The Kanzas news., 1859-07-09
The World without p Sabbath.

The World Without Sabbath. g
What would il be? Labor without So
lace: probation without preparation; a night
lS1tflogt, day. ,5shos5Gs q brs .szHeeiE5 al
zTe the iaboringl mana the loss of the
Sabbath weuld bring, uneeasing toll with
quent wasting of physical strength which
would soon wear out siraaehinery of life.
1t would rob him of, the allotted period for
mental and spiritual improvement, and for
home home duties and fenjoyments: BFutalized
IN mind, body and association, he would
sink to the level of the serf, be the sport of
capital. and endhisadays. in .heathenisrn. :;
.bFe theifamilg Sabbath lost would entail
lhe loss Of the home day74the day of do
mestic reunion, institution, worship and
charity. Family government would lose
It's tone; family joys would die out; Comes,
tie purity " ould be imperiIed-Asor the two
Oldest iasltu in the world are inlerr
linked-and family Piety would become ex
tinct, st
To the church. lost Sabbath would in
volve the loss of solemn assemblies, its
godIy ministry, its day for eedifcation and
action, its season for domestic and associ-
ated instruction of the youngs and is ante
type of the crest that Femainethy for the
people of God.'' In Arctic winter-with-
out light, or heat, or foods but an en-
blem of the state of the christian world
without the Sabbath and It's ordinances.
A State without the Sabbath must be
bath brings the support of some of the
most powerful elements of self-govefn ment.
| 1t inspires respect for law, divine. and hu-
man. :. It fosters the sense of omnipresent
Deity. and of mans dependence and ac-
countability. It engenders a lively con-
science, more potent to restrain from crime
than all legislative or judicial guards. Its
educational force, through the pulpit, the
Sabbath school, and the fre-side, guickens
the intellect and molds the heart of na-
ton: 1t gives the weekly occasion for IL
lustrating the equality of men before God,
and af inculcating the great lesson of hu-
man brotherhood 1t is the foe of despo-
tism and the aliay of freedom The nation
that has the Sabbath may dispense with ar
mics and ax-gatherers for their support; no
nation on the globe without the Sabbath or
with only a profane holiday in its stead, has
free institutions, or dare disband its stand.
ing armies. e
The soul without the Sabbath would
grope its way through rayless night to the
"blackneSs of darkness. forever For
while man. might give heed 70 eternal con
Germs on any or all days. universal observa-
ton proves that eontemners OF. the Sabbath
despise, and wonder, and perish. No man
who defes the authority OF. God, and will
fully profanes the. Lords Day, can have
the temper of child Of God on other days.
Think of world of Souls without the Sab
bath and the image of hell rises upon the
vision. Think of a world waking each
seventh day to the consciousness of the pres
ence and power of creating, redeeming
! God and Savior; the families of earth bow
| ing in worship before their several affairs,
going up to His temples to render their
homage and hear His truth, and bearing
| forth the principles and spirit of the Cos
1 pei in all the relations of life, and you have
tante- dated that millennial Sabbath which
promise, prophecy and Providence are has
tening on, and which the day. the Word
and the Spirit of God conspire to usher in.
He is the enemy of the laborer, of the
family, OF the church, of the State, and the
soul, who profanes or .degrades the Sabbath,
and who would rob either of its priceless
blessings.