The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-29

| established, IN splle VI LIZ .:.:S. -
semblance, and the still more ast9hlsnInS " y
incidence of tue boots, that the aeau n'a. IL :
not Hiram Christ; but who nc IS, OF VIZ
E';Jiod MN mr. who or where bis companion
ia are noints still undecided, and which
fr,,n tho utter absence of any clue. are pro
hably destined to remain enyeloped IN mys
terv.-Ne,r York Times. .ss...s..
Dr. Holland on the Sunday feucstsoh
ar the iuportancc OF the Observance OF me
S,I,b,th in the vital economy of the Ameri'
cam people there is no longer any DOUBT
| with al, the periodical rest it brings Us, we
st;ll find ourselves overworked; and the
| wrecks of paralysis are Strewn around us OH
every hand. Without il, we shouia llnu our
selves desnoiled Of our most efficient ana re-
liable safeguard in the dangers which hcsc'
the paths of business enterprise. AS mat
ter of economy, therefore, as conservative
| Of health and life and the power TO work
the Sabbath. observed strictly rs Gay OF
rest from secular labor, IS OF tlc tt1lost nii'
rnrtancc. We cannot afford To-Day, anu we
shall never be able to afford. to give IL up W
| labor, either i'll city OF country. Experience
has settled this point, and Yielded upon every
| hand its testimonies to the WISDOM OF the
divine institution. AS measure OF socf.',
moral, and physical hcalth-aS measure OF
industrial cconomy-the ordination OF gay
of periodical rest like that which the sabDa.h
brings us would come lcgitlmateiF "iLhh
the scope of legislation. If we had no SAP
bath, it would he the duty OF the STATE 10
orluin one; and as we have it, 1t IS equally
the duty Of the State to protect II, ana con-
firm to the people the material ana Vltai Dell
rtits which it is so well calculated 10 secure;
There arc certain other facts connected
with the observance Of the Sabbath IN Ame-
rica which are quite as well established is
tue one to which we have alluded. Inc
most prominent Of which is that the hlsh
morality and spirituality OF any community
dcnends uniformly on its observance of the
Sabbath. We do not, believe there Is u
deeply religious community i'll America OF
any name that does not observe one tlay I'D
seven as a day specially devoted 10 rcliSlon.
The earnest Christian or jewish WORKERS
everywhere are Sabbath-kccpcrs Ill tieif
separate ways and days. 1t is very well 10
talk about i'm everyday Christianity ana
better to possess and practice II; but there
certainly is precious little of it where The
Sabbath is not observed. The religious tacul-
ties. sentiments, and silscephblIltleS, under
all Schemes and systems of religion, are the
subjects Of culture, and lmperat1vely. nced
the Del iodical food and stimulus which come
with Sabbath institutions and ministries.
The prevalence and pernanance OF Il, pure
Christianity in this. country depend mainly
ON what can be done for them on Sunday.
If the enemies of Christianity could wipe
out the Sabbath, they would do more to de-
stroy the power of the religion they con-
f,,, al hp RpnunS
have ever done or can do. They understand
this. and their efforts will be directed to this
end through every spcciousNrotcst, plea,
and plan.
Tie theatre, the horse-ricc, the ball, the
battle-ground, the lager-beer saloon, have
nothing i'm them that can take the place OF
the institutions of religion. They ae estab-
Iished and prncticcd in the interest OF the
animal, and not ut all in the interest OF the
moral and intellectual side of humanity.
They can neither build up nor purify. They
minister only to thoughtlcSsncSs. and brri-
talily. So much, then. seems obvious: 1st.
That we cannot do without Sunday as day
of physical ard mental rest. I'd. That either
as Il consequence or Il concOmitant, moral and
spiritual improvement goes always with the
observance of Sunday as IL religious day
and, Sd. That Sunday, as 4 day of amuSc-
ment simply, is profitlcss to the better and
nobler side of human nature and human life.
Now the questions relating 10 the opening
of parks, libraries. rcading-roOmS. etc., in
Great cities on Sunday, are not moral or rcll.
sgiolIs questions at all--they are prudential
and are to be settled byleXmriment. 1t is
| to he remembered that there arc large mum.
bcrs of the young in all great cities who
| have 10 home. They sleep in little rooms
| in which in winter they have no fire, and cal,
never sit with comfort. They are without
congenial society. They have not the entret
| of other homes; and they must go some
where, and really need to go somewhere.
| Christian courtesy does much to bring them
into Christian association, and ought to do a
thousand times more. The least it can do is
| to open all those doors which lead to pure
| influences and to the entertainment of tho
| better side of human nature. \ man who
seeks the society Of good books, or the society
| of those who love good books, or chooses &c
| wander out for the one look at nature ant
the one feast Of pure air which the week
can give him, is not TO be met by bar or ban
| Whatever feeds the man and ignores ol
starves The brute is to be iiOstered Us q Chris
tan agency. The Sabbath was made for man
and not man for the sabbath. That is not
religion. but pagan slavery, which makes o.
SUNDAY 4 penance and Il sacrifice. 1t is bette
that man be in library than alone all th,
lime. II is better that he wander in the parl
than even feel the temptation 10 enter
drinkinS-saloon or Il brothel. The S,inda,
horSc-car is justified in that it takes thou
sands to church who could hardly go other
wise. The open library is justified in that i
is a road which leads in good direction
The roads devoted TO Sunday amuscmcn
lead directly away from the Christian church
ALI pure ways are ways that tend upward
toward God and heayen.- .Scribncr for July
Jocularit3 Concerning the Jubilee
wild Notes from a Western Warbler
I The correspondent ; of the CLEVELAND
Leader, writing from Boston Of the Jubilee
offers some novel suggestions, u few Of which
we quote: ,ltaa
} Some of the outside positions at the Coli
!, scum commanded prices that were in ad
vance of those inside, and one chap VIII,
!, found knot-hole near the north end of tn
building refused twenty dollars for its ,ts,
during the day, aud few moments later wa
arrested by the police. Honesty is the hes
policy when the police are around. Glmor
informed me yesterday that at least fft,
,f y,,,cf, l.