The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07
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CLINT riMks AND TIE SONS OF TIE CHURCH IN
MoIERN TIMES.
zts1MonY or 1HE MOST EARLY CHRISTIAN
FATHERS
/ IcsArus BISHOP OF ANTIOCH CAD. COLI we still
continue 70 live accoI ,lg 10 The Jewish law ackno
NJso that We have rot received grace y = Those
arrived AZ the nesness Of bops longer observing the
sspostn Dot vmg according to the Lords ihe--Epiat
JcsrIN 1Hx nAErYn (A.D l4o)--Do you not see that
ahs eledents never o!e and keep Sabbath Con.
tnue creaiec for there need Of circumcision
before Abraham, nor OF the observance OF the Sabbath
before Mos.s ntiher no" is there need Of them, after
Jesus Cbr'tf The Son OF God.-Dslog Try phcne D.
u lkkSHus, BISHOP or LYONS CAD. l70)-Abrahsm
himself without circumcision and without observance
OF shs Sabbath, believed in Cod and imputed to
hum for righteousness and he called the friend Of
God SO NOAH without circumcision and without the
Sabbath pleased God And 30 Eooch And so all those
Who before Moees accepted without any observance
Of the Mosaic law-Advers. Hares, lib. iv. Oh 81.
s .bE sg,,i "a BISHOP OF oAEAas a. 2cola.
70 have been completed In Their appointed times ais
the observance OF the Sabbath proved have bse
Representatives. Jud, Sec ".
.. 0IElKss, OF ALEXANDRIA "a. D 2io)--we ought to
honor und reverence him whom verify persuade
10 be the WORD, our Saviour and Captain, not Ia
selected times, as do among us, but always, durn
our whole lives, Gnt on all occasions Maxim
nur whole lives continual festival, and knowing God
betyerywbere We praise him, sometimes in the fields
&C., &c.-ssrom., lib viii.
not days ne IOd Il spperans unto the Jews 70
observe days and festivals, the Christians day &c
day is " him Lords day-Contra CELSIUS, lo ill.,, ana
Gent III .Cap6
Z Ersxmrs, THE FATHER OF CHURCH History a. D.
5l5)-rne patrarchs regarded not caraal crcum sion
neher do we they regarded not an Of Sab
aaths neither do we they regarded not an abstinence
from certain meats and other distinctions which Moses
first instituted transmitted TO be typicsy obeyed
neither do Christians observe such ceremonies now
Eccles hist, lib. L., cap
8. A1HANAslUs OF ALEXANDRIA "a. D. 33o)-rhe be-
Ginning OF the creation ended the Sabbath as this
came regeneration IN man superseded circumcision
But the second creation Che regeness atom
mot ond, but works to present. And hence
we keep sabbath they did in lac former dis.
penssson DE Sab et Ciroum TOM l.
Emperor IS absens we give some honor to biz state reO
reeentsGou but at all when he Ia present And SO
abe sabbsths and new moons and the otn,r festivals
before our Saviour coming, had time of honor during
which they were Observed but, he being pre- they
0scame at once neglected Comment in Col, cap II.
10 CHRysosToM, BISHOP OF CONsTANIINoPIE "a D. $685.
What there Of Ss obath him conscience
continual eas? *** For every day doing
no manner Of wiokedness, but keeping spiritual rest;
ho.dg hands from coyeousness bodies from un-
cleanness. WHAT need We more?-Hom. xxx in Math.
Xii.
IL. JEROME a. D. 4c0)-There Is no sermon Of the
Apostle Paul. ether delivered by epsto word of mouth,
Law arc nos laid away that all those types and figures
viz 'he Sabbath rest the circumcision wound tho
moons and the three solemn festivals Passover, Pena
cos, and Feasof upon the preach
ing Of the Gospel -Pfafst IN salst.
IL AuGUsnsE, Bishop OF bIppo "a. D. 4i6)-The Sab
bath SO far as concerns Christians Us thar
the quiet OF the heart and the CT mEd occasioaed
bys good conscience.-De conven. 10, Precep. nc
REV. j. L. HATCH.
THE SUNDAY LAW.
