Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-08-01
ORIGINAL ESSAYS
Communicated for the Lsvisburg ohroni
THE SABBATH:

THE SABBATH:
The word Sabbath is derived from Q
Hebrew word, signifying to cease, to rest
The day Sc. apart by God to be observed
by all as day of rest from all secular la
Dor and employment, and be Kept holy
and consecra,ed to His service. The term
Sunday is sometimes applied to the same
day; which word derived its origin from
the custom of the heather nations, in the
north of Europe, to sacrifice to the Sun
upon this day:
The institution Of the Sabbath was the
first work Of God after he had formed the
earth and created man to dwell upon it
for He Himself declares, ''Iu the beginning
God created the heavens and the earth, and
all that are therein, and rested on the sew
enth day wherefore the L-rd blessed the
Sabbath day, and hallowed it,"
We have reason to believe, from the
words Of Holy Writ, that the Sabbath has
been observed by man from the beginning.
As the day was appointed for man as soon
as be was created, it is probable that our
first parents observed it. But from the
time sin, in the form of . serpent, en-
tered into the garden, the Day began to
be neglected, and it is possible that at the
time Of the Deluge, Noah and his family
were the only individuals by whom the
institution was observed but as his de-
scendants increased and spread over the
earth, they through eiu again neglected
the day, so that even now there are many
nations on the earth to whom the Sabbath
is a strange word.
From the creation until the time of
Christ, the seventh day of the week was
observed as the Sbbbath, and is the day
set apart in the law given to Moses on the
Mount. Moses kept this day, as we have
proofs in the account given of his uan-
drings in the wilderness. 1t was Oh the
sixth day that tho children of Israel gath
cred two omens Of mama, that they might
have sufficient for the seventh, on which
d-y God ~;shhoiu The daily supply or ruod
that they might thus be reminded that it
was holy day. The seventh day is still
observed by the Jews and some other de-
After the death of Christ,
the desire of Distinguishing the Jewish
observation from the Christian, and iu
of the resurrection Of the
Savior, the Sabbath was changed ffoin tie
seventh to the frst day.
The Sabbath is not only necessary to
man for his growth in spiritual strength,
out he is so constituted that he requires
'ne seventh portior of time for the rest of
he mortal frame. He would not be able !
o endure continual labor from year to
rear without this rest In this as in all
he works Of the great Creator, We see his
kindness towards his sinful creatures. !
However, We are not TO suppose from this
hat We are to spend the Sabbath in
merely resting our bodies; on the contra.
y, the commandment: enjoius that it be
et apart for religious service; for medi-
alton, for prayer, for attending public wor-
hip, for reading the Scriptures, and for
that eternal Sabbath of which
his earthly Sabbath is type. And what
}hrist, to anticipate the time when he
hall flee from the frail tenement which
outlines his spirits, and for the support
f which SO much of his time is necessarily
mployed, to spend the Lords day with
he Lord! MINNIE.