Christian Chronicle (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 18, 1949 Page: 2 of 7
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On May 3 the Church of Christ
in Omaha, Neb., moved to its
new location at 52nd and Dodge.
The church formerly had own-
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of the home into this large show-
ing of material things of which
to build the houie. Th*re were
no other religious groups repre-
sented.
Worthwhile Experience
The elders, Brother C. A. Cun-
ningham and Brothe* M. A.
Hicks, feel that the expenses and
efforts tn doing this work were
well repaid by the contacts made
by the church and in the en-
thusiasm created among our
members. All who worked in the1
booth received some very rich
experiences in personal work.
A gospel meeting which fol-
lowed the closing of the show
closed Sunday, May 8. The fol-
lowing Houston ministers spoke:
W. L. Wharton, Basil Schilling,.
Noah, Sparks, A. E. Eammons,
T. J. Ruble, and jfrem Hunts-
for injecting the spiritual side ville; Clyde P. Findlay.
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Bend *11 communications and articles to Box UM, Abilene, Texas
□LAN L. HICKS .* Editor
EUGENIA SCOTT Assistant
Entered as second-class matter October 18, 1944 at the Post Office
at Abilene, Texas, under the Act of March 3, 1879./
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Omaha, Nebr. Moves To New
Property In Choice Location
Farnam. In aa exchange with the
Lutheran people the church has
secured, in an excellent location,
a chapel with a present seating
capacity of 200, and a well built
?even room parsonage; both on
lhe same lot.
Since Dodge is the dividing
line in Omaha between streets
north and south, the new loca-
tion will be easily found. It is
in the heart of a very good resi-
dential district and in the part
of town that is growing and ex-
panding. In addition to exchang-
ing properties, the Lutj^eran peo-
ple paid the brethrert ah addi-
tional $4,000 in cash. How ad-
vantageous the bargain was may
be indicated by the fact that the
Lutherans are not too happy by
the exchange which they have
made, —-
“With this new location and
largely being cleared of indebt-
edness, the church in Omaha is
prepared to make even greater
advancement in these next few
years than the substantial growth
it has enjoyed in the past' four
years,” sai^l Malcom P. Hinck-
ley, Wichita, Kans* minister.
This is th* faculty of th* Columbia Bibl* School in Portland. Or*. ,
Th*y *r*, toft to right. L. D. W«bb. principal: Mildred Harmon, xhe day com
Mary Bu* Grant, Don R. Br*w*r, Mrs. Don R. Brower, Dorothy
Williams and Leonard Wood.
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the first day of the week,” again in Mk. 9:1
“And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magda-
lene, and Mary the mother of James, and Sa-
lome, bought spices, that they might come and
anoint him. And very early on the first day of
the week, they come to the tomb when the sun
was risen.” . -
It can be clearly seen from these passages ~
week or before Sunday begins. May we keep in
mind that the sabbath or seventh day of the
week is not Sunday or the first day of the week,
for the seventh day could not very well be the
first day. ,
The children of Israel were not permitted to
work (Ex. 20:9), nor'kindle a fire (Ex. 35:3), •
nor do baking or boiling (Ex. 16:23), neither .
were they permitted ,to revel on the sabbath day
(Ex. 16:29), but th6y were commanded to offer
two lambs on the sabbath day (^lum. 28:9-10)-.
These things' we have seen in our study, thus
far, (1) that the sabbath law was given from
mount Sinai, (2) it was a sign between Jehovah
and the children of Israel throughout their gen-
eration, (3) it was given to and applied to those
who had been delivered from Egyptian bondage,
(4) while its law was in effect its penalty of
death was enforced'to violators; (5) Israel no
longer exists as a nation, (6) the Jewish law
including the sabbath has been fulfilled and
abolished by Christ, nailed to his cross (Col.
2:14). ‘
It is clear to Bible students that the sabbath
law was never given to Gentilt? nations. Since
the sabbath law was not then given-to Gentile
nations, it is not now given to Gentle nations,
or the penalty of death would be enforced to
violators.
