New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-07

"CURIsr AND THE PHARIsEEs UPON THE SABBATH
"A Latter-Day Pamphet-By a Student of Dvin-
"ify. sometime Student Of Law" al PIP. yo Bella
Marsh Boston0 has been sent us by some one, who
demurs to our remark appended 90 citation OF Rev
George Bushs recent anti-PreshoOd demonstration
Our friend thinks the Priesthood of our day do more
harm than good and that the Sabbath regarded
is rather curse than blessing
The pamphlet is very vigorously written, abOunds in
Scripture quotations and certainly makes out very
GOOD case against any constrained or Leytca observance
of the Sabbath maintaining that Christ especial
contemner of everything like that-that Christ esab-
isbed no Priesthood and meant to have none-and that
.ny order of Priests unknown foes, by hi
immediate disciples. And this is argued with great
eogency and spirit by the pamphleeer and commended
to our confutaon acceptance by our correspondent
We do not propose to show that they are right or
wrong in their premises, to follow them into any
theological labyrinth whatever We consider it plain
enough that the Christian Lords Day is quite other
than the Jewish Sabbath and to be very differently
honored We consider the Christian Ministry very
unlike the Jewish Priesthood and wise descended
or deduced therefrom We think unwise laws have
been passed and arbitrary CONSTANTS mistakenly i'm
posed intended to enforce rigid observance OF
the Sabbath. We desire no Sunday legislation for any
other purpose than to enforce that quiet order deco
rum which all should cheerfuly observe in view Of
the fact that this day is haowed by large majority OF
our citizens as that wherein the Savior burst the et
tiers of the tomb and demonstrated the Immortality Of
our Race We should feel bound 10 pay this respect in
Constantinople or Damascus to the Mussulman Sab
bath and believe even an Athss. should cheerfaly do
the like in this country. We think there is force in
the complaint of this pampheteer that our Sabbaths
are too dull TOO gloomy, too constrained and fettered
and that more freedom for heathfu exercise and nno
cent gaety during parts of the day not set apart
for Divine Worship, and under such circumstances as
in no manner TO interfere Herewith, might be bene-
fetal
But bold specuations affirming the general inutlity
or mischief Of Sabbshs and Clergy are not nov in or
der Where facts abundantly exist as data, mere
euesses or bald assertions have legitimate weight
To establish his propositions, our pamPheteer should
have contIasted the great body OF eontemners OF Priests
and Sabbatbs with the like class Of sdherents OF both,
and shown (or at least asserted) the moral inferorty
of the latter He should have shown that those OF our
people who babtuay devote the Sabbath to recreation
ideness or indulgence better men and women than
those Whosptnd il mainly in obedience to the require
ments of the Priesthood He should have AZ least at
6rmed thar those countries districts localities which
are eminent in sabba,h-keePng and Church going are
morally and socially behind and beneath those which
have few clermsn and pay little regard 20 them or the
sabbath Not affirming this submit that he virtually
coussses defeat On vital point and thus turns himself
out of court.