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The Sabbath Day
The fourth commandment is: "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."
Probably no commandment in the Decalogue has been subjected to more varied interpretations than the fourth commandment. This may be due to the fact that nearly every individual has a different idea as to what constitutes rest. To some, rest is merely inaction, stagnation, or laziness; to others it is pleasure-seeking; but to the Christian Scientist it is spiritual activity.
On page 519 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy writes, "God rests in action." Then man, as the perfect reflection of God, must likewise rest in action. Beginning on page 519 she also writes, "The highest and sweetest rest, even from a human standpoint, is in holy work." As men rise to the understanding of rest as holy work, their understanding of work will be uplifted, until they come into the realization that true work is not toilsome and laborious, but the reflection of the activity of divine Love; the work that no one can do of himself, but which can be accomplished because man is the reflection of divine Mind.
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September 29, 1923 issue
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True Magnitude
JOHN ELLIS SEDMAN
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Newness
MARION STEWARD
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Abraham and Melchizedek
WARWICK A. TYLER
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"Who shall ascend?"
ELIZABETH WARREN MULLER
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"Thou shalt not covet"
MARGARETTE ROOT ZAHLER
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Home
NONA E. KING
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The Sabbath Day
MARY CAROLYN HAYWOOD
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Aspiration
FANNY KINDER GRIBBON
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A certain writer for the Advertiser and other papers...
Judge Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication for The Mother Church, in the
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The basis of Christian Science is the Scriptural teaching...
W. Stuart Booth, Committee on Publication for the State of Colorado, in the
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Christian Science explains the difference between Spirit...
Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon, in the
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Christian Science has become known all over the civilized...
Mrs. Gudrun G. Jensen, Committee on Publication for Norway, in
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Faith healing, as commonly understood, is blind, unintelligent...
Richard H. Smith, Committee on Publication for the State of Montana, in the
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Autosuggestion is neither a factor in, nor the basis of,...
Hiram W. Hayes, Committee on Publication for the District of Columbia, in the
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Christian Science is founded on the immutable truths of...
Joseph Axtell, Committee on Publication for Somersetshire, England, in the
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In human belief it would appear to be easier to destroy...
Stanley M. Sydenham, Committee on Publication for Yorkshire, England, in the
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Transparency
ELENORA E. PIKE
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No Uncertainty
Albert F. Gilmore
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"Thou hast been a shelter for me"
Duncan Sinclair
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True Riches
Ella W. Hoag
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I came into Christian Science about three years ago, and...
Arthur Ernest McCann
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For six years previous to coming to Christian Science...
Elizabeth H. Gardner
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My earliest recollection of Christian Science was about...
Frederick L. Degener
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Shortly after commencing the study of Christian Science,...
Ida M. Geisreiter
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About eighteen years ago, gratitude for a wonderful...
Lessie H. Peay
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About six years ago, when we first took up the study of...
Clinton R. Frede
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I feel privileged to express my gratitude to God for...
George M. Fouratt
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Coworkers
MABELLE C. PERKINS
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Salem Bland, Sparks W. Melton