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Day Of Days, March 22
And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that
ye may know that I am the Lord your God.
Ezekiel 20:20
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The Sabbath should be made so interesting to our families that its weekly
return will be hailed with joy.
The Sabbath school and the meeting for worship occupy only a part of the
Sabbath. The portion remaining to the family may be made the most sacred and
precious season of all the Sabbath hours.
In the minds of the children the very thought of the Sabbath should be bound
up with the beauty of natural things.... Happy the father and mother who can teach
their children God’s written word with illustrations from the open pages of the
book of nature; who can gather under the green trees, in the fresh, pure air, to
study the Word and to sing the praise of the Father above.
In pleasant weather let parents walk with their children in the fields and groves.
Amid the beautiful things of nature tell them the reason for the institution of the
Sabbath. Describe to them God’s great work of creation. Tell them that when the
earth came from His hand, it was holy and beautiful. Every flower, every shrub,
every tree, answered the purpose of its Creator.... Show that it was sin which
marred God’s perfect work; that thorns and thistles, sorrow and pain and death,
are all the result of disobedience to God. Bid them see how the earth, though
marred with the curse of sin, still reveals God’s goodness.
If we can cultivate within us a beauty of soul corresponding to the beauty of
nature around us, there will be a blending of the divine and human agencies.
As the sun goes down, let the voice of prayer and the hymn of praise mark the
close of the sacred hours and invite God’s presence through the cares of the week
of labor.
Thus parents can make the Sabbath, as it should be, the most joyful day of the
week. They can lead their children to regard it as a delight, the day of days, the
holy of the Lord, honorable.
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