Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-12-29

1 ichulhR ifuitblhnt cltrHymtn ot the city, huR.
gcais a few queres and reflections, which |
jot down for the benefit Of your renders.
First Of oil, for whom ia the document In.
/ tended II lor tho sheep { lheAe zealous
shepherds, il Is certainly not complimentary
to their pcty and steadlaslness that ihoy need
warning about the Lords Day in addition to
what they receive every sabbath lffor poor
miserable sinners outside their flock, then il is
an assumption Of ecclesiastical authority, not
likely to he submiilc to, and with the trouble
OF which they might have sparod them
selyca
| What is tho character Of the feast 10 which
they invite the outsiders, moan--in place
Of the oloynting pleasure derived from music,
and Of music giving expression to tho hymns
of Sion by which all can worship who will,
aud many bc led TO devotion who never wor.
SHIPPED bcloro2 Fortunately history paints
for us tho lineaments of the Purtnns, and re-
cords the doings OF puritanism in church and
state. The graphic pen Of MNcauIay has re-
corded tho somber garb and tho sanctimon.
ious demeanor of tho sect, and described the
monomaniacal birotry hich found iransgres.
sion in all amusement, and sin in tho enjoy.
ment of ovcry fair and beautiful thing whether
OF nature or of art The annals of our own
country also boar witness 10 the rule OF tho
snme spirit, and the inlliclion of fines Tor kiss
ing ones wife on Sunday is but part aud par.
eel OF the same disposition, so we'll shown In
il,s. tuAt - =. A.
appropriately headed "ordor, rs il undoubled.
ly would have been II its authors had possess
cd the ncodfnl power. From the cultivation
OF this spirit aud participation in such feast
MS the gentlemen set before M WI turn in dis
gust prelerring sacred music with all its
proclamation" however great may be tho
grieilt cause our reverent friends
Woru | a Bible scholar | might refer TO
somo passages in, or some teachings Of tho
Holy Book, which are perhaps better left to
| other hands. | have some remembrance, how
ever, OF the anored writer's of that volume
"making merry before the Lord, of their
| singing with the harp and with the psaltery,"
! oven with "trumpets aud with shnwms" yen,
and even dancing as means of worehip.
Once upoH time, too, the Savior of mankind
was called TO account for pucking and eating
corn upon the Sabbath day, and his remarks
in reply might be read with profit by our rev
| crend friends to their congregation.
Tho suggestion also occura as 10 whether
the conduct Of these warmers against trans.
parent abominations' is entirely consistent,
and If their ilocks nrc so rigid as seems need.
iul in the observance Of Goods Holy Day"
How is II about domestic affairs on that day2
Are there no good christian girls kept from
early and Nil other service that the creature
comfort Of their pious employers may not be
disturbed In the slightcat degree Is il n work
OF either necessity or mercy that dinners
should bo cooked aud all the routine of daily
! life gone through with, and no Il rest be de.
MED to the serynnt2 Ia not her soul as pre.
cious Rs the mislreases, and her church and
| iis seryicoa as dear 10 her2 And how is il
with the Poatollico DO not the welLtaught
followers OF these alarmed prcnchers flock
teere on sabbath morning, miugling with the
arched throng, and crowdng with tho oarnal
and unrRhteous, TO receive and read business
letters Is there no proclamation" in that
Again, have not these nnxiOus divines been
awhre of tho fact that for years an association
has existed in our midst, meeting openly every
Sunday for the prosecution of games for
dancing and like purposos2 Undoubtedly
/ they have, but II has called forth no "earnest
| pr0test like the announcement Of a Sacred
| Concert
But the whole point Of the matter is found,
probably in tho stntemont that In "neiph.
boring city these concerts have led to "polit-
ioh meetings on Sabbath evening |" Verify,
vorllytho heigh; Of impudence has been reach.
edl Political meetings on Sunday cpening
Are they any worse thnn political meetings on
| Sunday morHiHg2 These men, many Of whom.
| (not all ) have been preaching political ser.
mons for yonrs past, seem now afraid Of pol.
I lical meeting where thoy arc not the leaders.
| These men who have animated the Aooks with
bitter hatred to noighbOrs and friends who
differed with them on political auestionG who
have instllod into politics all the venom; all
the intolerancei all the malgnity which peou.
larily belong 70 ocleaiastioal controversy
the men who, clothed in tho garb of the Prince
Of Peace, have preached war, exlerminalinQ
and bloody war these men who have plaoed
the thus saith the Lord" to the expression of
their own human paasions--who have prnyed
that boodshed and carnage aud destruetion
might go on until the cruel desiroa Of their own
hearts were gratifod, and their passions satin.
ted upon the objects Of their haired-these are
tho men who now warn us against the tnno
cent enjoyment Of music, aud the singing of
sacred songs, because WI choose for il Sunday
evening, tho only evening on which we are at
leisure
| suggest, Mr. Editor that the advertise.
ment should hive closed with the PRAYER. "Ob
Lord, ! thank Thee that am not as these
publicana and sinnesr' r.
VINDEX.
Bei5-fho Proclamation which accompnnies
l the Mesaayn II ana oc tba ,nost .i1!,..i -.