Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-10-30

. moral, . spiritual, aad therefore q
national necessity. Hence, we are not
surprised TO find that Cod promises Q |
great blessing TO those who observe the
6absath, and threatens . great curse
upon those who desecrate his holy day.
lisa. t8:tS, II. eff thou turn away thy
foot from the Sabbath"-that is, II thou
refuse 10 trample upon the Sabbath
"from doing thy pleasure On my holy
day; and cali the sssbath q delight, the
holy Of the Lord, honorable; and shall
honor him, cot doing thine own ways,
nor finding thine own pleasure, nor
speaking thine own words; then shalt
thou delight thyself in the Lord; and
win cause thee to ride upon the high
places Of the earth, and feed the with
the heritage Of Jacob. thy father; for the
Lord hath spoken It." II we give up!
our own pleasure, seeking on that day,
God will give us his pleasure, filling US
with his Joy. II we honor the Sabbath,
He will honor as but II we dishoaor and
desecrate Gods holy day, We will bring
down his curse upon us.
Some one has pointed out the bless
ings and benthts Of the Sabbath TO the
family. Father comes home Saturday
night and retires feeling that another
weeks work is done, and that tomorrow
be can mingle and worship with those
sf his househeld. 1t is . beautiful
tsight-nothing to my mind surpasses IL.
Father, mother and children around the
breakfast table with an open Bible to
read Gods word and pray an the Sab
bath morning. Then to hear the bright
conversation, and to see thehappy faces,
father, mother, and children together
rejoicing in this day of opportunity.
Then see them as they 60 together to
Sunday schooi and preaching where
they have an opportunity to worship
God in the public assembly. o, to me IL
is ioretaste Of Heavenl See to II
mothers and fathers that the devil does
not rob you Of this sweet, beautiful ex-
ercise. II will not be long before the
great Sabbath Of rest will dawn. Your
last days work win have been finished,
and you will open your eyes In another
world.
Let US now esAsadsr the Fifth com
mandment, which ID, "Honor thy father
and thy mother" This Is the only
commandment we will aot always have
the opportunity Of keeping. This COM
mand presupposes parents to be worthy
Of honor. God never gave an impos-
sible command. Even child could not
honora parent devoid Of honor. How
can We honor our parentsp
1. BY being kind TO them, this ap-
plies TO grown up children as we'll as
little folks. When Garfield took the
oath Of office as presideHt OF the United
States, In the presence Of the assembled
thousands, he bent over and Kissed his
aged mother. Some people said Il
looked simple. thank God for such SIM
plicity. American institutions will
never suffer in the hands Of such sim
pletons.
BY helping them bear their burdens.
Some time ago gentleman was going
down the street Of certain town and
saw q wagon loaded with wood, drawn
by On old worn-out horse On the wagon
sat four great, ,strapping men, the street
was muddy and the wheel went down to
the axle. The old horse could NOT
bulge an inch. The men on the wagon
whooped, whipped and slashed. The
old horse tried his best but eouidn'i
lpull it. The gentiem q n
looking on could stand 10 no
longer, 90 he said, and not In very
mild tone, either, "why don't you fellows
ret on that load Of wood and put
yexr shoulders TO the wagon and help
that old stack Of bones outof the mudp''
Bad az that is, ! have seen things a
great deal worse. ] have seen an old
tired father trying 10 pub the family
wagon out Of the mud when there were
three or four big strapping boys on IL,
ana As many giggling girls whose high
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