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72041 In Defense of the Faith, p. 197.4 (William Henry Branson)
Mr. Canright in his defense of a Sunday Sabbath wrote:
72042 In Defense of the Faith, p. 199 (William Henry Branson)
Chapter 10 — The Sabbath on a Round World
72043 In Defense of the Faith, p. 199.1 (William Henry Branson)
Mr. Canright the Baptist raises the old objection to the seventh-day Sabbath, that it cannot possibly be kept on a round world. Concerning this, he says:
72044 In Defense of the Faith, p. 199.2 (William Henry Branson)
… keeping Sabbath! Come even nearer home than that. The sun sets about three hours later in California than it does in Maine. So when the Seventh-day Adventists …
72045 In Defense of the Faith, p. 199.3 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath, says Mr. Canright. Strange that God should have made a Sabbath for a world which He knew to be round, isn’t it? But there is a still stranger thing. That …
72046 In Defense of the Faith, p. 200.4 (William Henry Branson)
He explains that the difficulty about keeping the Sabbath is the existence of a “day line,” and that this jumps about so from place to place that “there is no possible means of fixing the day of the original Sabbath.”— Ibid ., p. 184.
72047 In Defense of the Faith, p. 201.3 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath could be kept in all parts of the world at the same moment of time. They may be illiterate, as Mr. Canright tries to make them appear, but their ignorance …
72048 In Defense of the Faith, p. 202.1 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath, He made it for a round world, and made the sun “to rule the day.” Genesis 1:16. Therefore, as an obedient child of God, it is my duty to keep the day when in …
72049 In Defense of the Faith, p. 202.2 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath because the world is round, or for any other reason. Sabbath keepers are in no difficulty on this point. The difficulty, when it arises, is always …
72050 In Defense of the Faith, p. 203.4 (William Henry Branson)
… weekly Sabbath are never raised, except as an excuse for not obeying the fourth commandment just as it reads, ‘The seventh day is the Sabbath.’ Nobody has any …
72051 In Defense of the Faith, p. 203.5 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath in any part of the world, but only when an excuse is sought for not complying with the plain and explicit terms of the fourth commandment. The question …
72052 In Defense of the Faith, p. 204.1 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.... The seventh day is the Sabbath.’ Exodus 20:8-11 .”
72053 In Defense of the Faith, p. 205.6 (William Henry Branson)
To say that “the Sabbath cannot be kept at the same identical moment of time in different time belts,” is to assume a difficulty which does not exist. As Mr. Bloom says:
72054 In Defense of the Faith, p. 205.7 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath command nor the Bible anywhere speaks of time belts, or of keeping the Sabbath at the same identical moment of time. The Good Book tells us that …
72055 In Defense of the Faith, p. 206.3 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath, and that as a matter of fact any day can be found on any part of the earth, and-observed by those who are disposed to observe it.
72056 In Defense of the Faith, p. 206.4 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath observer in China whether or not his brethren in America start and close the Sabbath just when he does, but he is particular about keeping the …
72057 In Defense of the Faith, p. 207.2 (William Henry Branson)
The Sabbath comes to the East before it comes to the West; but as it passes around the world, it is the same blessed, holy day everywhere.
72058 In Defense of the Faith, p. 207.3 (William Henry Branson)
… a Sabbath which do not fit together, is in itself an absolute answer to the argument that the fourth commandment means only that one day in seven should be …
72059 In Defense of the Faith, p. 208.1 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath be found and kept in the Land of the Midnight Sun, where it is six months day and six months night? We will permit Mr. Canright to reply to this objection …
72060 In Defense of the Faith, p. 208.3 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath? But there is no trouble in. either case. The days of the week are plainly marked there as well as here. Read the travels of Dr. Kane, Hall, and others who …