Proper Sabbath Observance (The Sojourner’s Sabbath)
Rev. Herman Hoeksema's pamphlet addresses proper Sabbath observance as a spiritual discipline for Christian believers rather than a matter of civic legislation. Hoeksema emphasizes that true Sabbath-keeping is an act of faith rooted in the believer's status as a sojourner awaiting the eternal rest of God, and warns against worldliness and desecration of the Sabbath among contemporary Christians.
This pamphlet, let it be said at the outset, will be found to be quite different from all such treatises on the keeping of the Sabbath which aim to be a plea for sabbath observance by the world in general and, therefore, would emphasize the necessity of legislation and of enforcing the already existing laws pertaining to restriction of labour, business, traffic, and public amusements on Sunday. In the face of the danger that this little treatise will meet with severe criticism from the very...