Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-09-26
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We do not intend to preach sermon by any means.
We leave that to those whose vocation it is We
leave to the ministers of religion the incubation and
enforcement of the duties appertainng to the Sab
bath. But at the end of a week of mental toll and
worriment, recognise and appreciate it as the
wsest of political institutions, consecrated by the
sanctions of the hottest of religions. We appre
ciate and feel duly grateful for that parental
and solictude which has, as it were, placed bar
rier between man and himself, leaving day of rest
and peace Of quiet and reflection, to intcrpose at
stated periods between the toer and his toil-the
ambitious and the object Of his ambition Even
in this proessedly Christian country. not fourth
of the adult population habitually attend church,
but the influences and the benefits of the Sabbath,
although not perhaps experienced to the fullest
tent by the absentees are not by any means lost
The cessation Of labor--the rest to and beast,
are evidently much objects of the Institution as
are the exercises of religion, for find that the
command not to do any work extends not only to the
Jews themselves but also to their servants and to the
strangers within their gates, who according to the
Mosaic law, not permitted to enter into the ia
bernacle, participate in the Jewish ceremonials
for several generations. Sermons can be preached
without word being said. An old bundle of letters
may awaken thoughts and reflections that have lain
dormant under the most powerful appeals. Who
has not such mcmentOes eff the dead--of those whom
they have loved and lost Even the effort to indite
an epistle to some absent friendtoo often made on
the Sabbath-may not be without its salutary effect
by causing the mind to revert to past times and
ished scenes and from that retrospect, how much
mag we not gain of warning and of counsel for the
future.
During the madness Of the French revolution the
Christian religion, least the public observance
of it, was abolished by law--but the trainers of the
new order of things felt the necessity of sub
stitute for the Sabbath, and consequently one day
in ten was set apart holiday. The effect of ever
this comparative unfrequency of the days of rest
was experienced in the increase of mortality, es
pccially in those portions of the city of Paris in
habtcd chiefly by the laboring classes. In the rei
gious or social system of all civilized nations some
equivalent for the Christian Sabbath exists, and is
found necessary and Indispensable for the weibeing
OF the State and it is remarkable that the more in
dustrious and hardworking nations universally
the strictcst observers of the day, In Southern
Europe the Sabbath has nothing of the muscular
character that has in England the United States
In Spain italy, France etc, there is little no in
Permission in business except during the time OF &C
tua service at church. The same is true of the PEG
pie of Spanish descent the American continent
That the English and Americans do more work. Il
their numbers than any other people on the face o
the Garth is indspuable and yet it is all done with
in the six week days. We all know that the Span
ish and italians by no means distinguished TO
energy or industry in business. Neither tn
Mexieans Daily Journal Of Saturday last.
Co,r,,,, Do rSJDrNr IAw-Ne think the mex
Congress will have to devise law for the re
claiming of Presidents who may be fag'tives iron
labor During the most of the present year, Press
dent FILLMORE and his Cabinet have been wander
ing about fugyes from the service of their masters