Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-05-05
l1rAuvED UhIFOKM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDGYSUOOL
LESSON
(By REV b. FI1zWArER, D. D..
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible institute of ChicagoD
o. 1921, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR MAY 8
REST AND WORSHIP (REcREA-
TlON).

LESSON TEXT Lev. 23:SS-4S Deut.
0:l2-l5; Mark 6:31, 80.
GOLDEN TEXT-The streets of the city
shall be full of boys and girls, playing in
the streets thereof-Zech. S:5.
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Ex. 1914;
Lev. 23:3; Neh. S:9-18 Heb. 4:9.
PRIMARY TOPIC-The Happiest Day
of the Week
JUNIOR TOPIC-HoIy and Happy Days
INTERMEDIARY AND SENIOR TOPIC
Sane Recreation
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Use and Guidance of Recreation.
The title "Rest and Recreation" as
chosen by the committee, is hardly
true to the content of the Scripture
passages. 1t should be "Rest and
Worship"
1.-The Feast of TabernacIes Nev.
% :39-43).
This was the final feast of the series
which in type covered the great facts
Of redemption.
1. Time Of ". 39). 1t was on the tif-
teenth day of the seventh month and
lasted seven days. This time would
about correspond to the close of our
September and the beginning of Octo-
Der. 1t was after the harvest had been
gathered.
2. Method of keeping (vv. 40, 42).
They were to take the boughs of good
ly trees, branches OF palm trees, and
the boughs of thick trees, and willows
of the brook, and construct booths.
These booths were placed on the fiat
tops of houses, ON the streets and open
places of the city, and even in the
fields. In these the people dwelt for
the whole week.
8. The significance of it ". 43). Q)
A memorial of 1srael's dwelling In
booths in the wilderness wv. AZ, 43).
1t reminded them of Gods care of them
during their journey through the will
derness. (2) A "harvest-h0me thanks
giving" w. 39). "When ye have gath
cred the fruits of the land" This was
the greatest feast of rejoicing of the
whole year. for more numerous sacri-
fees were offered than at any time of
the others (Num. % :12-36). (3) 1t
foreshadowed the final gathering of
Gods redeemed ones from all nations
| Czech. IA :16, I'D.
1.-THE Sabbath Day (Deut. 5:12-
15).
l. Meaning of (Gen. 2:2, g.; cf. Elk.
| 20 SID. According to the etymology
of the word, sabbath" means to desist
| from exertion-repose. God rested
when the work of creation was done.
On the basis of this, God has estab-
! lished the law of labor and rest. 1t is
not only memorial of creation, but
of redemption (Deut. BID. The
Jews were to keep the Sabbath in
memory of the deliverance from Egyp-
tian bondage.
2. Obligation of wv. 12-15). ID
Kept as a sacred institution ". 12),
God sanctified it (Gen. 2:3). "Sancti-
| fly" means to consecrate, dedicate,
therefore holy. 1t means set apart to
Gods service; therefore keeping the
Sabbath meant more than cessation
from labor-it meant to cease from Ia
Dor in order to occupy ones self with
God. Its supreme SignifcatiOn and Obli-
CATION was to remember God. (2) No
work to be done on the Sabbath (vv,
13, 14). All work was to be done in
six days. In fact, the obligation to
work six days is here made just as
binding as to keep the Sabbath day
Work was Gods primal thought fol-
man. Even before the fall he was to
dress and keep the garden. Work is
the psychological solution of pauper'
ism (II Thess. 3:10). 1t is thousand
times more gracious 10 provide EN-
ployment for the suffering poor than tC
make gratuitous gifts unto them. (3)
BY whom should the Sabbath be- KEEP
". 14)? (a) The head of the family
He should be the example for all. (b)
TIE children. The children should bt
obliged to follow the example of the
parents in keeping the Sabbath. (c)
The servants. The maid in the kitch
en- the servant on the farm, the chauf
feur in the city, should keep the Sab
bath as we'll as the head of the family
and the children. (d) The beasts of bur
den. The dumb animals are likewise
entitled to their rest. (e) The stran
ger The foreigner who comes to our
shores should be obliged to keep thu
Sabbath. 1t should be kept in mint
that Christians are not under obliga
ton to keep the Sabbath as law (Col
2:16, 17), and especially as it applies
TO any particular seventh day. Th,
first day of the week is the proper da.
for a Christian to observe. This. h,
does not as a law, but as a gloriVu
and exalted privilege. He is on resur
rection ground, therefore above tn
law. While the keeping of the Sab
bath is a matter of privilege, woe unit
the one who abuses this privilege. TIL
principle of resting one day out a
seven is inexorable in its demands. a
The ground of obligation was redemI
ton from bondage ". 15).
III, Jesus Invited His Disciples t
Rest MARK 6 81, ,32).
He took them apart to a deser
place. This was not primarily fo
recreation, but that they might be FIRE
from the crowd to have fellowshi
. with Him, that they might be pre-
pared for the strenuous days whic
were to follow.