Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-10-17
Number 9 3.
THE SABBATH.


is melody; thy every sound is music 10
the ear. Weary. we come 10 thee for
rest. Sick, we find health in thy house
of prayer and blessing, Weak by the
strife and the struggles Of the world
we gain strength to pursue our taste
again. Happy are they who know
hee;blessed the nations where thy name
is honored. Al isnotso. Some know
thee not. The dark mantle of sin and
ignorance covers the heather lands, and
the Sabbath suns have never shown in
upon their gloom, or he Sabbath bells
awaked TO gratitude the Joyful hearts of
their people. The Sabbath-who does
not wish TO see it preserved Who
does not wish 10 see il honored7--
What frionls 10 humanity but frowns
upon its desecraionl God made tho
Sabbath. He made it for himself. He
made it for good 10 man. Had i, no,
been wise He never would have ordain,
ed the Sabbath. LIE, US honor the Sab
bath then. Let US love its author
Let US love on that holy day TO go up
10 The house of Sod, and learn his STA.
tutes, and listen, TO the precepts he has
given for our salvation. 1t is no loss 10
love and honor the Sabbath but on the
contrary gain. We are strengthened
by the Sabbath's rest 10 pursue the la
Dor Of the week. We are not render,
ed poorer or less happy, and shureIy if
any may expect the blessing of God
upon their abors, they are those who
honor Him by keeping the Sabbath
holy. We will not grudge TO the Ma
ker Of the World, to whom beloneeth
all days Of the week, one day in seven
! especially when this day is devoted to
the sweetest and most delightful Of all
employ ments, the cultivation Of the
nowIedge Of himself. That would be
unkind TO the author of our existence
and the author Of The Sabbath. That
would be unkind 10 ourselves There
fore, we will honor the Sabbath dav,
and remember 10 keep il holy. As we
draw near to the consecrated hours of
the Sabbath let us remember the beau.
tiful words Of The poet, as we give our
hearts 10 prayer and praise.
"Safely through another week.
God has brought US on our woy.
IL; US now blessing seek.
Wai,ing in hia courts to day.
Day Of all the week the best,
Emblem OF Eternal rest"
| If you would befiiend one Of tie
best friends Of the human body
! If you would honor ono Of the best
friends Of the human intellect and gen.
eral oduco,ioh--
| If you would favor grand lIumi-
nator Of the public conscience. and by
such agency powerful supporter Of
civil law
If you would sustain a law which
gives great power to all other devine
laws in the human mind
If you would support that which
keeps prominently in the sight of all
men the grea, truths of the ReveIa.
! ton
If you would sustain that which
powerfully guards men from vice end
crime
If you would favor an agency pre-.
eminenlIy eiicacious in making men
fit for the eternal scenes Of purity, love
ard Joy-keep The Sabbath
Bad books are like ardent spirits they
furnish neither aliment nor medicine:
they ale poison. Both intoticate Il one
The mind the other the body. The
thirst for each increase by being fed.
and is neve! satisfied. Both ruin--one
the intellect and The other The health
and together, the soul The makers
and venders Of each are equally guilty,
and equally corrup,ers of the commun-