Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-03-16
TIE TERM SABBATH.

Noahs Messenger, III reply 10 4 cnrresP''r
dent. who thinks the term Sunday, applied l.
the first day Uf the week hcalhcnisli, remarks:
'lf it is, you may rs well say that it wonl'i ,
be hcathcni.h TO cal! any other day OF the week !
by lis present name, for they have all ar;s.n ,
from prrriseIv the same source. Plolrmy di- !
vided lle planetary system thus: J, Saurn:2,
Mcrcury;7, the Noon. Each nj these planets !
WAS supposed to preside succcsSivcIy over c"eh
hour of the lwrniv-lnur Of each dav, as above
rivcn-dcs Saturmi, Saturday, or day Of
Sa,urn,) dies Iun;e, (Aluuday, or day of the
moon.) Sc, Nearly every nation, amnrg,
which we may mention the Egyptians Chinese,
and Indians, have all distinguished the days of
the week by the sun and the planets. Our Saxon
ancestors, from whom We have more directly
derived orr names, also dc>i ignalrd the days Of
the week by the names OF their gods. Dies
Soils, or the day ct the sun, WAS in Saxon Sun
M darg The sun WAS wOlspr,l by some
healhrn nalinnS though this did not strictly
give rise to tie name If the day, rs it WAS called
the same by some nations which did not con-
slider that luminary divinity. 1t is just rs
hcalheni,h to say. Wednesday (Which the SaXons
called Woden's dacg, from Wooden. their god Of
wary rs Sunday, from Sunna daeg, the day of
the SUM- Sabbath" is not strictly applicable
10 any day except the Jcwis! day Of rest, the
Hebrew siguiiiraiion Of which Is, to cease. in
fact, We consider it evidently improper TO call
the first day of the week by the name Of Sab
ball.-tlirrr being no warrant for il, either IL
protanu or sacred history. The day WIS never
kept as one of rest until the time of Cunstan-
tine the Great, who, in The cXtravag"nt devotion
he felt for the religion to which he had been so
suddenly and mystrrinnsy converted, ordered
a. D. 32l) that it should be so kept in il
| CITIES and towns; but he allowed country peope
to follow their work In 53S, the Council If
Orleans prohibited conn!ry labor. Sumc Pc
damlic ministers srrupnluusly avoid marti"ring
Sunday, and always style it Sabbath, This,
however, is mere nflrctatnn. 1t is in much
better taste 10 style it" Lords Day"
OrlGIy OF TExra-The taking Of \ text
seems to have originated with Ezra, who, ac-
rumpanird by sr:eral l.evi;cs, in Il public con-
grrgalnn of men and women, a>ccnicd pulpit.
! opened the book of the law. and after address
! ing Il prayer 10 the Deity, 10 which llie pe"pe
! said Amen, read in the law of God distinctly,
and gave the SENSE AMI caused them to under
stand the reading" Previously 10 that time,
the patri.rcl.s delivered in public assemblies
! other prophecies or muSal Instructions iussthes
| cdiiration Of the people. 1t was not unlI
! the return of the Jews from the Babylonislfcati'-
tivi!y, during which period they had almost lost
The language in which The Pcnlaieuch was writ
ten, that it became necessary to explain, Us "ci
Gs to read Scriptures 10 them; practice adopt
ed by Ezra aud since universally followed IN
latte. times the book of Moses was thus read
in the synagognes every Sabbath dly. To this
custom the Savior runformcd, and, in syn;l-
goguc at Nazarah, read passages from the
prophet Isaiah: then closing the book. returned
it 10 the priest, and preached from the text
This custom, which Eow prevails all over The
Christian world, WAS interrupted in the dark
aucs, when the ethics of Aristotle were read IN
many churches Oh Sunday, instead of tie Holy
Scriptures.
FATAL AND MELANCHOLY AtClDEST.-Fcw
circumstances of the kind have giycn ls more
regret and sorrow than the death OF William
oldest sou Of the late Judge Robert B. Alrxan-
der, in the 18th year of his aye. We learn that
on Sunday lasl whilst ut play with his compan-
ions. one of them accdcniy struck him with 4
small piece of wire, which. penetrating his brain
just above his eye. caused his death "n Sunday
night. The deceased WAS an amiablc. intrl;i
gent aud promising youth, universally beloved
by his young associates, and greatly priced by
his older acql,aint;lnrcs for that combination ol
good qualities So rarely found in one OF his age
fort to the sorrowinl, still it may soorhe some
moncnlary pang of Il mothers heart to know
that Il whuIc community feel most deeply for
her loss, and would gladly, were it possible
mitigate The anguish of this heavy bereavement
Columbus enquirer.
IInME AND WEE uN SATURDAY NIGHT.-li:pp
is the man who has little hume, and u little aI;.
.rI in it, of Saturday might! y house, II"
matter how little, pro, dcd il will hold tAo Or
50 no matter how hnmbly furnished. Iru' dcct
there is hope il it. Let Tie wind blow-elosc
the rartains.
WHAT if they arc calico, or plain whic, wi H.
out tassel, or any such thing Let the rains dc.
scend-llrap up the fire. No matter if you
havn'l candle to bless yourself with: for what
beautiful light glowing GOA makes, Shedding
4 sunset through the room. just enough I" tall;
by-nnt loudly rs in the highways, nor rapid, H.
in the hurryiuy world, but softly. slowly Whisper
ing, with pau>cs between, for The storm without
and the thoughts within 10 fill up. Then Wheel
the sofa round before the fire. No matter il The
sofa is Srttcr. unrushOned at that it so bc, il
is just long enough for Two, or say two and Il
half in il. How swrc'ly the music of silver
bells, from The time to culilc, fails on the listen
ing heart then! How mourhlully Swclls the
chime Of. the days that are no more"