REV. DR. EATON ON THE SABBATH.
- The day of rest was appointed by God at the beginning of man's history.
- It was observed by the patriarchs and the early church.
- It was incorporated in the ten commandments, and placed on a parity with other moral precepts.
- It was largely insisted on by the prophets, who also prophesied of it as belonging to New Testament times.
5, It was honored by Christ, who also spoke of its sanctity in days to come.God designed its perpetual observance. The Sabbath is a golden bow of promise, resting one of its extremities in paradise, amid the fresh flowers of Eden, spanning the whole history of time, and resting its other extremity on the Mount of God, amid the perennial flowers of Heaven. And when the sum of the results of all instrumentalities ordained upon earth for the salvation of men and the glory of the Great King are published from before the throne, next to the Bible and the preaching of the gospel this blessed Sabbath will be crowned with eternal honor, as the pearl of days, and the bright jewel amid all the days of the week, through whose light and quietness and peace men are attracted to the cross, and from the cross up the steps of time to the land of eternal rest. So may this rest-day be beautiful and valuable, until working days are all over, and all things ready for the great change, when the elements shall melt, and God's hand shall roll up the scroll of the heavens, and the grand, eternal jubilee be kept around the throne! —The Delaware Signal.