Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-16

The Floral Tribats-" cifiEsn's" Reply 10
1.-THE g. bbath Of the Lord and
the sabbath Of the Church.
EDrgons LrpoEa, Had your corre-
spondent Of yesterday been gentleman,
Il would afford me great pleasure TO use
the lance Of Cervanles and take tilt at
the paper castle so loosely constructed !
but as you say she is lone OF our most
highly esteemed and intelligent ladies,
| must, ia the old chiyalric way, rein in
my steed, aud make my points as sooth'
ing as zephyrs. Twill say to her; Fair
lady, l am Protestant as we'll as you;
but does Il not seem strange that we,
Protestants, who date back only to the
days Of Luther and Melancthon, should
appropriate as our acts matters which
we're decided fourteen hundred years be-
fore we came into existence 7 Your in
telligent mind will at once perceive that
such course Of reasoning as you have.
thought proper to adopt is likely to lead
TO mistakes, and you will pardon me the
boldness of saying that your quotation
from the XXth chapter of Exodus, Re-
member the Sabbath day to keep il holy,
does not apply to Sunday, but to Saturday,
the very day you purpose offering theTrib-
ute. The Fathers OF the Roman Church
adopted the first, in place Of the serenfh,
day of the week as day of devotion,
for two reasons: first, because Christ
rose from the dead on Sunday; and,
second, because the Apostles continued
with one accord in prayer and supplica-
ton on that day. Now, fair lady, II
you had been alive and exercised your
intelligent mind in the days OF the
Apostles or in the times of the Fathers
of the Church, you would no doubt have
protested against their not remember
ing the Sabbath day to keep it holy;
but think the divine Apostles Peter and
Paul or the learned Fathers Jerome and
Chrysos,om, unlike the fashionable
preachers of the present day, would not
suffer the dictation of woman. But i
suppose our distinctive civilization
must be kept up; yet it seems odd to me
that you have not issued ukase against
funeral on Sunday, which is as
great a breach of said civilization
as marching in regalia to Floral
Tribute to the dead. As you belong to
the, church-going citizens fair lady, |
am not surprised that your charity leads
you to think the 'publicans and sinners
would attend the ceremony not from
very lofty motives but to have a jolly
time. Such was the Pharisees' opinion
of Christ and his disciples when they
plucked the ears OF corn and eat them
on the Sabbath day. On that point, as
You seem fond of the Scriptures, allow
me to direct your attention to the Xllth
and XVIII chapters of the Gospel &C
cording to st Matthew; and after
reading them / am inclined to believe
you will form better opinion Of
community such as ours '-ay, even Of
the mongrels,' who wash not their
hands when they eat bread" This il
all, sir, have to say to your eorrespon.
dent; and / would not have yentured
even this much had l not been one Of
those who, in 1862, watched by the bed
side of many brave youth who now
lies low in Emwood, and desire to see
their memory kept green in all hearts
Yours, ETC., oITIzEN.
| [As to the matter of the anniversaries
little attention to the received compu
tation of time will show both our cor
respondents the difficulty of showing any
particular Saturday or Sunday to be the
anniversary of any other particular day
| -ED.1