The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-05-14

EDITOR OF THE CRESCENT.-I love
the Sabbath day, sweet day of rest
rest from cares, from tolls, from the
never-ending vexations and annoyan
ces of our six days labor Of body and
mind. 1t Is . day of rest, of medita.
ton upon the wonders of the Almigli.
ty Creator; His love which surrounds
us on every side, and with which He
in His goodness and mercy, has COW
cred us, as With o garment, all the
days of our life
1t is our bonden duty to offer to
this great and good Being the homage
ofour hearts, either in His ssholy tenn
pie" or by our fresides, at least once
q week, for these blessings of life, of
health, of prosperity; and even in adj
versity we should be thankful that
\ our lot is no worse when we compare
our condition with those who are in
rags and suffering for daily susten-
ance, and with no place to lay their
throbbing he ~ and broken hearts.
This thankfulness should be given
daily and hourly, but ""chieay ought
we so to do" on the 'blessed Sab
bath a day set apart as, ''Holy unto
the Lord" NI ,n,e s.se8e
The fourth commandment ought to
be kept more strictly everywhere; but
it concerns us, the people of New
Orleans, to set better example to
the world in this respect than we have
heretofore done and now do.
Let the doors of our numerous. and
beautiful churches be thrown open
wide on the Sabbath day, that all
those who enter their portals may not
go away empty. Let every seat be
filled, that the industrious and labor
ing man, and all others, may sit and
''partake of the waters of life freely
and eat the bread OF righteousness
without money and without price"
Would it not look better--nay,
would it not be better--to see our
churches thus filled every Sabbath,
than to see our theaters, saloons, and
tippling houses filled with carelss ten
ants, unmindful of the day, and their
responsibilities to God and their fam
lilies Look at the throngs of meme of
all classes who fill these places; but
the most lamentable, (if possible). is
to see the honest, hard laboring man,
the intelligent mechanic, spending his
hard earnings to purchase that which
will carry his soul to perdition.
And the Sabbath day is the day of
all Others which is selected by thou
sands to poison themselves. 1t is the
custom here, especially on Sunday.
Shall ! say 60 to church instead of
the theatre, the saloon, with their
more than regal adornments, and their
enticements Of the flowing bowl2
Are not six days and nights of the
week enough to indulge in these allu-
ring retreats of magnifcence
Cannot the good people Of this city
(there are enough Of them) sustain
the position of closing all Sunday
amusements, and all drinking and i'm
proper houses, all places of business
on one day of the week--God's Holy
day9 Shall their portals never be
closed, nor say, "thus far, and no
farther y 1 am confident the good
and virtuous of every cline and every
denomination of Christians will favorl
a more decent respect for the Sabbath
day. The age in which we live, de-
mands it; the welfare--morally, So
cially, and pecuniarily-ofour citizens
cries aloud for reformation in this J
respect. To those who frequent these 9
saloons and drinking houses on Sun !
days to while away time and drown
sorrow, | would cay: 40
Unhappy ban whom sorrow thus and
rage, s....,5. .gs s-r
To different ills alternately engage; Q
Who drinks alas but to forget nor sees
That melancholy sloth, severe disease,
Memory confused, and interrupted
thought, bf F
Deaths harbinger, he latent in the /
dFauhgt; 1f4 guTGGI
And in the flowers that wreathe the spark
ling bowl, Ts HfEsl Is8l,Elj-f
Fell adders hiss, and poisonous serpents
Will the Crescent aid the reforma-
ton, as far as it is practicable, to the
attainment of the greatest good to the.
greatest number of our worthy popu-
lation -
] know you are ready at all times,
as you have nobly shown, to aid in
whatever rebounds to the honor and !
welfare of oiir city. Ihope these sug.
gestions will not be taken in any mar I
row or sectarian sense by any class of
our citizens, but that they will reflect
upon the subject calmly and dispatio-
nately; and If that is done they will
come, sooner or later, to correct and ]
just decision, how far we should justi-
fy and approve the desecration Of the
Sabbath day. 80. : y,
1t may not be improper to remark
that the writer is not a member of any
church, and that he is no sectarian.
What he has written are "home e-Inade .
;, not intended to injure any
one in business or otherwise, nor in
the interest Of any one living, but
simply are dictated by desire for the
happiness of my fellow-citizens, and
PRO BONO PUBLIco.
New Orleans, April 4, 1867.
WHAT IS NOT CHAKIrY.-It Is not
charity to give penny to the street
Of whom nothing is
known, while we haggle with a poor
man out Of employment for misera- I