The Sabbath Made for Man.
By J. M. Gallimore
“And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” Mark 2:27. In the beginning, God, who made all things, made also a Sabbath, and that Sabbath, the Saviour testifies, was made for man. This being the case, was that which was made for man against man, and therefore taken out of the way? And was that47which was made for man a yoke of bondage, as very many in this day contend? The Sabbath, it seems, is about all the yoke of oppression that opposers are able to find in the commandments of God, which the Saviour in plain words teaches us to obey. By the manner in which the Jews observed the Sabbath, they made it a yoke of bondage; for they dared not do so much as attend to the wants of the sick on that day, and hence the expression is called forth, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” The Sabbath, then, was given us as a precious blessing, and not as a burden. He who properly observes it is each week strengthened bodily and spiritually, and at the same time is reminded of his Creator, the God who made all things. Sad, indeed, would be the condition of man without a Sabbath; yet how very many, after learning that the seventh day is the only Sabbath of the Lord that the Bible recognizes, take the unreasonable position that the people of this dispensation have no Sabbath, that that which was made for a blessing has been abolished, and that too by the Friend and Saviour of mankind. Such is the insane reasoning of men in this age of folly, when men love darkness rather than the clear light that is being shed upon the truths contained in the Bible. Such is the reasoning even of some of those who profess to be guides of the blind and teachers of the holy and righteous will of God. Are not the blind leading the blind? and shall not both fall into the ditch? J. M. GALLIMORE.