The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-02-18
SUNDAY SCHOOL IESsON.
LSssoN yITI.-Feb. II. IsOl.-A. d. -,
JEsus ANB rBg sABBATH.
Lesson Text-Mark u. 1-i3.

(American Revised Version.
1 At that season Jesus went OF
the sabbath dny through the grain
fields: and his disciples were hBngrl
! and began To pluck ears and TO eaf
! but the Pharisens. " hen they saw
| it, said unto him. Behold. thy disei
pies do that which Is not lawful 4
do upon the sabbath. 3 But ie said
unto them, Have We not read whal
David did, when he WAS hungry. and
they that were with him: I how b.
entered into the house OF God. and
ate the ehOwbread. which IL was moi
lawful for him 10 eat, neither foi
them that were with him, but only
for the priestg7 Or have ye nos
read in the law, that on the sabbath
day the priests in the temple profans
the sabbath, and are guiItiess2 Bus
say unto you, that one greatei
than the temple Is here. but II ~.
had known what this meaueth.
desire mercy, and NOT sacrifice. VI
| would not have condemned tn
guiltbess. For the Son Of man f.
lord OF the sabbath.
3 And he departed thence. aud
/ went into their synagogue: 10 and
behold, a man having a withered
hand. And they asked him. saving
I II IL lawful 10 heal on the sabbath
day2 that they might accuse him
1 IL And he said unto them. What
man shall there le Of you. that shall
have one sheep. ana Il this fall into a
/ pit on the sabbath day. will be not
/ lay bold on IL. and lift it ouG7
/ l. How much thru Il a man Of more
value than a sieepl Wherefore il t.
lawful to do good on the sabbath
day - Then saith he to the man.
Stretch forth thy hand. And be
rtretched il forth. aud it was restor-
ed whole, as the other.
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We have sought TO cali your atten-
tion to the BooG am afraid we too
often negle CT.
The sabbath originated with God
for our henefit. yet we are sometimes
blind In the matter of our hest wei
fare. trust YOU win carefully stndy
them. They are 80 essential 10 our
homes and our country and nur own
best Interests The sabbath Is for
man. God makes il very plain the
way IL should be- kept
God's Conception of the sabbath
Gen. II. - And ON the seventh day
God ended hls work which he haa
made; md be rested ON the seventh
day from al his work which he had
made. And God blessed the seventh
day, aud sanctihed IL: because thar
ia X he had rested from an his work
which God created aud made.
Exon. XVI, = And he said unto
them. This Is that which the Lord
hath said. To morrow is the rest Of
the holy Sabbath unto the Lord:
bake that which ye win bake today.
Aud ssethe that ye win seethe: and
that which remaineth over lay NJ
for you to be kept until the mora
ing.
%. six days yc shall gather Il. hut
on the seventh day. which Is the sab
bath, In Il there shall he none
Exod Xxx, Sc Remember the sab.
bath day 60 keep Il holy. six days
shalt thou laborand de All thy work.
lev. xix, q Ye shalt fear every
man his mother, and his father and
keep my Sabhaths; am the lord
your Cod.
Lev. xix, 30. Yo shall kocp my
Sabsaths and reverence my sanctu.
ary, am tho Lord.
lev XVIII, SIX DAYS shall work
se done. bus the seventh day is the
sabbath ~ rvss. a hoiy convocatiou,
We shall do no work therein; il Is the
sabbath % the Lord In an your
dwellings.
Neh. xiii, 1918, Ia those days saw
I in Judah some trcadlng wine
presses on thr sabbath. AMI bring.
Ing In shcaves and lading asss,s; as
also wine. grapes, aud Ags. and an
mannef ef burdens, which they
brought into Jerusalem on the sab
bath day; aud tostifled against
them Ia the day wherein they sold
'y1ctuals. And it came 70 pass. thar
when the gates - Jerusalem hegan I
Go be dark beione the sabbath.
commanded that the gabs b. shat.
add charged that they should not a.
opened till after the Ssbbath, and
some Of my servants sct az the
gates, that therc should he 40 bar 4
den brought in on tho sabbath day I
Jer xviii -, But Il ye WA not
haarkan unfn uls, IA hafft,s fhs, sab