Holly Springs gazette., 1843-07-14

mind or muscle is involved the sabbath by
It's regular recurrence In the lnvlgo
ration which IT iinparts 10 the exhausted en-
ergles, giving repose 10 the weary iInb, and
wIping the perspiration from the brow OF Ia
bor besides tie great accession OF animal
enJoymenis when it brings with II, Is pro-
ductlve also OF no inconsiderable prolonga-
ton Of animal life But that such an unlver
sal and entire abandonment ofthe ordinary
avocations of life upon one day out of every
seven, ancahe turning loose otthe masses OF
society to the control of their own inciina-
lons, must exert vast an lmmeasnrable IN
fiuence upon the public morals and the pub
lic prosperity. either for good or evil does
not admit OF a doubt There can be no
question that the holidays and the festivals OF
those ancient nations to which | have aliu-
ded went far to give tone to the national
manners and morals, aud as they were too
frequently nothing more than drunken ca
fousais dedicated % sill more drunken aud
licentious gods. BY the general profigacy
which they encouraged, they contributed
greatly TO the deelension OF the public vir
tue, and consequently to the subversion ofthe
government
Look at the nation of the Hebrews in the
day of their power Il was TO them that the
command was delivered from "Sinai's awful
brow" Remember the sabbath day to keep
it holy and this command was accompa,
MED by the most express aud encoura ging
promises of success and prosperity 50 long
as they observed ii. See them now so long
as they did remember it, marching forth un-
der the triumphant banner OF their great
Leader. and carrying thelerroI of their victo-
rions arms far and near among surrounding
nations. towering in the majesty of their
strength TO the very clouds OF heaven. But
mark you, when the lhunders of Sinai had
died upon the ear and the solemn injunction
which was there delivered to them had faded
from their. recollection, when success had
corrupted them with an eager and presHmp
tious selEconidence,-ma you, the blight,
the awful and impressive desolation that en-
suedl Distracted and dismembered, ten of
their guilty and rebellious tribes swallowed
up IN the night ofan everlasting Oblivion,
and the remaining two scathed by the light
ming OF heaven the fragments oflhe shauer
ed trunk scattered for warning among eve
ry nation upon earth they remain to this
day conspicuous before the universe as a
blazing Beacon in mid heaven, a terrible
monument of Gods displeasure and veng-
eance--that follow upon the heels of ma
tl0nal d.soJedIence.
If we wish to know what would be the
effects upon population so little accustomed
to restraint as ours, OF general PROCLAMATION
of the sabbath day, let US turn our eyes to
France during the Reign of Terror. Here
the public mind which had been long fer
mensingsaad fostering with the poison infu
sed into it BY the infdei writer's of tha. day,
could at length conceal its pollutions no lon
ger aud proclaimed an open contempt ofthe
Jaw of God as we'll sthe rights of man, b.
formally abolishing the sabbath by public
enactment The piles OF human heads that
! lay heaped up around the guitiotine, andsthe
streets of Paris slippery with the blood Of
her best citizens proclaim the consequences.
The large amount of unemployed time,
which. as before remarked, is oy means OF
the sabbath placed at the disposal ofthe mas
ses of society. Is unless profilably employed,
powerfully calculated to famiiarIze them
with vice and lead them into the Indulgence
of profigale and pernicious habits. There
Is much of homey truth IN the old adage that
"the idle mans brain IS the devils work
shop.-The husy man IS tempted BY one
devil while the Idle one isbeset by thous
and II is difficult undertaking for man
who was designed by his Creator for action,
to be idle, and be innocent. Here then, IN
the midst of these manifold TEN mptations 20 do
evil, the Sabbath School inter poses its benig-
nant voice. and holds out still more power
full inducements 10 do good Il guides the
wandering and wayward feet of youth along
the paths of peace, and shelters them In is
bosom from the snares ofthe tempter with
out. It urges them affectionately and be-
seechingly to abandon the pursuit oithat
phantom which the world calls happiness
and to seek that which is substantial and en-
enduring, which is independent ofail the Vi
cissitudes of life and which death itself only
makes perfect. To him of maturer age who
is goaded onward by the spur of earthly am
bition il says, that disappointment Will dog
him through life and tread upon his heels at
every step and even should he reach the
summit of his aspirations, the worldly ap-
plause which may be awarded to him even
for hls greatest achievements. is hollow and
delusive at best and will all be mute amid
the appalling silence ofthe tomb. and in that
world that lies beyond.
But it is principally the youth ofthe land
who are to derive the greatest and most I'M
mediate benefit from sabbath schoo. instruc-
tons. And il is to the moral training Of
our youth that the patriot as well as the pa
rent and christian should lock with the fon-