The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-05-08
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.


to the Lord, whatsoever doeth any work
in the sabbath day he shall surely be nut
to death.
Wherefore the children Of israel shall
keep the Sabbath To observe the Sabbath
throughout their generations for "a per
peiual covenant Itis sign between me
and the children Of Israel forever. for I'm
Six days the Lord made heaven and
earth and on tic seventh day hc rested
aud was refreshed"
And again in Lev. Oh. V. $.
'siY days shalt worl, be done. bu, the
Sabbath of rest. holy convocation: yc
Shall do mo- work therein Il is the sab
bath of tho Lord IN an your dwellings,
In Duet. och. 10 to u verses
the commandment is given i'm
this language.
Keep the sabbath day 80 sauctiy st..
as the Lord thy God hath commanded
thee siN days shalt thou labor and do
all thy work bat the seventh day is the
sabbath of the Lord thy God in 1T thou
shalt NOT do amy work, thou. nor thv SON.
nor Thy daughter, nor thy manscryant.
nor Thy naidscNani, nor thine oN nor
thine ass- NOR amy of thine cattle. nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates. that
thy manseryant and maidscrant may
rest as wen as thou And remember that
thou vast servant 100 the land of Erypt
and ilat the Lord thy Cool brought thce
out hence through mighty hand aud los
g stretched ont arms therefore iho Lord
thy cod commanded thee TO keep tho
Sabbath day
twill be seen that express
emphasis is laid upon the rest
of servants, reminding the Jews
that they were once servants,
and for that reason should sym
Ipathise with their own ser
wants,
Isaiah says "Blcssed is the
man that keepoth the Sabbath
from pollutiug 10 lch. 5G, v. 90
and an chapter 5S v 49,
'lfthou Runaway ihy foot from hc
Sabbath. from doing Gptiu, ON my
holy day and eau thc sabbath delight.
the holy of Che Lord honorable. and
SHALL honor him, boo 11Hg Hu orr
nW nor finding thine own pleasure.
mon speaking thine own words Thcn
shalt thou delight ihyselr m ihc Lord.
and win cause thoe to ride upon the
high place, of thc cluh and feed thee
with tlie heritage of Jacob thy father. Tor
the mouth of tho Lord bath spoken
lar
We submit that this express
es the true spirit of Sunday oh
Iservance, that is that church
members and protesting chris.
tians not only abstain from
work, but also from doing their
own selfish pleasures, pastimes.
recreations and sports. The
ireward is great TO bask in
the delight of the Lord, TO ride
upon the high places of the
earth, and to feed upon the
spiritual heritage of Jacob 1t
lbs guaranteed, for 'the mouth
of the Lord hath spoken it,"
Shall we give this up for a
drive, a walk, the pleasure Of
Witnessing a game of ball, or
/ playing a game of golf, or even
a smoke or an ice cream soda
at the drug stOrey
These worldly pleasures may
be we'll enough for those who
do not profess to be christians
and church members, as they
cannot know nor share in the
delights and pleasures spoken
of by Isaiah, but for protesting
christians to prefer the latter
is like proferring the odor of
weeds to the aroma of roses.
There are n number of other
references to the Sabbath in the
old Testament, but those quoted
are sufficient TO get at what is
meant. But has this been
changed by the new Testament
dispensation?
We think not in the spirit
God gave it. The punishment
( by death was a part of the jew
ish law and applied only to the
Jewish Government, and when
that ended, the power to en-
force it went with it.
At the time of Christ the
lavish doctors npI1o,v,.a,s boI