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14541 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.”

14542 In Defense of the Faith, p. 119.1 (William Henry Branson)

Upon the conclusion of this argument Canright writes the following appeal:

14543 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:

14544 In Defense of the Faith, p. 130.1 (William Henry Branson)

… an argument for Sunday observance on apostolic example, but the admission that for the first century all Jewish Christians continued to keep the Sabbath …

14545 In Defense of the Faith, p. 133.1 (William Henry Branson)

… whole argument in favor of it is pure assumption.

14546 In Defense of the Faith, p. 137.3 (William Henry Branson)

To which argument he himself had formerly replied as follows:

14547 In Defense of the Faith, p. 159.3 (William Henry Branson)

But Mr. Canright himself reveals the fact that he as conscious of this weakness in his argument. He quotes from a Catholic author in support of the theory that the apostles changed the day, and yet he had formerly said:

14548 In Defense of the Faith, p. 171.1 (William Henry Branson)

… . Canright’s argument to the contrary notwithstanding. Thus his law, instead of commanding rest upon “the Lord’s day,” commands it “on the venerable day of the …

14549 In Defense of the Faith, p. 174.2 (William Henry Branson)

… his argument upon it, instead of trying to bolster it up with this Sunday law of Constantine, who he admits was still head of the heathen religion when his Sunday …

14550 In Defense of the Faith, p. 201.1 (William Henry Branson)

… such arguments for the press purpose of getting rid of a plain command of God with which their lives are not in harmony.

14551 In Defense of the Faith, p. 207.3 (William Henry Branson)

… the argument that the fourth commandment means only that one day in seven should be kept. It is said that Sunday is a seventh part of time; and so Sunday, the first …

14552 In Defense of the Faith, p. 226.5 (William Henry Branson)

… new argument. We have often heard it from the no-law advocates. It is a subtle line of reasoning, and to one not familiar with the subject of the two covenants …

14553 In Defense of the Faith, p. 245.2 (William Henry Branson)

… his arguments to prove that the wicked as well as the righteous possess immortality, and that therefore their punishment will be eternal torment, that the …

14554 In Defense of the Faith, p. 316.6 (William Henry Branson)

… an argument to another when it served his purpose to do so. A little farther on in his book, where he tries to show how very unpopular Seventh-day Adventists …

14555 In Defense of the Faith, p. 317.1 (William Henry Branson)

… their arguments on the three messages, the sanctuary, the Sabbath, etc., and yet he not only rejected them, but earnestly warned his people against them.... Not a …

14556 In Defense of the Faith, p. 332.2 (William Henry Branson)

… an argument on spiritual gifts, or enter into a lengthy statement of her [Mrs. White’s] labors, their nature, etc. We believe, however, that no doctrine of the Bible …

14557 In Defense of the Faith, p. 343.5 (William Henry Branson)

… plausible argument. We know that God’s revelations in the past have not been given free from all obscurity and difficulties. Neither will they be now.

14558 In Defense of the Faith, p. 344.2 (William Henry Branson)

… by arguments in such a way as to make them serve the purpose of the critic. Most of the supposed difficulties would disappear were the context of the quotations …

14559 In Defense of the Faith, p. 348.2 (William Henry Branson)

… of argument, that this was intended as a prediction, and that at the time when Mr. Canright wrote his book nothing of the kind had happened, if he had written his …

14560 In Defense of the Faith, p. 376.3 (William Henry Branson)

… his argument on this point, Mr. Canright mentions some who had left the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and relates how they had made shipwreck of their faith …