The Dolores star., 1917-12-14
LESSON FOR DECEMBER IS
NEHEMIAH ENFoRcEs THE LAW
OF THE SABBATH.

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LESSON rExr-Nebemiah 1,:lsn
GOLDEN TExT-Remember the Sab
bath Day to keep II hoiy.-Exod. D:s-
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mat ne Ie9urneu ny Pe.hSs'on y, Ina'
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OF carry autumn VI To =. d ~,
10 OF 10 yours h"A""s lust SuNU"'
'esson.
In the section, w. iO-i4' we see Una.
the giIts 1or the mousse Oh you anu
the Levites, VINO Ieo In worship, hAo
Deen negiecteo. "neneSe. tne nouse
OF GOO ana It's service OF worship Is
negiecteu' we may eApec. Una. he onu
pain day ana the worship VI 1ou VIII
also soon iaii INTO con.einpt' La mas
cropped out OF our history Without
MN as 10 MS emo.
J.. "Remember" ". 14) the SesIeet
Of Gods House. wv. 1-14). The neg
lect Of Gods house grew up out Of the
incursion Of heathenism into Jewish
life. Nehemiah realized that the pur-
fty OF the race depended upon absolute
separation from the mixed multitude.
". 81. Nehemiah also confronted the
difficulty Of having a priest NV. 4, 81.
Whn hQn denied himself and QIQn na4H.
Grated the temple, and finally the por-
ton for the support OF the priest ana
the temple worship had been withheld.
". 10Y.
u. "Remember" ". 12) the Sab
bath. Day. wv. 1929. Nehemiah's
next and most dimcult reform was re-
garding the fourth commandment. He
at once set about to learn the facts;
then relates what he saw ". 15). The
record also tells how he testified
against them in that they were selling
merchandise on the Sabbath day. He
contended with the mobiles that they
had done evil on the Sabbath day. ".
1O. He testified against them that
the merchants and sellers OF ware had
lodged about and within Jerusalem.
wv. 70, 2O. The root OF the trouble
with judah was that they forgot GODS
word and followed the devices and de-
sires oftheir own hearts. The Jewish
Sabbath in IT'S outward form on the
exact day OF the week Is not binding
upon Gentle Christians (Coi. 2:l6. I'D:
1t was given to Israel as people
(Deut. OIL, -, as memorial OF their
deliverance out OF the land OF Egypt
and the house OF bondage. tDeut. o:o)s
me Chr'stlan' ny 'ne u.".n u ~ ,n',,
- n nsA ue" - y. INC ~ e.. .,n ,r,n.
=. a., So. =. 80 A., p,,o,,
..p'e -, =. 'H ,aonoa -, w -. h,,a,nn
nc r.-,H.ss ra,,a -. ~
upon nc n.,, s,na,.,"a .,s,,,,' ,'nsorI,o
.ha yo.aio ,nm, IL ,ts aran+ rorn, tha
so>onth Sor t,a ohsorvonno ~ tho
Sohho.h hoi",a. En- tha old ordor and
not 70 Tho Chr,st,on order Christ who
rose from the dead from. TAI. rose
on the first day of the week. and we,
.as Joined to Christ. are not under OBJ
l,pations +o the Mosaic law. but to
Christ. Therefore. the Lords day, the
resurrection div the first day of the
week. (Rey. 10: John q 20: 10
28: Acts 27), is the day of privilege,
not of obligation and is more sacred
to us than the Sabbath day Of these
Jews. The Jews in Nehemiah's time
showed their contempt of the Lords
day by making 1t, day Of profit, hence
this exhortation which we see set forth
in this section. This should be warn
ing and an exhortation to us in these
DAYS of q secularized Sabbath.
ILL., "Renemberv ~ 90, +h. HoIx
priesth.od Ivv ee-e1S In this section
we 500 tbot +ha nriestbood bod even
doa,od thon,sa11.s 18th ,vor,an ond
again this Nehemiah entered mon a
cleansing nrocess Wv eo-e1, The nse
of This word ..rememhar,, IN verses "a .
% and % p,ves strong emnba Gle IN the