The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-25 00:00:00

MORNING SUN

• pensation, he thus addresses the backsliding
latians :—" How turn ye again to the weak and
beggarly elements whereunto ye desire again to
be in bondage? Ye observe days and
months
and years. lam afraid of you, lest I have be-
stowed upon you labour in vain." ST. P`ll3'
therefore, cannot be quoted as divine authority
for the observance of the Jewish Sabbath,
or of the first day of the week; and still
less the other apostles, JAMES, PETER, Joos,
and JunE, for neither Sabbath, nor Sabbath
day, nor the first day of the week,
even mentioned by one of them. What then
must be the effrontery, the impiety, and the,
cruelty of those men who allege the command of
GOD as authority for persecuting their Urethral,
and inflicting pains and
penalties, because Chris-
tians prefer the religion of CHRIST JO the religion
o
of MosEs ? If they plead the command
given t
the Jews, let them obey- it to the letter, and no
t
only this commandment but all others. Pains.and penalties were ordained for the breach of the
Sabbath. MosEs, by the conimand of GOD, said,
" Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh
i
y
there shalt be to you a holiday, a Sabbath
rest to the LORD ; whosoever doeth wore there
shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire
throughout your habitations upon the Sabbath
,
day." If the Clergy
sa on divine authority, they
and Magistrates of Bdin.
burgh act as the
have no choice but to obey implicitly this 1e;
mand, and put every man to death who kin
y y,
a fire on the Sabbath day. Nay, they tatitle
farther, and not rebuke or fine as they now
but stone to death, every adulterer and evet
one that falleth awayfrom the faith' nu
s,
they know well that all these .severe soic
totes were abrogated by um who
the handwriting of ordinances that was °gait al
us, which was contrary to us, and took it .
lame hie
the way, nailing it to his cross." His
was an exemplification of the fact that the
de.
covenant was abolished and a new one
111„aoli
He never called upon the civil power to P-90
transgressors. Forgiveness, mercy, peace' f DiS
brotherly love were the great features a's°
c, blotted
.o.3tt
religion. The parable of the Prodigal I,:
,N wash,
the affecting story of MARY MAaDAL-- tool
big his feet with her tears, and wiping he
with the hairs of her head ; the mild rebuke oP
gave to the hypocrites who brought his
fending woman to him for unisholent;os
Sermon on the Mount, all testify that hid that
were the mildest and the most humane, a ocriteS
he hated with a perfect hatred those hgraliff,
who, under pretence of serving the Ai'llfeliow-
would inflict punishment on their
ouid be
creatures. No contrast, in foet/ii,,ei 016-
greater than that between the beaou"' a those
vine doctrines which he taught, ail, tire et"
which the modern Scribes and Pharise'"own
tempting to establish. But they "are
,„Des 0f
from their fruits. Do men gather grape bas
thorns, or figs of thistles ?" This. lector here
been forced upon us. The yoke ages,
men are forging for their_ fell9w-ere
if carried to completion, would estahlismai,3ir
tern of tyranny and oppression hithe
known in any civilized country, and the"' Or
rest assured, that whatever falsehoods theYe
put forth about scoffers, and infidels, :el
stick to them till their selfish, hypoerl—,ed to
un-Christian acts arid principles, are 14.11,°-tbelo
public scorn. If they will punish, lAe'nueisll
obey the commands of their Master, and 1;1/jig'.
themselves. That is the only mode °f
all lave'
merit prescribed by the most merciful of
givers. "If thine 'eye offend thee," saluct it
pluck it out ; or if thy hand offend thee(uitiero
off." No; they will lay on men's sh) 00t
burdens grievous to be borne ; but they will
touch them even with their little fingers. f ttie
Do we, then, deny the blessings % De
LORD'S day ? Certainly not. Let that
..0 fot
set apart as a day of rest, and a day, 315,1 e,
commemorating by prayer and praise the °. _ •
ings of the Christian religion. But let itcrsor
day of joy and gladness, not of &Joni arlofith
row. Let mankind worship in temples Ma"e sfii•
human hands, or in the great temple °f thtwith
verse, whose unmeasurable roof, resplenden" d to
the works of their CREATOR, invites the 0;00
holy and devout meditation. Let worship Pet bi
invited, not by fines and imprisonment, WI ••
-
the mild, the peaceful, the Christian like fe;e.t
ample, of the ministers of the Church" Ejfia
children be taught to love that day btiY,'a
treatment, by gifts and presents, by r
their little wants and appetites, 817.011°As'1,1;
driven to hate it as a day of terror ar.nrastiliaow
nient. Then would be fulfilled the g'•°rl" .Off
consolatory announcement of our 6:_'4;sruill'
yoke is easy, and my burden is lie"
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th e MajestyflDeerrudi Highness nzi
afternoon
then o
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Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the.Pri at
lAieugusta of Cambridge returned to their reside
,cv
terview with the Chancellor of the Ex
w on Tuesday night. nt oa• ifr
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the, Excise, ha— x,
Exchequer yes"
at his official residence in Downing-street. ' tale
Sir Robert Mr. S. T'll
Colonial Department t big
yesterday. • a' $
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Ine,ss• $
Despatches from the Governor of Nest
residence in Whitehall-gardens. Austravilis ere
taking the, ~ of
received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Miss
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hiss Anson,
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'.I.'HE QUEEN DOWAGER. dor Oh
h. The account of her Majesty's health yester
1 '4:ed at Marlborough House was as follows: -a AV?
" The Queen Dowager has passed a very V° ifig.
and her Majesty feels herself less weak this norliAl).
" Sudbury-hall, Nov. 23",D18A4VD DAV-I°'

