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14541 In Defense of the Faith, p. 52.4 (William Henry Branson)
… every argument framed against the Sabbath comes with equal force against the other commandments.
14542 In Defense of the Faith, p. 55.1 (William Henry Branson)
How utterly astonishing it is to find this same man only a few years later setting forth the very arguments which he himself had so completely overthrown.
14543 In Defense of the Faith, p. 56.3 (William Henry Branson)
Surely this is a strange argument! Think of it! The only thing that deterred God from writing all the ceremonies, rites, ordinances, etc., pertaining to the sacrificial service, was the size of the load it would have made to carry!
14544 In Defense of the Faith, p. 58.1 (William Henry Branson)
In a further effort to establish his no-law doctrine Mr. Canright the Baptist tries to find an argument for his theory in Paul’s statement, “You are not under the law, but under grace.” Romans 6:14. On this he says:
14545 In Defense of the Faith, p. 58.4 (William Henry Branson)
… entire argument in this book shows that this is not his meaning.
14546 In Defense of the Faith, p. 58.5 (William Henry Branson)
… whole argument shows that is what he means. ‘For sin shall not have dominion over you; for you are not under the law, but under grace.’ Verse 14, That is, having broken …
14547 In Defense of the Faith, p. 63.1 (William Henry Branson)
… his argument on this point by declaring, “That ends the Ten Commandments.”— Seventh-day Adventism Renounced, p. 334. But Mr. Canright, while still a Seventh-day Adventist …
14548 In Defense of the Faith, p. 64.1 (William Henry Branson)
When Mr. Canright renounced Adventism he boldly declared that the law of God was dead. His argument for this is based on the following statement by the apostle Paul:
14549 In Defense of the Faith, p. 64.6 (William Henry Branson)
… this argument that the law is dead, is evidenced by a former extended statement published by him concerning the true meaning of this text. Let us note how, in …
14550 In Defense of the Faith, p. 70.2 (William Henry Branson)
Now we will again permit Mr. Canright to reply to his own arguments. While he was still an advocate of the binding claims of the Ten Commandments, he wrote an excellent treatise on this subject, from which we take the following paragraphs:
14551 In Defense of the Faith, p. 80.6 (William Henry Branson)
… his arguments of that time on the Sabbath question with those set forth in his book in which he attempts to refute his former teachings. Fortunately these …
14552 In Defense of the Faith, p. 92.1 (William Henry Branson)
… later arguments on this point. We will quote at some length from this tract in order that the reader may see how fully and completely he has answered himself …
14553 In Defense of the Faith, p. 92.2 (William Henry Branson)
… the argument of ‘lost time’ may be called the ‘last ditch.’ When all other arguments fail, persons fall back upon this, and excuse themselves from any further trouble …
14554 In Defense of the Faith, p. 93.1 (William Henry Branson)
… the argument of lost time. Surprising indeed it is to hear this argument used by those who profess a great regard for the Sabbath commandment, and for Sunday …
14555 In Defense of the Faith, p. 102.1 (William Henry Branson)
… insurmountable argument which cap never be set aside by those who assert that the Sabbath has been lost. God has preserved a whole nation of witnesses, and …
14556 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:
14557 In Defense of the Faith, p. 110.5 (William Henry Branson)
… own argument.
14558 In Defense of the Faith, p. 118.5 (William Henry Branson)
… . Every argument against it falls with equal weight against one or more of the other commandments of the moral law.”
14559 In Defense of the Faith, p. 119.1 (William Henry Branson)
Upon the conclusion of this argument Canright writes the following appeal:
14560 In Defense of the Faith, p. 127.5 (William Henry Branson)
Mr. Canright the Baptist makes another admission in his book which is fatal to his Sabbath-abolition argument, when he says: