p. 9 | Sabbath Visiting by F. M. W.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 7, 1911

Sabbath Visiting

By F. M. W.

We need to be continually on our guard lest the standard of the world around us in the observance of the first day of the week, does not become our standard of Sabbath observance. With the multitudes, Sunday is not regarded as a sacred day, but rather as a holiday. This is due no doubt to the fact that in the Sabbath controversy of the last few decades, the majority of Christian people have come to recognize that Sunday, as the Sabbath, has no divine recognition, that in its very nature it is but a holiday, the same as Christmas or Washington's birthday, etc. But this is not true of the Sabbath of the Lord.

The seventh day of the week is the one day in the weekly cycle which has been set apart for a sacred and holy use. God has reserved this day for himself. He tells us that in it we shall not do our own ways, nor find our own pleasure, nor speak our own words.

It is not a day for the discussion of business plans, nor for the making of social calls. It is proper to call upon the sick and the afflicted, or upon any one whom we can strengthen and encourage in the Lord, but it should not be made a day of social visiting, the same as Sunday is made by those around us. There is a tendency in some of our churches to let down the high and holy standard of Sabbath observance in this respect. Let us recognize the high and holy standard which God has erected, and see that we do not permit in our experience the banner of truth to trail in the dust. F. M. W.