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Since the re- is 80 S7eat an e5c1tement getting
Up on the sabbnth-breakiuK question, viii you |
allow me to present my view Of the mattert |
The ground Of the objections to the running OF |
hor railroad trains and openiog. beer gsxds@s
on the Sabbath, appears to be That It u sab-
batt breuking*r Among aal the aine y tbs ssl-It
eudar there Is none which Is 10 Sealonsly de-.
nounced as th,s-hone which 80 embitteru the |
life ofehisdhoodt aud leave5 aasoag vhse
e'wuya b. pleasant teeollestiens, ths d.tt stsia
who IRE, Responsible for this loxd Of iniquitS
which IS borne By each rising geaerationr I It
is those who hare .invenied the crime It Is
those who, in defiance d the spirit of Chrlstian-
'iE4 Of the direct teathinEs Of! Chritt; and the
APOSTLES, aud Of the fathers Of the honish and
Protestant r."Eehe. hare simn1essed y upon
Joung N nds that there, Is one day il every
seTcn set apart and de1oted 10 silence, gravity,
that tends to make. lis cheerful, to: raise our
spirits OF t9 prompte o,ir phr eical ifalth. The
tuo5aht; spirits Of youth and childhood must
have Eent during every twenty four toiirs;; M
tuse will assert her riehta. aud IS ttde Christ
ianity teaches nothing in contradiction to naturc
rightly understood, 50 it has meyer. taught nor.
sanctioned any such observance as the Sabbath
at New England. Aacaofay says Of the Puri-
tans, that they substituted for the Christian
SuncaS, the Jewish Sabbath: and 50 they did.
The Sabbath as kept bY the Puritans is not
Christian institution; it IS resuscitation
has no more binding force on the present world
than the institutions Of sacrifices, polygamy,
and tue injunctions not to eat pork which We
also find in the came add the only scripture that
cnjoins the Observation of tEe Sabbath Sunday
is intended rs day. Of rest and recreation. AL
men and women are employed during the week
in such a manner that on Sunday they feel
grateful for change, that the mind may relax
Its tension ana recover its energies, The day
should be spent in religious duties by tlose
who desire to spend 1t in that way, but those
who crate a1nueenteas, recreation, rrla1stion,
should not be compAl1ed by public opinion 70
make hypocritss Of themselves, and to go to
church when they are :.chiug to be in the fields,
and pretend to join in public worship when their
minds mud bodies both suffering for the want
Of healthfm exercise, and cheerful, social inter
course. and all for the sake Of IN outward avoid-
ance Of n Sin which il nj sin, tonipfiahce with
| an ecclesiastical formula, ngninst which human
nature and common sense both rebel To con-
clude this part Of my subject let NE cite few
authorities which Know will be respected bT
our clergy. -. '..'.+. ~ -
St. Pail says, (Korn.ns zi... 81, "one man
esteeu,eth cue DAY ahoye another; another es-
tss%s.h t = e1sEy aay alike Lst !, e!sFy = man o. be
u: q Let us not; therefore, judge One another
| any more; but judge tbta rather, that no man
| put stumbling block or IN occasion to fall in
his brother ; way" The whole chapter is full
of the grandest teaehlnees Of tolerntion on minor
points. =. :,
reproached the Christians for having no Sub
bath, "Thc new law will have you keep per-
| petual Sabbath. You, when you haye passed
day in idenessj think you are religious. The
Lord our Io1 is not pleased with such things
rs these II any one be guilty Of perjury or
fraud let him reform if lie be au adnlserer let
him repent and be will then hare keptthe kind
Of Sab bbath truly pleasing to God. You see that
the elements afc never idle, and keep no Sab
bath. There was no need Of the observance Of
Sabbaths before Moses, neither is there now my
need Of them after Jesus Christ"
Calvin also says that Christians are free to OBJ
serve stated times Of prayer md rest, md says
than another, aud says further that those who
| cling TO their constitutions 70 thrice US far Us
the Jews in the gross and caTnnl superstition Of
| Sabbatism." ~: 4. go. -.
Martin Luther says,, II anywhere the day
is made holy for the dsy's sake; il anywhere
! foundation, then order you to work on it, 10
feast OH it, to dance on it, to do anything that
shall remove this eneroachmeur on Christian
liberty"
sunaay is IN institution ofins.tirnntle import
ance in the eyes Of those who are labotahs for
the ply sical and moral welfare OF the poor man.
| To the rich man who lakes evcry evening bis
recreation FROM tEe sstixnes Of the day, and
enjoys until from ten to twelve d'e.o~k at night,
the pleasures of the theatre the CONGO. cr Social
intercourse, it is small matter to spend the
greater part Of Sunday in church, but to the
| poor trcn who goes to bed every night ut nine
o'clock, tired, dirty, 1aL -oo'ut'uacs hungry, it
| Sunday in sirclling in tue fields with his wife
and children. smoking his pipe and drinking
his rlans ol beer, or whether lie spend it in cas-
uistry, or hypocrisy; idYentuE absurd reasons
for sayins u3ay from el'urch, or Gulcg to church
three times day to join in the llulIow mockerr
Of pretended public worship, because it be don't
| he will b. branded us d Sabbath breakerf l am
;,iad the City Hallway Company run their trains
| on Srnday. They shq}4 beautiful opposition
to this saapid fanstici'| TINT woaia i.apoze its
| iron CREED on ler4ry Sau, and that deems its
I preicdi~es Of more f}psequence than every
| the poor mnn 4 CHEAP. and pleasant, and iul-
proving means Of spending his Sunday andpre~
pairing himself for the ensuing weeks work
| The resolutions Of the clergy, passed ut the
t meeting Friday night, sry tlat they are con-
sinced that the running Of trains on Sunday
bath Than to the convenience Of those who
| would use it as ii meAns Of conveyance to places
of worship. OF course: thry can't take nny
other sien Of it, they hare their spectaces on.