The Holy Scripture - english version B.indd - Sabbat

288THE PRESENT TRUTH - April, 1850.strip us from the last vestige of Popery,and seal us with the seal of the livingGod. If you are still professing toobserve the first day of the week inhonor of Christ‘s resurrection, letme tell you that you have scriptureauthority for so doing. In this you arenot honoring Christ {the Messiah}, norhis resurrection, but an institution ofthe beast. No longer hug to your bosomthis child of the „mother of harlots,“ asa holy thing of heavenly birth.We are fast approaching an awful hour.Nothing but truth and. righteousnesswill save us. We must humbleourselves before the mighty God, andobey and honor him by keeping hiscommandments.We must seek a full and free pardonof all our transgressions and errors,through the atonement of Jesus Christ{Yahshua the Messiah}, now while hepleads his blood before the Father.The following excellent remarks fromEld. Marsh, were published in the,,Voice of Truth, Extra,“ Dec. 25, 1844.THE HARVEST.We are doubtless near that auspicioushour when the harvest of the earth willbe reaped, as described in Rev. xiv, 14-16. The history of God‘s people in thismortal state, as given in that chapter,before being glorified, is nearlycomplete. The everlasting gospel{good tidings}, as described in verse6 and 7, has been preached unto everynation, kindred, tongue and people;saying with a loud voice, fear God andgive glory to him; for the. hour of hisjudgement is come, and worship himthat made heaven, and earth, and thesea and the fountains of waters. Nocase can be more clearly demonstratedwith facts than that this message hasbeen borne to every nation and tongueunder heaven, within a few past years,in the preaching of the coming ofChrist {the Messiah} in ‚43 or near athand. Through the medium of lecturesand publications, the sound. has goneinto all the earth, and the word unto theends of the world.The fall of Babylon, as describedin verse 8, has been proclaimedthroughout the length and breadth ofthe land. The spiritual death, and thedeep corruption of the churches whichconstitute Babylon, together with herown often repeated lamentations, andacknowledgements, and the fact thatGod‘s people have actually come outof her, prove beyond all contradictionthat this message has been givenand had its effect. This work is done.This angel has flown. Babylon, thenominal church, is fallen. God‘s peoplehave come out of her. She is now the„synagogue of Satan.“ Rev. iii, 9. „Thehabitation of demons, and the hold ofevery foul spirit, and cage of everyunclean and hateful bird.“ Rev. xviii, 2.EXTRACTSFrom a work first published in Londonin the year 1724, called „a defence ofthe Sabbath, in reply to Ward on thefourth commandment,“ by GeorgeCarlow. Pages 75-88.Eusebius, in his fourth book, chaps.17, 18, of the Life of Constantine, saysof him, that he appointed the Lord‘sday, as they were pleased to call it, thatit should be consecrated to prayers.And a little further on he saith, By hisexample (meaning Constantine,) theylearned to observe the first day. Let theChristian reader observe this passage,they learned to observe it of him; andif they learned it of him, then they