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title: "The Church Pulpit Commentary -  Isaiah 56"
description: "THE HAPPY SABBATH-KEEPER “Blessed is the man … that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it.”  Isaiah 56:2  I. The sabbath is ‘polluted’ when it is spent i"
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*THE HAPPY SABBATH-KEEPER*
**“Blessed is the man … that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it.”**
** [Isaiah 56:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/56/2)**
****I.****The sabbath is ‘polluted’ when it is spent in mere idleness**.
**II.****When it is devoted to worldly amusement**.
**III.****By all labour which may not fairly come under the description of works of necessity and mercy**.

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