Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.… A gentleman was once directing the attention of his friend to the objects of interest visible from his observatory. "Just beyond the river," he said, "is a city which on the Sabbath Day can be distinctly seen." "Why," asked the friend, "can it be better seen on the Sabbath than on other days?" "Because," was the reply, "on other days the smoke from its chimneys settles about the city and hides it from sight; but on the Sabbath, when the factories are still and the smoke is gone, the city, with its glittering spires, is clearly seen." So on the Sabbath, when the smoke and dust of earth and its cares have settled away, through the clear transparent air can be distinctly seen the City of God and the pathway leading thither. (P. B. Davis.) Parallel Verses KJV: Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. |
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