The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24
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! The Sabbath L. Gods Institution
ppoplp often talk and wit. s4 II
the sabbath originated with man ut
with some ~ the mar. made in.Itu-
| tiuus Immediately following tho .r,.
alton Of man and the Nitu,iou M inc
. family God instituted the sabbath
for man. Pleas, Do not ovrrloo, tine
fact that the sabbath was Instituted
for all mon az all timos not for ono
race of people. OF somo special ma
/ tion FOR sumo limited period. The
sabbath il $50 important To- man mat
/ God included il In the Ton Com.
mandmcnts given Moses ou Mount
sinai. and Christ though Lord ~
tho sabbath. kept It I'm letter and
spirit. II is not a needless impusi-
tion on man but needed blessing
3 Thou camcst down also upon
Mount Sinai, and spakcst with them
from heaven and gavcs' them IiEht
/ judgments. and true laws, good stat
,utcs and commandments. and made
known unto thom Thy holy sabbath"
/ tNch. 9.l3.lD. II Il not for man to
| add TO or take from this law al his
, pleasure Nor can he nut II under hip
, feet Mt will without Ruffcring the
/ consequence. Those who violate the
law Of the sabbath ain against the
goodness OF God, against their own
! higher interest and against those
who are I'm any way Influenced by
them. on the principle that We will
reap what We SOW. sabbath dcsrcra-
tors will reap "A harvest OF dcmoralil-
alton and moral corruption that can
not escape the severe judgments Of
Almighty Cod
Eorbids Secular Pursuits
Many are prone 10 rush 10 OK
trpme necessities and sav we arc
forced to do some things on the
sabbath. We'll, God has provided for
these necessities. II the OK has fallen
into the ditch he may be pulled out.
II he IL thirsty he may bo led to
water duke ~. Is: u. 81. when
David was starving and there was no
other bread. ne was iusflficd In cat
ing that which under common cir
,cumstanccs would have been unlaw-
ful bread q sam. 2l:61. But that
does not Justify working the o. or
buying and selling on the the sab
bath. Read the law I'm peut. s: I2-l4:
Keep the sabbath day TO sanctify II,
ns the Lord thy God has commanded
thee Six days thou shalt labor and
do all thy work: But the seventh day
IL the sabbath of the Lord thy God
In II thou shalt not do any work
|. =" II is part OF the work Of the
six days to prepare, az far AS posi-
BILE, that there will be no necessity
for doing secular work on the sov-
cnth day. God required Israel to
gather enough mama on tho sixth
day to feed them on the sabbath.
he worked a miracle to preserve II
, for them. Those who do not provide
temporal necessities during the week
for the sabbath, break the command
ments of God. open your oycs and
take one look at the needless buying
and selling on Sunday, and the nood-
less work that IN being donc-work
that ought to bo done only on week
days.
A Day Of Secular Recreation.
Az much of this Is right, we In
cludc It in the work If the SIX days
Whatever is sinful should not be en-
gagged in on any day.
No one is justified in selling his
labor for overtime wage and then
using the sabbath TO do those things
that properly belong Ia the work OF
the six days The philosophy. "the
better the day the better the deed"
Is not sound. You cant make sin
ful act good by associating IL with
holy things. There ARE many things
you may do during the six days that
would be sinful for you TO do on the