Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1921-05-05
rMPRovEp UNlFoRM INTERNATIONAL
SUNANSOnOOL
LESSON
tBy REV B. FITzwATER, D. u.
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible institute of Chicagol
&c. 1921, Western Newspaper Union-)
LESSON FOR MAY 8
REST AND WORSHIP (REcREA
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shall be full OF boys and girls. playing in
the. streets thereof--Zech.l Ss6.s I'm
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Ex. ss:14:z
Lev 2s:s; Neh. 1913: Heb. 40
PRIMARY ToPIc-The Happiest DAY
| Of the Week, - s,4 -A
| JUNIOR roPIc-Holy and Happy Days
| INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
| YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Use and Guidance of Recreation.
The title REST and Recreation" as
chosen. by the committee, is hardly
true to the content of the Scripture
passages. It should be REST and
Worship" f5
| 1.-THE Feast Of Tabernacles Nev.
% :39-43). saSaF.s
This was the final feast of the series
which in type covered the great facts
of redemption.
]. Time of ". 39). 1t was on the if
teenth day of the seventh month and
lasted seven days This time swould
about correspond to the close of our
September and the beginning of Octo-
Der 1t was after the harvest had been
/ gathered.
2. Method of keeping (vv. 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. AZ, 43).
1t reminded them of Gods care of them
during their journey through the will
| derness. (2) A "harvest-home thanks
givings ". 39l. when We have gath
cred the fruits of the land (3l 1t
fofeshadowed the final gathering of
Gods redeemed ones from all nations
J Czech. IA :16, ~.
1.-THE Sabbath Day Deut. 5:12-
15).
!. Meaning of tGen. %, 3; CT. 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
2 Obligation of wv. 12-15). "a
Kept as a sacred institution ". 12),
| God sanctiied it (Gen. 2:3). "Sancti-
fly" 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 obli-
cation was to remember God. t2) No
work to be done on the Sabbath (vv
10, 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.
(3) Bywhom should the Sabbath be kept
". 14)? (a) The head of the family.
He should be the example for all. (b)
I The children The children should be
| obliged to follow the example of the
parents in keeping the Sabbath. (c)
The servants. The maid in the kiteh-
| en-, tle servant on the farm, the chauf
feur in the city, should keep the Sab
] bath as we'll 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-
ton to keep the Sabbath as law (Col
ZIG, 10, and especially as it applies
/ to any particular seventh day The
first day Of the week is the proper day
/ for a Christian to observe. This he
i does not as a 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 matter of privilege, woe unto
| the one who abuses this privilege. The
/ principle of resting one day out of
seven is memorable in its demands. "a
The ground of obligation was redemp-
| ton 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 crowd to have fellowship
with Him, that they might be pre-
! pared for the strenuous days which
were to follow.