The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-21

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Of making this day Of ioy that We can
discuss tue question Of walking and
amusement on the Sabbath Aud ifany
+ 90, all should so; don let the children
20 into mischief alouo But il must bo
done soborly 50 fat as the working
classes are concerned. il may be an ac-
casional truth to take them out ofthoir
dirty filthy homes, aud give thom an
excursion down the bay OF mp the riy-
en- Singing birds aud beautiful flow
ers are very pleasant, but stop give
them first moral cultures and the means
of interpreting these beauties, SO that
they can see Gods handiwork in every
flower set my face like Hint against
making Sunday day af pleasure for
the rich man aud day Of bondage for
the poor man. wouldn't sign petit
ton against running the cars on Sun
day, il there is any sin in it, l think it
is just as bad 10 ride in carriage TO
church as in horse car. Ia arguing
for a sacred Sabbath, ! am arguing for
the poor man. 1t is bis day. 1t is his
bulwark against oppression Many
have supposed that Christ set his face
against the Sabbath lie did not. He
explicitly declares that Sunday was
made for man, not man for Sun.
day, Sunday is made to serve
man. IL is ma TO make
man freer, nobler remark, secondly
that negative Sabbath is poor way
Of keeping it as well as can be, The
prevalent idea Of the Sabbath is that
you must not do something. / romem-
Der in my childhood, at our home in
Litchfeld, how often upon the Sabbath
would sec something to laugh at, and
would laugh. Henry" my mother
would say, Gas good woman as ever
lived, /" Henry, you mustn't laugh, -
"Why not ?" Because it is Sunday"
And | would stand at the western win
dow, with my brother Charles, and
watching the slowly declining sun,
would nudge him and say, Charlie
Sunday is most gone. And my moth
er would remark, d" Henry, you oaght
not to wish that Sunday would be
thrnnab - Rri ,'oe clad when it was
through; II hadn't made me in love
with it, 1t was restrictive day to me,
perpetual pruning day. Oh that
catechism that | couldn't learn, didn't
learn, and can't say even now. Have
you brought up your children SO that
they like the Sabbath II you haven't
so used the Sabbath day, then you
have broken it, When you come to
church, don't look in as il you was go
ing into sepulcher Don't pause sol
emnly, and go up the aisle with a dis
consulate yisage All if our Lord was
a crowned despot this would be right
but he is not; he is a God Of love, o.
mercy, OF forgiveness. Men ought to
he striving to make this day more
cheerful day, poasanter day than all
the rest OF the week Brothers, friends
fellow citizens, there is nothing that ]
care so much about rs tho sacredness
of the Sabbath But don't think you
can make it SO by law, it mast be sup.
ported by public opinion. Here is O
day hallowed by four thousand years
Of observance. Let US keep it so thai
i. may be delight to the Lord Bt
assured that not long after Sunday hai
been abolished will it be kept except
by the sword and bayonet Of the des
pot.