The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-08-28
SUNDAY READIRG.


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My beautiful, beautiful deadi
OH dark was the day when the token
Was sent from the palace on high,
That the sweet silver cord must be broken,
And the pitcher all shattered must lie.
Oh that midnight WAS stariess and dreary
When our child had to hght the last foe
Love ioo 81 a. sl SoD and s LIE, hin
Great Father, receive the sweet spirit
That 10 bursting II, fetters Of clay I"
He slept-he has gone to inherit
The Gown and the kingdom OF Day.
That smile, like an inf,nps escaping
From danger TO mothers own breast,
Told the moment the angels were taking
Our weary one home to his rest.
We pressed to the edge OF the river,
And caught but one vanishing CLEAN,
A he entered the portals forever
That oped the bright city to him.
Aud s'ill on the borders we linser,
we Sesr nos he 'n voice sn of ne ~ .sse
But we know him At home with his God.
And silently siill though / wander
mid wrecks that are ieft BY the tide,
Repesting the fearful surrender
or the life that with Christ must abide,
hear a soft whisper Of pardon,
Add promise OF wiping all tears,
meeting, beyond this dark Jordan,
To last through interchangeable years.
Aud Oft In my solitude musing.
Sweet breszss my soul seem to stir,
such balm and such fragrance dihusing,
As come from the mountain, Of myrrhi
The hills. past all sln and all weeping,
Where our lost ones are watching Tor dfy.
soon, soon, In 1mm,nuers Q ,fe keeping,
cshall meet-where cen Deaths ned away
Green, green are the pastures, though lowiy
Where the mourners are led by their Guide
And the ground vet with tears should be holy
Where we, for 4 while, must abide.
Oh he the fruits frOm such sakylnO
Ofpstience, Of filth, and OF love
Thrice precious this season for growing,
More meet for the kingdom sbovei
WHAT Is WASrED.-We want In you O
Christianity that Is Christian across coun
tiers, over dinner tables, behind the neigh
boris back, as In his face. We want 10 you
q Christianity that we can nnd In the ten.
perance Of the meal, in moderation Of dress
In respect for authority, In amiablll:y al
home, In veraclty and simplicity In mixed
society. Rowland Hill used to say he would
give very little for the religion Of man
whose very dog and cat were not the better
for his religion. We want fewer gossipping,
slandeIing, gluttonous, peevish, conceitcd,
bigoted Christians.
To make them cifectual, all our public re.
ligious measures, institutions, benevolent
agencies, missions, need to be managed on
a high-toned, scrupulous and unquestion
able tone Of honor, without evasion, or par
tlsanshlp, or ovcrmuch Of the serpent's Gun
ming. The hand that gives away the Bible
must be unspottcd from the world. The
money that sends the missionary TO the
heather must be honestly earned. In short
the two arms Of the Church-justice and
mercy-must be stretched out-working for
man, strengthening the brethren, or else
your faith Is vain, and ye are yet 10 your
sins.-F d. Huntington, d. d.
LORD, before l commit sin 1t seems 70
me so shallow that | may wade through II
dryshod from my outlines; but when
have committed 1t, IL often seems so deep
that ! cannot escape without drowning.
Thus l am always In the extrcmitics; either
my sins arc SO small that they need not my
repentance, or so great that they cannot Oh.
tain Thy pardon. Lend me, o Lord, reed
out Of Thy sanctuary, truly to measure the
dimensions OF my offences. But, o! as
Thou rcvealest to me more OF my misery,
reveal also more Of Thy mercy; lest II my
wound In my apprehension gapc wider than
Thy tents, my soul run ont at them. II my
badness seems bigger than Thy goodness,
but one hairs breadth, but one moment that
is room and time CROUCH for me to run to
eternal despair. Thomas Fuller.
SUSDAY.-IfSunday had not been observed
ries, have not the smallest doubt that we
sholld have been at this moment a poorer
aud less civilized people than we are.-Lord
Macduldy.
THERE'S no religion without worship, and
no worship without the Sabbath oun
Montd'cDbert.
The more faithfully he applied himself to
the duties Of the Lords day, the more happy
and successful was his business during the
week.-Sir Mdtthep Hale.
A corruption Of morals usually follows the
pyoianatlon Of the Sabbath. Backbone.
The Sabbath, as q political institution, ID
OF inestimable value, Independently of III
claim TO divine authority.-Iddm Smith.
l can truly declare that to me the Sabbath
has been Invaluable William Wii5ertoree.
Give to the world one. half OF the Sunday,
and you will find that religion has no strong
hold Of the other. Pass the morning al
church, and the evening according to your
taste or rank, In the crlcket-h field or the opera,
and you will soon find thoughts Of the even
Ing hazards and bets intrude themselves on
the sermon, and recollections of the popular
melody Interfere with the Psalms.-Sr Wal.
ter Scott.
l feel as If God had, by giving tho Sab
bath, given ffty-two springs In the year.
s. T. Coleridgc.
A Sunday given to the soul Is the best OF
all means OF refreshnent to the mere intel
lcct.-I,dde Taylor.
Where these Is no Christian Sabbath there
Is no Christian morality; and without this
free Institutions cannot long be susta ned
Justice McLeda.
The religious character or an Institution
so ancient, so sacred, SO lawful, and SO ne
ceesary to the peace, the comfort, and the
responsibility of society, ought alone To be
IN Hpta Tar H. Gil
surely the laws Of the land, made for Its ac-
count, ought to be as strictly enforced as the
laws for the protection OF persons and pro-
perty. II the Sunday laws be neglected or
despised, the laws OF person and property
will soon share their fate, and be equally dis
egarded.-ARorRSy General Bates.
We arc TO account the sancti1cation of one
day In seven duty which Gods immutable
law doth exact forever.-Richdrd Hooker.
The very life Of religion doth much de-
pend upon the solemn observance of the
Sabbath; consider, If we should but lntermit
the keeping of 1t for one year, what height
OF profaneness would ensue to those that
fear not God archbishop Leighfon.
We never, In the whole course Of our re-
collections, met with a Christian friend who
bore upon his character every other evidence
OF the spirits operation, who did not re-
member the Sabbath day to keep 1t holy
DR.. Chambers.
The Sabbath must be observed as day OF
rest. This do not state as an opinion, but
knowing that II has its foundation upon q
law In mans nature as fixed as that he must
take food or die Willard Parker, NJ d.
As day Of rest view the Sabbath as n
day OF compensation for the inadequate
restorative power Of the body under con-
tinued labor and excitement. Que day In
seven, by the bounty Of Providence, is thrown
In as day Of compensation, to perfect by Its
repose the animal system.--John Richard
Fare, W. ID.
30 far as my observation extends, those
who are In the habit Of avoiding worldly
cares on the Sabbath are most remarkable
for the perfect performance of their duties
during the week. | have firm belief that
such people are able to do more work, aud
to do 1t In better manner. In six days, than
IL they worked the whole seyen.-John @.
Warren, W. ID.
LONDON has q National Croquet Club,
which held Its first grand tournament on the
10Th instant, and a splendid affair 1t seems
to have been, though the wind blew hard
enough to drive the balls out OF their course,
and rain fell at occasional intervals. Ali
nice people must be delighted at the recog-
milton of this noble game as national
scientific pastlme, and look forward with
confidence not altogether free from impa-
thence to the day when the particulars of an
international croquet match shall be tele-