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Chapter twenty nine, the Sabbath.
It is a sign between me and you

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that ye may know that I am
Jehovah. The value of the Sabbath as

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a means of education is beyond estimate. Whatever of ours God claims from us,

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he returns again, enriched, transfigured
with his own glory. The tithe

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that he claimed from Israel was devoted
to preserving among men in its glorious beauty,

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the pattern of his temple in the
heavens, the token of his presence

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on the earth. So the portion
of our time which he claims is given

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again to us bearing his name and
seal. It is a sign, he

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says, between me and you,
that ye may know that I am Jehovah.

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Because quote in six days, the
Lord made heaven and earth, the

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sea, and all that in them
is, and rested on the seventh day.

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Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day
and hallowed it. The Sabbath is

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a sign of creative and redeeming power. It points to God as the source

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of life and knowledge. It recalls
man's primeval glory and thus witnesses to God's

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purpose to recreate us in his own
image. The Sabbath and the family were

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alike instituted in Eden, and in
God's purpose. They are indissolubly linked together.

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On this day, more than on
any other, it is possible for

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us to live the life of Eden. It was God's plan for the members

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of the family to be associated in
work and study, in worship and recreation,

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the father as priest of his household, and both father and mother as

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teachers and companions of their children.
But the results of sin, having changed

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the conditions of life to a great
degree, prevent this association. Often the

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father hardly sees the faces of his
children throughout the week. He is almost

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wholly deprived of opportunity for companionship or
instruction. But God's love has set a

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limit to the demands of toil.
Over the Sabbath, he places his merciful

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hand in his own day. He
preserves for the family opportunity for communion with

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Him, with nature, and with
one another. Since the Sabbath is the

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memorial of creative power, it is
the day above all others when we should

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acquaint ourselves with God through his works. In the minds of the children,

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the very thought of the Sabbath should
be bound up with the beauty of natural

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things. Happy is the family who
can go to the place of worship on

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the Sabbath, as Jesus and his
disciples went to the synagogue, across the

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fields, along the shores of the
lake, or through the groves. Happy

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the father and mother who can teach
their children God's written word with illustrations from

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the open pages of the Book of
Nature. Who can gather under the green

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trees in the fresh, pure air, to study the word and to sing

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the praise of the Father above.
By such associations, parents may bind their

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children to their hearts and thus to
God, by ties that can never be

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broken. As a means of intellectual
training, the opportunities of the Sabbath are

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invaluable. Let the Sabbath School lesson
be learned not by a hasty glance at

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the lesson scripture on Sabbath morning,
but by careful study for the next week

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on Sabbath afternoon, with daily review
or illustration during the week. Thus the

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lesson will become fixed in the memory, a treasure never to be wholly lost.

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In listening to the sermon, let
parents and children note the text and

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scriptures quoted, and as much as
possible of the line of thought to repeat

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to one another at home. This
will go far toward relieving the weariness with

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which children so often listen to a
sermon, and it will cultivate in all

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a habit of attention and of connected
thought. Meditation on the themes thus suggested

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will open to the student treasures of
which he has never dreamt. He will

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prove in his own life the reality
of the experience described in the scripture.

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Quote thy words were found, and
I did eat them, and thy word

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was unto me the joy and rejoicing
of mine heart. I will meditate in

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thy statutes end quote quote, I
will meditate in thy statutes. End quote

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quote. More to be desired are
they than gold? Yea than much fine

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gold. Moreover by them is thy
servant warned. And in keeping of them

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there is great reward end quote,
end of Chapter twenty nine.