p. 8 | Observance by Asa Smith

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Apr 17, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 16.

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Observance

By Asa Smith

THE SABBATH. No. 3.

Observance.

1. How should the Sabbath be kept? "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." Ex. 20:8.

2. Where does it begin? "From even unto even shall ye celebrate your Sabbath." Lev. 23:32.

3. May we do our own work? "On the seventh day thou shalt rest." Ex. 23:12.

4. What work may be done? "It is lawful to do well." Matt. 12:12, 13.

5. Should we talk about our worldly affairs? "Not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words." Isa. 58:13.

6. When should food be prepared? "To-morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord; bake that which ye will bake to-day." Ex. 16:23, 29.

7. How should we regard the day? "Call the Sabbath a delight." Isa. 58:13.

8. What blessing is promised if we do this? "Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord." Isa. 58:14.

9. Will it be observed in the new earth? "From one Sabbath to another shall all flesh come to worship before Me." Isa. 66:23.

10. As we examine ourselves in the light of these scriptures, does "our heart condemn us"? "God is greater than our heart." I John 3:20.

By proper Sabbath observance we are perfecting characters that will enable us to be among that grand body of worshipers who shall come before God's throne to worship Him every Sabbath to all eternity. "I want to be there. Don't you?" Reiswig, B. C. Asa Smith.