1. What is first commanded in the Sabbath commandment? “_Remember_ the Sabbath _day_.” Ex. 20:8. 2. Which day is the Sabbath? “_The seventh day_ is the Sabbath.” Verse 10. 3. For what purpose are we to remember the Sabbath day? “Remember the Sabbath day, _to keep it holy_.” Verse 8. NOTE.—All through the week the keeping holy of the Sabbath day is to be remembered, or borne in mind. No business contracts or arrangements are to be made, no manner of living indulged in, which will prevent or interfere with the proper or holy observance of the day when it comes. The keeping of this commandment, therefore, is in the interests of, and with a view to, holy living _all the time_. The _commandment itself_ enjoins a duty, and is to be kept, all through the week; the _Sabbath_ is to be kept when it comes. The Sabbath commandment, therefore, like every other precept of the decalogue, but contrary to the conception of many, is to be kept _all the time_, and not simply one day in the week. In this matter we should distinguish between the _Sabbath_ and the Sabbath _commandment_. 4. Who made the Sabbath day holy? “Wherefore the _Lord_ blessed the Sabbath day, and _hallowed it_.” Verse 11. NOTE.—God _made_ the Sabbath day holy; we are to _keep_ it holy. 5. What is it that makes a thing holy? God’s _presence_ in it. See Ex. 3:5; 29:43-46; Joshua 5:13-15. 6. Then in order to keep the Sabbath day holy, what must be recognized? God’s _presence_ in the day; His _blessing_ upon it; and His _sanctification_ of it. 7. When, according to the Bible, does the Sabbath begin? “And the _evening_ and the morning were the first day.” “And the _evening_ and the morning were the second day,” etc. See Gen. 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31. NOTE.—The evening begins “at the going down of the sun.” See Deut. 16:6; Mark 1:32; Deut. 23:11; 1 Kings 22:35,36; 2 Chron. 18:34. 8. Does the Bible recognize this as the proper time for beginning and ending the Sabbath? “_From even unto even_, shall ye celebrate your Sabbath.” Lev. 23:32. NOTE.—One great advantage of keeping the Sabbath according to the Bible method of reckoning the day, that is, from sunset to sunset, over keeping it according to the Roman reckoning, or from midnight to midnight, is that by the former one is awake to welcome and to bid adieu to the day when it comes and goes, while by the latter he is asleep when the day begins and ends. God’s ways are always best. The setting of the sun is a great natural sign for marking the division of time into days. 9. What kind of labor is to be done through the week? “Six days shalt thou labor, and do all _thy work_.” Ex. 20:9. 10. Is any of this kind of work to be done on the Sabbath? “In it thou shalt not do _any work_.” Verse 10.