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Him that dwelt in the bush was whispering in my ears,
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The _seventh_ day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. Ex. 20:10.
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I am Jehovah, I change not. Mal. 3:6.
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Verily, I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Matt. 5:18. Still I hesitated. For a moment I thought of
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The Fathers, thought I, have fixed the interpretation of these texts in favor of the observance of the first day. But immediately I heard a voice within me, saying,
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Would you then observe a holy-day, whose appointment cannot be proved from the Bible, without the aid of human tradition? Could you admit the 'testimony of the Fathers,' to set aside one of the plainest injunctions of the moral law, that law that was written upon tables of stone, 'by the finger of God,' and styled, by way of preëminence, '_the_ Testimony?' No! I replied, with an involuntary shudder; and another flood of Scriptures came rushing in, like
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to the very soul.
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The law of the Lord is perfect. Ps. 19:7.
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Forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. Ps. 119:89.
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Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. Ps. 119:142.
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All his commandments are sure; they stand fast forever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. Ps. 111:7, 8.
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Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. Matt. 5:17.
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Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid; yea, we establish the law. Rom. 3:31. O my brother,