Sabbath Collection

Rules to be Observed by a Victorian Family -- a typical summary of Victorian values, with advice including: Waste Not, Want Not; Do everything at its proper time; Be punctual, be regular

Healing on Sunday
The priests aren t best pleased when Jesus heals on Sunday, but he explains that the sabbath was made for man and not vice versa

Witches Sabbath by Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya (1746-1828). Spanish romantic painter. Witches Sabbath, 1821-1823. Detail. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Stanton Drew Stones
Stanton Drew Stone Circle, ancient standing stones in Somerset, England, said to be a wedding party, turned into stone by the Devil for dancing on the Sabbath. Date: BC

Lighting the Lamps, Jewish Sabbath Eve - The Family Friend magazine March 1874 Date: 1874

The Witches Sabbath or The Witches, 1797-1798, by Goya
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. The Witches Sabbath or The Witches, 1797-1798. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

The Witches Sabbath, 1797-1798, by Goya
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. The Witches Sabbath, 1797-1798. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

Music cover, Sabbath Recreations No. 4, a Collection of Sacred Airs for the Pianoforte, arranged by J Pridham, with a view of St Paul's Cathedral, London Date: 19th century

SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
DIE SCHWEIZERISCHE ROBINSON Mr & Mrs Robinson and their four sons sit down for the Sabbath Lecture. Date: First published 1812

EVIL-DOERS PUNISHED
A man who took the name of God in vain, and another who violated the Sabbath by plucking a few straws in the fields, are stoned to death - such is God's Law !

Music cover, Sabbath Recreations, J Pridham
Music cover, Sabbath Recreations, A Collection of Sacred Airs for the pianoforte arranged by J Pridham, with a view of Rochester Cathedral, Kent. 1880s

Keepeth the Sabbath from polluting 1856
Our only day, the Sabbath is the workingmans chapter. Date: 1856

Stanton Drew Stones
Stanton Drew Stone circle is celebrated in folklore as the members of a wedding party lured by the devil to celebrate on the sabbath and thus becoming petrified!

Sabbatarians stop delivery of post on Sunday
Sabbatarians achieve a short lived victory, having stopped the delivery of post on Sundays. Though pleasing to Post Office workers, it infuriated the public. Date: 1850

The Witches Sabbath (Sabbatical scene)
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The Witches Sabbath (Sabbatical scene). Mural painting mounted on canvas

William Benn, Puritan
WILLIAM BENN Puritan churchman and theologian, defending the Christian sabbath against the Jewish one. Date: 1600 - 1680

Churches of Christ Mission, Namiwawa, Nyasaland
Miss Bannister at work, Churches of Christ Mission, Namiwawa, Nyasaland, British Central Africa (now Malawi). Date: circa 1910

The Pharisees told the man not to transport the bed on the Sabbath. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

James Grahame
JAMES GRAHAME Scottish churchman and writer, author of The Sabbath. Date: 1765 - 1811

Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 11
This is the text which the good pastor chose, And the light on the soul of the drunkard arose, As he sat in the church, to which one Sabbath-day, Along with his wife he had taken his way

Young boy admonished for fishin on the Sabbath
Clergyman - " My Boy, do you know its wicked to fish on the Sabbath?" Youngster - " I isn t fishing; I m teachin this ere wurm ter swim." Date: 1895

Beginning of the sabbath. Date c1868

The sabbath day. Date 1877

The Emigration of Russian Jews. Sketches on Board
Engraving of a group playing cards on deck. Ladies in headscarves watching. The point behind the drawing is that Jews do not observe Sunday as their sabbath, Christians would not play cards on Sunday

Jewish Voter at the Polling Station, London, 1910
Illustration showing an elderly orthodox Jew, at a polling station, London, 1910. This gentleman is shown indicating, to the presiding officer

Drink Restriction Satire
The lamentable complaints....concerning the restraint set forth against drinking, potting and piping on the Sabbath day

Settlers in Canada observing the Sabbath
Settlers in the backwoods of Canada observing the Sabbath

Quiet London Sunday
A QUIET SUNDAY IN LONDON, or, The Day of Rest

The Habdalah
The Jews in New York THE HABDALAH - the prayer of separation, which divides the Sabbath from the workdays of the week

David Rice Atchison
DAVID RICE ATCHISON American judge and senator, who by virtue of Zachary Polks refusal to be inaugur- -ated on the Sabbath, was nominally President for a day

Pyne - Parish Beadle
THE PARISH BEADLE A kind of policeman, whose job is to make sure everyone behaves properly in church and enforce the proper observation of the Sabbath

Puritan Revolution - complaint about restrictions against drinking and selling meat on the Sabbath

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