Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-04-16
SADBATA READING.
The Sabbath in Israel.

Scattered up and down through all the
land of Egypt tho slaves slash on their necks,
weary by the side of the long tale of bricks
these Hebrews may scarce have known the
day ofrest; but now God had said Let my
people go, that they may servo me" and He
taught them how.
Not one child of Israel but would be able
to tell to its dying day about the morning
when no mamma fell. On other days, all
round the widespread tents, the busy mil
lions were out like bees To get the days sup,
ply; none more eager than the childrcn to
gather the shining heap tho family wanted.
That double store on the sixth day, the ST
lent abbath morning with its ready meal,
and the call of some careless one saying.
"Givc MS of your mama, COR We forgot to
gather" were n voice from heaven, 'pforc it
thundcrcd down from Sinai,
"Rcmcmbcr the Subbatll-dny;"
and how awe-struck must old and young
have been that other day, when the man
who had gone out for sticks to light forbidden
fires, was found and brought to Moses, and
the Lord said, Stone him. What boy or girl
could pass that grave by the heap of stones
outside the camp, without trembling for a
broken Sabbath?
But time would fail to como down all the
stream of Bible time, and stop in every scene
whore Sabbath light is shining, or to lift at
each spot, where VIC catch IL glimpse of it,
the gold thread which runs through all it's
books. Itwould lead us on by tent and
tabcrnacle by temple, and by fishers boat,
within sound of the highpricst's bells and
David's harp, and the soft sweet hymns of
the upper chambcr--all the way down to
Patmos, where John got the Masters last
message on the day of rest. We should
find that Gods people arc never too busy to
kccpa whole Sabbath We should find David
keeping it when king Just as hc did when Il
shepherd boy; and Nehemiah as particular
about its hours when he had city to rebuild.
rs when he was the captive cup-bcarcr of
Babylon.
Gods people keep it still, not by custom
or by duty only, but from love to Jesus and
from choice. 1t is tho first thing the hcathcn
learns when ho gives up his idols.
Last year young Chinese teacher had
had Bible. Down he came to Annoy to ask
about the Savior of whom he had read; and
though he did not go straight home to close his
school on Sabbath unless he should get leave
to teach only the Bible on that day.
Late one evening, when tic war in Kuffr.
land was over, two of the missionaries were
on their way back to place where many had
believed OH Jesus but whence the war had
driven Gods servants, burnt their church
and kept them far away for year and-a
half
They came near the hut Of an old Kaffr.-
Will he still love to see us? Does he still
fear God 4? they thought. Going into his
house, they asked him if he could tell how
many days it was to Sabbath He told them
exactly; and they asked him how lie knew
to count it all these eighteen months. The
old man rose and broughta a long stick Of rude
cuts, saying, 1t was this that helped me to
keep the day ] put notch on here every
night, and big one for Sabbath, and have
not lost count of one all the time
The missionaries did not need to ask any
more. They felt that the Lord of the Sab
bath reigncd in that poor Kntfr'g heart
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