a
OPENING OF THE Tull
TUNNEL. I, 1301
Yesterday a thoroughfare was affected in t"
,e
Tunnel, and made use of for the first time by erbo';
the Directors, and some of the original subserno9ee-
had assembled upon the occasion. The shield hall 'Oro'
jandgvawnacsedeutto
ibthetbsehbatrlicakt-INlV,barpkp, Wapping, aitconsiderahleb thig
was enabletheil
the party, who had met at Rotherhithe, were ,„tinier
pass, ;thus opening the first subterranean coo"' von
between the opposite shores of the river' t..e.the
thi:r arrival at the 4;haft the party were • greete and uJ
workmen with most hearty cheers. A curious fel
teresting incident was connected with the eve° ; ore.
bottles of wine, preserved since the dinner on °coder
sion when the foundation stone was laid, with !the,°
standing that it was to be drunk only when and_" en;
carried under the Thames, having been ope_gneuesty sll'
joyed by the company to the health of her ffilnisiiigtihir
the infant Prince. It was remarked, ton, as the
coincidence, that a seal on one of the corks bore 00
a uirenfape'4ri if
press of the Prince of Wales' feathers,
that caused some merriment. The veteran egill„--reselA
I. Brunel, appeared highly gratified at the baPP.,e
b fir
of all his past anxiety and arduous labour. Thse
will continue its advance until it has afforded slibich.
the formation of the remainder of the Tunnel,
expected to be completed in about three weeks. 11

SUNDAY TRAVELLING. ;10
The fallowing are the names of the gentlerfi,'
voted for and against running carriages 00
and Edinburgh Railway on a Sunday : • • • '
FOIL
Mr. William White Mr. William Co ,
leu
Mr. Frederick Zoller Mr. Hew Francis
Mr. Alexander M'Neill Mr. John LearniMlT -
Mr. A. Drysdale Mr. John Hend6rjsol.
Mr. Eagle Henderson Mr. John Sligo
Mr. Sutherland Mgienzie Mr. Archibald StnitTh
Mr. John George Hamilton Mr. John Bain •
er.
Mr. Thos. Dunlop Douglas Mr. John Leaeibett
Mr. James Richardson
Mr. John Fleming.

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day Sr. LEO 6, SHORED--ITCH.—°II I:eid is
N..........AHD,,
evening a Vestry Meeting of this -parish I'4's I`, pose
thc. Vestry-room of the Parish Chinch, for the r .... h-
of voting addresses to her Majesty te,d-their R.ole ile
lgthe
nesses Prince Albert and the Du,ess of n
Na, li Op
ct
occasion of the birth of an Heir Apparent to the --°
0-
the Rev. T. S. Evans, vicar, in the chair; but in rby
sequence of the attendance of the Chartists, betide i,
-Yenlay, Solomon, and Dyson, no business was tranviaed
they having moved an adjournment. WAS
JERSEY.—The new Jersey copper coinage it,
put into circulation in that islv.nd on Saturday' last. the
consists of penny d half-penny• and is 1,. of
all pieces, side
amount of one thousand po7.inds. The obverse el,,,st.f
each bears a beautifully execnted lik Victoria her 31,11.113 ii.
surrounded by the inscription of " D. u" ofs
tanniar: Regina F. 1). VAL" The reversesonsists
ifr,
shield bearing three I eopards—passant garda: (or
surrounded by the words, " States of Jersey, 1-1.
1-26) of a Shilling." The coins are very creditable Ito
cimens of art, and are in that respect sunerl.
r- . ,
those of Guernsey.—Hampshire Independent