Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-04-11

word; since the whole is % US as through
it rerc real.
There is Ene Of contl"etly uhich The
Sabbath should be obsrred. This is a
matter Of scientific inference. arising
from a mass Of ever-accumulating facts,
which present themselves to the thought
full. If neither the spiritual, moral,
nor social nature of man should re-
quire the Sabbath, his material nature
would set up plea, His bones, and
muscles, and nerves would all unite in
petition to the Author Of Nature, the
legislation of States, and the justice and
; mercy Of employers, for day ofrest.-
The necessity of the Sabbath is founded
! in the physical constitution of the race.
This is not learned from spseulations on
the bodily organiza ton Of man, pursued
after the order Of the anti Baconlc
! schools, nor from the hippant twaddle
Of a pretending phrenoloey; but we
gather1it from facts in the daily history
of man, which may be, easily traced in
all their relations.
We know, as matter of fact, that the
human organization requires sleep in
order to recuperate its wasted energies.
We know, as matter of fact, that when
the required quantun. Of sleepis is not OBJ
tanned, the-neryous stimulus becomes SO
exhausted, that great and general Ian
guor is the result And it is too plain
to require proof, that if this evil were
long perpetuated, death would come to
/, the relief of the sufferer From this,
the inference is very plain, that sleep is
!, one of the ordinations Of Nature, for the
benefit of her animate subjects. Now,
the reasoning is just the same with re-
gard to the Sabbath. Experience
shows, that if the laboring man be de-
privcd of the rest of the Sabbath, his
animate powers will become so exhaust
ed, that instead of the elasticity of the
rested man, he describes the process Of
dragging his body along.
Take any laboring man who has no
/ Sabbath, whether he be the deck hand
on steamboat, the man who attends a
wharf-boat, or the porter at a crowded
hotel and you will find his animal ener-
gies at SO low stage, that he is fit for
| but haL service. Are these men OF
great longevity? 1t may be said, that
mostof them K i'll themselves with whisky.
/ Yes, and for the very reason, in many
cases, that they have no Sabbath. The
natural stimulus being withheld, the
artificial is sought in its place. And
mon who-would not scruple to lectures
on temperance, are keeping men at work
on the Sabbath, fruitful causes of inju-
rious drinking. Observation will show
that premature death is the certain re-
suit of having no Sabbath. | do not
say what is called the desccrsfiDa Of the
Sabbath, tends to abreriate life; but,
simply, that no .Sogbath for The taborer,
shortens life, by making teo heavy q
draught upon liz energies.
! The master of steamboat, or the
proprietor Of hotel, may not need u
Sabbath for physical purposes any more
than the horse does, which still runs
wild on the Mexican plains. But what
is the fate oil those in employ, who do
the work? Long life depends (other
things being equal, on the due care o.
the body. But this due care is impos-
sible, where the rest of the Sabbath is
taken away. / do not hesitate to say,
then, that the observance of the Sab
bath, as day of. bodily rest, promotes
good health and long life. Observation,
will show, if am not greatly mistaken
that laboring men, who have no Sab
bath or rest, do not come up to the com
mon standard of human life.
bors with his mind, whether he be stu
dent, professional man, or book keeper
In all mental labor, the material organ
called the brain, is most actively
brought into requisition. And no or
gan in the whole man expends as much
Of the animal energy in its action, us the
brain. To its wasted energies, sleep is
the great restorer; but there must be
;, added to this the rest of the Sabbath
! Continued mental labor, without the
rest of the Sabbath, added to that ol
sleep, will utterly exhaust the nervous
system, depress the whole tone of the
muscular tissue, and soon unfit the mind
for its usual functions.
Observation shows that all animals
bodies require the rest of the Sabbath.
i, when subject to labor. Yes, say The
Sabbath. On the 18th of November,
1898, the n stional Assembly of France,
abolished the Sabbath, and ordained in
its stead, q Sabbath respite from Ia.
Dor every tenth day. Mas this wise!
Did it answer the purpose? Did it fully
respond to the behests of "tired nature?''
Mol it did not The Sabbath, which
embraces the seventh part of all time,
is not device of the priest, but an or
j t. .