MR. brown' S SECOND REPLY. 83 



The " Six Propositions" all overthrown. 



And no w, in conclusion, I submit it to him with equal sin- 

 cerity and seriousness, Have I not fairly met and overthrown 

 every one of the "Six Propositions/' which a few weeks ago 

 he honestly thought were " undeniable/' and able to "chal- 

 lenge refutation ?" Have I not shown by fair argument and 

 authentic facts, 1, that there is a Sabbath as early as Creation, 

 and as perpetual as Christianity; 2, that this Sabbath, as recog- 

 nized in the Decalogue, is not ceremonial nor Jewish, but moral 

 and universal ; 3, that Jesus never (much less studiousl?/) violat- 

 ed, but vindicated and honored it ; 4, that the New Testament 

 does uniformly encourage its observance, and condemn its pro- 

 fanation ; 5, that it was not abrogated, nor even touched in 

 " one jot or tittle," by the Apostolic Council of Jerusalem ; and 

 6, that it was not therefore merely a provisional type, fulfilled 

 and superseded by the Grospel ? In a word, have I not proved 

 that it was inserted by our Lord with the rest of the Deca- 

 logue, into the fundamental law of Christianity ; exalted by a 

 new association with the mightiest of God's works, the glorious 

 work of human redemption ; and observed by the Apostles and 

 primitive Christians as the '^Lord's day,^^ the/^ chief of days,'' 

 " our rest indeed 1" Have I not shown that this view em- 

 braces, harmonizes, and illustrates all the facts, testimonies, and 

 representations respecting it, in Scripture and elsewhere, in a 

 manner worthy of God, and beneficial to mankind; and is 

 therefore as much entitled to universal credence and respect 

 as the Newtonian Theory of gravitation in Physics, and for 

 similar reasons, viz : that it admits all the phenomena ; assigns 

 to each its real character, relations, and force ; and solves all 

 the problems suggested by apparently contradictory facts?* 



■^ The Argument for the present is closed. I leave the subject in 

 the hands of my readers with this little Apologue, suggested by the 

 occasion, and illustrative of my views. 



Apologue. 

 TiiEioN, the venerable king of Ourania, had a daughter named 



