THE fourth commandment begins, "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy" (Ex. 20:8). Of what do we think when we read these words? Do we think of a twenty-four hour day called Sunday, or do we think of the Sabbath as the seventh day of spiritual unfoldment?
We find in the Bible that Sabbath has a much higher signification than that of one day a week on which to attend church. According to the second chapter of Genesis, it was on the seventh day that God ended His work and rested. He did not, however, cease to be eternal Life, nor has His creation ceased to manifest the omniaction of infinite Life and Mind. The ceaseless activity of Mind is restful, joyous, peaceful, without stress, strain, or pressure. Spiritually interpreted by Christian Science, Sabbath is that moment when thought grasps the true nature of spiritual creation in its completeness and rests in a realization of its continuing perfection and harmonious action.
The seven days of creation are seen in Science to be orderly and progressive periods of unfolding ideas, of spiritual ascendancy. Mrs. Eddy says in Science and Health (p. 509), "The periods of spiritual ascension are the days and seasons of Mind's creation, in which beauty, sublimity, purity, and holiness—yea, the divine nature—appear in man and the universe never to disappear."
