Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-12

1.-The Sabbath was made for man
and not man for the Sabbath" Mark
3: a. We will all agree by this text
that the Sabbath was made, but when
was 1t made? The latter part Of the
Fourth Commandment eek. co. III
says: "For in 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
the Sabbath day and hallowed It," Did
the Lord bless the Sabbath day and
hallow 1t for the first time, when He
spoke the Law from Mt. Sinai. or did
he bless the Sabbath day and hallOw 1t
Fin the beginning? Turn to Gen. q:
2, 8. And on the seventh day God
ended his work which he had made,
and He rested on the seventh day
from all His work which he had made,
and God blessed the seventh day and
sanctifled 1t; because that in 1t he
had rested from all His work which
God created and made"
Abraham kept the commandments OF
God, including the Sabbath command.
Because that Abraham obeyed my
voice, and kept my charge, my com.
AAoAuincuS5, my STATUTES, 0Au my
laws" Gen. 20: s.
While God was leading Israel from
Egypt to Canaan, and previous to the
giving Of the law from Mt Sinai, God
taught the people the proper observ-
ance of the Sabbath. See Elk. 16. This
was made necessary because the
lsraelites while in Egypt had departed
from the observance Of the Sabbath.
The cruelty and hardness Of their
taskmasters had forced them to work
seven days in week instead OF six.
While In the wilderness mamma was
given the Israelites for food. The
first five days Of each week each man
was to gather an omer of mama, and
leave none Of it till the morning
Some hearkened not to the instruc-
tons given, but left some Of it until
the morning, and 1t bred worms and
stank." The sixth morning each man
was to gather twice as much, and
leave one-half till the seventh morn.
ing, and 1T did not stink, neither was
there any worm therein" and Moses
se'd, Eat today; for today Is q Sab
bath unto the Lord: today We shall not
find it in the field. Six days shall ye
gather it; but the seventh day, which
Is the Sabbath, in 1t there shall be
none.'
But some of the people were incred-
ulous and disobedient, and went out
to gather mamma on the seventh day,
but found none. "And the Lord said
unto Moses, How long refuse We to
keep my commandments and laws ?
See, for that the Lord hath given you
the Sabbath, therefore He giveth you
on the sixth day the bread Of two
days. abide We every man in his place,
let no man 60 out Of his place on the
seventh day. So the people rested
on the seventh day. VS.. 1880. Please
notice that God asked how long would
they refuse to keep his command
ments and laws, and this was before
he gave them the decalogue on Mt.
Sinai. The particular precept He was
teaching at this time was the Fourth
Commandment of that decalogue.
Now let us read Isaiah Sc: H.:
Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judy
ment and do justice for my salvation
is near to come, and my righteous
ness to be revealed. Blessed Is the
man that doeth this, and the son OF
man that layeth hold on It: that keep
eth the Sabbath from polluting It, and
keepeth his hand from doing any evil
A blessing is pronounced upon the
man that keeps the Sabbath. and this
is true Of the time just prior to the
second coming of the Lord to this
world, for He says, flor my salvation
is near to come, and my righteous
ness to be revealed" Please read
verses Al Of the same chapter: For
thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs
that keep my Sabbaths. and choose the
things that please me, and take hold
OF my covenant; even unto them Will
give in mine house and Within my
walls place and name better than
Of sons and of daughters: ] will give
them an everlasting name that shall
not be cut of. Also the sons Of the
stranger, that join themselves to the
Lord. to serve Him and to
love the name Of the Lord,
to be His servants, every one
that keepeth the Sabbath from pollut-
ing it, and taketh hold Of my cove
nant, even them will ] bring to my
QOly mountain, anu udhc IACHA JoJioA
in my house Of prayer"
When Christ comes to the earth the
second time He will find the remnant
church, the very last of His faithful
followers, keeping all the command
ments, including the Sabbath. In Rev.
12 woman symbolizes the church,
and the 18th verse says, "And the
dragon (Satan, VS.. 81 was wroth with
the woman, and went to make war
with the remnant OF the seed (the last
OF the true church Of Cod, which keep
the commandments of God, and have
the testimony Of Jesus Christ Rev.
IA: IL, says. Here is the patience OF
the saints: here are they that keep
the commandments Of God and the
faith Of Jesus
Isaiah SO: 1914. says: And they
that shall be Of thee shall build the
old waste places: thou shalt raise up
the foundation Of many generations;
and thou shalt be called the repaire- Of
the breach. the restorer Of paths to
dwell in. II thou turn away thy foot
from the Sabbath. from doing thy
pleasure on my holy day and call the
Sabbath a delight. the holy of the