Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-25
SABBATH READING.
The World Without a Sabbath.

The World Without Sabbath.
What would it be Labor without rest,
care without solacc; probation without pre-
paratlonj night without day.
To the laboring man the loss of the
Sabbath would bring uncoasing toll with
out Increased compensation, and conse-
qucnt wasting of physical strength which
would soon wear out the machinery of life.
1t would rob him of the allotted period for
mental and spiritual Improvement, aud for
home duties and onjoymcnts. Brutaii1ed
IN mind, body, and association, he would
sink to the level of the scrf, be the sport of
capital, and end his days in heatheuism
10 the family the Sabbath lost would en-
tail the loss of the home dny-thc day of
domestic reunion, instruction, worship,
and charity. Family joys would be impcr
illed-tor the two oldest institutions in the
world are intcrlinked-a family picty
would become extinct.
To the Church lost Sabbath would in,
vovc the loss of its solemn assemblies, its
Sodly ministry, its day for obligation and
action, its season for domestic and associa-
ted instruction of the young, and its ante
type OF the crest that remaineth for the
ISOp'N VI 'ou' hu ATCllC WlnlCr-
without light, or heat or foods but an
emblem of the state of the Christian would
be without the Sabbath and its ordinances
A state without Sabbath must be with
out liberty. 10 a free state the Sabbath
brings the support of some of the most
powerful elements of sclfgovernmcnt 1t
inspires respect for law, divine and human.
1t fosters the sense of omniprcscnt Dicty
and of mans dependence and accountable
ty. 1t engcnders lively conscience, more
potent to restrain from crime than all leg
islativc or judicial guards. It's education
al force, through the pulpit, the Sabbath
school, and the firesidc, quickens the intel
lect and moulds the heart of nation. 1t
gives the weekly OCCASION for illustrating
the equality of men before God, and of in
culcating the great lesson of human broth
crhood 1t is the foe of despotism and the
ally of freedom. The nation that has the
Sabbath may dispense with armies aud tax
gatherers for their support; no nation on
the globe without the Sabbath, or with on
ly profane holiday in its stead, has free
institutions, or dare disband it's standing
armies
The soul without the Sabbath would
Sropc its way through a rayless night
to blackness of darkness forever" For
while man might give heed to eternal con-
Germs on any or all days, universal obscrva-
tion proves that contemners of the Sabbath
despise and wonder and perish. No man
who dcfies the authority of God, and will
fully profanes the Lord Day, can have the
temper of child of God on other days.
Think of world of souls without Sab
bath, and the image of hell rises upon the
vision. Think Of world waking each Sc
ycnth day to the consciousness of the pre-
sencc and power of creating, rcdeeming
God and Saviour; the families of earth
bowling in worship before their several al
tars, going up to His temples to render
their homage and hear His truth, and
bearing forth the principles and spirit of
the Gospel in all the relations of life, and
you have antedated that millennial Sab
bath which promise, prophecy, and Provi-
dence are fastening on, and which the day,
the world, and the Spirit of God conspire
to usher in.
He is the enemy of the laborcr, of the
family, of the church, of the State, and
of the soul, who profanes or dcgrades the
Sabbath, and who would rob either of its
princeless blessings.
Con is LoyE!-God is love; oil His per.
fcctions and procedures are but so many
notifications of His love. What is His om-
impotence but the arm OF His loveH What
His Omniscience but the medium through
which He contemplates the objects of His
love? What His wisdom but tho scheme of
His love? What are the offers of tho Gospel
but the invitations Of HE lover What are
the threatenings of the law but the warnings
of Ills lovef They are the hoarse voice OF
His love, saying. "Man. do thysefno harm" !"
They ore % fence thrown round the pit OF per
dition. 10 prev ent rash men from rushing in
to ruin. What was the incarnation of the
Saviour but the richest illustration of His
love? What were the miracles of Christ but
the condcscensions of His love What were
the sighs of Christ bat the breath of His love?
What were the prayers of Christ but the
pleadings of His love? What were the tears
Of fChrist but tho dew-drops o. His love?---
What is the earth but the theatre for tho dis
play Of Ills lovef What is Heaven lnt tho