, 1873-01-06
Eloquent Discovrscs by Emil
nent Clergymen.
TITO Temperance Question Discussed
by DR.. Fowler.
Dr.. Goodwin's Five Yeara' Expert
enoe in Chicago.
"0ur Plars ".--Sermon by Rev. Jesse
B. Thomas.
Inaugural Ser1ites In tbo Lecture Room Of tho
Second Presbyterian Church.
REV. c. H. FOWLER.

evening, nt tho Centenary Church, his text be-
ing the eighth verso Of tho twolfth chapter Of
tho Gospel Of st; Matthew" For tho Son Of
Man is Lord ovon Of tho Sabbath Day." Hia re-
marks wore substantially rs follows: It was m
old hulk, built of well-worn ti1nbors at bost.
There wero better in the slipyard. Why did they
work at 1t 80 hard7 It wau IN old hulk, battlo-
scanned and timo-worn, mud 1t had seen many
voyages. But TINT WIS not all. It
was ship froightcd with hMfnaa life. Tho
oponing tho enemy'a shot had mado must DO
stopped, md hence they worked with such
speed. It was only m ordinance, d ceremony.
Why 80 much anxiety about it2 It was moro
than that; It WAS tho craft that carried tho
Lambs Bride. Tho rent must bo stopped, for
on that craft tho Church rode to tho eternal
ages. Tho Divine Government would go on.
and tho gates OF holl could not prevail, even il
incarnated in tho Common Council; but, In the
meantime, some woman'B aon might DO
killed next Sunday, como hoy made an
orphan tho week nfter. That was history. So
he touched tho question with trembling hands.
Tho ono safe thing to do was, in Gods faith, to
adhere to tho facts IS he should present them.
The subject was ono which Ind occupied tho
world at all times, from 1labbinical traditions
down to the literature Of to-day, and WAS inter-
woven in it's indifforontism. Tho first question
was, When was the day inatituted7 Z Was It older
than Mosoa7 II it camo with him. should it 60
with him. II older than Judaism, it need
not 80 out Of the world with it. Broad
Churchism Baid there WAS no oign Of
It before Moaos, but the facts did not sustain II.
fed it. Broad Churchmen Baid Moses wrote 1t.
hut it WIS not certan,-an earlier dato seemed
moro probable. Unless the whole Word was re-
;tented, there was nn indication Of Sabbath bo-
.t++kn n&fn As1ttr{
OF time. NOAH waited sevcn daya before sond-
ing the doye. Iaban spoke Of tho week Of Ber-
vice. On the sixth day tho 1ows Wero to gather
double portion Of manna. They wore
III i wero an Old command. The week wsa ap
arbitrary division not arrived at in tho order Of
Things, but by appointment. It vas division
known only to Tho Hebrews HinlooB, and
raolltos. Greeks and Romans had other diviH-
ions. The Indians had no such division. The
1sraelites had received 1t by Divine appointment
before Judaism, and the moral obligation Of q
day OF rest did not 50 when the law went. The
Sabbath, sprung from tho Fathers infinite
vino authority for rest for tho toilors
and that rich men should not oppress tho poor.
1t came like an angel with the blosaings Of peace
on her lips. II fully understood, the honest
1nasa OF the people would rather dic than lose
that treasure. Let competition como for work
and break down the Sabbath, nnd thoBo vino
would not work aeyon days must give way for
and nothing but God kept it from crushing tho
poor man. Go to the Bnloons, and nearly all the
employees would bc glad Of their rest, but al
must work or quit, end the wife bad
work. Break up tho Sabbath, and it would bo 80
everywhere. Tho Sabbath lad been sometimes
misunderstood and carried TO extremes, 30 that
it seemed fond. The Phhrisees had misun~
derstood it. To them it WAS 8 crime to heal 4
a}o wants an far
be done innocently on Sunday. Il would
not do to walk on grass, eince 1t was like throsh-
Ing, Of ky = hea, nniess the animal WAS In &c.
tual hostility against It's puranor. One sect
Scripture found him. Modern pharisoes also
bad thoir peculiarity. To play for money On Sun
g sas in to pt1 1 Tf0qt a bo \ Bon al >, a Ma1
It was something to do man good, and not
crush him, and 80 everywhere. Ho struck
equaroly at tho old sabbatical .notion,-tho
Phsrisnical view. Ho wrought, and jonrneyed,
then publicly cured the sick, aud then declared
that the Sabbath WAS made for man. Tho early
1eformers went to the other extreme. They
hs1s heae out md Sf @ons too with r its saP Pha
Augsburg Confession had q protest
saying that Sunday ras not special day that
they had passed out of tho Sabbath Day. Calvin
Was also willing change. At tho time Of Christ,
Lords Day. Tho last Sabbath was when Christ
was in the sepulclre. The Christmas were
rallied on tho rising Of the Lord. The Christians
went on tho first day Of tho wook, not day Of
% them on tue first day. St, Paul preached on
tho first day. It was now life and
now day-now vino in now bottles
People should not 60 to extremes with the
cent Of mans time, and during that timo to sool
His ways and do only nocesaary things but ir
the name and fear Of God. Ho knew no bettol
general law than that: It touched on loca
His cause. The day waa there in tho experience
OF tho Church and the practice Of Apostles, ant
had all the moral force to his mind the old Sab
bath had to the JowH. It waa woyot
needed thu: amount of roat physieionp had do.
clared, many Of them Hkeptica, one.Beyenth o.
che timo should bo givon TO roBt. Tho French
revolutionary week was OF ten days. but the,
their tmo for roat., Tho question atter al wa'
whether the Church was good or not, il it were
good to cultivate the VIRTUES and stop murder
Il there wAs any forco in right. II, 80
sbsfsoer ,ssss must Just DO as s' to TO MATURE MATURE
intellect. If religion was worth anything I
rertain timo should bo specially giyen to It, o
the whole System would 30 by default. Opol
The church on week days aud only 4 Tow wont
Ghe qucstions OF broad and raiment scontrolle'
nen. 6trike out Sunday md tho cauBe OF re
iigion was routed. Break down Sunday an
Ihora would be . community without religion
70 mature and develop spiritual life, time mus
20 given It, and that was ut ths very foupdatio
bf the Church. Make 1t loyal to d
business Sunday, and men would DO It: The
we're forced into day Of rest. II all the 50
hons were shut up Sunday, tlle sspphiritualty sph
b three mouths. Men were not inadela; the
fere prooccupied. Thoy delayed salvation
This war a Isopublc. md men questioned tn
light OF tho Government to intorforo with tho
lusineas. It was froe country because 1t VA
nod-teariug. It was cradled In puritanlsm
Where was tllere better ci,aractorithan whoro til
Iunday WAS kept Lot them compare the sco'
Nth tho Germans. lilo Ind rather have Il
horn pusitanicAl Sunday than tho Continents
mo- The reaction Of the old rotormers hn
iven Europe a woskor religion than ltoman.s'l
The people who held to tho sabbath Day, aven
hey wont too far, had posterity In rightoou
sess. Spain, Franco aud Germany could stau
70 comparison With Now England. AL intores
breed pooplo to keep tho Habbath, aud it III
,etter to ha puritauA than liberals. Theae me