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CHAPTER X. DOCTRINES OF THE CHUEOH OF CHEISx's SECOND APPEAEING. PART I. MOSAIC SABBATHS, AND HIGHEE AND LOWER LAW. 1. As a common schoolmaster teaches the rudiments which form the basis of the knowledge to be acquired in the higher seminaries of learning, so was Moses to Christ. 2. Moses, as did all the other Prophets, announced the higher law of abstract principle, but administered the lower law of expediency. In the wilderness, the law of Brotherhood—love thy neighbor as thyself—was declared and enforced. Their property and food (manna) was "in cotn- mori" for forty years. 3. In Canaan, " the land is mine, saith the Lord; ye are stewards." Six days the people might buy and sell, and trade and traffic, and see who should get and keep the most. The seventh day was the Lord's, a sabbath to be kept by each one " loving his neighbor as himself," the rich feeding and ministering to the wants of the poor— all rejoicing together before the Lord, and each other as brethren. 4. Six months also they had for me and mine. The seventh was a holy convocation, during which the higher law—the law of love—was the supreme law of the land. Again, six years were allotted for selfhood to develop itself, the legitimate fruit whereof brought forth debtor and creditor, and master and slave; and these relations were sustained and consummated. But the seventh year was the sabbatical year; and when the trumpet of this jubilee sounded, all debts were cancelled, and all slaves were restored to freedom. Equality of person was established, and the Lord reigned triumphant for one whole year. 5. All the spontaneous produce of the land wasfree food for the Lord's people—the wheat, the grapes, the figs, etc., were gathered and eaten where they grew, by the poor and the fatherless, the wido...
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