William Wilberforce Quotes

Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.

Keeping the Sabbath day holy is much more than just physical rest. It involves spiritual renewal and worship.

I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization.

E'en Sunday shines no Sabbath day to me.

And the Sabbath bell, That over wood and wild and mountain dell Wanders so far, chasing all thoughts unholy With sounds most musical, most melancholy.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

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

He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.

I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.

Sunday is the core of our civilization, dedicated to thought and reverence.

Sunday is the Lord’s Day. Let us find time to be with him.

The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.

I believe the Sabbath; I keep the Sabbath.

I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things.

The people who misuse the Sabbath lose the blessings of spiritual food and growth promised to those who keep this commandment.

If we do not need to worship God six days in the week why do we need to worship him on the seventh?

It is not enough for each individual to have one day of rest each week. Everyone should have the same day. My ability to go shopping on Shabbat is the inability of someone else to rest on the same day.

we admonish that men keep Sunday's festival with all their might, and observe it from Saturday's noon to Monday's dawning; and no man be so bold that he either go to market or seek any court on that holy day

When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, 'What sign do I want to give to God?' That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear.

The Sabbath provides a wonderful opportunity to strengthen family ties.

I admire those that keep Shabbat every week and do not allow anything to interfere with it. It is such a beautiful way to stay connected to friends and family and force yourself to slow down.

Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, 'T is angels' music.

It is Sunday, mid-morning-Sunday in the living room, Sunday in the kitchen, Sunday in the woodshed, Sunday down the road in the village: I hear the bells, calling me to share God's grace.

A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.

I feel as if God had, by giving the Sabbath, given fifty-two springs in every year.