Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-05-06
LESSON FOR MAY 8
REST AND WORSHIP (REcREA.
TION).

LESSEN TEXT = Lev 23.s9-43 Delt
b:l2-l5; Mark 6:3l, 50
GOLDEN TEXT-The streets of the cit,
shall bt full Of boys and grls. playing II
the strt cts thereof. -Xech, S.5
REFERENCE MATEElAI.-Ex 3S:l4
Lev, 2S3, Neh S:9-lS; IHeD 40
PRIMARY TOplC-Th. Happiest pa,
OF he Week.
JUNIOR ToPIC-Iloly and Happy Days
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Sane Recreation
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Use and Guidance Of, Recreation.
The title "Resl and Recreation" as
chosen by the committee, is hardly
true to the content Of the Scripture
passages. 1t should be Hest and
Worship"
1.-The Feast Of Tahcrnacles Uey
% ;3943).
This was the final feast Of the serie.
Whic.l in type covered tie great facts
of redemption.
]. Cline of ". 30). Ii was on the lif.
teenth dry of the seventh month and
lasted seven days. This time would
about correspond to the close Of our
September and the beginning of Octo.
Der II was after the harvest had been
gathered.
2. Method OF keeping wv. 40, 42)
They were to take the bodghs of good.
~ trees, branches Of palm trees, and
the boughs Of thick frees, and willows
Of the brook, and construct booths
These booths were placed on the flat
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 Il ". 13). O
A memorial Of lSraels dwelling III
booths in the wilderness wv. AZ, 49,
II reminded them Of Gods care of them
during their journey through the will
derness (2) A "haryest-homc thanks
giving" ". 39), "When W have gain.
cred the fruits of the land" This was
the greatest feast of rejoicing of the
whole year, for more numerous sacr-
fees were offered than at any time Of
the others (Num. 29:12.36). CD Il
foresladowed the final gathering Of
Gods redeemed ones FROM all nations
Czech. 141G, ~.
1.-THE Sabbath Day Deut. 5:12.
15).
/. Meaning of (Gen. %, 3; CT. Elk.
20:SlD. According to The etymology
of the word, Sabbath" means to desis,
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 Esyp-
tan bondage.
>. Obligation Of ivy. 12-1O. (D
Kept as sacred institution ". 12),
God sanctlfied it tGen. 2;3). "Sanctl.
fly" means to cUnseerate. dedicate,
therefore holy. 1t means sci apart to
Gods service; therefore keeping the
Sabbath meant more than cessation
from lab0r-it meant to cease from Ia
Dor in order TO occupy ones self with
God. Its supreme Specification and obli-
cation was To remember God. (2) No
work to be done on the Sabbath wv.
10, LAY. All work WIS to be done IN
six days. III fact, the obligation to
work six days Is here made Just az
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 Gil Thess. $40. Ii is thousand
times more gracious to provide EN-.
ployment for the suffering poor than 20
make gratultous gifts unto them. 60
BY whom should the Sabbath be kept
". 14)? (a) The head of the family.
He should be the example for all. (b)
The children. The children should be
obliged to follow the example of tile
parents in keeping the Sabbath (c)
The servants. The maid In the kitch.
en-, the servant on the farm, the chauf.
feur in the city, should keep the Sab
bath as well as the head of the family
and the children. Gay The beasts of bur-
den. The dumb animals are likewise
entitled 10 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 obllgn-
lion to keep the Sabbath as law (Col.
; :16. ~, and especially as 1t applies
10 any particular seventh day. The
first day Of the week is the proper day
Tor Christian to observe. This he
loes not as law, but as a glorious
and exalted privilege. He is on resur-
,ection ground, therefore above thu
aw. While the keeping of the Sab.
oath is a matter of privilege, woe unto
he one who abuses this privilege. The
of resting one day out Of
,even is memorable in its demands. (4)
The ground of obligation was redemp-
ion from bondage ". 15).
M. Jesus Invited His Disciples to
Rest mark 6:31,32).