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71781 In Defense of the Faith, p. 85.6 (William Henry Branson)
“‘Wherefore [that is, for this reason] the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.’ Why did the Lord bless he Sabbath day and hallow it? Because that in it He had rested from all His work.
71782 In Defense of the Faith, p. 86.2 (William Henry Branson)
… -day Sabbath existed from creation, and was not a new institution when given to the Jews at Sinai:
71783 In Defense of the Faith, p. 86.3 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath as a day of rest to man is expressed. God’s sanctifying the day is equivalent to His commandment to men to sanctify it. As at the close of creation …
71784 In Defense of the Faith, p. 87.1 (William Henry Branson)
… this [Sabbath] is meant, the appointed of God at the close of creation, to be observed by man as a day of rest from all secular employment, because that in it God …
71785 In Defense of the Faith, p. 87.2 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath, p. 48.
71786 In Defense of the Faith, p. 87.3 (William Henry Branson)
… ., the Sabbath ( Genesis 2:3 ); a people ( Leviticus 20:8, 21:8 ). Also to institute any holy thing, to appoint.”—Edward Robinson, Gesenius, Hebrew and English Lexicon, p. 924 …
71787 In Defense of the Faith, p. 88 (William Henry Branson)
Martin Luther on the Sabbath
71788 In Defense of the Faith, p. 88.1 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath. This He has not done with any other creature. For heaven and earth or any other creature has He not sanctified to Himself; but only the seventh day …
71789 In Defense of the Faith, p. 88.3 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath should remain, and has willed that man on the seventh day should practice and inculcate the word and worship of God.”—Dr. Martin Luther’s Copious …
71790 In Defense of the Faith, p. 88.4 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath was originally given to the whole human race, and that it was observed by the Hebrews previously to the giving of the law; and that in early ages …
71791 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 …
71792 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 …
71793 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.
71794 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 …
71795 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 …
71796 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 …
71797 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.
71798 In Defense of the Faith, p. 91 (William Henry Branson)
Chapter 6 — Has the Sabbath Been Lost?
71799 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:
71800 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 …