[rfa.sated from the St Louis (Mo Revue do rOues OF
July go for the New York HERALD
We have sad WORD about the petition calling for the
reeeiabIshmeht Of the Sunday law which petition
presented 10 the Common Council OF st. Louis sgced
By nearly two thousand citizens The law spoken Of
voted some PEARS by the Legislature and repealed by
law which submitted TO the popular
question whether the aaoons and similar establishments
might be kept open during certain part Of Sunday The
vote ras In the Affirmative The petitioners ask for
new al they hope that the people, enlightened
to-day, sba pronounce in favor the prohbluve dspo
EitlJO OF the OQ Let what the Eotve2
OF such measure.
First Of ALL it is proper to say that the author Of
this article rs completely disinteresied in the
Questcn. he never walks into . saloon, either
d sy 01S, Say he THAT
stun, and thai the best OF them are more Injurious
be-
eves to be less perncous, but does not like IT. the de-
lights Of lager bier are nothing to him. and Is s at eas,
Mteen years since he put glass Of the Oamipg liquid to
his lips. Besides he Is neither brewer, cster or wine
merchant For all these reasons II personally imports
very Little to him whether the sale Of liquors. more or
pressed But Why should II be prohibited on Sunday
ionerr sunday the Day Of ssobsth because the sys
em Of allowing saloons and public gardens to be open
endanss rs The security and happiness Of citizens because
the evil mas spread far tina. peaceabe and well
are ey oueea sne ~ ran aeo
city bot we must tndeavor very soon to eiAce
50 many words-fo much nonsense First. they will per
sist In conioundng Sunday with the Sabbath when tn
last SUNDAY school pupils knows mat i: is Saturday tn
seventh which consscrated to repose by the No
staE from drinking or amups ourselves with music on
ceYtsn day. they will open the Bible and put their finger
rea Sabbath 81 Moses they want Us 10 respect But once
Sabbath is Saturday, ard not Sunday. 1t is, then
On saturday, ns. g. public eaIders and al %, Sthe,
would follow the Bible to the letter. Is there hu
man pOger able 10 keep back the Sabbath for
hours, as Joshua did the sum- We know the Roman
church boass Of being able to operate such MIRACLES and
claims equal RICH. with the Mosaic legislators, and that
II Is her, IN fact who has transformed Sunday
ino Sabbath. But the nineteen twentieth part OF the
petitioners Protestants and surely they cannot rest
or Catholic authority II ,aey cannot una an authority
ance do they find that right in the political awY But the
COZ ssuon OF TIE United States positively declares that
tIeher recognizes nor sustars or prohibits any !orm OF
worship-meanDg thereby that respects and ooiges to
retpic, .he religious liberty Of all. We do not invoke
the written law but these petitioners evidently par.
tssrs Ct legal regime How s IT, then, they did not per.
ceiyc that in instung abstinence, time OF repose,
any observance whatever, in the name OF religious
principle, they were violating the Fundamental pact
Of the American federation, and that, BY inviting the
people 70 bind themselves to religious law they were
Shall we dweI on the other olives enumerated In the
petition? We should like the petitioners to explain TO US
h0x much immoral il is to drink glass OF beer on
Sunday than drink the quantity OF the same liquid
or Friday Saturday, how orchesr, Can create
vice certain day when 1t has produced and shall
never produce thing but innocent pleasure BY
playing the airs on the or da7 after Could any
one tell at the time how Sunday drinkers put
sin Danger security and happiness Of csizss
than The drunka'ds Of the other days Of the week? They
complain OF PUBIC qu.etness Deing uouOioo; out noro
nothing troubled but the pocrca silence by means OF
which 70 many people imagine they sancaiy what they
call the Sabbath. Your moral feeling is offended, say YOU
Indeed Bnt out OF the nineteen hundred sugars OF the
petition there are not nineteen who abAts'n from
the enjoyment CT juiep glaas OF lager,
much ieEs do they refrain from listening TO the
sounds Of profape music. And your neghbor
enjoys such e .pastme on another day, your moral
feeling shocked thereby. What absurdty Speak the
E1eilu.ces Of your education and Of your sectarian
FEELINGS but do not invoke morals before whom all days
the same and whose laws no more subject to the
Jewish calendar than to The Gregorian. You wish to
remedy the evil In fact, the evil ID great one Instead
of Siding into the bArroom through tho back door,
to day. enter through the front door, instead Of spend
ing the Sunday coee room, or attending crowded
an choking meeting the toilng man jumps INFO
nibus goes to pass few hours In garden whoro he
breathe pure air and meet friends converse with
Instead Of wDssey and gin, which stupefy, burn and KILL
people give themselves to drinking beer or wine, which
m their faculttea But