New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-28
SUNDAY CARS IN BROOKLYN.
A, r6ifsr If m n. Y. TkSksHs.

Of Brookya to make some suggestions which may %
of future advantage even they should fail Of having
effect upon the decision Of the question nov before TIE
Common Council as to the running of Raur,ad Cans
on Sunday The application for leave to run the cars
no one will doubt has its origin from IN exPecteA
pecun;ary profit and may therefore be referred TO per-
sens owning railroad stock. This pecunisry Interest
would not however, alone have wrought upca the
public mind 10 call forth the movement we hsvs
seen in support of the measure. Other motives have
operated ard think with great respect for ctzssa
who have opposed the measure that they have uniA-
tentionsly adSsd to the strength Of their adversaes
by putting heir opposition upon too narrow ground.
az particularly upon tie religious doctiinii xiev TIE
effect Of which hiss been to rouse up fes'ing q
jealousy against what many IN the community have
thought ts be sec,sriap principle.
In the COZ flict of opinion which In an intsliise1
community will be always found to exist and which
EN- net pfepsred to say We ought to deprecafe con-
scientous men may still agree, though perhaps fee
different reasons upon great measures essentsa ~
object to obtsn such concert Of action In support OF
principle ss to which there may be agreement wthsat
agitation of question, involving discrepancies: q
lesst Lot ssariy involved In the result aimed g.
THUS the azure Of the obigs for the Observance
of the Sabbath is subject Of ference even among
protesting Christians. 1t Is not in my view essenfei
go lar as respects the practical duty that % Should
settle that the first day Of the week Is by Divine sP
poinme ut sst apart sacred time. Mach less would
conead that this appointment carried with IL all tbs
severity Of the Mosaic ordinances respecting tss
Jewih Sabbath. II ought to be sufficient FOE oar d.
rec,ion, that the entire BODY Of Cnristisns NON tse
earliest age have recognized it IS day to be devote4
TO religions worship, aud with few exceptions have
equally admitted that rest from secular labor resulted
as an inc Dent of the other. All have agreed thsk
this regularly recurring for the special reme-
brance of God was ind .peneable to MAINTAIN reli-
eion in tie lealt Of man, and the argument which
would ceduce from this copcur,iog testimony Of the
pest addresses itself with equal force to those who
lcok merely at the good order Of society as TO those
who regard only the law Of conscience.
1t nee Dc no prophecy to forete that al piey would
become extinct without the aid OF stated public wor-
ship ard religious culture enforced by such saocions
preclude the liberty utterly to disregard the obseiv-
snce of the tine Get apart for she purposes thereby
had IN view In time, and under our own obsefys-
tors has been often exhibited the natural eneency Of
human ippulses when freed from all restraints Of So
The county, where public worrhip cannot be main
feirtd for want of meacs to support minister see
vice aboupdipg In fearfully Increased degrees and.
without attrbudpg the rhOle Of the evil TO the want Of
public worship the re cannot be doubt that the Alb
eerce Of that consecraDg Influence leaves to wicked
ness q vss'ly greater power immortality OF every eort
/. rdissolubly connected With tho disregard OF the
Sabbath. Where there Is no public wosoip. aud no
acknowledgment OF the religious use Ct the time thus
Get apart there will invariably be found the vices most
odious to the neral part Of community-gembhnx.
drinking and every form Of lcentiousress.
Another question would treat with charitable mod.
GRAFTON with that humane sympathy without which ell
religion weuld be but hollow pretension. mean the
question Of SHAT is due to class Of our people whe
are necessarily tssbed with labor during Elk das Of the
week The law has ben'gnIy interp0sed in their behalf
by prohibiting serve labor or working on Sunday ex-
ceptirg works Of necessity and charity. But 1t Is in
sisttd by persons that this class need something
more than mere rest from labor that they ought also to
have recreation on Sunday from which they are pre-
cluded en- other days of the week by their employ
uebts The advocates of this large license tee
much in respect to the extent OF labor to which the
class referred to IL subject in this country. The fsmi-
lies of mechanics and other lsborers have time for
recreation In the evening and perhaps have an equal
degre of social enjoyment with those who ara sup
poted to have more leisure The laboring man Is In
general lot as much overtssked AZ the merchant or
professional man, and has, II DO will use II, more
tine to devote to his family. He has at
least the evening for that purpose, which few
mel have in higher departments Of busines,. And
sgsin his WEAKNESS OF the body rs her than Of tho
mind and ttere'ore is best relieved by simple social
plesfures-by something more intellectual than low
dissipation. 1t is obvious to sound observer Of hu-
man life that the overstrainipg Of the mind ends more
to indulgence in vice than excessive bodily labor we
are furnished by this with suggestion Of the proper
mode Of ale waiting the evil resulting from either excess
SOCIAL and intellectual pleasures should be furnished to
the one-physicai enjoyment to the other with the re-
stricton only that Ii be Innocent Buf the lsboring
man uisjudges often what would be for bis wefare-hs
10 too apt TO SOFT to some haunt for the gross epoy-
ment Of drinking with lowlved companions and thus
curtaiing himself OF capacity TOT rational pleasure.
While be ls al The time depriypg bis family Of the
qualification they might have with the AID Of the ors.
band and sther In their own household In the social
gathering of friends II is not much want OF time
ss want Of right Dcnstion thst depnves our taootng
population OF their proper share OF the efJoymen's OF
life ..
Ever tur dtmestics, wbose labor is more confniDg
then IL at Of the mechanic and day sbor.r, still have
in this country large indulgence and In their own
way have 10 email amount OF social gossip, which
seems to be Necessary Of the female mod-wbich, at
any rate. is puIsued with equal zest by the high born
and by the humble. "a
IL tine that An exception can be found 10 the gen
esal rule. The sesmsIesses as Glass; are not only
oytrwmked, but unjust proportion OF their tine V
epgrcseed by eneebpg labor 30 Frustrated az 70 leave
mad quae time tor the iest Tar less or Tue
which is tal for the prservatioD OF heath But
10 the charitable. who should feel sympa;hy as they
ought for tb III fortunate class, vouc say that moro
can be done for their welfare by the expression Of that
sympstby in some other wsy than rendering TO them
tie use Ct sacred time fuf sensual recreation, Some
piOysion for their respite az earlier hour from socr
even if il to be by the Kissing Of fune eqss~
kbt to all they could by labor continued oeyon
wi at is COM seLt with health OF BODY and mne
be lees ccsty in The end than the dse.cauon % ~"
Sabbath by oevoting it to the repairing VI" -"
tcdy By indulgence IN peasu.s. inc 70 al oIs..ss f.
men cemmspded DO. only BY numan e1peiSnce. Dat
having A divine sanction, 10 tnaS religious cbv e
nee sssentisl to human happiness tLan any usual
,rioyment ortysn the n' &c ieoto pc assures shcn
1890 70 pety OF heart. There 10 ma ursl want
S rsying for cone exercise Of dew ,ticn-scme
rsM ~ God and CIR relation to him Let the so1i
~ holy cepived Of this, and beccw 20 unworthy Of
;ts snther-Eis life beoones simes, cd its happiness
br little higher than that OF the rute But On the
ether hard Is tie sxerrse OF de- .ot.orsl feelngs II
humility, Of charity, AID other q rstian vtaes, tters
4, A. eey soa cf regl esS &c Upward sprlging Of
tops, st.t sls psV,s sAnaays to ths ew$Wsrs GizA