“In all ages, from the beginning of the world, and in every place where there is a believer, the Sabbath has been a day of double blessing. It is so still, and will be, though all God’s enemies should gnash their teeth against it. True, God is a God of grace, and confines His working to no time or place; but it is equally true—and all the scoffs of the infidel cannot alter it—that it pleases Him to bless His Word most on the Lord’s Day.”—Rev. R. M. M’Cheyne.
“As soon as the heavens and earth are finished, the Holy Creator enters into His mysterious rest, and calls on the inhabitants of this globe to partake with Him therein. How important are the ends of this institution—the solemn worship of God; the glorification of His infinite perfections; the sanctification of the whole of nature, in its being improved to the honour of its Maker; the advancement of all spiritual excellency in the human mind; the bringing down Heaven to earth.”—Rev. Dr Love.
“I have, by long and sound experience, found that the due observance of this day, and the duties of it, have been of singular comfort and advantage to me. The observance of this day hath ever had joined to it a blessing on the rest of my time.”—Sir Matthew Hale.
“I was born on a Sabbath Day; I was new-born on a Sabbath Day; and I hope I shall die on a Sabbath Day. I long for the time. Oh, why is the chariot so long in coming?”—David Brainerd.