The New York herald., 1845-04-20

SUITS need rest and therefore the Sabbath needed as
uay OF rest But the soul OF has ts moral necersi
Ties IL is to be fitted for higher world by religious
s.ucy ana and by pious with
cannot be employed upon two subject, al once Tne
thoughts and indeed do pass very rapidly from one
menta be In our minds We cannot be drsnty
10 worldly business and at the ba thinking of
heavenly things, reading the Holy Word OF God and lift
ing our hearts in alteration to him. True every man
ought daily to have when he turns aside for
low moments from worldly business to attend these
world sngrossing that those su-
cent to meet the necessities Of nature We need to
awake in the morning free from worldly thoughts give
the mind at once to heavenly subjects and there all the
hours Of the day to have fixed body and mind need
the Sabbath for rest how much souls il
spiritual improvement that they may be learning TO
gage in emPoyments fitted to them-the spiritual
pioyments Ct heaven. II heaven is the rest that
maineth for the people Of God" how true is it the
Sabbath made for man." day Of preparation
for that future state And is striking notice another
TACT in addition this first TRUTH that the necessities of
our nature show u God has appointed day Of rest In
served dsy in q day of rest and inn.
prsvement 1t interesting notice how wide spread
among the nations OF The earth has been the division Of
time weeks or periods Of seven DAYS This division
was observed by the principal nations Of Asia Africa
ana Europe ronrnyaY the great enemy Of Christianity
holy" DIo CAssIUs the great Roman historian of the
second century in speaking Of the introduction OF the
DIVISION OF into sevens says that the custom
derived from the Egyptians and adds, that universally
prevailed And this tue not only the continents
earliest Greek poet drops this Afterwards
came the seventh the sacred day. HEsioD the earliest
10 holy J0sEPHUs the Jewish historian of the Apostles
day. says "no city of Greeks Barbarisns be found
which h does not acknowiedge seventh days rest from
seventh day festival to every nation" TsuLAUs also
the great Roman poet Of the age Immediately before
Christ says The seventh day which is kept holy by the
Jews, is also festival OF the Roman women" And that
this division OF time observed ass in the North s
Europe well in the South, even the names of our
@ Ss' Sss' e
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when they heathen divided their time into weeks
their various deitiesunday in honor Of ihe sun Mon
day in honor OF the Moons Tuesday in honor cf their
S We
among nations who had received no knowledge of God
knowlegment Of the duty Of keeping the sabbath some
have escrbed this uniform custom Of dividing days into
the quartering ofthe the moon we know makes
Complete revolution in twentynne days thus quareriug
every days But this sign Of nature CHI
nave led to the division of days into weeks could
have led to the religious Observance of day
seven The facts we nave referred to be accoun
ed tor on any other principle than this that from the
Creation and from the days OF No7h he tradition of the
Sabbath has been ihanded down to all generations
necessities of every 1t is the universal voice Of the
whole world Of Gods rational creation, joining in the
man." But from this convincing evidence writ.
ten on every page Of the book Of nature and take
HevelatIeu
what this teaches the subject that "the Sab
bath de for man." We have hardly opened when
Gs nnG s On n rst IN the %
day aud sanctifed it, because in rested from all
his work which God created and made" We notice here
that the Sabbath appointed for 6rst parents-fo
the ancestors OF the whole hunsn We notice also
the reasonthe object of the duty enjoined is general
one applicable to the whole of man. The day is
given that may homer Goo author of creation
their Creator and Benesctor; who employ ed
days his mighty power machless wisdom in fitting
on the seventh day. 1t is given also that may
the seventh day that he may refresh his weury body
and add mind after the weeks toll; and his burden
ell spirit too may have in communion with
the Ig pssp oa
very first page, in connection with the history Of mans
creation God teaches the duty ofe to keep the Sab
BATH We find no special mention OF the observance o.
the keeping of the Sabbath during the history Of the pa
riarchs;tnor should expect in briet and comp
sions which lead to infer the sabbath Observed
during the patrarchal age Thus read in the 4th
ABEL brought their offerings to the Lord The expression
the process of time literally is Gin the end Of days.
ordinary custom of Cain and Abel at the end Of day sn
at the close OF each successive interval of number OF
offerings to the Lord. And who reasonably doubt
that was each seventh day thsy brought Offer
ings2 Again. 10 the history Of Noah, we find also ev
for find Noah repeatedly sending the dove
at intervals of days. But still more when the Jews
were passing through the wilderness from Egypt and be-
fore they had reached Mount Sinai nd them observ
ing the Sabbath. by gathering double the quantity OF
day the Sabbath Thus before the law given on
Mt Sinai the children Of Israel found observing the
Sabbath; and it is spoken Of 10 manner 50 incidental az
to show that it a customary thing; and how ask
could this custom have arisen, and they have felt
gious duty to observe the Sabbath unless that Original
land, given to man. had been considered binding
all And thus brought down to the giving Of the
law on Mount Sinai The fourth of the ten commands
written the two tables Of stone find relates to this
duty. The command is, Remember the Sabbeth day,
to keep holy and then added that both and
saa it, S1
jews only but for the World. Farther, we Ese ths
for the Observance is the same general in its
iug the Passover had been enoined in the fourth
mapdment the for observing the Sabbath had
been auc1 this forthe Lord brought thee out
of bondage in Egypt henwe might have supposed THIS
only for the Jews; but il is the Sabbath
which is commanded. AMI the reason is general Ana
this leads still further to notice these ten commands
are every where taught to be OF natural law
or of the law which every human being even without
the Bible feels TO be binding On him Christ and his
Apostles taught that the ceremonial lowthe law reat
ing Jewish sacrifices and other religious customs
Christ ard his Apostles teach that all cse to be
done away; but themoral law embodi in rsfen
mands they sljoln ss still binding every being of the
human race; shmmipg up the first four in the command
Thou shat love the Lord they God with al thy heart
and the last six in the command, Thou shalt love thy
neishbor as thyssn" We remember GhTis,'s words I,
eternal Efe Christ replies Keep the comman iments
and then repeats the last SIX Thus The Saviour plainly
toaCnes
under the Christian dispsnsaion ESSENTIAL to obtain eter
life. II is true Christ does specially mention the
fourth command but the of this OMISSION is man.
fest; he does not mention either Of the four command
ments relating duty to God but only TIL last six,
which relate duties to fellow men for he
meant to show the young man (as he did show him)
he mistaken in supresng he had fully kept the COM
andments; he had not kept those which related 10
his fellow man; he not willing loving his neighbsr
NJ himself 10 nnd sell all that he hoi, gave to the
poor" and much les, did he, loving God with all
his heart keep the frat four commends in oil their
fulness True also is, that nowhere IN the
New Testament does either Christ sny oJ
his Apostles qnote the words Of the command Re
ether o. the other three commands Thou shalt have
no other Gods before ren"yhou shalt not make unto
thee any craven imsgeand Thou shalt not take the
name OF the Lord thy God in vanp Yet In the New Tes
oil these commands and especially the duty OF
serving the Sabbath taught In language more clear
and positive than wouhave been the precise quotation
of the command ITSELF There 10 in the command Of the