The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-21
II Saturday
Sernloflette
Crest in the Lord."-Ps. 37:7 f. c.

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= crest in the Lord."-Ps. 37:7 f. Cd
+ This is the preparation" day i
+ for the weekly rest. This is the !
! summer season of rest. The man /
+ with the suit case is on our i
= streets. The excursionist is al !
+ready abroad in the land. 1t is !
: the general holiday and rest sea :
!soH. We may, therefore, take as !
= tOday's topic the subject Of Rest. ::
= Whence the idea Of rest? Is it !
: born Of Decentralization to exer- :
= ton? Is it the makeshift Of !
= idlcrs? No, Very far from that :
= The rest idea is Divine. Who first !
= ordained rest? God. Who first !
= served the ordinance Of rest? I
= God. Who first mad. this oldia- =
+ance and observance obligatory :;
= On man? God. Who wrote the I
+ first Sabbath law? God, amid !
+ the terrific splendors of SINAI +
+ The rest idea is Gods. 1t has +
+ been wrought into the fabric Of =
+ nature. And Nature, true to it. +
= nature, observes periods Of rest. +
r They are 50 palpably and plainly =
= marked that the dullest observer /
: might mark them. And for man +
FiJ is just as natural to rest as it +
:! is to be born, or to perform an j.
+ Of the functions Of life And it =
81 just as morally necessary for +
= man as il is natural. +
= This rest idea is human in its =
= Diyineness. +
+ God in ordaining periods Of rest =
4 was not planning for Himself. -
+."The creator Of the ends If the IL
= earth fainteth not, neither is =
= weary" But He was thinking Of =
= man. "He knoweth our frame; -
i. He remembercth that we are +
!. dust" And the keeping Of Sab +
= bath was made for man. 1t was +
= made for Gods dumb creatures. J.
!. Even the little dumb ass is re- +
+ nembered in Gods rest day law +
+ 1t was made for even insensate =
= things Metals, with Sabbath =
+ rest, wear better than without !.
+ So the rest idea is not only hu- 4
:. namely, but economically, Divine. +
+ The seasons of rest are also of +
+ Divine appointment. Man, now +
l. 50 prone TO steal these seasons =
= from his employe, and even from +
+ himself, in order to increase gains,+
= never had originated them. SO +
= God provided them. Here they i
=. are in part; Night after each +
i. day Of toll. If man goeth forth +
.i'to his labor until the evening, then +
i he is ready to rest, and ought to -
= rest. Our civilization were better =
+ if it had less night toll in it. God +
Il made it, with lights out, for rest. j.
+ Man has spoiled it with his glare j.
= Of light and ring Of hammer Of :
= the unfretted night one may sing +
\ with our own Longfellow: +
J. 80, holy night,
= Thou layest thy fingers on the +
l. lips Of care,
+ And they complain no more" +
Il The Sabbath, first set up when +
+ "the morning stars sang together.+
/. and all the sons Of God shouted +
i for joy," is Gods weekly rest pc i
+ Rod to supplement that Of the +
+ nightly period And modern sci j.
+ ence has proved that it is neces- +
J. sary to bring the tagging ener- I
!. gies up to normal poise each Mon +
+ day morning. +
+ Special seasons Of rest are the j.
+ provisions Of God also. In Is-%
+ rael's ancient days every man i
T. must 20 up to Jerusalem thrice +
/ year. That broke toll for rest. i
T. Then there was the weak of dwell +
+ ling in booths in the out-of-doors. +
+ 1t was memorial of sacred things,*
: and Il blessing to the pent-up +
: dwcIIers in cities. 1t became the +
+ model of the modern camp-meet- i
!. inr, as that in turn, became the i.