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“The word Sabbath implies rest, peace, tranquility and refreshment. And who will doubt but that in this turbulent and confused world every soul on earth is in need of spiritual rest and refreshment. Consequently, those who faithfully remember the Sabbath of the Most High and draw apart from the world each weekend to worship Him on His holy day, will receive the spiritual blessings promised in His Holy Word; blessings that will find full scope in the ages to come.” (True Sabbath Day Website)
The Sabbath Day was known in Biblical reference as a day of rest. Most people know the Sabbath Day as Sunday in the days of the week. In Emily Dickinson’s poem “Some people keep the Sabbath going to Church-,” she talks about doing other things than going to church. In the first stanza of her poem, Dickinson writes that “Some people keep the Sabbath going to Church-, I keep it, staying at home-” implying that even though there are religious people in the world who go to church on Sunday, she can still be religious, and stay at home at the same time. In the second stanza of the poem, Dickinson writes about surplice which means holy robes, she continues, “I just wear my wings-” which could mean that she does not need a priest or a statue of an angel to pray to, just can just pray to the angel and to God wherever she may be instead of inside a church. In the last stanza, Dickinson writes, “So instead of getting to Heaven at last- I’m going, all along,” she could mean that no matter how many times she can confess her sins to a priest for repentance trying to get to Heaven, she can just ask God for forgiveness and just go straight to Heaven instead. Basically, Emily Dickinson could mean by this poem that a person does not need to go to church or talk with a priest in order to go to Heaven, she can just pray to God, in her home, on her own time and still earn her angel wings.
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