New Britain herald., 1918-07-15
EVANGELIST URGES
 KEEPING SABBATH
Says the Day Was Made for Man
 by the Almighty

The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. There fore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath" Mark 2:27. 28. Thus read Evangelist F. NJ. Dana at the beginning of his address last evening at the Gospel Tent, at the corner or Park and Stanley stret. He said in part: "Everything that is made has a time of making. When was the Sabbath made? The institution ot the Sabbath in given in the second chap ter of Genesis the first three verses After God had created the heavens and the earth in six days he then made the Sabbath. On the seventh day of that first week of time God rested from all his work, blessed and sanctitied that day as the Sa'bbeth.
 "Who made the Sabbath? Christ was associated with the Father in the creation. In fact it was Christ who created both earth and man. Eph. 3:9 Col. 1:13-17. It was he who rested from his work, thereby setting apart the Sabbath; and by his ex- ample taught Adam and his descend
 
 day. In view of the fact that Christ was the creator his words to us: The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sab bath come to us with renewed force and significance. Christ made the Sabbath for man; he and man kept it together.
 The Sabbath, aside from it's being day dedicated to rest and worship, has another value in that He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered and Thy name, o Lord endureth forever; and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations. Ps 111:4; 135:13. It was thus set up at creation that mankind might ever kept in mind the one who created all the wonderful works
 Sabbath Day Of Rest.
 "In the fourth commandment God rehearses the work of creation: Re member the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God |; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore he Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. Ex. 2O:8-11.
 'As long as the creation endures, the memorial must remain and it thus becomes absolutely impossible to alter it. Tn order to substitute another day, the Lord would be compelled to ob- literate the creation and perform a new creation within a different time. Man may endeavor to substitute an- other day for that of the Creator, but the Sabbath will always remain as an everlasting memorial that God created the heavens and the earth in six days and rested on the seventh.
 Tt is often contended that the Sabbath is a Jewish institution. But the Sabbath was made for man. And man does not spell Jew. In Adam and Eve we all have common parenage. The word man embraces the entire family of mankind through out all generations, Jew or Genile,
 
 Christ observed the seventh day Sabbath when He was here on earth. Luke 4:16. He was accustomed to attend religious services on that day. Christ kept the commandments of His Father perfectly John 15:10. Thus He became a perfect Saviour. And as He obeyed in nine of the command ments He also kept the fourth. And He is our example in all things. 1 Peter 2:22. If we follow in His steps we will do likewise.
 The Sabbath is a memorial of al Gods creative works. The greates of Gods works is the recreation of man, which is brought about wher an individual is born again, born by the Spirit of God according to the instruction Jesus gave to NicOdemus John 3:1-3. The Sabbath is a sigr that we have become Gods children that we may know that He is ou1 God. Ezek. 20:12, 20. MT. Dana laid before his large audience the importance of observing the seventh day, and urged his hearers to acCep all that the sacred scriptures teach He declared that the religious ob servance of the seventh day, com monly called Saturday, was more than a. question of days. and involved a mighty principle of obedience o Gods law, and upon it "hung ou allegiance to the Deity-whether WV shall obey God or accept the substi tute of man.
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