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nothing will be seen but the wreck Of t
our pasl greatness and The memorials Of q
blasted hopes. c
And now do we invoke to the rescue, {
our Governor, and Senators, and mem
bers Of the assembly, and Judges Of our
Courts, and members OF The Bar, aud all {
the friends Of liberty and their country, {
10 aid w by he power Of their talents, I
the eminence OF their stations, the eitica
cy oil their examples, the cogency Of
their arguments, and the victorious fiji
cacy Of their united action; persuaded
that The time has come when the moral
power OF the Sabbath must be augment
ed or abandoned.
| If The friends Of the Sabbath yield TO
fear, and send out through the Ian1 the
appalling declaration, that nothing can
be done, we read 10 the laws Of human
mind, and the immuabIe analogy Of
moral causes, the certain down(a ! Of
our Republic the alternative we will
not dare to adopt while ray Of hope
beams on our path
The cries OF our distant poslerily rose
up around Us. and their cruel. hopeless
bondage broke our hearIs-and when
we perceived the sensation which re-
ce q, efforts to save the Sabbath have
produced; and the people-Ihe people
, of all classes coming TO the rescue, we
seemed 10 hear the voice Of God saying
to US go forward We borrowed hope
also from he promise oI God, thata day
Of civil and religious emancipation shall
vet arise upon the earth, and from
cheering tokens in the providence OF
God, tina, earth's night is lar spent and
;, the day at hand.
n II il no, the object OF this convention
n in its associated capacity, to attempt the
preservation OF the Sabbath by the en-
force ment Of law We have not the
madness 10 think of coercing our state
h or nation to keep the Sabbath. We
10 know that our citizens can violate the
q Sabbath i( they will. A standing army
n would not prevent ii; but our hope is
ID that by the blessing Of God we may bt
+, able to persuade them not 10 do II. |
l. is by calling up general attention II
" the subject, by the extension OF 'nlor'
ss nation, by the power Of example, b,
al renovated vigilance Of families, and
!, the ministers Of Christ, and professor
"a Of religion, and patriotic men-'hal W
hope to convince the judgment OF ou
nd citizens, enlist their COnscIences, an
ria gain their hearts TO abstain from IN
N violation of that day which God IN me
he cy has given to heal The wounds oil
hs bleeding world
is To the entire class Of our felow.ci,
va zens who inconsideralely, for amuse
nal menr or gain, violate the Sabbath, "
nd would say, Alas, brethren. why do yo
ess his evil lhingH Do not imagine tha
IA we shall engage with you IN an
rod gry controversy Of words or deeds
the shat We are insensble TO the dltticu't:
ma which By some OF you must be encouI
tered, TO rslrace steps which should n
ab yer have been taken, and 10 wlhdra
,ret yourselves from alliances that oug
pom never TO have been formed But
ar. emergen is tremendous The Iib'
hts, ties OF your country, the welfare OF
the world are at stake. II this nation Ia
d ol in her vast expe umeni, the world $ u
the hope expires = and without The mo
,aks energies Of the Sabbath it will fail \
and might as we'll put oul the sun. and 'hl
to enighteD the world with lapers
wer destroy The attraction OF gravity, a
rue think to WELD the universe by hum
res powers, as TO extinguish The moral II
the mination Of the Sabbath, and break
tend glorious handspring Of the moral 6
g 10 ernmenl OF God And when shall
ma stop, II not now? and how shall we
/ be rest the evil, but by voluntary assoc
tend lon and voluntary reIormaIonH v
nply you, then, beloved counlrymen, tor
por- pitiful gain Of Sabbath day earnln
ma rob The animal creation of that
clion which their Creator gave TO them, W
will he gave 10 you dominion over them
pu- Will you forego the means OF gr'
ired purchased for you by the blood oI CHI
/ our stop in your families the wells Of sa
and lon, and put out the light ol lille,
guilt teach your children to work out 1
self destruction, instead of THAR salVa,
olism upon the Sabbath day3 Will you
siege the Ciridal Of civil liberty, and
the dermine the pillars which sustain
Us be supe rstruclure, and bury yourselves
peciaI your country 10 the ruins Of its mil
ion OF al2 You would cot steal nor rol
power gain, nor send out pesilence from
Of bu- land, nor let out wild beasts and rep
to poison and rend them You "
3, and plead no liberty Of conscience to do
Is and and no chIdren's bread earned by
ing in enterprise. Why then will you pc
is fast so deliberately, so eagerly, so iDHe'
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