The Secularization of the Sabbath Inimical to the Spiritual Welfare of Mankind
Mark 2:27-28
And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:…


I also oppose this secularization of the Christian Sabbath because it is war on the spiritual warfare of everybody. Have you a body? Yes. A mind? Yes. A soul? Yes. Do you propose to give them a chance? Yes. Do you believe that all these Sunday night concerts will prepare a single man for the song of the one hundred and forty and four thousand? Have you any idea that all the fifty-two Sundays of secular amusements, operatic singing, concerts, and theatres would prepare in a thousand years one man for heaven? Do you not think that the immortal soul is worth at least one-seventh as much as our perishable body? Here is a jeweller who has three gems — a carnelian, an amethyst, a diamond. He has to cut and set them. Upon which does he put the most care? The diamond. Now, the carnelian is the body, the amethyst is the mind, the diamond is the soul. You give opportunity to these other faculties of your nature, but how many of you give no opportunity to that which is worth as much more than all other interests as a thousand million dollars are more than one cent?

(Dr. Talmage.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

WEB: He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.




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