The Sabbath

President Kimball taught how we might observe the Sabbath: “The Sabbath is a day:

• on which to take inventory—to analyze our weaknesses, 
• to confess our sins to our associates and our Lord. 
• on which to fast in ‘sackcloth and ashes.’ 
• on which to read good books, a day to contemplate and ponder, …
• to study the scriptures and to prepare sermons, 
• to nap and rest and relax, 
• to visit the sick, 
• to preach the gospel, 
• to proselyte, 
• to visit quietly with the family and get acquainted with our children, 
• for proper courting, a day to do good, 
• to drink at the fountain of knowledge 
• of instruction, 
• to seek forgiveness of our sins, 
• for the enrichment of our spirit and our soul, 
• to restore us to our spiritual stature, 
• to partake of the emblems of his sacrifice and atonement,
• to contemplate the glories of the gospel and of the eternal realms, 
• to climb high on the upward path toward our Heavenly Father” 

(Teachings, 216).