Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06
LESSON FOR MAY 8
REST AND WORSHIP (RECREA-
TION). lNfx ri

LESSON TEXT Lev. 2s:ss-4s; Deut.
b:l2-l5: Mark 6:31, 32 4~Flk AZ
GOLDEN TEXT-The streets Of the CITY
shall be full of boys and girls, playing in
the streets thereof.-Zech. S:5. ~ 20 II
REFERENCE MATERIAL~zEx. Ss;14; /,
Lev. 23:3, Neh. S:9-1S; Heb. 40
PRIMARY ToPIC-The sfiappiest Day
of the Week
JUNIOR ToPIC-Holy AhfsssapyssD ssDays. 1
Sane Recreation.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Use and Gudance'of Recreation. u
The title ''Rest aHd' Reefeatfoff,s' as
chosen by the committee, is hardly
true to the content of tfe' Scripture 4
passages, 1t should be Rest and
Worship" ~ ~
1.-The Feast 81 sTabsrnaSIes dev.
% :39-43). "A ~
This was the final feastuf. theseyies
which in type covered the great facts
of redemption.
1. Time of (vv-22ess It -sEss-efs- the f. I
teenth day of the seventh month and
lasted seven AsSs,I This time swopld
about corregp5Sd % frfeS close 81 our
ssepte%IfDeElaPS Ser n lee z eSSgRsaPs q lsas
gathered
2. Method of keeping iKy4 40 42l.
They were to take the boughs of good
ly trees, .bnpdIcss Vfs Ralnutrsea sstpd
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 dweit for
the whole week. s.l vasas s,p ss5
g. The significance of 1t ". 43). ~.
A memorial Of Israels dwelling In
booths insthes wilaernessstvv.s v.s42, s.48t..
1t reminded them of Coa's eaee of them
during their Journey. through the will
derness. (2) A "harvest-home thanks
giving (y.,S9l. .rWhensys, ,haveAgatny
cred Che fruits of the land" (3) 1t
foreshadowed the final gathering of
Gods redeeinedyones Efg0nissM nati6ns
Czech. IA ;16, 10.
1.-THE sabbath Day tDeut. 8 :I2-'
15).
l. Meaning OF tGen.s Q ~ 8; cf. sRx.
-@.-- 49, s-~ y
20:S-1D. According to the etymology
of the word, sabbath" means to desist
from exertioh-repose. God rested
when the work .of creation was done.
On the basis Of this, dod\ has estab-
lished the layxoftaabor add testy BIT Us
not only a memorial of creation, but
of redemption lDent AID. The
Jews were to keep the Sabbath in
memory of the deliverance from Egyp-
tian bondage.
.. oblgasioSSof stwvx 1a1DE \ ~
Kept as sacred institution ". 12),
God sanctlfed it (Gen. 2:3). "Sanctl-
fly" smeans TO econsecrate, dedicate,
therefore holy. 1t means set apart to
Gods sseExiceii thesefoEa: ksaRlnG tbs,
Sabbath meant more than cessation
from labor-it meant to cease from la
Dor in order to occupy ones sell. with
God. Its supreme signification and .oplk
cation was to remember Gods ~ 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.
49, Bywhom should the Sabbath be kept
". 14)? (a) The head of the family.
He should be the example for an. (b)'
The children. The children should be
obliged TO follow the example of the
parents in keeping the Sabbath. a'tc)i
The servants The maid in the kitch-
en-, the servant on the farm, the ehauf7
feur in the city, should keep the Sab
bath as well 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 the
Sabbath, 1t should be kept in mind
that Christians are not under obliga-
tion to keep the Sabbath as law (Col.
2:16, ~, and especially as it applies
to any particular seventh day. The
first day of the week Is the proper day
for Christian to observe. This he
does not as q law, but as a glorious
and exalted privilege. He Is on resur-
rection ground therefore above the
law. While the keeping of the Sab
bath is a matter of privilege, woe unto
the one who abuses this privilege. The
principle of resting one day out of
seven is inexorable in its deipenfs. ffl
The ground of obligation was redemp-
tion from bondage ". 15).
III. Jesus Invited His Disciples to
Rest Mark 6 81 ,32).
He took them apart to a desert
place. This was not primarily for
recreation, but that they might be free
from the croWdA-to&s shaNsrzfelknnluli
with Him. that they might be pre-
pared for the strenuous days which