The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-10-03
Dissertation Of the Sabbath.
AN Essay READ BEFORE THE
GENERAL. MEETING OF THE
FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION AT
New BETHEL CHURCH.

the Heavens and thc earth On
the first day He created light, and
the armament the 2nd day, md
that same armament we behold to-
day, as it was made thousands and
thousands of years ago. On the
Bird day, He made the sea, the
earth and its fruits; on the 4th, He
made the lights of heaven; on the
9th day, the fish and fowl; end on
the 9th day He made the beasts
and man, and he pronounced it
eood-all the work was approved
by Him as it came out from under
the Divine hand of an advise Crea,
tor. "Thus the Heavens and the
earth were finished and all the host
of them. Did he stop here ? was
that enough? could man 90 on and
carry out the will of his Creator
without some additional work?
without some law or example laid
down by him to govern and rule
our actions in the future. No, he
did OF stop here. The Bible teach
es us that he rested on the 7th day
from all His works which he had
made, and God blessed it and
sanctitied it, because that in it he
had rested from all His work which
God created and made. God did
not rest as one that was weary from
hard and laherious work, as one
who had been pursuing some ar
duous task for SIX DAYS; but was
we'll pleased with his own goodness
and the manifestation of his own
Glory in that which He had done.
Here we have the commence,
/ meme of Gods Kingdom of Grace,
in his sanctifcation Of the Hclv
/ Sabbath day, which he had intend
4 ed for the good of man and tor the
glory of his Creator.
He rested on that day and took
much pleasure in His creation and
then sanctified it and appointed Us
on that day to rest, and take a
| pleasure in our Creator; who had
50 wisely done rs an example for
/ lis.
When weloo3 out upon the wo III
crd behold that same tirmaman
! The some earth, the same sun,
moon and stars, and all Of the Gu
tire creation o! the world as it ca ne
cat from under the L5iyino hand
thonsauG, Of ycers ago,
yet it Is tie same, ard answers the
I Frrr 0seS tnr which thew were cre>
ated, anG tEel hook abroad ia the
Land and see flo great lesecrllion
Of Gods Holy Slbbrth day; that
He has sanctI,ied and designed that
i. s..oU.d b. kept Holy by his
rre@tGrc2, it is enough to bring
down upon our heads the wrath of
/ a Sin-avenging God. But | thank
his Holy name, that there is PEG.
/ pie, as there ever has been, a pe0>
! pie that reverence and keep Holy
to the Lord, the Sabbath day.
My Brethren it is an lndespensi-
bic duty that we owe to God, that
we should keep one day in seven as
a day OF Holy rest, as a day OF
| Holy work to Gods honor, not on.
~ because he has commando! it.
! but for his goodness and mercy to,
wards us, all through the Journey
of life. We should not only keep
it Holy to the Lord, but we should
assemble ourselves together and
worship in his Holy temple and in
his holy name. We should let
that day be devoted to his service
rs cur Creator and our preserver.
as the great author Of this holy day
as we'll as Of our existence
We find when we come on down
to Moses, that God did write, with
his own fingers, the ten command
ments on tables OF stone, that it
was not new law, but as old as
the world, and WAS a law Of God
from the beginning; bat now t.
make it more impressive upon mis-
people, he writes it indelibIv with
his own hands, that it may remain
Il law as long as time shall last II
these commandments or laws, he
sets forth what man shall do and
what he shall r9t do. He does not
set forth the punishment in any
| particular law being violated, but
he does say, "He that sinneth shall
die" The law says emphaticalIy,
thou shalt not STEAL" if a man
steals he sinneth against God, as
| we'll as the one stolen from