New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-17
American and Foreign Sabbath Union.

Last evening Rev President HoPKIss oil
Williams College, preached Sermon In the Reformed
Dutch Church place, before the Amer can and
Foreign sabbath Union The body OF the church which IL
large and the galleries quite full many had to
stand In the passages The music both vocal and nsr
mental delightful the house was elegantly lighted
up and the officiating Minister has the earnest and
agreeable manner Of sincere believer In the truth OF
the doctrines he promuga,es, ever anxious to impress
them on hs hearers who last ght were very attentive
10 the discourse The following brief notes will serve
to show the leading features OF the argument The
Church OF Rome not spoken Of in unkind or
charitable spirit but 10 the way many ministers do who
ieel persuaded Of In another denomination from
which theirs IL free clearly Understood him 70 draw
the inference that the doctrines OF Rome were unit for
the preservation OF cur free Institutions.
The text In Isaiah lviiL and - and IA" Uth0u
turn drdy Thy foot from he Sabbsk ror dong ny pleas
on MY hol DAY; and call The Sabbath delight the holy
Of hs LoRD honorable and shdk honor HIN, not doing
hiHc oDH rays nor FH6iHs fAiae or Pleasure nor pcak
s hHs cords then shah thou seitsh nsyss IN he
LOAD" &c.
The intention Of the sermon was TO show, on Scrip
ture grounds the religious aud moral duty Of keeping
holy the Sabbath that the prosperity or adversely OF the
Jews was much connected with pure Sabbath keeping
that the command of God TO keep the sabbath s still in
force and that its Observance il essential 10 the preser
yson OF free institutions the danger 10 which Is
not from without but from corruption within working
under the forms OF Liberty.
Merely 70 change the form OF structures built with
sand or other materials not cohesive, would not
strengthen them To make mortar Of sand, we had 10
add lime and the compound might endure for ages.
lie considered due observance OF the sabbath as the
cement that would render free institutions mper-
ishable and that hsd ascertain the eject OF such
observance those institutions by observing ts effect
on individual character. Had the Sabbath been given
70 for deness merely for ssunternz abroad
and visiting friends and acquaintance for reading
veis and light literature for indulgence in amuse-
ments generally that observance of the Institution
would be suited that would give eject 70 those objects
but 10 gwen for other purposes as the text shows
men are On that day especially commanded 10 honor
the Lord not doing their ways finding their own
pleasure, nor speaking their own words
10 suitable observance OF the Sabbath there are i'm
PortAni duties 10 be performed and great pleasures 10
% enjoyed Here ne quoted beautiful description, BY
sir Walter Scott Of the be had Of Sabbath keeping
In Protestant community snd OF It's great utility and
necessity.
such observance Of the Sabbath the text direct
ed would the purity Of free Institutions because
Il would indicate right OF mind toward God tn
me community thus observing ~. SAobath breaking
De described as leading sin-i Is the point al which
mea break away from God he advised a. an approved
mode Of keeping the Sabbath the attention 10 the public
and private worship OF God and the study Of the Hoy
bioe and dbapproved OF the PoPsn practise OF allowing
me people 70 consider their sacred duues as az an end
when mass over and held those Protestant churches
which are equally slack being under like fatal error
people who keep the Sabosfn - the Puritan Church
Kept II attending on Gods word In public. and reading
and studying their B Sc, could not be enslsyed-t
was In possible
he showed the ennobins and elevatins Effects Of duly
attending upon interests higher and more enduring than
tnose on earfn-oi feeling that N s the child OF lm
NOR AiiJ-and inferred that there Il something human
King soienng and hArnOnxing In the act OF attending
church hearing the sacred music listening TO the solemn
services and feeling as IL were common social broth
nood before God the Creator Of al men The rsb6le
go called DO not regularly AItend church 10 worship
God-1i Al did thai there would be rsbole anywhere
The neglect Of an Observance Of the Sabbath wu o5-
'ervAoe IN scared conscience. Slavery, War. Lying
and the sale Of intoxicating Drinks are permitted only
~ pGruhf eonscience-bu; before true keeping OF
me sabbath, and a tender and sensitive conscience
thence arising such evils wogd disappear through the
force o. Al enlightened ard jsst public opinion The
SeooAtn 10 Gods Institution tor training the moral Ia
turs Of msn-it a Gods school cAy-snd what can DC
more deAsntiul than the idea OF world sitting down
a. ne eet o. Jesus and observing his sacred commands
on TIE oay on which be rose the fret from the dead
IL rds tae hisYlcsf ezpsdiegcg % 10 rtsM
Tree government be delned ~ being selfsoverr-
inant II external force (ns SOLDIER il removed there
10 10 other thsn the internal orce Of moral Restraint
which religious principles selfdenlA and conscience
rtsni With God would render effective.
There were portions Of tnis country roc vhere there
was more vickednsss prsctced sunday than on any
other day. Destroy me sabosih and public worship