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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 24, 1863

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 21, No. 17.

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The Sabbath.

By D. H. Sanborn

The Sabbath is the holy of the Lord, honorable. Isa. lviii, 13. Six days shalt thou labor. Six days the labor of earth makes us weary. Six days our minds are taxed with anxious care.
Six days we have to meet the buffetings of the world, but the seventh is the holy of the Lord.
Six days of labor and care say to man, Thou art a sinner. The seventh points him to his Maker; and by it the Lord says, Remember me. The servant of the Lord may say to the world, Six days have I labored to meet your claims, but my Lord has released me to-day.
The Lord gave the Sabbath as a memorial. Fellow pilgrim, how do you regard your Maker's keepsake? The Lord says "Remember the Sabbath day." What for? to cook our food? to sweep and clean our dwellings? to make our beds? to wash our dishes? to read war news? to talk on politics? to discuss questions of national policy? to rehearse our business transactions? O, let the Lord answer, "To keep it holy."
D. H. SANBORN.