1. Cultivate day by day simplicity of heart and humility, and a proper regard for the precious word of God.

      2. Compose your mind on Saturday evening, for the solemn exercises of the holy Sabbath.

      3. On Sabbath morning rise early, and let secret prayer and meditation be your first exercise.

      4. Keep in a still and uniform frame all the Sabbath, read little except the Bible, and relish and digest what you read.

      5. Take care that this is all done in a sweet and easy way; make no toil or task out of the service of God, but do all freely and cheerfully, without violent effort.

      6. Keep your heart with all diligence, as you go to the house of God; look not hither and thither unnecessarily, lest your mind be distracted and your devotion lost; much less in the sanctuary, for this is a mark of disregard. [185]

      7. Ask for God's blessing upon yourself, the preacher, and all the hearers.

      8. When you retire after services, remember your obligations to God for having heard his word, and your responsibility for its improvement.

      9. Refrain from remarks of any kind on the preaching during the Sabbath; and from censorious remarks always, except when duty may call for them.

      10. Digest what you hear, and do it, which will be the best preparation for the next Sabbath, if you should live to see it.

      Thus shall your Sabbaths fit you for an everlasting rest in heaven, and the manna sustain you in the wilderness until you reach the paradise of God.--Schaufflor.

Harbinger, 1854, page 12.      

Source:

William Gottlieb Schauffler. "Lord's Day Discipline." The Millennial Harbinger 25 (January 1854): 12.

[MHA2 185-186]