The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-12-19
THE SABBATH.
Some Results Of Lax Sabbath Observance
by Processing Christians.

w Oe lOilOWeTS Ol O0rlSJ S0Ou ID
be careless In their observance OF
the Sabbath is to be expected. To
them the day is different from
others only because civil law has
closed stores, shops, and other
places of labor. 1t is to them a
day of rest or recreation as fancy
dictates.
But TO the PROCESSING Chris
tan, the Sabbath Is the Lord s
Day, the day set apart as holy by
Jehovah, God of the universe,
who-when he finished creation,
rested on the seventh day
wherefore the Lord blessed the
Sabbath Day and hallowed 1t "
When, therefore, Christians
t:eat the Sabbath carelessly, ir.
reverently, they do so in direct
opposition to the known precept
and example of their God. The
results of their dlsobedience are
felt not only by them selves, but
by the Church and the world.
What are some of these results
to the individual Christian? l
would answer, first, u lack of
Sriptural knowledge. What
would you think OF the lawyer
who spent ten minutes over his
law books morning and evening;
had one day each week set apal t
for special study and consultation
with an instructor, then when
the day came, allowed the hours
to pass while he read his news
paper and magazine, slept a
little, visited and gosslped with
his neighbors? How tar would
you trust the knowledge of the
doctor who read his medical
works as little as most Christians
read their Bibles?
What can we expect of the
Christian who on The Sabbath
Day reads worldly books and
rapers, sleeps, visits? What
can he thus gain OF the kncwl-
edge of God? Suppose he does
have family worship in the
morning and evening"; that
does not give time for systematic
study. He needs the interrupted
hours of the Sabbath for prayer.
full reading and meditation it he
would attain to some measure of
knowledge of the Word of Life.
Second The Christian who
neglects the opportunities of the
Sabbath suffers spiritual deterlor
alton, and increasing spiritual
weakness. We grow strong
spiritually through the use of
the appointed means of grace
prayer, praise, meditation on the
Word, observance of the Sacra
ments. Suppo g all Christians
spent the Sabbath thus. Not
merely the church horr, but the
hours at home; in prayer and
praise, either silent or audible,
in reading Gods Word, IN medita
tion on It's precepts, IN commun-
Ion with the Spirit, whose aid
Christ promised Jno. 1926. "He
shall teach you all things and
bring all things to your remem-
brance. Don't you see what an
uphft the day would be? What
a strength for the ensuing days?
AS Paul puts 1T 2 Cor. 3:l8, "We
all with open face beholding as in
a glass the glory OF the Lord, are
changed into the same image
from glory to glory, even as by
the SPIRIT Of the Lord" What a
glorious growth possible to the
Christlan BY communion with
his Master through the SPIRITS
aid, to become so closely acquaiut
ed with HIM that he Is gradually
changed into his image, "from
glory to glory.
This being true, what a loss is
his who refuses to know Him
VIII I'm he Processes to follow He
does so refuse when he neglects |
the study Of his Bible, the great
means whereby God maketh him.
self known to man. "The Sab
bath was made for man; for
physical rest, for spiritual
growth, and he who neglects the
privileges of the Sabbath rops
his soul OF its meat and drink |