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71481 In Defense of the Faith, p. 104.2 (William Henry Branson)
… Jewish Sabbath.’ Do all these great authors have no authority for what they say? Have they all conspired to tell a lie?
71482 In Defense of the Faith, p. 104.3 (William Henry Branson)
“Take up a family almanac, and it will teach us the same undoubted and universally acknowledged truth, that Saturday is the original Sabbath day. Look at your almanac and see Sunday marked first day of the week, and Saturday the seventh or last day.
71483 In Defense of the Faith, p. 105.5 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath day has ever been lost....
71484 In Defense of the Faith, p. 106.1 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath day thrown out of its order, was not a day lost, when Joshua commanded the sun to stand still? No. The record says: ‘The sun stood still in the midst of …
71485 In Defense of the Faith, p. 106.2 (William Henry Branson)
“Was not the Sabbath lost in changing from the Old Style to the New Style of reckoning time? No. It did not affect the Sabbath in the least, one way or the other. But what is Old Style and New Style? Let us see.
71486 In Defense of the Faith, p. 107.2 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath continues to come just the same, whatever change may be made in the reckoning of the year or month.
71487 In Defense of the Faith, p. 108.2 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath was easily handed from father to son. The Sabbath was again miraculously pointed out by God, in the falling of the manna at the Exodus. Strictly …
71488 In Defense of the Faith, p. 109.2 (William Henry Branson)
… holy Sabbath under the vain plea that you cannot tell when it does come? Is not this a mere excuse adopted to evade the cross? Are you willing to risk your soul …
71489 In Defense of the Faith, p. 109.3 (William Henry Branson)
… -day Sabbath in unbroken succession from creation to our day.
71490 In Defense of the Faith, p. 110 (William Henry Branson)
Chapter 7 — The Nature of the Sabbath Commandment
71491 In Defense of the Faith, p. 110.1 (William Henry Branson)
One of Mr. Canright’s strong arguments against the Sabbath commandment is that it is not entirely moral in its nature, but partly ceremonial, and was therefore of temporary obligation only. On this point, after becoming a Baptist, he wrote:
71492 In Defense of the Faith, p. 110.2 (William Henry Branson)
“That the Sabbath of the Ten Commandments was partly moral and partly ceremonial, or positive, in its nature has been the doctrine of the church as taught by its best theologians in all ages.”— Seventh-day Adventism Renounced, p. 166.
71493 In Defense of the Faith, p. 110.3 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath. But let us consider what a ceremony is. Webster says: ‘Ceremony. Outward rite, external form in religion.’ That is exactly what the observance of the …
71494 In Defense of the Faith, p. 110.4 (William Henry Branson)
“The observance of the Sabbath on a particular day was a ceremonial service.”— Ibid ., P. 171.
71495 In Defense of the Faith, p. 110.5 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath, written while he was still a Seventh-day Adventist, makes such a comprehensive and convincing reply to this later quibble. of his that we will …
71496 In Defense of the Faith, p. 110.7 (William Henry Branson)
… holy Sabbath are presented, and its observance is urged upon the people, then every effort is made by its opponents to belittle it as an institution of small …
71497 In Defense of the Faith, p. 111.1 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath is regarded in this light, of course men will not feel very particular about observing it. We propose, therefore, to show that the nature and. design …
71498 In Defense of the Faith, p. 111.2 (William Henry Branson)
“Moral duties and precepts are such as grow out of the attributes of God. Creative power is the distinguishing attribute of the living God, and the Sabbath grew directly out of the exercise of this attribute in the creation of the world.
71499 In Defense of the Faith, p. 111.3 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath was God’s act of creating the world in six days and resting upon the seventh. ‘Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.... For in six days the Lord made …
71500 In Defense of the Faith, p. 112.2 (William Henry Branson)
“The Sabbath, like all other moral precepts, rests upon eternal and unalterable facts.