Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-04-04
HOUMA PARISH OF TERREBONNE LA. SATURDAY APRIL - /

HOUMA,A PARISH OF L.
,.a.,,, Observance Of the saAbath.
Ma AnDsssos-Dear Sir: In my former COM
munication proposed 70 discuss in following num-
ben more fully the subject Of the Sabbath. In
the present purpose to discuss the ground of the
obligations which hold our whole race to the OBJ
sesvancs ef the Sabbath - holy to God These
obligations all have their foundation and their
binding fierce in the simple fact that it u the high
command of God, that lwe should reserve our
seventh time, which He has named for us the
Sabbath, as holy from any worldly labor, Or
selfish pleasure on that day. Thus are the words
Of the formal command, Remember tie Sabbath
day, 10 keep II holy. Six days shalt thou labor
and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the
Sabbath Of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt
not do any work thou. nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, nor thy man n-servant, nor thy maid-ser-
yant nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that i with
in thy gates; for in six days the Lord made
heaven and earth. the sea, and all that in them
Is, and rested the Seventh day. Wherefore the
Lord blessed the seventh day, and made it holy.
This simple command from God should be I'll
that u necessary to secure universal reverence Of
the Sabbath from every intelligent being !; and
were ell inI state Of dne obedience to Him 1t
would be sp.d Iprenms there are but few, OF
none Of those who 1sad this but will acknowledge
there b = Gsd and few, or none, but will ac-
knowledge the Holy Scriptures to b the word Of
Gsd. and that they are the expression Of Hs will,
and the uttesance Of His command upon Us. If
% then there i no one Of all such but must also
acknowledge that Il ID great and condenning guilt
in him who does not yield implied: obedience to
every command. and ready service to His every
will. But men are accustomed to estimate more
lightly the violation Of these commands. They
are fain to thiak that God is altogether such an
one a We ourselves, weak, compliant being,
easily persuaded out Of that which He claims to
himself. readily turned aside from His justice,
and quickly appeased Of biz anger, and cajoled
into favor again. But God declares himself to
~ sf, very different chaneter-that he has ex-
ceeding jealousy in every thing that i due to
himself-shat he will share his glory. with no
oae-7and that he hes m Infinite intensity Of pur-
psss TO- maintain forever the integrity IF all his
high attributes and psssogatives = Sovereign Ce-
itor and Admiaiatratos evsr al that i his Thus
be sPesks ef himself, g !. Jehevah, thy Gsd. an
= jealous God, whiting the iniluity of the fathen
upon the cAdrsn, and upon the chldrsnas children
unto the third and fourth ssner,tiono Of them that
hate me, and that win BY no means clear the gull.
ty." Bewarso of him, and sbey hisvoiee ;provoke
him not fsr hs will net pardsa your tsansersasien
for jehovah. thy God = aconsnning FIRE, even .
Jealous God. Know therefore that Jehovah
thy God, hsih God, the faithful God, which
keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love
him and kssp his commandments to ! thousand
generations, and r<pays:h them that hate him 70
their face . destroy them he viii not Is ilack TO
him hat hatsth Him -hs win repay him to his
iAce. He = hoy God, 10 i jealous God, he
win mot forgive yspr tranag meg your sns, "
These ard many ether passages, mor'h me- h than space pace
permits D. here 70 give, shadow 70 ~ The true
character If God. y b himself has given it to NJ.
Very ssssk islthis from what men who trainpIe
ppoA - osnmanlsi ars aoenatouedi t. Peuaads
thsnsslvs of him. Because ahe iasfesbsarine for
thsnemsak thsy Ahnktp sst himwhelly stnasght
--Asea1ss b dss nst execute immediate sjudg.
nsent ugsn aisir eva works they ct their hearts
| u saasss shs amDss wieksdly. They ays that
CD doeh hot 80; aad THAT 10 viii nj sisit--
~ b 1sss -, and b sillvsst.l Though hjudgs
nsat delay for = time, ~ ehey sasm Dor onot2
though he.d bsek, they yet ars sver gathering
mtena;ty and blaekasss, which when full lhnatursd
shall oves wheitn the wretch that ple.unes Assiht
diem yea, and even nov, though their blindhsss
sses i mot, and tleir msdne hseh il not, yet ii
the hidden intticacies Of his ten thousand provi
6ences Is wotk. Is defeat their unhalIswed ends,
and 70 b,ils and ss1 thsir rsbsHioue sthNnss, and
which II Il tie present sre but feeble earnest
lef that sysptsal diapsns.tioA by which BE- win
WIT their final discontinue upon them. and ut
tarly Aot thsm srt. With then. thsss comPariT' i
soas from the holy word fresh upon us q the chaz'
acter Of him who commando -, let ~ 60 on =
80 what Il i hs hes enmmanded ~ concerning