Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-05
REMEMBER rur SABBATH.


The Obligation on the children oi
men 20 oct apart one day every week
for he woisbip n their Maker AVID ior
devotional meditation exercise is
so'emnly BE-, forth by holy writ 30 all
afta aad among ull nations favored
with divine revelations. r. is one Of
the duties 30 clearly stated m TO 1umit
OF no iusudable misundoniaudinr.
Dunng the Mosaic oispuusaiiou, wnen
the Jewish stats was governed on
theocratc principle the 7copie were
toldt "5lx days shalt thou lahur hni
do MI thy wors; but iho seventh Jay,
the sabbath Of the lord ny COS, thou
shalt not DO any work, thou, nor thy
s9n, nor thy daughter, thy mausrrv-
ani,nor thy maidsofvaui, nor thy cattle,
nor thy stranger that b. within thy
galos." Violation ofthis statute was
capital ononse; Tor the law ro1ii:
"Whosoovcr doeth work therein thtli
be put 10 denth.p Tho sAucllly Of the
Sabbath was recognized throughout
this dlsponsation, although the prohl'
billion against work on that say was
later somewhat modified. rhua, Il was
considered lawful to perform acts OF
charity that could not be postponed,
as Tor Instance, saving the life oian
animal In imminent peril, an later
Iretation sanctioned by our Sivior
who also, a. Lord Of the Sabbath, NJ.
lowed such work TO be- performed on
that day ~ was necessary to allay
suffering aud sustain life, all OF which
was contrary 10 Phnrlsaioal orthodoxy.
In the following dispensaliou, the
sanciiiy Of the Sabbath may DO In.
ierfed from tho fact that Chrispa FOL.
lowera on that day particularly c1m-
mem rated, In tho breaking Of tine
bread and paT,akiug OF the omblemai-
ioh cup, tbs atoning death OF the
Savior A. long rs the Jewish state
existed, the Sabbath OF the Mosaic dis.
pensation was couscieniiously Oh Urvcd
by the converts; but on the fall OF the
capital and the destruction OF the TEN.
pic, the day was gradually changed
from the seventh day Of the week ~
the fret day, and tho Sabbath received
now significance from the resurrection
u Christ. AZ tho old Sabbath was
hu cummomofsli0n Of the creation
OF tho world aud the dcliycunco from
Egypt. NJ the now sabbath became
tho day In which TO remember that
regeneration and dcllycaucu neraldcd
by the victory OF tue son OF God over
death uni hell, us cvidouo1i by Ills
resurrection snd ascension. The
Christian Sabbath, therefore, IL 90
much more worthy Of observing ~ the
ChrSiIau disp0naalion "a iu advance OF
TIC Mosaic ora, as Christ was superio {
- Moses.
II W. turn TO the Book Of Mormog
We Had that the people OF this oonu'
nout observed the sabbath 10 part OF
their religious duues. Alma, on tho
authority OF tho Almighty, taught
hts followers 10 got apart "on,
day In every week" that they should
x Their themselves together GO
worship tue Lord their God"
Nor doos the Lord IN this age sp1ul
with uncertain voice concerning %,
duties OF the Saints as 70 the Sabbath
l. tho revelation on this su' Jrc,, riyor
through Joseph tue Prophet, DO sayf
"Rrmumbtr that ON this the Lorl'
day, thou ahalt offer thiuo ollau0ul
and Thy sscramouts unto tho Mos
High, oonlessing thy sius unto tbs
brethren, and before the Lord. An,
N this day thou shalt DO none othe
Thing, ouly lot thy food be prepare.
with singlene,s ot heart tnat Thy fart
lug may BIO perfect, or, in other woFIs
that thy Joy nuy bo ull."
With this unanimous testimony hJu
servants Of the Lord in all ages an
uispsnsations, it IS strange that any
uoly should bo la the dark tegariiu
bio duty iu the matter. Yet sucn Is Ia
nIenCo Of tho w0rllly spirit tina
hH'A N'hlHNNNH HA|NhN NAANA lA NNNH|
OF continual violation OF tho precpp.
OF their Father relating 10 tho saDual
one form OF Saullll-lrulkiug seom
at THE time 10 call i0r particular con
sure, Decause OF tho pernlclous su
wileielt influence 4. may exercise
uu.ess abandoned ia time, Ora bot,t
olursc. We reer to tho CROWN
habit Of arranging parties ON tl
sabbath day, where friends mo,
friends ior mutual amusrmen,, lnstgu
Of visiting the house. Of tho Lord q
,dihcauon. Need It boo said, that sue
parties even n the pust.mts INDUCED
atein themselves inuoceut-whichy Vel
often 10 iat iion the cabt-are nugra
violations Of the law OF GJd2 In d
nut place they de,ract from the
tendance Ut the public places VI VIC