The Newtown bee., 1898-06-03
fool, shall be in danger of hell fire."
NOW THE GIVING VALIDITY

fool, shall be in danger of hell fire."
NOW THE GIVING VALIDITY
to the principle of the spirit in the COM
the less binding or obligatory on the
Christian conscience. Therefore while
our Lord developed the spirit of the
fourth commandment in the line of Isa-
iah 58 :l3, "If thou turn away thy foot
from the Sabbath from doing thy pleas
ure on my holy day; and call the Sab
bath delight, and the holy of the Lord,
honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing
/ thine own ways, nor finding thine own
pleasure, nor speaking thine own words,
then shalt thou delight thyself in the
Lord" yet he did not thereby lesson our
obligation to the principle in the letter
Of the command, Remember the Sab.
bath day, to keep it holy"
Rather under the New Testament
teachings it commands even our thoughts
and words, as well as our bodies; 80 we
should not be like the Jews in the time
of Amos the prophet, who said: "When
will the new moon be past that we may
sell corn? and the Sabbath, that we may
set forth wheat, making the ephah small,
and the shekel great?' That is, while
they were keeping the Sabbath with
their bodies, their minds and hearts were
on their gains. regard this passage in
Isaiah as the sum of the New Testament
teaching on the Observance Of the Sab
bath, giving it's character and nature, as
it should be observed by Christians; for
while we find our Lord healing all man
ner Of diseases on the Sabbath day :;
commencing the humane and proper care
OF domestic animals, In feeding and Civ
ing them drink, and at times severely
rebukirg hypocritical and pharisaical
burdening of Gods holy day by their
traditions; yet we never find him in any
way, disregarding either the spirit or
letter of Gods command as presented by
Isaiah, for he was never found seeking
his own pleasure, but always found wor-
shipping on Gods day in the synagogue
or temple. Thus he sanctified the day
by bis worship and teaching, making it
holy, spiritual day; requiring the ces-
sation from all their ordinary works for
pleasure or profit. We might also note
the fact that our Lord everywhere con-
firms the principle of the moral law not
only, but also of the whole Pentateuch
and declares their perpetual binding OBJ
ligatlon.'
Mark the example of the holy women,
who had been most intimate with our
Lords teaching and example, during his
public ministry; these prepare spices for
| amounting the body OF their dead Master,
but the Sabbath comes on, they rest till
it is past; so understanding the teach
| ings of the Master, that even the last
services for our beloved dead should not
interfere with the true observance of the
Sabbath; as these things could be at
tended to the next day. This ought to
teach us the error OF having funerals on
| the Sabbath day. Thus the whole teach
ing of Gods word commands us to OBJ
serve the Sabbath day TO keep it. holy !:
20 distinguish it from other days by a
cessation from all ordinary work: work
that shall minister to our earnai pleasure.
or bring US gain In worldly things, d.
verting our minds and thoughts from the
worship OF, and delight OF Gods service.
But how do we distinguish the day,
when we make our little wants, pleas
ures and conveniences pretext for pro-
faning the day; and by commercial
transactions and acts give the example
TO destroy the sanctfty of the day, and
rob our neighbors Of their rights to q
sabbath's rest and worship, that they
may serve us2
We think all must see that these prin-
eiples OF Sabbath observance, taught in
scripture. meet and condemn Christians
who practice buying milk, meat. Sunday
papers, go to pleasure resorts, etc., not
only Decorating the Sabbath themselves,
but compelling others to labor on the
Sabbath TO meet their convenience. The
milk producer must canae his horses to
work in bringing the milk to the city,
then he must busy himself for hours in
commercial acts disposing OF his milk
and getting bis money, AL this to serve
the convenience and save little care on
the part OF honsekeepers In preserving
the milk from the day before. SO the
MEAT MARKET MUST BE KEPT OPEN
and men busted during the sacred hours.
The printers must work seven days q
week 70 supply the Sunday papers. The
men on boats ard cars must work hard
er on the Sabbath than on other days