Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-11


to promote the better observance Of the sabbath as
to to the rso2 o be sy
but to tiy and correct such evils have grown up
sabbath as day of rest and moral culture. 1t is
she me object o the committee, IN quiet but earnest
ing, and combining public sentiment and securing
TO suppress neicscrin1 liquor. selling Geaicai and
other omseeHs and Whdlere else Is rioldtioH Of The
sabbath Some Of these evils are widespread, and
strongly intrenched, and their removal will be a
committee, with your aid, to persevere until success
shall crown their labors
, Appealing With confidence to the friends Of the
Sabbath, earnestly solicit the aid of your ex-
ample, influence and peouniary contributions, in
carving out such measures as may be adopted to
There is necessarily some expense incurred in tho
prosecution Of this reform, The principal items Of
this expense are the salary Of Corresponding Sec
TetaIy, Who, under the direction of the committee
and the publication of such documents for general
diStri5PtiSn list w as the c3mmittee may think best
as the friends Of the Sabbath are disposed to
tribute in aid Of this enterprise.
STANLEY MATTHEWS, A. M. SEARLEs,
A. Nj TAYLOR, MILES GREENWOOD,
JOHN II, GRoEsBECK, FRANCIS NEULsoN,
JAMES WILSoS, WIN. PRocTER,
GEO. e. DAVIS, WIN GLENN,
a, 4. 4. GnAMBERLAIN' DAVID JUPKINs,
W, T. DRAKE, Henry J. FELDwIsH,
s. P. Bishop, WM. SKATER,
T. G. ODIoRNR.
This naturally carries us back over
long period of time, to a similar organ
ization which existed in Jerusalem at
the time of the coming of Christ. And one
incident in connection Herewith, will, to-
gether with the above circular, constitute
my text on this occasion. Jesus on one oc-
casion had just been discoursng on the
folly of putting new wine into old bottles
a view, by the way, quite suggestive of
the attempts to Judaize America-when a
practical illustration of his doctrine oc-
CURED. "lt came to pass" says the record,
''that he went through the cornfields on the
Sabbath day, and his Disciples began as they
went to pluck the ears of corn; and the
Pharisees said unto him, Behold why do
| they on the Sabbath day that which is not
lawful" And he said unto them: "Have We
| never read what David did when he had
need, and was an hungered, he and they that
were with him; how he went into the house
| of God in the days of Abiathar, the High
Priest and did eat the Shew bread, which is
not lawful to eat, but for the Priests, and
gave also to them which were with him2"
| And he said to them, 1.-THE Sabbath was
made for man, and not man for the Sab
bath: therefore, the Son of Man is Lord also
of the Sabbath" Mark ii, 3d.
The ancient society for the suppression of
Sabbath corn-plucking, was called Pharisa-
| ism. This new one bears q strong family
| likeness to it. Six times in this manifesto
they speak unctiously of the Sdbbath-an
institution which has not been observed but
by 1sraelites for 1900 years; and to bind
| which upon the people, we are once more to
see Heaven and earth moved, in violation of
their rights, and at the risk of degrading the
Christian Church still further than its pur-
| blind friends have done already. They should
know that there is no Sabbath, and that the
attempt to smuggle one in through the forms
Of law, will prove an act of religious revo-
luton; and so they shall find it. They will
pick up stones, in the spirit of the parent
society, to cast at the little news boy, who
goes about picking up sticks to kindle his
mothers Sunday fire; but they will find that
the news boys will find arms enough to hurl
back those stones into their carriage win,
dows, on which several hours of common
labor" are bestowed every Sunday, that il
may drive grandly in from Walnut Hills, OF
| Glendale, or Mt. Auburn, whose serene Sab
bath airs, it seems, are so disturbed by oul
| news. boys. Curious eyes will peer into
kitchens, to see how much cooking is done
on that day, and whether there be not O
modern reading of Christ's saying, to the
effect that "the Sabbath is made for the Door
and not for the rich" If Cincinnati is to be
governed by the municipal arrangements Of
ancient Jerusalem, let us have no halfway
measures; let US be Judaized in right earn
| est. The Rev. f. W. Robertson, whose uni
is their best credit. mark, and whose works
are an honor to the Church of England,
speaks very distinctly on this matter. "By
what right" he says, "do we say that the
order Of the day, whether it be the first
or the seventh, is a matter of indif-
ference, because only formal, but that
the proportion of days, one in seven,
or unalterable2 On what Ineligible
principle do we produce the fourth COM
mandment as binding upon Christians, and
abrogate so important clause of it as, in Il
thou shalt do no manner of work. On what
self-evident ground is it shown that the Jew
might not light fire, but the Christian may
There is only this alternative; if the fourth
commandment be binding still, that clause is
unrepealed, mo manner of work :" and So
too, is that other important part, the sancti-
fcation of the seventh day and not the first
if the fourth commandment be not binding
in these points, then there is nothing left bul
the broad, comprehensive ground taken by
the Apostle. In consistency hold that none
of the formal part is abrogated, or else all
That is good learned and orthodox authority
Let it warn our newly-galyanized Sabbatari-
ans to count the cost of their tower before
they begin to build it
These remarks on the religious bearings Of
the question have been, know, deprecated
by the Committee who sent us the above cir
cular. They aver that they are only seeking
to correct such evils as have grown up in
defiance of the laws. But even if the papers
had not reported the proceedings of the San
hedrim of Thursday evening, this manifesto
would show that the movement is an effort
to Teplenish deserted churches, to set up sac.
rifce rather than mercy, to tithe the mint
anise and cummin by law, to the neglect
of the weightier matters Of justice
mercy and good faith. Mr.. Matthews, whose
name leads this Committee, is an able law,
yer; and it must have been not as an enforcel
of civil laws, but of ecclesiastical, that h(
allowed paper to be printed over his name
holding that there is any legal authority il
this State TO make the first day of the weel
day for "moral culture" or to suppress
news crying OF amusements on that day
Thank God, the State of Ohio has not q wore
to say on this subject, and TO this league o
chief priest and scribe-Church and State
ere they bring their scourges for the people
In the noble Constitution of this Free Stat
it is written: "All men have a natural anC
ndefeasibe right to worship Almighty Co.
according to the dictates Of their own con
science. No person shall be compelled to at
tend, erect or support any place Of worship
his consent; and no preference shall be give
by la3 to any religious society nor shall an,
interference with the rights of conscience
permitted"
Here is the broad shield of the religion
freedom of the citizen of Ohio. 1t puts th
Jew with his Sabbath proper, the Seventh
day Baptist, the Christian with his Sunday
{ on the same platform of rights. Under thi
manifest inIent Of the organic law, 1t ha
been again and again decided that all statute
ordsining the first day Of the week as a da