To Correspondents by Uriah Smith

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 4, 1874

To Correspondents.

By Uriah Smith

C. CHAFFEE: If the overthrow of the papacy in 1798, was the deadly wound, as we think is beyond question, it seems equally evident that the restoration of the papacy in 1800, though not to all its former greatness, was the healing of the deadly wound. We think Rev. 13 : 8 refers to the beast before the deadly wound was given.

A. R. WEEKS: The law of commandments contained in ordinances we understand to be the ceremonial or typical law of the former dispensation, while the ten commandments are the moral law or constitution of God's government. The law of adoption under the new covenant is to accept Christ; for then we become Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise. Gal. 3 : 29. Let Acts 4 : 19 modify Rom. 13 : 1. When the laws of the land conflict with the law of God, God's law is to be obeyed in preference to any other.

G. W. MITCHELL: We do not think it consistent for S. D. Adventists to pay out their means for life insurance.

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