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ing.:stoeks 2! .s,emselves. And though u ~
t-aaes and Professions thsrs ats botehes tbat
havs a1istaksa their trads, jet it will bssd gen
sfklT tsue that fasosSN and quAck0 {all Tar
short Of tbs regularly tralned and spprsntiesd,
whether in the work Of ths hand or the besd.
at the anggestioua. adviee aid Instructions pho.
pounded hy Theoretical book-n1ada farmers and
agricultural leaders: who, though possessing
en,attesloE Of the nomenclature Of sub-soiGnEs
draining, aud pnlverixation, conned into u1euo-
r., II hot into tie Judgment, in snug rooms
from libraries At their elbow, but vithsl puzzled
70 know anb1oil srnbher from trench piow,
from horse~rake- Tbs experienced mechanic
has often bis organ Of uairtd excited At the up
st4rt wot]d be-inventor Of perpetual motion,
Utterly ignorant Of the impossiblity Of SUCCESS
from wnnt Of knowledge Of tho alphabetical
laws OF mechanics, Is Of friction. or that action
and reaction are equal. So the unsophisticated
Bible c-and-cateebism taught dairy mald or plow-
boz Of Christian countries and pious pasenaage,
is in wonderment 1t 'he farce of IN intidel law
yer measuring his d~atffh metaphysics
against tho giant theology Of q Presbyterian
minister. Creditab)e, indeed, for an able law
yeri 10 be v@nquished By - 7uk rxAzL or PATS"
from the pen Of, even, Laborers Daughter
prize essay. ...-.
Masculine minds! brilliant reason forsooth!
TINT eau believe the books Of Thomas Carlyle
but canuot, or rather will not, believe the book
Of God! Sublime professional On casuistry
this! " an act, TO b sin, must wound the con-
| science of him who commits il, "nouo can
believe it to be sacred" "to eat meat on Friday
is no sin in Protestant, though it would BE- ia
u Catholic" .'if the car directors held the Sab
bath sacred they would not run them" "What
earthly business have 10 ask them to re!rain
from doing an act, simply because il did it |
should violate ny conscience" "Csn ask
hare taken the pledge" Ali tliss ia effect
means that blind man can judge Of co1ors;
tbs: there is DO such thing rs mental darkness;
no rule, but individual opinion or conscience,
for measuring right or wrong; that men will
not act contrary to their better Judgment; that
we ali Gains, not obligated to be our brothers
terpret such rs rotten and hollow to the core.
root and branch. The bare recital Of which is
enough to vote it sophistry throughout. Much
importance is attached to the recreation Afford
ed By the Cottage Grore and rural trips. There
is such thing as recreation, but That a. such as
Sunday Cottage Grore excursions is Of = piece
with the happiness Of bacchanalian revelry that
learea redness Of eyes. serpent bites aud adder
sings. Brother workmen, you may have seen
employers su- ash the whisky bottles found on
your benches. Let me whisper; the choked
yaWns and uustrung nerves, the invataahle cou-
comitants OF iate hours md Sunday recreations,
do not escape detection aud its penalties They
know ~ well as you, that the men who Eeftatn
from auch euloGized trips, and rest and 60 TO
Church are the most profitable, hare the
clearegt eye and the stidest aru, the
uisest head and truest conscience, in short,
the most reliable, honest and faithful
Mark the proof when . panic occurs. Drunk.
ards however winked at III busy times, first get
their walking ticket Sabbath breakers. since
thovc Jr 1.4o a}a iva rua1fft Ha
tural consequence, are sooner in the list, mark-
ed for dischasging. So Sabbath Dissertation Is
a losing, and Sabbath observance apayIng pro.
pensity. Division of labor and time is not a
relic Of ignorance and barbariiJ, but mark Of
progression aud civilization. A fifteen minutes
stop, in The middle Of forenoon ia the har-
rest field, is q better paying indulgence than
the bribing expediept Of "time and quarter
par" for oyerhours' work. Your experience Of
repeated hours and quarter days Of orer lime
affer faithful days teu hours wofk, satisfies you
that you cannot long hnfd out the drudgerJ.
Whatever might be the effect Of Monday TRIP,
after Sunday + orthodox rest, to these pleas
ure gardens, The Mondays exhaustion and las
situde, from the wiudfng.up Of the jading week
by the follies md excitement Of Sabbath
abuse, you feel from sad experience is wide
of mcriting the name OF recreation.
It's wrong labelled contradiction Of
terms! Neither will it become more poetic
by cudearoring to strip it Of erll associations.
and thereby attetnpt to make it more iustifable.
It is dogmatical TO test the question abstraetly;
it must stand or fall by its relations and inHu~
etoes to good and evil. And iu the light Of tue
temptations to eyii it affords, and in the light
Of human nature, which is 'sevil. only evil, and
thai continually" whatever infdelity defines j
t. be, common sense and the Bible interptets it
a moral poison and nuisance. Fellow workmen,
you would scorn the offer, rs Of despot, the
option of sveA recreation In the shape Of work
for pay. Will you then barter orrepeal on even
these low grounds, this Heaven enacted snonT
TINE nl1L, for Sunday hunting aud fishing,
drinking and dancing. The most astonishing
Of modern discovery that has yet come to light.
will, doubtless to many. be, that the French arc
the most virtuous. religious and holy people in
the world, because their Sunday differs little
from other days Of tue week! but there's
"perbaps" in this. somewhat characteristic
Of that inability ITO hsi see *hsre a to dtsw .S
controversy is disclosed in this. Of anti.sabbi-
testing where 10 draw the line-Maeaulay, Lu-
ther. anybody and everybody, is suitable, but
the Word Of God. Save us from that holiness
which has for It's legitimate ard concou,itaut
fruits absconding PoPes, despotic rulers. dumb
people, aud stlrved cattle. Look at those
those where they hare only . mutilated one, upd
contrast them with those which hare it 10 its
purity md free circulation, and say il you
would change! In the black bread they cat.
and cut Of the cont they wear, eren, there is
sufficient evidence that these Sabbath-desecrat-
ing countries are a long way behind in pros
peri.y and hnppiness. and in everything that
exalteth nation. Ii is in the Sabbath being
exercised rs commanded lis in the Bible. that
our only guaranty Of prosperity and happiness.
~ indisiduals and nations, ies;-in this we
huve IN imptcsnab!e fortress Of human freedom
Us well as a school 10 find EAat wherewith
Christ makes His people free, which is freedom
indeed. / have only to say, pardon my tres
pass upon your space in ihis workingman's
public mite 10 the cause Of Sabbath observance.