New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-05-06
LESSON FOR MAY 8
REST AND WORSHIP (REcREA'
TlON).

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snail be full of boys and girls. playing In
ihe streets thereof.-Zech. SIS.
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Ex. 1914:
Lev. 2S:3; Neh. S:9-1s; Heb. 40.
PRIMARY ToPIC-The Happiest Day
Of the Week.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Holy and Happy Days,
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
Sane Recreation.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Use and Guidance of Recreation.
The title REST and Recreation" as
true to the content of the Scripture
passages. 1t should be Rest and
Worship"
THE Feast Of Tabernacles (Lev.
% :39-43).
This was the final feast of the series
which in type covered the great facts
Of redemption.
!. Time of ". 800. 1t was on the tf-
teenth day of the seventh month and
tasted 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.
?. Method of keeping wv. 40, 42).
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). ID
A memorial of I~sraeI's dwelling in
booths In tine wilderness wv. AZ, 43).
1t reminded them of Gods care of them
during their journey through the will
derness. (2) A "harvest-home thanks
giving" ". 800. when We have gath
cred h 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
he others (Num. 20 :l2-36). CD 1t
foreshadowed the final gathering Of
Gods redeemed Ones from all nations
Czech. II :16, 10.
1.-THE Sabbath Day tDeut. 5:l2.
15).
l. Meaning of (Gen. 90, 3; cf. Elk.
20:S-11). 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 deliverance from Egyp-
tian bondage.
?. Obligation of wv. 12-15). ID
Kept as a sacred institution ". ~.
God sanctified it (Gen. 2:3). "Sancti.
fly" mean 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 Specification and obi
cation was to remember God. (2) No
work to be done on the Sabbath wv.
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 for
man. Even before the fall he was to
dress and keep" the garden. Work is
the psychological solution of pauper
ism I'll Thess. 3:10). 1t is a thousand
times more gracious to provide EN-
ployment for the suffering poor than 20
make gratuitous gifts unto them. CD
whom should the Sabbath be kept
". 14)? (a) The head of the family.
He should be the example for all. %
The children. The children should be
to follow the example of the
in keeping the Sabbath. (c)
The servants. The maid in the kitch.
IN. the servant on the farm, the chauf-
in the city, should keep the Sab
oath as well as the head of the family
md the children. I'D The beasts of bur-
len. The dumb animals are likewise
to their rest. (e) The stran-
yer. The foreigner who comes to our
shores should be obliged to keep the
sabbath. Ii should be kept in mind
hat Christians are not under obliga-
ion to keep the Sabbath as law (CoI.
:16, 10. and especially as it applies
any particular seventh day. The
irst day of the week is the proper day
or a Christian TO observe. This he
loes not as a law, but as a glorious
md exalted privilege. He is on resur-
ground. therefore above tn.
aw. While the keeping of the Sab
tath is n matter of privilege, WOO unto
he one who abuses this privilege. The
Of resting one day out Of
even is memorable I'm its demands. (4)
he ground of obligation was redemp-
ion from bondage ". 15).
iii. Jesus Invited His Disciples to
lest MARX 6:31,32).
He took them apart to a desert A.,
lace. This was o primarily for ,
ecreation. but that they might be free
rom the crowd to have fellowship +,
18th Him, that they might be pre- /,
AIRED for the strenuous days which t.
ere to follow.