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10281 Review of the Two Sermons of Rev. R. G. Baird on the “Christian Sabbath”, p. 6.2 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… the argument for first day rests at best on a probability, and even that is “infinitesimally small” except as it is sustained by tradition!
10282 Review of the Two Sermons of Rev. R. G. Baird on the “Christian Sabbath”, p. 7.2 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… popular argument against “the letter” is to licentiousness, or freedom from just restraint; for when the letter is set aside, each one becomes the judge of what …
10283 Review of the Two Sermons of Rev. R. G. Baird on the “Christian Sabbath”, p. 10.3 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… , the argument for the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath, which God appointed for man, falls to the ground; involving, as it does, the absurdity of a serious …
10284 Review of the Two Sermons of Rev. R. G. Baird on the “Christian Sabbath”, p. 13.2 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… his argument altogether on the necessities of man’s nature. A greater error could not be committed. But of this we shall speak particularly when we come to …
10285 Review of the Two Sermons of Rev. R. G. Baird on the “Christian Sabbath”, p. 14.1 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… much argument for its refutation. For the word “seven” is not in the commandment, but the word “seventh,” which is an ordinal number. Order, and not proportion, is …
10286 Review of the Two Sermons of Rev. R. G. Baird on the “Christian Sabbath”, p. 19.1 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… or argument, but of fact, and it may therefore be determined to a certainty. The above statement can only create a smile, or call forth an exclamation of surprise …
10287 Review of the Two Sermons of Rev. R. G. Baird on the “Christian Sabbath”, p. 25.1 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… his argument to show that we cannot keep the same absolute time is a sheer deception. We can keep the seventh day as they can the first, and both of them can be …
10288 Review of the Two Sermons of Rev. R. G. Baird on the “Christian Sabbath”, p. 40.1 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
And Mr. Baird seems to be as deficient in knowledge of natural truth, as of the Bible. Remarking on the “utter destitution of argument” of Seventh-day Adventists, he says:—
10289 Review of the Two Sermons of Rev. R. G. Baird on the “Christian Sabbath”, p. 42.2 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… these arguments laughable. The more people argue upon it the less they seem to know, though the whole of it is just this: Buffalo is in about 79 degrees longitude …
10290 Review of the Two Sermons of Rev. R. G. Baird on the “Christian Sabbath”, p. 47.4 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… no argument in its favor. The Disciples (sometimes called Campbellites) make more use of Acts 20:7, than any other people; and yet Prof. McGarvey, a Disciple commentator …
10291 Review of the Two Sermons of Rev. R. G. Baird on the “Christian Sabbath”, p. 49.5 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… an argument. Had he succeeded in making his position appear plausible, it would not have been to his credit; for a victory is dearly bought at the sacrifice …
10292 Review of the Two Sermons of Rev. R. G. Baird on the “Christian Sabbath”, p. 62.4 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… of argument;” of the “unmitigated nonsense” of their claims; that no one who is not fit “for a lunatic asylum” would argue as they do; and his very closing sentence …
10293 Review of the Two Sermons of Rev. R. G. Baird on the “Christian Sabbath”, p. 64.36 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
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10294 Review of a Series of Discourses ... on the Sabbath Question, p. 7.2 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
Let this be borne in mind. We shall watch the argument closely to see if it is sustained by proof.
10295 Review of a Series of Discourses ... on the Sabbath Question, p. 13.4 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
Mr. Fillio summed up this part of the argument by asserting that it amounts to a demonstration that the Sabbath was a positive institution. His next effort was to find a positive enactment to suit the institution. He proceeds:
10296 Review of a Series of Discourses ... on the Sabbath Question, p. 14.2 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… . This argument was designed to show that the fourth commandment is not a rule of morality, but we see that it would prove the same in regard to the other commandments …
10297 Review of a Series of Discourses ... on the Sabbath Question, p. 16.3 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… of argument in it, but to show with what dexterity a man can change his position when the light is like to shine in his face. To maintain the position which he …
10298 Review of a Series of Discourses ... on the Sabbath Question, p. 17.3 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… such arguments as these.
10299 Review of a Series of Discourses ... on the Sabbath Question, p. 18.1 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… his argument by denying the evidence of classification. And (2.) the scriptures quoted do not prove what they were quoted to prove, but the opposite.
10300 Review of a Series of Discourses ... on the Sabbath Question, p. 21.6 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… plausible arguments put forth in all these lectures will be shown to apply with especial force against the sixth commandment! Third. No process of reasoning …