The New York herald., 1872-07-08

civh ANA religious liberty. Ny point is tAis-0fl
inc observance OF the Christian Sabbath dependd
'u0 ''e onristlan nation and Christianity itseM
IHh SABBATH is THE ANCHOR
tnat hoios US IN nrm allegiance to God ana truth
and virtue.
Why, asked the Doctor. are the ma ,,o,s a, r,.n,.
all the while rocking In revolution or neavins and
iurcnine ana sinking In the boiling sea OF
DIPLOMATIC STRIFE AxS cAnv.cr,
Because they have no Sabbath anchorao oe On oo,tx
eternal truth; and having no personaItv q, Cn~,J
tan principle, how can they be expected IN n.vu
faith In one another The Sabbath, as the root ~
true worship, Is essential to individual ana national
life. Modern specuiations about the Sabbath treat
1t as q matter OF human conventionality and
cholce--not as a divine law The whole question
resolves itself into u single point
is THE SABBATH RELIC OF WILL WORSHIP,
suspended from exploded Jewish law, divine
institutions If the. Sabbath has been swept away
by the higher law OF Christianity then let Gs ex3
pungc IL from the decaogue and
THE WORLD FREE LICENSE
to turn 1t las did England's King into day Of
recreation But il 1t is OF God do not let US treat II
as JOab did Amasa say, "Hail, Master,'' and them
betray 1t into the hands OF Its enemies The Sab
bath law was, indeed the Jachin and BoaS of the
Jewish Church and State. But 1t was not made fof
the Jew, pnt for the man.. 1t was planted In Eden.
God On the one side, hoary with centuries read,i
A COMPLETED CREATION;
on the other lin in the sunlight Of the resnrrsctio1
after proving that the Sabbath had been Kept fr0m
the Creation to the Passover, pointed to the words
OF Jesus, who rescued the Sabbath from snpersti.
ton and sceptcism. 1.-THE Lord Of man Is LORD Of
the sabbath.n ''The Sabbath was made for man'f
In the nOblest meaning OF manhood. Jesus was the
SUPREME ExrOsITOR AND vINDIOAToR
OF the Sabbath law. Was this an empty claim SEQ
how he honors 1t by rising from the dead ana by
fin Al aft ft0ph
resurrection As Lord of the sabbath lie Instituted
the change from the seventh dayto the first. He!
alluded to Sabbath perverslon Into cast iron
THE RIrUALIsrIC JEW j
and the stern and grim Puritan, and told how theft
children had turned about and dlshOnored 1t and
torn away the Hover with the weeds, ana how, IN
clearing away the untempered mortar, they had
marred and broken the statue. He alluded to the
progressive school who claimed the liberty Of the
Observation-Disclosures predicted the decadenc6
OF Sabbath church going and worship mainly for two
reasons; first the prevailing change In our idea oil
God-God never rested. He must energize where
there is law. But the Bible says He rested from
creatng and that Is the reason why We are to rest
on the Sabbath from labor. Second change OF pop|
ular sentiment in regard to the Sabbath. Popular
opinion" say they, is later form Of revelation.
The leading minds Of the age are drifting towardg
cessation OF Sabbath worship is the loss OF ita
social benefits and OF /
PULPIT ELoQUENCr
Now, much as depl0re the conclusion, thank
God for this honest utterance 1t has cleared away
the rubbish and shown the turtles back, which
sustains the worlds theory Of liberal Sabbath II
comes to this at last. On what are you going To
build the Sabbath On the inspired word Of Godt
or the self;inspiration Of progressive humanity
Who is Lord OF the Sabbath
JESUS OR THE NEW REVELATION ?
"The Son OF man IS Lord OF the Sabbath" What
Sabbath The Sabbath which is the monument Of
creation and redemption, of which God said, +
"REMEMBER 1T 70 KEEP 1T HOLY"
or rather setting it apart from secular to o holy
user The Sabbath Is temple dedicated "a
Almighty God men want to retain the temple, but
"HoLINEss TO THE L0Rp.n j
Let us do 1t and we shall soon read "Ichabod" Oh
the wall; and on the tottering temple Of liberty.
"MENE, MEME, TEKEI4 UPHARsIN."
The Doctor then adduced three arguments for tho
cay 81 %oTp ana y reos sS
ties OF men as immorta. beings. The American
brain Is too active to turn the Sabbath into day Of
physical and mental repOse.
THE SABBATH IS A VACUUM
and 4 not ea up B. with worship & an ana religious G
visiting and feasting, travelling and pleasure,
REvELRY AND DRUNKENNESS.
Rob God of the Sabbath and you rob humanity
OF hope, virtue and immortal glory. Second
Divorce the Sabbath from church-worship and you
strike death i!, blow at religion, and expose the
value of the Church and the Gospel az a civilizeu
and
LIFE PREsERvER. /,
The nation can no more live without the sabbath
than man can breathe in vacuum. The Sabbath
Is the ectric cords laid in the deep sea sounding
DEVIL. PLAY ON THE wIIEs,. l.
and you shut out the light and love OF Heaven A
sabbath without worship is nation withou. Cod
Third-A Sabbath Of mere recreation is not only
dcathblOw to religion but II opens the
FLOODGATES OF VICE AND IMMORTALITY,
and imperils the nation Here he spoke against
the violation OF the Sabbath liquor laws. He then
said, am pleading for God and suffering humanity
when am deprecatng n
CONTINENTAL SABBATH. ~
The Sabbath Is barrier like O Holland dyke, be-
tween the nation ana the ocean Of su Puil out
pebble, and the tricklng stream will b, an ocean
Hood. Said Mr. Beecher 1--WE will go back to strict
Sunday If it don't work WE'LL" Go back No. Let
in the tides Of
SABBATH DISSERTATION,
and IL will take a race OF Titans 10 close it. On
this Sabbath question the nation stands falls. :
WOE, CRIME AND INTEMpERANCE
are running riot with a secular Sabbath.
TIE SABBATH Is GODS BATTERY
to level the breastwOrks OF sin and corruption.
Let Satan take 1t and he never spikes his cannon.
lie will wheel them round and charge to the muzzle
with his own cartridges, and sweep the country
with the bes0m or destruction.