Sabbath Quotes
No.	Quotation	Last Name	First Name
1	The observance demanded, however, was the very opposite of affliction and burden; the Sabbath was consecrated to rest and righteous enjoyment, and was to be a day of spiritual feasting before the Lord. It was not established as a day of abstinence; all might eat, but both mistress and maid were to be relieved from the work of preparing food; neither master nor man was to plow, dig or otherwise toil; and the weekly day of rest was as much the boon of the cattle as of their owners.	Talmage	James
2	Some keep the Sabbath going to church; I keep it staying at home, With a bobolink for a chorister, And an orchard for a dome.	Dickinson	Emily
3	Some keep the Sabbath in surplice; I just wear my wings, And instead of tolling the bell for church, Our little sexton sings.	Dickinson	Emily
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.	Lamb	Charles
5	The clinkum-clank o' Sabbath bells Noo to the hoastin' rookery swells, Noo faintin' laigh in shady dells, Sounds far an' near, An' through the simmer kintry tells Its tale o' cheer. An' noo, to that melodious play, A' deidly awn the quiet sway-- A' ken their solemn holiday, Bestial an' human, The singin' lintie on the brae, The restin' plou'man.	Stevenson	Robert Louis
6	Bright shadows of true rest! some shoots of bliss: Heaven once a week: The next world's gladness prepossest in this; A day to seek; Eternity in time.	Vaughn	Henry
7	As palmers went to hail the nichèd seat At desert well, where they put off the shoon And robe of travel, so I, a pilgrim as they, Tired with my six-days' track, would turn aside Out of the scorch and glare into the shade Of Sunday-stillness.	Preston	Margaret
8	But chiefly man the day of rest enjoys. Hail, Sabbath! Thee I hail, the poor man's day.	Grahame
9	Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure, He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!	Holmes	Oliver

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