Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-06-05

The world without a sabBash.

What would it be? Labor without rest care
without soace; probation without preparation a
night without day.
To the labOring man the loss of thesabbath would
bring uncessing toll without increased compensa
don and a consequent wasting of physical strength
which would soon wear out the MAJ hinery of lite
1t would rob him Of the allotted period for mental
$nd spiritual improvement, and for home dSties and
enlUyments BrUtalized in mind body, and sssoeia-
tiOn, be would sink the level of the serf be the
sport Of capital, and end his days in heshensm.
To the family the Sabbath lost would entail the
loss Of the home doy-the day of domestic reunion,
instruction, worship, and charity. Family govern
ment would lose its tone family joys would die out;
domestic purity would be imperiled-for the two
Oldest institutions in the world nterlinked-and
family pisty would become extinct.
To the Church q lost Sabbath would involve the
loss Of it's solemn assemblies its gody ministry its
day for edifestion and action, its for domes-
tic and associated instruction Of the young, and its
antelope CT the rest that remaneth for the people
Of God" An Arctic Winter-Without light, or
heat or foods but an emblem of the state of the
Christian world without the Sabbath and its ordi-
nGnces.
State without Sabbath must be without liberty.
To free state the Sabbath brings the support of
some Of the powerful elements of sglf govern
menL It inspires respect for law, divine aud hu-
snan. Hfosiers the sense Of omnipresent Deity, and
Of mans dependence and accountability. 1t eBgen-
ders lively conscience more potent to restrain
from crime than ell legislative or judicial guards.
Its educational force, through the pulpit, the Sab
bsth-schoOl and the freside quickens the intellect
and moulds the heart of nation. 1t gives the
weekly occasion for illustrating the equality of men
before God and of intoxicating the great lesson of
human brotherhood. 1t is the foe of despOtism and
the ally Of freedom. The nation that has the Sab
bath may dispense with armies and tax gatherers for
their support; no nation the globe without the
Sabbath, with only profsne holiday in its stead,
has free institutions, dare disband its standing
armies.
The soul without the Sabbath would grope it's way
through rsyless night to the ''bsckness Of dark
ness forever" For, while might give heed to
eternal concerns any all days, universal OBJ
serYstion proves that contemneIs of the Sabbath
despise sR 4 wonder and perish. No man who se6es
tie auth GRITTY Of God and Wilfuy prOfsnes the Lords
Day, can have the temper of child Of God on other
days. Think of g world Of sOuls without Sabbath,
and the image of hell rises upon the vision Think
Of world waking each seventh day to the con-
seriousness Of the presence and power Of creating,
redeemed God and Savior the families Of earth
bowling in worship before their several aars, going
mp 10 His temples to render their homage and hear
His truth and bearing forth the principles and spir
it Of the Gospel in all the relations Of life and you
have sntedsted that milennial Sabbath which prom
ise prophecy and Providence fastening on, and
which the day, the word and the Spirit of God
epire 10 usher in.
He is the enemy of the laborer, of the family, of
the church of the State, and of the soul, who pro-
flames or degrades the Sabbath and who would rob
either of its priceless blessings.