The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-10-03


keep my Sabhaths, and whosoeyer
defileth it,shall be put to death,and
whatsoever doeth any work therein
that soul shall be cut off from his
people"
Can any command of God he
more binding upon his people? can
Gods people continue to violate His
Holy Sabbath day, Sabbath after
Sabbnth, ana not expect to receive
the frnwns and curses of a SIN
avenging God? Can you my BROTH
err or my sister continue to desc
crate God S Holy Sabbath and then
expect his richest blessings 10 fol<
low you all along through the iotir>
nev of life? How can You exrect
him to send you sun shine ana
rain and bless you with bountiul
harvest for the sustenance of your,
self and family. When nearly
every Sabbath is d secrated by you
in some unho'y act of yours, that
could easily be avoided?
My brethren shall we continue
in this course or shall we obey the
commands OF God, aud remember
the Sabbath day to keep it Holy
unto the Lord our God, who will
abundantly bless every good word
and work. Nay his commands be
obcved.
The 1st. great reason why We
should therefore observe the Sub
bath, is because God has set before
us an example in the creation OF
the Word, not onlv for our spirit
ual good and FOR his honor and
eternal glory but also, 'or our tenn
poral good, because it is important
that mans body and mind should
rest fro n their labors one day in
seven. If the MAD is heavily
taxed with business for six davs,
how important that this heavy
burden OF taxation should be re-
moved for a season and the mind
allowed to rest, ard recupcr4.e
ready for another six days labor.
1t is the sumo with the body, and
also the same with our beast OF
burden that they too should he all
lowed to rest one day in seven and
we thereby at il conformity to
the or at example he has laid
down before us from the begin
nlng; and should he a reminder to
us that we lull shortly rest with
him from all our labors, where
p ace and 10y and happiness shall
rim forever and forever.
The 2ad reason beaause God
commands it. It is his ri.ht to
c'umJnl and our dnty to obey.
Y 81 Il keep my S.bbalh's saith
the Lord, six days shalt thou labor
and do all thy work but the sev>
enth is the Sabbath of the LORD
and it shall he RENE nbered and
kept Holy unto Him who is the
Lord tthe Sabbath, and every one
that dcfileth it shall be put t.
death How closely do the people
and the laws Of the land quart
some Of the other Of the ten com,
maldments, and how ready are
our churches to frown upon the
violation of some OF them, and how
tenacious they are that tho VIOLA
tlons should be severely dealt with
and that the perpetrator punished
to the fullest extent. But the
government, the people and the
churches, set idly by and endorse
the wholesale desecration of Gods
holy Day. Why so, brethren ?
Why should this wholesale desc
crotion of the Sabbath day be rec
ognized by a christian government
and a chrs,im people? Why do
not christian PEOPLE demand Of the
government, such stringent laws in
regard to the desncration of the
Sao5atl- as that men and monopo>
lies would not dare trespass upon
them, and again. why do those
who claim to he christians and
whose walk, Gas far as we know, J
in other things. appear to be orter.
Iy, neglect this great command of
our Lord aud Maker.
The Bird, reason. Because by the
continuing i'll sin, the heart be4
comes more hardened and less sub.
Ject to good aud pure impressions.
A man may steal until he will be,
come confirmed rogue and thiey,
ing will become his second nature
and a man may disregard the Sah~
bath and continue to desecrate it.
untli he will become SO hardened
in crime, that inevitable destruction
awaits him and eternal and eyer~
lasting despair will be his doom and
he will finally go into the Judr>
ment with the injunction. "De-
part from me ye cursed, for | never
knew you"
But upon the other hand, if man
should oney this divine command
Sa5oath after S1bbath and year
after year his heart would become
pure and Holy, would incline un.
to God. would hunger Of HOLY
things and would be enriched With
the grace divine, and a crown of
righteousness would await him in
the Kingdom Of eternal glory.
Now Brethren, in the end. |
Will not trouble you by referring o
the minor offences, to the violation
OF Gods holy Sabbath, by ourselves,
our wives, our children and our