The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-12-19
THE SABBATH,
Some Results OF Lax Sabbaih OF servance
BY Protesting Christians.

ised Is. 5S:l3 1t thou turn away
thy foot from the Sabbath, irou
dong thy pleasure on my holJ
day; and call the Sabbath dc
light, the holy of the Lord, hJh
Orable; and shalt honor Lin, roi
dong thine own ways, nor fiud
ing thine own pleasure, no
speaking thine own words: Thel
shalt thou delight thyself l" Lord
and | will cause the TO rife upon
the high places of the earth, and
feed thee with the heritage OF
Jacob thy father; for the mouth
of Il God hath spck 1T.
They shall delight themselves
10 their G d,they shall ccupy Il e
high places of the earth, they
shall feed upon the abundance Of
the heritage of Jacot a wondrous
three fold blessing to those who,
laying aside their own pleasure,
devote the Lords Day to his hon
or and service.
Such are some of the results to
the Christian: What are the re
suits to the Church Thechurch
Is made up Of individual Chris
lans. Obviously, those things
that affect The individual Chris
uans, affect the Organization
The strength of the individual is
the strength of the Church; the
weakness of the individual is the
weakness of the church. In so
far as It's members are deeply,
vitality interested in the etel nal
verities; IN so far as they are in
close communion with the Father,
are careful to observe to ordin.
ances of grace and to seek the
blessings of a consecrated Sab
bath; lu so far as they are jealous
lv STRIVING to live IN imitation OF
their divine Master in just so far
Is church source of blessing.
But whenever the individual
mem bers OF church neglect It's
ordinances, become careless OF
their wav of spending the Sab.
bath and lukewarm IN their as.
plraLions after godliness or God
likeness; when these things
are true Of Its members a church
has lost its power and value to
the world. In the Revelation of
st. John we find these words ad
dressed to the church of the
Laodlceans 81 know thy works
that thou art neither cold nor
hot: l would thou vert cold or
hot. So then because thou art
lukewarn and neither cold nor
bot, | will spew thee out of my
mouth. 70. 3: Is.
What, finally, are the results
to the world at large of careless
Christian observance of the Sab
bath; would say the results are
two fold: first, the release from
the restraining influence of a
strong Sabbath sentiment. You
know and | knew that evil halts
and hesl.ates to expose itself in
the presence of a godly man.
Even so, the evil of Sabbath des
ecration is encouraged by the
indifference and secret sy mpathy
of the lax Christian. In this, as
IN other things, he is his broth.
er's keeper.
Second; the world at large suf
fers the loss of a praiseworthy
example. Again and again we
hear. $50 and so Is church
member and he swears worse
than | do' or "Blauk is a mem
Der of the church and I'm sure
he goes visiting on Sabbath and
gosslps as much as anybody.
What about 1t, fellow Christian?
Have we $50 learned ChrIst2"
Is that the way we measure up
to the standard Christ set for US
when he said, A" Ye are the light
of the world a city that is set on
a bill cannot be hid" 'Let your
hight so shine b fore men. that
they may see your good works
aud glorify your Father which is
in heaven. "
Such, | belleve, are some of
the results of lax Sabbath OBJ.
servance by processing Chris
tlans. All are deplorable; ign0r-
ance, weakness, and loss of bless.