The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-02-09
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From the st. Louis Observer
Observance Of the Sabbath.

Observance Of the Sabbath.
Bro. BIRD While l am glad to see
something in the , Observer in reference
to the observance Of the Sabbath, de.
sire to contribute my mite.
Gen. ii, 2: And on tue seventh day
God ended hiswork which be had made,
and he rested on the seventh day from a
Of his works which he had made
Ex. xvi, %: And he said unto them
this is that which the Lord hath said, to
morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath
unto the Lord, bake that which We will
bake to day, and see,he that We will
seethe, and that which remaineth over
lay up for you, to be kept until the morn.
ing
tx. TX, Sill: Remember the Sabbath
day, to keep it holy. Six days shaI.
thou labor, and do all thy work; but the
seventh day is the sabbath Of the Lord
thy God. In it thou sha, not do any
work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh.
ter, nor thy man servant, nor thv maid.
servant, nos thy cattle. nor the stranger
that is within thy gates for in six days
the Lord made heaven and earth, the
sea, and all that in them is, and rested
on the seventh day, wherefore the LorL
blessed the Sabbath day aud halowsd IT,
| kx xxx, La Speak thou also unto the
children Of Israel, saving, verify, my Sab.
baths ye shall keep, for it is a sign be
tween me and you throughout your gene
ration, that ye may know that am the
Lord that doth sanctify you. IA. Ye
shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is
holy unto you, every one that deGIeth il.
shall surely be put to death; for whose
ever doeth any work therein, that soul
shall be cut off from among his people.
Is Six days may work be done, but in
the seventh is the Sabbath OF rest, holy
to the Lord whosoever doeth any work
on the Sabbath day, he shall be pa: TO
death. 10. Wherefore the children of
Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe
the Sabbath throughout their generations
for a perpetual covenant. II. 1t is a
sign between me and the children of Is
rael forever. for in six days TIE Lord made
heaven and earth, AMI on the seventh
day he res,ed, and WAS refreshed. Is.
And he gave unto Moses, when he had
| made mn end Of communing with him
| upon Mount Sinai. two tables Of ,sstimo.
nv, tables "f stoHe wrttsa by the finger
Of Cod
Ex. xxxiv, 81. Six days thou shal,
work. but on the seventh day thou shall,
rest : in earring time and harves, thou
shalt rest
Ex. xxxv, 2, 8: Six days shal! work
he done, but on the seventh dav there
shall be to YOU an holy day, Sabbath
OF rest to the Eord, wnosoexep doeth work
therein shall be put to death. Ye shall
kindle no fire throughout your habita,ion
upon the Sabbath day.
Lev. xix. 80. 'Ye shall keep my Sab
baths and reverence my sanctuary. |
am :he Lord
Lev. XIII, 8. Six days shall work be
done, but the seventh day is the Sabbath
of rest, All holy COW ocaIion, We shall do
no work therein, it is tie Sabbath Of the
lord in all your dwellings,
Mum. XIV, 50: And when the children
Of Israel were in the wilderness, they
found man that gathered sticks, upon
the Sabbath day. 35v, And the Lord
said unto Moses, the man shall be put TO
death. all the congregation shall stone
him without the camp. 38v. And all
the congregation brought him without
the camp, and stoned him with stones,
and he died, AS the Lord commanded
Moses
Deut. v, IL, l3: Keep the Sabbath
day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God
hath commanded thee. Six da, thou
shalt labor and do all thy work.
Jer. xvii, 81, %. Thus saith the lord,
take heed to yourselves, and bear no bur
den on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in
by The gates Of Jerusalem. Neither car.
~ forth burden Qua Of your houses on
the Sabbath day, neither do We any work
but hallow We the Sabbath day, as com.
manded your fathers
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