible doubt. But we must refrain from replying to …
71453 In Defense of the Faith, p. 92.2 (William Henry Branson)
… holy Sabbath, that one based upon the argument of ‘lost time’ may be called the ‘last ditch.’ When all other arguments fail, persons fall back upon this, and excuse …
71454 In Defense of the Faith, p. 92.3 (William Henry Branson)
… -day Sabbath, and that the Scriptures teach that the seventh day is still the Sabbath, then, behold, these same persons are very ignorant all at once. Time has …
71455 In Defense of the Faith, p. 93.1 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath commandment, and for Sunday as the Christian Sabbath, the resurrection day. They seem not to realize that if time has been lost, they are as bad off …
71456 In Defense of the Faith, p. 93.2 (William Henry Branson)
… -day Sabbath is binding, it is unreasonable to suppose that God has suffered it to be lost.’ If God has given a law requiring the observance of the day, He certainly …
71457 In Defense of the Faith, p. 94.2 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath and observed it. Of the antiquity of the week and the Sabbath among all nations, Gilfillan, in his large book on ‘The Sabbath,’ published by the American …
71458 In Defense of the Faith, p. 95.1 (William Henry Branson)
… no Sabbath, at one time honored the seventh day of the week.’ Pages 364, 365.
71459 In Defense of the Faith, p. 95.2 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath by tradition from them. That the Sabbath would not be lost from Adam to Abraham is manifest when we consider that Adam lived and conversed with …
71460 In Defense of the Faith, p. 95.3 (William Henry Branson)
“The lives of these three men span the whole time from Eden even to the old age of Abraham. How easy and natural for them to hand down the Sabbath from father to son without any probability of losing it.