Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-05-05
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SUNDMSOOOL
LESSON
tBy REV. b FITZWATER. d D.
Teacher OF English Bible in the Moody
Bible institute OF ChicaEo1
t6l 1871. Western Newspaper Unior)
LESSON FOR MAY 8
REST AND WORSHIP (REcREA.
TlON).

6:12-15: Mark 6:31. 80
GOLDEN TEXT-The streets OF the city
shall be full of boys and girls. playing in
the streets thereof.-Zech. So.
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Ex. 1914:
Lev. 23:3; Neh. s:s-1S; Heb. 40
PRIMARY TOPIC-The Happiest Day
of the Week.
JUNIOR TOPIC--Holy and Happy Days.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Sane Recreation.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Use and Guidance of Recreation.
The title "Rest and Recreation" Is
, 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 Uev.
23:39-43).
This was the final feast of the series
which in type covered the great facts
of redemption.
/. Time of ". 39). 1t was on the fif-
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-
gathered.
2. Method of keeping wv. 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.
3. The significance of it ". 43). ~
A memorial of Israel's dwelling in
booths in the wilderness wv. ~, 43).
1t reminded them of Gods care of them
during their journey through the will
derness. (2) A "harvest-home thanks
giving| ". 39). "When We have gath
cred the fruits of the land" 60 1t
foreshadowed the final gathering Of
Gods redeemed ones from all nations
Czech. 14:16, 10.
1.-THE Sabbath Day (Deut. SIP
15).
l. Meaning of (Gen. %, 3; CT 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 a memorial of creation, but
Of redemption (Deut. 5:15). The
Jews were to keep the Sabbath in
memory of the deIiverance from Egyp-
tian bondage.
2. Obligation of wv. 12-15). ~ |
Kept as a sacred institution ". 12), |
God sanctified it (Gen. 2:3). "Sancti-
~" means to consecrate, dedicate,
therefore holy. 1t means set apart to
Gods service; therefore keeping the
Sabbath meant more than cessation |
rom labor-it meant to cease from Ia !
DOR in order to occupy ones self with
Sod. Its supreme Specification and obll-
cation was to remember God. t2) No
work to be done on the Sabbath wv.
g, 14). All work was to be done in
Tx days. In fact, the obligation to
work six days is here made just as
binding as to keep the Sabbath day.
81 Bywhom should the Sabbath be kept
v. 14? (a) The head of the family.
lie should be the example for all. (b)
Nhe children. The children should be
bliged to follow the example of the
arents in keeping the Sabbath. (c)
The servants. The maid in the kitch-
n, the servant on the farm, the chauf
eur In the city, should keep the Sab
ath as well as the head of the family
nd the children. (d) The beasts of bur-
en-. The dumb animals are likewise
err. The foreigner who comes to our
hores should be obliged to keep the
abbath. 1t should be kept in mind
nat Christians are not under obliga-
on to keep the Sabbath as law (Col.
:16, 10, and especially as 1t applies
, any particular seventh d.. The
rSt day of the week is the p. pr day
II a Christian to observe. Tsis he
Des not as law, but as glorious
nd exalted privilege. He is on resur-
'ction ground, therefore above the
w. While the keeping of the Sab
18th is matter of privilege, woe unto
e one who abuses this privilege. The
'inclple of resting one day out of
ven is inexorable III its demands. (4)
he ground of obligation was redemp- e
on from bondage ". 15). /
~. Jesus Invited His Disciples to b
EST mark 6:31, 32). I
He took them apart to desert
ace. This was not primarily for
creation. but that they might be free
ON the crowd to have fellowship
tn Him. that they might be pre-
red for the strenuous days which Fl
,rn N folinW