We come to study the new day, the first day
of the week or the' Lord’s day that Christians
keep under the authority of the New Covenant
as a day of worship. Observing some notable
facte about the new day on which individuals
worship, we see that women went to the bor-
rowed tomb of Jesus on the first day, Peter and
' other disciples also went to the tomb on the
first day of the week, angels announced the -
resurrection of Jesus on the first day of the
week, Christ appeared to his disciples on the
first day (Jn. 20), and the Bible says, “Now
when He (Christ) was risen -early on the first
day of the week, ne appeared first to Mary Mag-
dalene. from whom he had cast out seven de-
mons" (Mk. Hl:#). "
Rom. 1:4 says, “who was declared to be the
Son of God with power, according to the spirit
of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead;
even Je^us Christ our Lord.” Thus, the first day
of the week is the resurrection day of our Lord.
Pentecost came on the first day of the week,
for Pentecost came on the morrow after the
", “I cam* on the fiftieth day;
therefore it fame on the first day of the week
(Lev. 23:15-17). <
Acts Chap. 2 informs us that.the Holy Spirit
came up.on-the apostles on the day of Pentecost,
but Pentecost came on the first day of the week:
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ties on the .first day of the week. The
Jehovah - whosoever doeth any work on the sab-
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31:12-15).
While the sabbath law was in force the pen-’
alty was also enforced, for Num. 15:32-36 says,
“And while the children of Israel were in the
wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks
upon the sabbath day. And they that found him
gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and
Aaron, and unto all the congregation. And they
put him in ward, because it had been declared
what should be done to him. And Jehovah said
unto Moses, “The man shall surely be put to
death: all the congregation shall stone him with
stones without the camp. And all the congrega-
tion brought him without the camp, -and stoned
him to death with stones; as Jehovah commanded
Moser.**-----
Now this law simply could not apply even in
Israel today. No judge remains in the Israel of
old, kings that reigned on Israel’s material
throne a»-e no more, Israel as a nation'has been
scattered to the ends of the earth and the homes
of her people are but transit.
The law containing the sabbath has been ful-
filled and abolished; therefore the penalty for
breaking the sabbath is no more in force. Christ
blotted out the handwriting of ordinances which
was against us, which was contrary to us and
took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross
(Col. 2:14). The old covenant has been taken
away and the new covenant has been established
(Heb. 10:9-10). For every moral principle set
forth ip the old covenant there is set forth su-
perior moral principles in the new covenant Be
it remembered:, hnwovar, that thorp i* wne'
command, example or necessary inference in the
Ww covenant for keeping the-sabbath law.
--•-We are not only notrcommanded to keep the
sabbath day holy, but we are admonished in Col.
2:16, “Let no man therefore judge you in meat,
or in drink, or. in respect of a feast day or a
'new moon or a Sabbath day: which are a shadow
of the things to comejbut the body in Christ’s."
Let us note that the sabbath day came\on the
seventh day of the week, but th* Lord** day
----, ““ 1 Sunday ) came on the
first day of the week. Mt. 28:1 says, “Now late
on the sabbath day, as it began to daw:
By Frank L. Smith
Pierce and Baldwin Church
Houston, Texas
"Build Your Home and the
Church Together On the Bible,"
was the theme of the exhibit
booth of Pierce and Baldwin
church in the Houston National
Home Show, April 24-May 1. ~r*
A display showing the modern
home and the Pierce and Bald-
win church side by side over the
large Bible with the words of
the above theme, made the back-
* ground for, the exhibit. Also fea-
tured in the booth was a state-
ment from J. Edgar Hoover, F.
B. I. Director, on the need of
Bible teaching in the homes and
an outline of the ‘original pat-
tern of the New Testament
church.'
Records of the David Lip-
scomb College singers were play--
ed continually, which caused
many to turn and stop to listen,
enabling the workers to speak
with them and give gospel tracts.
An open Bible and the map show-
ing growth of the church in the
nation completed the items ex-
hibited.
Over 1000 A»k For Tract*
About fifty of our members
attended the booth and distrib-
uted thousands of pieces of gos-
pel literature, reported Frank L.
Smith, minister of the congrega-_
tion. Over a thousand visitors,
registered to receive more/tracts.
