The Dolores star., 1921-05-06
LESSON FOR MAY 8
REST AND WORSHIP (REcREA.
TiON).

LESSON TEXT 60 Lev. 23S9-45. Dent-
5:i2-l5, Mark 6:3l. 32
GOLDEN TEXT-The streets Of the city
shall be fun OF boys and girls. playing IN
the streets thercof-Zech, So.
REFERENCE MATERIAL.-Ex. S5:f'
| ev 23;3. Neh. S:9-lS. Heb. 40,
PRIMARY TOPlC-The Happiest Day
nT the Week
J .N1OR TOPIC-Holy and Happy Days,
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Sane Recreation.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND .S-';'LT TOPIC
The Use and Guidance OF Recreation
The title Rest and Recreation, az
chosen by the committee, Is hardly
rrue to the content Of the Scripture
passages. 1t should be Rest aud
Worship"
1.-The Feast Of Tabernacles Uev.
% :39-43).
This was the final feast of the series
which in type covered the great facts
If redemption.
/. Time of ". 39). 1t was on the iif-
tecnth 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-
utr. j; was after the harvest had been
gathered
>. Method Of keeping wv. 40, 42).
They We're 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 flat
places of the city. and even in the
fields. In these the people dwelt for
the whole week.
3. The significance of it ". 43). ID
\ memorial of Israels dwelling in
booths in the wilderness wv. ~, 43).
1t reminded them of Gods care of them
during their journey through the will
dcrneSS. t2) A "harvest-home thanks
giving' ". 39). when ye have gath
cred the fruits of the land" (3) II
fOrcshadowed the final gathering of
Gods redeemed ones from all nations
Czech 14:16. ~.
1.-THE Sabbath Day Deut. 5:l2-
15).
!. Meaning of (Gen. . -, 3; CT. Ex.
20 SID. According to the etymology
Of ne word, sabbath" means to desist
t-oin eNertion-reposc God rested
a,.en the work of creation was done
On the basis of this, God has esr,hb-
lished the law of labor and rest X is
not only memorial of creation. but
of redemption (Deut. 5:15). .he
Jews were to keep the Sabbath in
memory of the deliverance from Egyp-
tian bondage.
>. Obligation Of wv. I2-1J). "a
Kept as II sacred institution ". 12),
God sanctified it (Gen. 2:3). "Sancti-
fy' 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 la
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.
IL, 1G. 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.
CD Bywhom should the Sabbath be kept
". 1Gt (a) The head of the family.
lie should be the example for all. 90
Ihe children. The children should be
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-
'eur in the city, should keep the Sab
bath as we'll as the head of the family
nnd 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-
ton to keep the Sabbath as law (Col
2:16, 10, and especially as it applies
to any particular seventh day. The
hrst day of the week is the proper day
for Christian to observe. This he
does not as n law, but as Il glorious
and exalted privilege. He Is on resur.
rection ground, therefore above the
law. While the keeping of the Sab
bath is matter of privilege, woe unto
the one who abuses this privilege. The
principle of resting one day out of
seven is inexorable in its demands (4)
The ground of obligation was redemp-
tion from bondage ". 15).
IIj Jesus Invifed III. p;..;.
Rest Mark 6 81 ,32). ~ +
lie took them apart to a desert
piace. Ihis was not primarily for
recreation, but that they might be free
from the crowd to have fellowship
With Him, that they might be pre-
pared for the strenuous days which
were to follow.
From Whom cometh Our Help.
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