New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-11-28
THE SABBAEH,
As the week draws to its close we are
happily reminded that the 2 -

- peace
8. This divine dispensation, universally al
= plicabIe, is beneficial to all elasses-to tt
humble cottager as we'll as to the wealth
~ man in bis luxuriant home.
How delightful is this day of rest to Ii
nj tOiliDg seampstress, or the weary actres
who shrinkingly, perhaps, works in be
!, profession in order to support widowe
mother; and what relief to the tired ope
rative and the diligent day-laborerl
See! honest Hans and his bu1or
= Katrina, with their group of apple
!. faced young ones shining with clean
, Illness, and in their Sunday attire
bright with gay ribbons. After devoutl,
y attending service they stroll out to emo.
d the beautiful earth and sky, heartily appre
q ciating their relaxation from week OF toll
Even the patient mule and faithful hors'
, welcome this wholesome respite, and kline
r master always grants it The smiling face
h of the African never beams more good
humoredly than when on Sunday he pro
menades the street with glossy beaver
gloves and cane, free and independent, and
no sanctuaries are so full as those of the
eolored race There they punctually con-
gregate and pour forth with the simplicity
OF children in fervent and tremulous ejacu-
latons their thanks for the blessed Sab
bath. Amid the varied engrossing topics
of the day, political and financial, let US
not forget the words of the immortal Wash
ington, in his farewell address " Religion
and morality are indispensable to the per-
manent felicity OF nation"
As for ourselves, we believe in practical
Christianity rather than in creeds or sects ;
and deeming the Sabbath one of its most
sacred institutions, it delights our heart to
see the Protestant hurrying to his church,
the Catholic to the cathedral, and
the Hebrew to the synagogue-their
thoughts tending heavenwsrd to WOO the
ear Divine with solemn prayer-to bow the
knee in alteration to that Supreme Being
"WhO holds the mountains in the hollow OF
his hand, and even the winds and seas obey
him."
Unfortunately, Of late years, our city has
not been favored with much of superior ap-
propriate pulpit oratory; but now that the
signs OF theI times are SO propitious, we
trust that many eloquent divines may come
among us, who, by earnest persua-
sion and holy example, may cause vice to
give place to virtue in all the various walks
of life.
We do not admire long drawn,
elaborate theological discourses these
may convince the reason, if one
has patience to follow the bewildering
train Of thought which some speakers de-
light in, but they seldom reform sinner.
Earnest, pungent and powerful appeals to |
the heart and conscience, it seems to us, are
most efficient to awaken the reckless. Of
this latter style were Drs. Breckenridge |
Scott, Hawks and Clapp, in years gone by.
Their eloquent tones still linger in our
memory as like an alarm bell on the towers
of Zion. They startled the slothful and
aroused many slumbering on the brink of
ruin. A few Sundays ago we sauntered
into that time-honored sanctuary located
at the corner of Calliope and Prytania
streets. This unpretending edice, where
Stanton and Woodbridge once preached,
is one of the old landmarks in
the annals of Christianity in New Orleans,
With the present pastor, Rev. Mr.. Healy,
rom Chicago, who has recently arrived,
we are but slightly acquainted, but we lis
tened with much pleasure to his sermon,
and as he has the reputation of being an
able and energetic preacher, We doubt not
hat he will be successful in establishing a
congregation. His discourse
truck at the root of great evil, viz: Dis '
motions of caste in the Church. This
mperfection, of course, exists not in Chris :
ianity, for "He who ordained the Sabbath q
owed the poor" but among its professors
md is very prevalent How often have we
cen the pew doors fly quickly open and r
he diamond ring. plumes and flowing train q
lowed obsequiously to seat, while heads v
urn the other way with cold indifference =
Vhen the homespun coat walks up the aisle. h
We were rather pleased to see apparently a
ess Of this than usual in the society men 4
ioned. On Thanksgiving evening, after
stening to an excellent sermon by DR.. a
Iealy, all present were invited to partake /,
I an entertainment of good things for the
'ody in the chapel of the Church, 1t was n
emewhat novel but quite refreshing to see a
he warm greeting extended by the fair /
members who presided alike to all strang- 4
RS, rich and poor. Here also we noticed a
many bright and happy children of the I
Sunday School, clustering eagerly around g
gentleman whom we learned was Mr.. Van
)rden, their superintendent merchant who 4
We suppose, does not think it beneath even !,
IN able business man to have it said of 4
him that he exercises happy influence 4
over the little folks under his supervision. I
We understand that DR.. Healy has com :
menced a course Of Sunday evening lee =
lures, which we are sure will be interesting. |,
The subject for tomorrow evening is the
q Wife at Home" We expect that every !
body and everybody's wife and everybody )
who expects to be somebody's wife will at
tend them.
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