The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-13
INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY
SCHOOL LESSON.
Mark 80 April II.

Mark >. :6-April II.
Subject Which day is sabbath?
TeXt-"The sabbath WIS made fol-
man. and not man fer the sabbath
Mark 49,.
That the Bible teaches some i'm
poitant lessons respecting the Sab
bath is undisputed, but what that
lesson is, is much questioned. The
fourth commandment of the Decalo-
cue refers TO the seventh day and re-
qurcs its observance as Il day of rest
and no more. The Ten Command
mrnts. as IA whole. were the basis OF
the Law Covenant. compulsory upon
every Jew The jew Keeping all OF
those commandments was promised
everlasting life. Failure to keen
them all condemned him atresh
There can be no doubt on this point
However, in our Lords time, Jew
ish rcligionists had become to con-
siderable degree Journalists, and
greater stress was laid upon tn,
literal commandments than on them
real spirit. their real meaning Jesus
rcprovcd this on several occasions,
saying to the Doctors of the Law
You bind heavy burdens upon the
people. For instance, to hunt fol
a flea on the Sabbath was construed
tc be violation of the Fourth Com
mandment, a breaking of the Sab
bath, for it was claimed that the
man was hunting as truly as though
II We're Il buffalo or a lion.
Similarly, as mentioned in this
lesson, fault was found with our
Lrld's disciples because, passing
through wheat field, they rubbed
out some of the grains in their hands
and ate them. This was construed
as Il violation of the Sabbath because
i was thrcshing. winnowing. whcth-
er the amount was small or great.
Jesus did not VOL: tc the sabbath
ordinance nor teach men SO. He was
n jew and bound to keep the Sab
bath law to the full. He did objccr
t. much nonscnsical misintcrprcta-
items as We have mentioned In this
study lie shows that the Sabbath
was ordained for man, and that il is
mistake TO suppose, as some then
and some now seem to suppose, that
God made man simply to keep the
Sabbath. One day of rest to six of
work was intended for mans COM
icrt and protection, and at the same
time to symbolic a certain great
lesson. which we sail note hereafter.
Jesus, showing the mental atti-
tude of Ills hearers in respect to
ancient customs, supported His
teaching by citiag them to what
David did that in an emergency he
ate some of The SHOW bread, unlawful
except for the priests. and that do
ing SO he was not punished, not con-
sidered blameworthy. Jesus, as the
Son of Man, was Lord of the Sab
bath, and had right to explain it's
true import.
Later Jesus went into the syna-
sogue where there was a man who
had a withered hand and they
watched Him to see if lie would heal
him on the Sabbath day. that they
might accuse Him. Addressing them.
Jesus said. "ls it lawful to do good
on the Sabbath. or to do evil. to
save life or to kill" They made no
answer. The Saviour was gricyc.i
ard angry with righteous indigna-
ton that men should so seriously
mistake the Divine arrangement as
to think it sinful to relieve human
distress on the Sabbath Then He
said to the man. "Stretch forth thine |
hand. 1t was healed. But the
Pharisees, more jealous for their
theory than for the truth. for the
letter of the Law than for the spirit
OF the Law, were angry and took
counsel with the Herodians how
Jesus might be destroyed-be killed.
Lord Of the Sabbath.
No commandment was given by |:
Jesus or the Apostles to the Church L