3. A happy day.
It is a gift, a privilege, not a task.
Exod. xvi. 29. Isa. lviii. 13.
Not esteemed to be such, unless God’s service felt to be a delight. Others say, ‘When will the Sabbath be gone?’ Amos, viii. 5.
Let there be no gloom in the home, but a cheerful sobriety.
4. A profitable day.
Though rest, not idleness. Children are always happiest when their minds are employed.
To profit pay great attention to Public Worship, Deut. xxxi. 12, 13. Acts, xiii. 42; xvi. 13; xviii. 4. Heb. x. 25.
Observe our Lord’s example. Luke, iv. 16.
The Sunday School is a great help to the poor mother.