Remember the Sabbath

"Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy."
Here are a couple of quotes


==>  from Dwight L. Moody

I believe that the sabbath question to-day is a vital one for the whole country. It is the burning question of the present time. If you give up the sabbath the church goes; if you give up the church the home goes; and if the home goes the nation goes. That is the direction in which we are traveling....
No nation has ever prospered that has trampled the sabbath in the dust. Show me a nation that has done this, and I will show you a nation that has got in it the seeds of ruin and decay.
http://articles.ochristian.com/article18044.shtml


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==>  and John Bunyan

John Bunyan's character 'Wiseman' in his book, Journey to Hell, correctly points out, The Lord's Day is a kind of symbol of the heavenly Sabbath above, and it clearly reveals the heart's attitude toward eternal holiness. More is seen in one's observance of the Sabbath than one's performance of earthly activities

http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/articles/article_detail.php?1403

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==>   And two additional references:
http://www.apuritansmind.com/thelordsday/JohnMurraySabbath.htm
http://www.newhopefairfax.org/files/30.%20Sabbath%20by%20Murray.pdf

Upon the Sabbath Rest

After reading someone's joy at finishing their college term, I began thinking about how God gives us 6 days to complete our normal tasks; then a seventh day to enjoy as rest. I then thought how sullied and empty that Rest is if we still have work that needs to be done, hanging over our heads. Let us then make sure to complete the work of the week and so prepare our souls for deeper enjoyment of His Sweet Rest.

This is but a pale analogy of that great Sabbath Rest which He bids us to partake of. So how much more we should work hard and diligently make sure that we do enter into His Sweet Rest having done all--all that the Master requires! Then we will enter into His Rest with the sweet happiness of accomplishment--yet fully aware that all accomplishment is but because He accomplished it all for us with His great "It is Finished!"


Ah, sweet joy of blessed rest and accomplishment,
hebdomadal habituation heralding Heavenly hope,
irenic icon of idealized incentive,
perfect peace procured by pardon and partaken of by privileged permission,
sweet happiness of labors done and victories won.....