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1141 In Defense of the Faith, p. 40.2 (William Henry Branson)
… Mr. Canright before he renounced the moral law. In these he clearly shows that Christ did not abolish the Ten Commandments, but greatly magnified and confirmed …
1142 In Defense of the Faith, p. 44.1 (William Henry Branson)
… . M. Canright, The Two Laws (1886), pp. 87-97.
1143 In Defense of the Faith, p. 44.2 (William Henry Branson)
… Mr. Canright, buttressed as it is in its every detail by a “Thus says the Lord,” and in its stead accept his later teaching, that “the law is not binding upon Christians …
1144 In Defense of the Faith, p. 44 (William Henry Branson)
The Scriptures versus Mr. Canright
1145 In Defense of the Faith, p. 44.3 (William Henry Branson)
Let us briefly compare some of Mr. Canright’s later statements concerning the law with what is said of it in the Scriptures.
1146 In Defense of the Faith
Canright, the Baptist, after renouncing the law of God, said:
1147 In Defense of the Faith, p. 46.1 (William Henry Branson)
Surely these patriarchs, prophets, and disciples of our Lord did not in any wise agree with Mr. Canright’s renunciation of the moral law as a guide for God’s children. Nor do his teachings agree with those of Jesus.
1148 In Defense of the Faith, p. 46.2 (William Henry Branson)
Mr. Canright, the Baptist, declares, “The law is dead.”
1149 In Defense of the Faith, p. 46.4 (William Henry Branson)
Mr. Canright says, “We have something better than the Ten Commandments.”
1150 In Defense of the Faith, p. 46.5 (William Henry Branson)
… Mr. Canright after he renounced the divine law, and the words of David, Jesus, and Paul. Mr. Canright takes the position that the Ten Commandments have been improved …
1151 In Defense of the Faith, p. 47.1 (William Henry Branson)
After Mr. Canright as a Baptist began to wage relentless warfare against the moral law of God, he resorted to the very arguments against it which he had so completely demolished in his former publications. Let us note a few of them:
1152 In Defense of the Faith, p. 47.3 (William Henry Branson)
… . Mr. Canright would not have admitted this; yet the logic of his argument would lead to just this conclusion; for, says Paul, “where no law is, there is no transgression …
1153 In Defense of the Faith, p. 47.4 (William Henry Branson)
… Mr. Canright taught concerning the Ten Commandments after he renounced Adventism; a place where people felt themselves entirely liberated from any obligation …
1154 In Defense of the Faith, p. 48.1 (William Henry Branson)
But Mr. Canright has found that the law had an “essence.” This essence was something inside of the outer shell called the law, and was the real thing that mattered-the kernel of the wheat, so to speak. We read:
1155 In Defense of the Faith, p. 48.3 (William Henry Branson)
… ! Mr. Canright as a Baptist has already stated on page 330 of his book that “the letter of the law is not binding upon Christians,” but now he informs us that we do …
1156 In Defense of the Faith, p. 49.2 (William Henry Branson)
There is a very strange thing about Mr. Canright’s “essence” of the law. It seems that after the letter disappeared, this essence looked just like the former, but for the fact that it had a new rest day. On this point he says:
1157 In Defense of the Faith, p. 50.2 (William Henry Branson)
… Mr. Canright to cover only a brief transition period. Some means had to be found by which to get rid of the true Sabbath, so the dissolving view effect was resorted …
1158 In Defense of the Faith, p. 50.3 (William Henry Branson)
… Mr. Canright the Adventist answers Mr. Canright the Baptist in the following statements:
1159 In Defense of the Faith, p. 52.1 (William Henry Branson)
… . M. Canright, The Two Laws, pp. 102-106.
1160 In Defense of the Faith, p. 52.2 (William Henry Branson)
Farther on in this same work Mr. Canright pointed out the utter fallacy of his later argument that nine of the commandments which had been abolished were restored in the New Testament. On this point, speaking still as an Adventist, he said: