What kind of work does God do on Sunday, dear children? Why, He does
all sorts of kind and beautiful things. He makes the sun rise, and the
flowers grow, and the birds sing; and He takes care of little children
on Sunday exactly the same as he does on other days. And Jesus did the
same kind of work, He made people happy and well on the Sabbath. And
we may do _works of love_--kind, loving things for other people--on
Sunday.

Another Sabbath day, soon after that, the Lord Jesus and His disciples
were walking through a cornfield. The disciples were hungry, so they
rubbed some corn in their hands as they went along, and ate it. Some
of the Pharisees saw the disciples, and they were shocked; and they
spoke to Jesus about it. But Jesus told the Pharisees that the
disciples were doing nothing wrong. He said, 'THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR
MAN, AND NOT MAN FOR THE SABBATH; THEREFORE THE SON OF MAN IS LORD ALSO
OF THE SABBATH DAY.' Jesus meant that God gave the Sabbath day to Adam
and his children as a beautiful present, to be the best and happiest
day of all the seven. God meant it as a rest for our souls and bodies.




CHAPTER VII

A FRIEND FOR THE SORROWFUL

One day Jesus went to a town called Nain (or Beautiful), about
twenty-five miles from Capernaum. A great crowd of people followed
Jesus and His disciples; and when they came near to the gate of the