Chapter X: How to Spend Sunday

‘Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy.’

Mothers can effect much by domestic arrangement, and forethought.

I. Make Saturday a ‘day of preparation.’ ‘Bake that which ye will bake to-day,’ &c. Exod. xvi. 5, 23. Mark, xv. 42. Luke, xxiii. 54.

II. Endeavour to make the Sunday

1. A _holy_ day.

Exod. xx. 10, 11. Deut. v. 12. Gen. ii. 3.

To sanctify, signifies to set apart for a holy purpose. Thus in the
New Testament the Sabbath is called ‘the Lord’s day.’ Rev. i. 10,
because a day devoted to His service.

2. A _resting_ day.

Gen. ii. 3. Lev. xxiii. 3. Matt. xxiii. 56.

Called ‘the Sabbath of _rest_.’ Lev. xxiii. 3. And ‘the _rest_ of the
holy Sabbath.’ Exod. xvi. 23. _Sabbath_ signifies _rest_, and heaven,
of which it is a type, is called, ‘the keeping of a _Sabbath_.’ Heb.
iv. 9.

3. A _happy_ day.

It is a _gift_, a _privilege_, not a task.

Exod. xvi. 29. Isa. lviii. 13.

Not esteemed to be such, unless God’s service felt to be a _delight_.
Others say, ‘When will the Sabbath be gone?’ Amos, viii. 5.

Let there be no gloom in the home, but a cheerful sobriety.

4. A _profitable_ day.

Though _rest_, not _idleness_. Children are always happiest when their
minds are employed.

To profit pay great attention to Public Worship, Deut. xxxi. 12, 13.
Acts, xiii. 42; xvi. 13; xviii. 4. Heb. x. 25.

Observe our Lord’s example. Luke, iv. 16.

The Sunday School is a great help to the poor mother.

Cultivate religious occupation. _e.g._ Find texts—repeat hymns—sing
hymns, &c.

III. Observe the promise.

Isa. lvi. 2–7: lviii. 13, 14.