Arizona sun., 1953-05-29
Common Evils
Of Our Day
The Dissertation Of The Sabbath
Day SermOnette by


Day Sermonette by
Charles King Hayes, MA; BID.
Tanner Chapel AMI
Church.
Text: Remember the sabbath day,
to keep it holy. Six days shalt
thou labour, and do all thy
work." Exodus 2O:8-9
The sabbath day is Gods gift to
men. Jesus Christ during His earth
ly ministry declared, "Fhe sabbath
was made for man, and not man
for the sabbath! In this statement
Jesus sets forth the divine truth
that God made the sabbath for the
good of man.
In the act of creation six days
of labor and one day Of rest was
the example set by God. In addi-
ton to the example, there is also
the definite command of God in
the Holy Scriptures, "Six days
shalt thou labour, and do all thy
work: But the seventh day is the
sabbath of the Lord thy Cod"
Therefore, the sabbath day is not
the invention of the church, nor
the proclaining of holiday by
any ecclesiastical body, it is COM
mandment of God. Those who ig
more this commandment are trans
gressors of the law of God; and
the way of the transgressor is
hard.
One of the common evils of our
day is the desecration of the sab
bath. There are those, among us
who deliberately plan to use the
sabbath as a work day. Others
spend it in revelry, with no
thought of it's significance. The des-
ecration of the sabbath is sign
of the extent to which we have
displaced God in the living of our
lives. Can you remember the days
when the sabbath was regarded as
different from other days? Special
Sunday clothes, and special meals.
Certain activities engaged in dur
ing the week were Cancelled on
| Sunday. Man honored the sabbath
because he was in this way show
ing respect, reverence, and thanks
to God. We Americans have spe-
cial days when we pay homage to
great men and rededicate ourselves
to our country. God has declared
the sabbath holiday when man
is to rest, and through worship
rededicate himself to his God. from
whom all blessings flow.
The fact that we take this day
for other activities, never stopping
to pray, is a testimony to the fact
that modern man has lost the sense
Of reverence he ought to have to-
ward God. Man in his pride and
arrogance feels that he can prosper
without God.
There is no need for a discus
sion as to which day of the week
is the sabbath. st. Paul in his let
| ter to the church at Rome sets
forth the Christian view. zone man
eSteemeth one day above another;
another esteemeth every day alike
Let every man be fully persuaded
in his own mind. He that regard
eth the day, regardeth it unto the
Lord; and he. that regardeth not
the day to the Lord he doth not
regard it,"
There can be no quarrel with
our brethren who contend for Sat
urday as the sabbath. There is no
condemnation for those who OBJ
serve the calendar Sunday. The
condemnation comes to those who
fail to regard any day as being
the Lords day. The sin is that too
many of us regard all days alike.
Too busy to take time to be holy
and to speak with the Lord.
The man who fails to fear and
honor God, has no respect for his
felloWman. Nothing is sacred, moth
ing is holy. This attitude carries
over into the home the school,
and the Nation. Human beings lose
their dignity and life is cheap, the