Sabbath Quotes - Page 4

• The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard, Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice Of one, who from the far-off hills proclaims Tidings of good to Zion.

  Charles Lamb

  Zion, Voice, Cheerful

  Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb (1838). “The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb”, p.70

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• God himself took a day to rest in, and a good man's grave is his Sabbath.

  John Donne

  Death, Men, Good Man

  John Donne (1839). “The Works of John Donne, D.D., Dean of Saint Paul's, 1621-1631: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.241

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• Thus it is in hell; they would die, but they cannot. The wicked shall be always dying but never dead; the smoke of the furnacedascends for ever and ever. Oh! who can endure thus to be ever upon the rack? This word "ever" breaks the heart. Wicked men do now think the Sabbaths long, and think a prayer long; but oh! how long will it be to lie in hell for ever and ever?

  Thomas Watson

  Christian, Prayer, Lying

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• I further testify that when we eventually see things through the proper perspective of eternal truth, we will be amazed at how much we were blessed in important though often unperceived ways through keeping the Sabbath Day holy.

  John H. Groberg

  Truth, Blessed, Perspective

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• Now, I know it’s hard, particularly for our young people, to choose to observe the Sabbath day when athletic teams on which they so much want to participate regularly schedule games on Sunday. I too know it seems trivial to many who are in need of just a few items on the Sabbath to quickly stop at a convenience store to make a Sunday purchase. But I also know that remembering to keep the Sabbath day holy is one of the most important commandments we can observe in preparing us to be the recipients of the whisperings of the Spirit

  H. David Burton

  Team, Sunday, Games

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• In aesthetic consciousness we enter that painless state, prized by Epicurus as the state of the gods; for a moment we are delivered from the miserable pressure of the will. We celebrate the Sabbath from the penal servitude of willing; the wheel of Ixion stands still.

  Julian Young

  Miserable, Consciousness, Moments

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• The Sabbath is the link between the paradise which has passed away and the paradise which is yet to come.

  Andrew Wylie

  Links, Paradise, Passed Away

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• Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ryTay! Alas! I am very sorry to say That ninety lives have been taken away On the last Sabbath day of1879, Which will be remember'd for a very long time.

  William Topaz McGonagall

  Beautiful, Time, Sorry

  William Topaz McGonagall, “The Tay Bridge Disaster”

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• One day - I remember it was a Sabbath afternoon - I came to the synagogue with a book in my hand. I saw a commentary on the Bible by a certain Rabbi Moshe Dessauer, better known as Moses Mendelssohn. An elderly man came up to me - I was then maybe 10 or 12. "What are you studying?" he said. "Dessauer's commentaries," I said. So he gave me a slap on my face.

  Elie Wiesel

  Book, Men, Elderly

  Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org

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• When you look at the Bible, and I read the Bible very seriously, for a lot of my life, I believed the Bible ordained the death penalty, and the Bible seemed to be very clear about that. But the more I look, the more troubled I became because it's not that simple. In the Bible, there's some 30 death-worth crimes, like working on the Sabbath, or disrespecting your parents. Are we that fundamental that we should bring back that death penalty?

  Shane Claiborne

  Simple, Parent, Looks

  Source: medium.com

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• The seventh day of creation is the most eloquent and insightful as to the nature of God. From a literary perspective, the Sabbath forms the pinnacle of the story. Like the dramatic kiss of a soldier returning from war, this is the moment we’re not meant to miss. In choosing rest as the grand finale, God reveals himself as one driven by neither anxiety nor fear but one who finds gladness in both the work of creation and the creation of work.

  Margaret Feinberg

  War, Kissing, Perspective

  FaceBook post by Margaret Feinberg from Dec 02, 2012

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• Among the liveliest of my memories are those of eating and drinking; and I would sooner give up some of my delightful remembered walks, green trees, cool skies, and all, than to lose my images of suppers eaten on Sabbath evenings at the end of those walks.

  Mary Antin

  Giving Up, Memories, Drinking

  Mary Antin (1912). “The Promised Land”, Houghton Mifflin company

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• The Muslims observe their Sabbath on Friday, the Jews observe on Saturday, and the Christians on Sunday. By the time Monday rolls around God is completely f***in' worn out.

  George Carlin

  Friday, Christian, Monday

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• In the morning was again distressed as soon as I waked, hearing much talk about the world and the things of it. I perceived the men were in some measure afraid of me; and I discoursed something about sanctifying the sabbath, if possible to solemnize their minds: but when they were at a little distance, they again talked freely about secular affairs. Oh, I thought what a hell it would be, to live with such men to eternity!

  David Brainerd

  Morning, Distance, Men

  Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1807). “The Works of President Edwards;: Narrative of conversions. Life and diary of the Rev. David Brainerd. Mr. Brainerd's journal. Mr. Brainerd's remains”, p.142

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• The Bible nowhere states that people before the law observed the Sabbath as a day of rest or worship.

  David K. Bernard

  Law, Oneness, People

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• If Moses is our lawgiver [Old Testament prophet given laws by God] at this time let us obey him, not in part only, but wholly, and put every Sabbath breaker, blasphemer, and adulterer to death.

  Gerald Heaney

  Law, Death Penalty, Old Testament

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• Grandmother Hannah comes to me at Pesach and when I am lighting the sabbath candles. The sweet wine in the cup has her breath.... a little winter no spring can melt.

  Marge Piercy

  Sweet, Spring, Wine

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• Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men.

  James M. Barrie

  Men, Rivers, Lakes

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• Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Queens, Prayer, Blessing

  "The Queen’s Multi-faith Society" by Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2012.

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• Sabbath's golden rule: Cease from what is necessary. Embrace that which gives life.

  Mark Buchanan

  Giving, Golden, Embrace

  Mark Buchanan (2007). “The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath”, p.129, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support.

  Ovadia Yosef

  Support, Tree, Might

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• I don't work on my Sabbath. I write five-and-a-half or six days a week.

  Chaim Potok

  Writing, Six, Half

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• If busyness can become a kind of violence, we do not have to stretch our perception very far to see that Sabbath time – effortless, nourishing rest – can invite a healing of this violence. When we consecrate a time to listen to the still, small voices, we remember the root of inner wisdom that makes work fruitful. We remember from where we are most deeply nourished, and see more clearly the shape and texture of the people and things before us.

  Wayne Muller

  Healing, Voice, Roots

  Wayne Muller (2013). “Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives”, p.5, Bantam

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• Like a path through the forest, Sabbath creates a marker for ourselves so, if we are lost, we can find our way back to our center.

  Wayne Muller

  Way, Path, Forests

  Wayne Muller (2013). “Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives”, p.6, Bantam

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• If we do not allow for a rhythm of rest in our overly busy lives, illness becomes our Sabbath— our pneumonia, our cancer, our heart attack, our accidents create Sabbath for us.

  Wayne Muller

  Cancer, Heart, Pneumonia

  Wayne Muller (2013). “Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives”, p.20, Bantam

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