New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-08

tlc tliN hic lutp and Wisdom hhd ia tho frEnnota'o
man. ~ tho man who fran being simply subject
Of nature which he 10 by birth. hoooinos frat a
,pi,,tusl man. or subject Of truth aud ailorwarJ
a celestial man. or subject Of good Tho iica 70
vcalcd in tho Dmhol is that tho Divine love 10 dis
satisfied with giving merely natural life 20 it, crca.
turr because the creature by that gift remains
nothing more than q superior SCR, ot animal This
idea turns the natural life into mere basement or
culI AIRY story FOX tn true divine edihcc IN hui
msnity and makes the regenrrste lie alone 10
constitute the bedroom and psrlor floors where the
master chiefly inhabiis Now, inasmuch a. man
had forgotten this purpose Of the Divine love in
hi, creation or had conte ntedly declined into his
own lowest stories, the sabbath was sppOin'ed to
shield or symbolic the 4eat truth, until such time
as il might be unfoded in rational light, and the
spirit OF msn become quickened TO receive II.
Abstinence from work accordingly was enOined by
the very typicslity of the day. For as the day
itself typited the recenerae state of MAN. IT the
state of perfect conjunction with God, it Of course
in piled the cessation of his conflict with nature,
or bis exemption from the toils inposej upon him
by his natural existence. Thus rest from labor
constituted tie distinctive morality of the day
- Six DAYS shalt thou labor, but the seventh is the
sabbath of the Lord thy God &c.
Were We 10 stop here, even. We shou!d have
little difficulty ia settling the question of the due
Sabbaticsl Observance. That s to say. we should
reason in this way The Sabbath imports regen-
or. ton. or mans spiritual recreation in the image
Of goodness and truth. ANY lao0TlDg on tnat
day, therefore, for tie support of the mere nat
ural life, is manfestly out OF place. or offensive
TO the typicality Of the day. Let all enterprises
Of gain cease accordingly, and in addition TO the
reverentsl acknowledgment and worship OF the
Divine name for the mercy implied in the day,
let the people indulge only such an activity as is
consistent with the regenerate life-either that
activity which grows Gu. Ct the innocent natural
affections and which EXPIRE Sses itself IN all sorts
Of family festiyity, or that which grows out ot
the more cultivated social affections, and which
expresses itself under all the forms of beneyO-
leIce and philanthropy. It should be day of
pleasure but Of such pleasure only as is involved
in the highest or social affections. and not IN the
Lowest or selfish affections GluttOny, winebb
biug horse.racDg, cOck-fghting, the sports OF the
chase or any pursuits which may intlame the lust OF
cain. sid crafty the ambition OF personal Pree m
peuce nsnifesty violate the symbolism oil the day,
and are loudly Tepugned by II consequently. In
short, no activity is consOnant with tie tyPlcaly
of the day, which is not first beautifed by inno-
cence or use
much is clear upon the face of the institutiOn.
The Jewish Sabbath, Ike al the other command
n.nts of the law placed the 0blga ion OF It's ODE
diepc. upon the deiiversnce which God had wrought
for the jew out Of Egyptian bondage, so typifying
the ret which He would eventually achieve for all
mankind after He should have delivered them out
of the bondage Of natural evil The proper Obsery-
ance Of the day, accordingly, as Chrlst took every
occasion to show consisted IN no i0rmalties, nov"
ever deyOut but in the cultivation OF the social ana
symratb. tic affections aud in the doing whatever
good ones hand found TO do; because these were
the proper fruits of the coming regeneration When
Christ died and rose again, the Jewish Sabbathex
pired by it's own limitation its typlcalty having
exclusive reference to the redemption accomplished
by Him Under the Christian dispensatiOD, accord
ipply instead of the Sabbath at the close OF the
week we have the Lords Day at the beginning OF
the week, the seventh day being no longer sacred
save with the sanctity which it and all its fellows
derive from the first day. The Obvious meaning of
this is that in the regeneration effected by Christ
the natural life itself, typi6ed by the working-days
of the week becomes senctihed and yields only the
fruits of innocence and use. 1t teaches us that
this great work of redemption shall purge our very
nature itself Of whatsoever renders II co Dmon, or
une.esn, and clothe it with distinctive divine
beauty. Hence under the Christian dispensatiOn
We lore our hold of the shadow, and grasp only the
substance. For we perceive that the only wor-
ship acceptable TO God is a spiritual wership, or
that which consists in a heart at peace with God
and cur fellow men. Proper Sabbatlcal ooserv-
ance under the present dispensation then Is easily
determined The Lords Day refuses to be sancti-
fed by any form ,lities merely, by the most assdu
ers by the demurest pOstures Of the BODY, Dy the
the utmost detection Of visage, because al these
things NAV consist with all intense and subtle
deyiltry 1t refuses TO be ssnctihed By anything
short If that which equally sanctihes all the sue
ceeding days of the week, namely, d heart OF love
to God and man, and course OF conduct exactly
copcruous with that love. 1t allows, nay pre-
seribes every mode Of activity which consists with
such heart and forbids. nay excludes, every
mode which does not consist with such heart.
As TO the conventional conservation OF the first
dsv of the week. it is Immediately obvious from
what has gone before that any conservation OF 1t
must be extremely faulty which represents the
Divine and Human natures as still unreconcled,
or urges man to do nything toward purchase OF
the Holy Ghost. Sunday or the first day of the
week. being now the Lords Day, and therefore
governing or controlling all its successors We See
that we have no right to speak of the secular life,
which is represented BY the working days, as any
longer estrsnCed from the divine cognizance and
blessing On the contrary, we have every right to
speak Of il az intimately related 10 Him, and as
amply entitled through His O~n measureless cOnde
sceDtiOn 10 the experience OF TN endless harmony
and order. The attitude OF the technical church
IL extremely careless and slovenly on this subject
wish it would wake up aud ehdeayOr 10 organize
q iesthl worship On Sunday which should ia some
sense beft the splendid symbolism Of tho day. II
We we're rightly Instructed in that symbolism the
dhy would glow and burn with all the poetry of the
human heart, bcqurathnR lingering SAVIOR to Tia
successors which would be tufs to swc"trn all
their hours by stimulating memory md nntcipa
tGb AT IL feeling IN every direction Tor noinn
sdequbts religious expression. aud bnds itsrlf
sLoriingly beiongrd hnd btliitlrd when restricted
&C IL haN s ~ the inhntiss of architecture. paint
ing, a.. Where is the greet theological artist.
uLb drspSinF Tho solsinu toppefies III ht Huship.
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