"REMEMBER!"
What are we to remember? A father goes out in the morning, and as he
turns away, he says, "Remember, children, what I have told you to do!"
So our Heavenly Father says to each one of us, about the Sundays that
come every week: "Remember! This is My Day—it is the Sunday of the Lord
thy God!"
Then let us rejoice that such a day is given us. A rest from our
lessons; a rest from our work; a time when we can read a nice book in
which we find something to help us about pleasing God.
Sunday is given us to do good in. Think how our Lord, when He was on
earth, went about healing and comforting on the Sabbath Day! And He
told the people "it was lawful to do good on the Sabbath Day."
If we look out for opportunities, we can think of things to do that
will help others. We can paint texts to send to invalids or to
cottages; we can put sacred pictures, if we have any, into scrap-books
for the Children's Hospital, or we can paste some white paper on a used
picture post-card, and write neatly a verse or two of a hymn, and send
the cards, when done, to cheer the wounded soldiers! Such a hymn as
"Fight the good fight," or "Jesu, Lover of my soul," or "I heard the
voice of Jesus say."
An elder sister, perhaps, can show the little ones a Bible
picture-book, and tell them some simple stories about Little Samuel or
Joseph. Or she can read aloud a Sunday story-book to the others, while
they paint or chalk some outlined texts.
In a large family I know, this was a very favourite occupation.
Then singing hymns! Oh, how children love hymns!
As you begin to "remember" to make God's Day a holy, happy one, you
will find that there are things to do in it, for His sake, that will
make you happy, too.
It is a day for worship, for rest, for peace, and for loving
ministrations for others, and you will find that "in keeping His
Commandments there is great reward."
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