It was God's plan for the members of the family to be associated in work and study, in worship and recreation, the father as priest of his household, and both father and mother as teachers and companions of their children. On this day more than on any other, it is possible for us to live the life of Eden. The Sabbath and the family were alike instituted in Eden, and in God's purpose they are indissolubly linked together. The Sabbath is a sign of creative and redeeming power it points to God as the source of life and knowledge it recalls man's primeval glory, and thus witnesses to God's purpose to re-create us in His own image. that ye may know that I am the Lord " because "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." Exodus 31:13 20:11. "It is a sign," He says, "between Me and you. So the portion of our time which He claims is given again to us, bearing His name and seal. The tithe that He claimed from Israel was devoted to preserving among men, in its glorious beauty, the pattern of His temple in the heavens, the token of His presence on the earth. Whatever of ours God claims from us, He returns again, enriched, transfigured, with His own glory. The value of the Sabbath as a means of education is beyond estimate.
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