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Title: The Christian Foundation, May, 1880

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The Christian Foundation,

Or,

Scientific and Religious Journal

Vol. 1. No 5.

May, 1880.

CONTENTS

The Old Covenant.--The Sabbath--The Law--The Commonwealth Of Israel, And
Christ.
Infidels Live In Doubting Castle.
Infidelity, And The French And American Revolutions In Their Relations To
Thomas Paine.
Shall We Unchain The Tiger? Or, The Fruits Of Infidelity.
The Struggle.
The Records Respecting The Death Of Thomas Paine.
Three Reasons For Repudiating Infidelity.
Col. Ingersoll Is A Philosopher?
Life Of Elder E. Goodwin.

THE OLD COVENANT.--THE SABBATH--THE LAW--THE COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL, AND
CHRIST.

The original term, rendered "Testament" and "Covenant," occurs
thirty-three times in the New Testament. Greenfield defines it thus: "Any
disposition, arrangement, institution, or dispensation; hence a testament,
will; a covenant, mutual promises on mutual conditions, or promises with
conditions annexed." Secondly, "A body of laws and precepts to which
certain promises are annexed, promises to which are annexed certain laws;
the books in which the divine laws are contained, the Old Testament, and
especially the Pentateuch." Upon a careful examination of these
definitions it will be seen at once that the term "Testament" is a good
translation. This is confirmed, in Paul's letter to the Hebrews, in the
inter-changeable use of the terms "Will," "Covenant" and "Testament." Our
Sabbatarian brethren claim, that the Old Covenant, which was done away,
was the verbal agreement of the Children of Israel to keep the law of the
decalogue. But this definition is not sufficient. It excludes almost all
that was current in its use. It renders it improper to call it a
"Testament" or "Will,"