Hundreds of people expressed
their appreciation of the church
Old and New Days
* ' By Hoyt Bailey
, • In speaking of old and new days is meant th*
days that are set forth in the old and new cove-
nants,-the days that were kept by Jehovah’s
people under each of .these covenants..The sab-
bath day was kept by the Israelites under the
Jewish law. The first day of the week or the
Lord’s day is kept by Christians as a day of
worship under the new covenant. y 't,
Those who had been in Egyptian bondage were
commanded to keep the sabbath (Ex. 20:2-8), -
“And God spake all these words, saying, I am
Jehovah thy.Gbd, who brought thee out of the
land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. . . .
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.’*
Again in Deut. 5:15 “And thou shalt remembfer
that thob ^ast a servant in the land of Egypt,
and Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence
by a mighty hand and by an out-stretched arm:
therefore Jehov&h thy God commanded thee to
keep th* sabbath day.” ?
Though the seventh day of the week had been
\ in existence for twenty-uive hundred years, the
sabbath law was not given until the Jewish law ‘
was given from mount Sinai. For Nehemiah 9:13-
14 says, “Thou earnest down also upon mount
Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and
gavest them right ordiriances and true laws, good
statues and commandments, and madest jenown
unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandest
them commandments, and statutes, and a law,
by Moses thy servant.”
The seventh day of the week did not haVe .any
special significance attached to It until afterithe
children of Israel were delivered from Eg? fttiatr '
bondage, and they were then commanded to keep
the seventh day as a holy sabbath. We ah'>
see that in the history of our nation that •the'
fourth of July did not .exist as a holiday Until
the declaration of independence was signed. This
is a holiday only in America. The sabbath law
applied to a certain nation. Note: Ex. 31:16-17,
“Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the
sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their
generations, for a -perpetual covenant. It is a
sign between me and the children of Israel for-
ever.” As a wedding ring is a sign between a
certain man and woman, so the sabbath is a sign
between Jehovah and the children of Israel,
“And Jehovah spake unto Moses, sayjng
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, say-
ing, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is
a sign between me and you throughout your
generations; that ye may know that I am Je-
hovah who sanctifieth you. Ye shall keep the
sahbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every
one that profaneth it shall surely be put to
death; for whosoever doeth any work therein,
that soul shall be cut off from among his peo-
ple. Six days shall work be done; but on the
seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to
Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work on the sab-
he ahkU SUrCly PUt seventh sabbath, it
(Lev. 23:15-i7K -
came up.on-the apostles on the day of Pentecost,
but Pentecost came on the first day of the week:
therefore the Holy Spirit came upon the apos-
tles on the ^first day of the week. The Holy
Spirit enabled the apostles to speak in differ-
ent languages on that day. The prophecy of Joel
was fulfilled to the Jews on the first day of the
week.
, The church of Christ was established and be-
gan to function as the church on the first day
of the week. Jesus had said, “I will build my
church,” (Mt. 16t18) and after he was" exalted
to Jehovah’s right hand, as Lord of Lords and
King of Kings, and after the apostles preached
the gospel, “They that gladly received the word
were bap‘ized and the SAME DAY there were
added unto them about three thousand souls’’
(Acta 2:41). From this day onward the “Lord
added to the church daily those that were being
saved” (Acta 2:47).
The scripture before Acta 2 points to this time
as the beginning time of the church of Christ
and all the remainder of the New Testament -
points back to Acts 2 or Jerusalem in’ A. D. 33
as the beginning place and time of the Lord’s .
church. None were added to the phurch before
the first day of the week or Pentecost, men-
tioned in Acte 2, but from that date onward
people have obeyed the gospeLand the Lord has. v
added them to the church (Acte 2:47). W.
The first sermon under the world wide com- ,
niissioa ol tha Lord Jesus Christ was preached
on the first day of the week (Acta 2). Th*
conviction wrought in the hearts of the hear-
ers under the world wide commission was on the
first day of. the week. When Peter had preached
Jesus Christ to his hearers, “as being exalted
and made both Lord and Chrtot, .and they were
pricked in their hearts and efie.‘ * ‘ *
unto Peter and the rest of the
and br*th»««» what shall we d
swer on what m«n must do t
on the first day of the week.
Published Wednesday of each week except the last week in June and
the last week In December at Abilene, Texas.
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