, 1859-08-20
THE SABBATH QUESTION.


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ne@"e1e3AeA sAe"s
Aasas ~. afe7 anu a1oane:
Ihe conception Of Deity is natural. This
CONCEPTION invoices the Obligation Of worship;
t'ine ior II: exercise il also proper. Therefore
asa9oath Is the dictate Of reason aud a. arti-
Gle Of natural theology. As . result Of this nat
u'al law, hos come to pass that al nations aud
tr'hes, 80 far rs they recognize Deity, hare
Sabbath, that is, special time for religious
worship. Ihe discovery Of atr1oe so small, so
isolated aud imornted tnat no trace OF Divine
recognition can be found among them. makes
nothing against the pfoposinon With which re
hafc set out. 1he recognition Is sufficiently
Gniverso' to SNOW tnat It Is part OF our nature.
Inc same part, tendency, or tuw OF your nature
Thleh susPennos business and celebrates the
osr1h Gay o1 asnlngton, celebrates the Sab
hath and xhen you make war upon this insti-
tution, you 90 maze war upon human nature II"
seu, III 1's noaest 1ostlucts anu supllmest aspl.
rat,ons:
=, nateser pears upon mans relation to his
Maker. no ma.ter OF what dlspensai'on It may
foFm paf1, applles, OF course, to all men With
oat d'ss'ncaon or e1cepnoe: 1he sabbath
tpfms part o. t.e 1e"lslt a'spehsauon, "has
t1eh All WHICH Is proper 10 man II lonna IN
tnat oispensataon Us wen as az winch aa proper
10 Jew Long centuries oeiore & jewish DIS
pensauo1 haa oeea oreameo OF among meo, ere
yet the tlrst notes OF Creation song had died
away, God blessed the Seventh ay"--not as
tne sesenth. out as ine 5aooata oay-fhe Gay OF
rest, and sauctlhed It t,:-made it q day Of holy
rest. gag Q! rest IN han-tne only stopping
p4ace, 1ae ooly atmosphere ana region Of fesat
,.luooai creatures Ane DF1ne De!ng would
.a .a!e tss.cu 10 gu eternity ~ hts own m
unless be hsd intended an instructive
eaau,ps. - ~ - "ntoss'gie ~ supPose t9at ne
snoulo nase sepa!ateo, distinguished and sumo
t'heo nE Gay OF n's own rest. unless be bad ~
!enoea LIS Iatlonal creatures TO marx tue dls~
t1nelion ana iouow 'oe example. nut suose.
queu1 Utslne ueauns places t0is point beyond
reasonable controversy. God selected the lsra-
G,ates - ~ CHOSEN missionaries 70 mankind
re maoe tnenl ,ne consefsator and trustee OF
nls oracss ult nnal ana universal d'spensa.
.,t .,ou enouta eonG -; ne gase taena laws ol
M,' 1mIee A.nas Jualc!as, ceremon,al ana moral
~: ho.a. .aw eons'eesa VI zen eommanaments.
~ "n'Su =, &c ".A.eu W Ivy taoles o4 s1oue' 70
1na1h tne!F elpetoltS atlu atsttn5ufsn taem from
aii tae otnef laws. Inc nrse four Of these ten
9. e.2mmanomeots set iof1h mans out duty TO GOD;
tne '2st SIX .pan aut1 10 nan. me last o. tiie
:!rst tou1 IL 1ae oaooatn law. winch thus notas
is Isl p.aes eensIy ~ tue nnorM coee: Us u tae
key.stone, cement ana s1rengfh OF 1t. No ex-
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seisIa oo.sag'i ~ sne etne! nioe Ptec@pts OF
~ ehe "au .en ass @tl:eea ~ hneaaa.e
ana anoroken snceeSSloh' anu IN terse and COM
preaenslse terms. Iney are separated IN the
sserea nalranG llplu aai Ina1 1o!!ow, as may pe
sceH i - CONSUMING tIe |vIo snapper oI E4oous,
lo.n; @ "nete ~ IS "l1.en: ne aeelarea unto
{1u n's " esen .eu tV,nl'anolneuss an1
ne "fote tnem upon t"o tables OF stones; and
oae cons!uc'aE'y oaa ana llresis.o SUI, from
Isuseaou9Iu9 - In -l, "ne!e in'msoia1e!y a1ter
Tue Iee.ial o. 1ae aeeaoene II 1s ADDED: ihese
"oros Ile Lof9 spake unto all your assembly
N tne Mount .ont Of me midst OF The hre, OF tue
cloua, ana o. me tl1cs darkness, with great
volce anu ne aadea no more; AND ne Wfo1c
snesn ~ 1"o 'ao1es o. stone and oehsesea them
unrV ~, me. :.
me 1e"lsn oaooatn mad associated with It
"otsu1p un1 lne '1ost solen1h services OF INC
sanetaafy. 1o arag me oaona3a d law out OF ITS
Sonae:tlon. 6. : ahu as1teh ~ a'nerent cnaracter
nom, 4lo:n tuat "ulcl ueones 10 Tue category III
H!aGh u II paced, Is one OF Tue most dehnnt and
!usolent assauils upon Tue estapitsnea fa!es OF
.tn.eiPIe1a''on . WHICH the annals OF controversy
1u13isn.
70 sanctaty a thlng "htcn as not nnoral sub
lecf, and from It's nature cannot DC, signifies to
sci II apafs Tor holf uses lhefe 1s nothinI holy
IN lo!eness sleep - idle death IS !dle 1dleness
Is sesetatioh ho'iness Is m entity. 10 Keep
Ao'J - VIZ ~ - 20 ~ H~ef ~ Nv "1"'s
idie nut wholly active; IN that klnd OF placid
ac,isity winch may be enjoyed IN intercourse
Win heasen' =,
kemember tue sabbath day to Keep 1t holy" :. !"
!"o "oros gre noticeable IN TINS sentence. II
is tue 'sdodsftA day and not the seventh day
which Is to be kept holy. Asna<nber il not the
language OF original appointment, it is the Ian
gnase employed to awaken attention to some.
thing already known. 1dleness is the Sabbath
ofa brute. Dissipation is the Sabbath Of = dis
ordered and perrclted intelligent being. Rec
reatlon il the Sabbath of man but it must be
| the recreation Of the .man proper, Of all the
springs and out -soings Of his moral and spirit
uai life; and this can only be obtained by IN ap-
| proach to the fountain of life by worship. 10
keep day to the memory OF Washington with
out thinking cf Washington, OF his Patrlotlc
services aud suaerings Of his courage. Of bis de-
| votedness, Of his integrity: To keep day in
memory Of the Declaration Of American 1ude-
/ pendcnce without thinking Of American Iude-
pendence, without any homage to the persistent
bravery Of the men who achieved, without any
| patriotic resolve to maintuin and defend tho
heritage they bcqucathed, without any pros
| pcc,ive glance into tho glorious future wlicl,