The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-09
One Of the Curses Of Lee county.

Une OF ire IufSeS Of Lee IOuDty.
As one of the pastors Of this csutty.
have as q great burden upen my
heart, the souls Of all those who are
out of Christ. In order that we may
more effectually reach those wno are
out Of Christ, / wish to call the at
tention Of those who profess Christ, to
one OF the curses of this country name
ly Sabbath Dissertation. One way in
which the Sabbath is desecrated is by
getting drunk on Sunday. Yet another
way the Sabbath is desecrated and by
a far greater number of protesting
Christians is by Sunday visiting. This
is almost universal Whole 1amiiies
go on Sunday to spend the day with
kin people or with friends.
The Bible Says Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy. SIX days
shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:
But the seventh day is the Sabbath
Of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt
not do any work, thou, nor thy son
o thy daughter. thy maid servant,
0 thy cattle, nor thy stranger that
is within thy gates: For within six
days the Lord made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that in them is, and
rested the seventh day: Wherefore
the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and
hallowed it."
You will not take one Of the six days
that the Lord has given you to work
for your self. You can not loose the
time. But you will take the Sabbath
day, that the Lord has set aside for
his worship, and use that day for your
own pleasure. You thus rob God of
the service due to him.
How is the Sabbath day to bespent?
or how is it to be kept? / will give
you the best answer to be found in
English Literature, ''The Sabbath is
to be kept by a holy resting all that
day, even from such worldly employ:
ments and recreations as are lawful
or 9th er days; and spending the whole
time in the public and private exercises
of Gods worship, except SO much as is
to be taken up in the works of neces-
sity and mercy
How do you my friend spend the
Sabbath day to keep it holy? Do you
go to the church on Sunday? Do you
read the Bible on Sunday that you may
grow? Do you? Or do you do like many
in the country? never open your bible,
and never go inside of a church. Now
to you who have taken Christ as your
personal Saviour, and promised to
serve him. Do you go on Sunday to see
your neighbors and spend the day!
| Stay away from church, and keep the
family you visit away from the church!
| Did you know that your preacher was
trying to preach oyer empty benches to
a few people who are sad and blue be.
cause SO few people r out. Did you
know tat your absence from the church
has kept others away?Did you know thai
i a preacher can not preach the same
way to a few people and over a great
territory of empty pews, as he could t.
a house full Of earnest enthusiastic
hearers? Did you know that the servic,
at your church is largely what vol
make it? Awake in Zion! Fill tn
house of God full of people. Sing from
the heart the songs of Zion. Give tt
the Lord and to the world a consisten
christian life, and you will grow as yo'
have never grown before.
On my friends look around you ant
see the number of people on the broat
road to hell, And then see on the Sab
bath day a great part of the neighbor
hood on a visit Did you know tina
you were your brothers. keeper? Die
know that you were keeping him ava,
from the church and from hearing
the gospel which is m of the God Civ
en- means of reaching his soul.
These my friend are plain words We
| trust by these words to put you t.
thinking. Oh that you may realize thu
Importance of keeping the Sabbath il
keeping with the bible. May you cal
a halt before it is forever too late.
May you use your influence to bring
others to Christ. On the Sabbath
day after this may you instead of +;
Sunday visit go to the church and ash
your friends to go with you. On every
Sabbath day from now on may you
read your bible. How long since you
have read your bible? Read and study
the bible that your souls may
Remember the Sabbath day to keel
it holy Six days shalt thou labor,
and do all thy work: But the seventh
day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy
God: in it thou shalt not do any work
nor thy son, northy daughter, o thy
man servant, nor thy maid servant,
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger thai
is whiting thy gates: For in six day:
the Lord made heaven and earth, the
sea, and all that in them is, and res
ted the seventh day: Wherefore the
Lord blessed the Sabbath day, ane
hallowed it."
Maythis message be for your spiritua
good and to the glory of God.
Yours in Christ
J. N. CLEGG.