The New York herald., 1874-09-14

this declaration all his life. He would enjoy ali the
good things Of the world which God had gwen hlm.
Whenever they found themselves waverlng IN this
sublime faith in God and thinking OF seeking refuge
IN these cOntrlvances OF their lower nature let
them resort 10 thar greatest OF blessings prayer.
LYRIC HALL.
Rev. u. b. rockingham on the Day,
and the Duty OF Rest.
Rev. o. B. Frothingham commenced preaching
again, after his vacation yesterday morning. The
desk and table were pretttly ornamented with
flowers. The services were opened with very
fine "Te Deum' from the quartet. Mr.. Frothing-
ham said :-Iwill announce for my subject "oab.
bath Rest" The word rest is one OF the great
Bible words, charged with pure and deep signld-
canoe. With the ancient Hebrews 1t meant all
that was good; the best thing they
looked forward to was rest The most
touching description, to them, Of the world
beyond, was "the wicked cease from troubling and
the weary are at rest" and the writer of the
MISUNDERSTANDING the future, spoke OF it as
"the rest that remained TO the people Of God" 1t
is worth while for us to consider it. There are
two words describing this day, Sabbath and Sun
day. They were two separate days, one at the
beginning and one at the end Of the week. The
words have different roots and meanings. Sunday
is suns day or day Of the sun. It was an old
heather festival ofjoy, day Of beauty and bright
ness; to Christians the resurrection day, day OF
singing Of songs, day OF jubilee. Sab
bath is day OF rest. Sabbath means
rest, freedom from work. According to the
old conception it was not day of
absolute inactivity, still less was It austere or
gloomy. The Jews were joyous people and be-
leved IN the promise, the common future for them.
1t was not day Tree from human sympathy. on
| the contrary, 1t was day full OF sympathy. Jesus
was rebuKed Tor healing men on the sabbath, but
Jesus lyed in time OF decadence, when the
M M Ua
man ought to
The rest oil the Sabbath was simply rest from
work. on Sabbath the servant was dismissed
from MS s. toll the slave was vas for the day emanci-
out OF sight. On what ground was this
prescription Of rest followed On sanl-
fare. In later tunes, when there was danger
that this Sabbath OF rest would be forgotten, the
prophet spoke of when they were delivered fiOm
cannot spend one day in seven" the prophet said,
"Tbe Lord will provide, The idea may be carried
further still, God rests God made the world in six
days; you rest because God rests. 1t was an alter.
though, never the foundation OF the day; 1t was
Ways nop sha rss ha o ne Eest
science the heart and the soul. Is no sucn time
Of rest required now An eminent teacher In
London says, "Let sabbath be abolished? 1t would
be better to distribute the Sabbath through the
week',-well # we could, but can wes There s
apart; laws have protected it,; business has
valnly nibbed away at Its edges, still 1t abides;
located and the waves would roll over it, There
never has been anything like 1t Tor universally
since tne Tord % r was mace & ere meyer was
lowest every particle OF human energy was so
drawn upon and taxed In every way as to-day,
and more IN America than anywhere else. In
other places there are privileged classes, but with
us there are no sucn distinctions Again and
again men who have the sanitary welfare at neart
have lifted their warning cry to menace of weak.
ness and premature exhaustion, therefore
PLEAD FOR REST,
| though be moi hing but living on a sofa and road
! ing novel. There was In the Olden time thing
We have almost iorrotten-a thing called leisure.
! 1t was the habit of men and women to do nothing
and to believe 1t the crown OF existence. They
had not always hanging over them the vision Of
! period could only be brought back and we could
| feel 1t was satisfactory and SAFE thing to do
anord sickness and premature decrepitude and
nervous nervous exhaustion Can we afford to see our
nes are Extensive aas we as
leisure. Health is expensive, elasticity OF mind
Is Expensive; but time, people say, these golden
nothing time costs nothing, time only metes out
| experience. We make time; you can put eternity
and thought and purpose. Get a little OF that, no
matter how much time you spend IN getting it,
! For myself am not so sure but that the English
radical is right when he says:-.'We need not one
| day, but two-one day OF rest and one day OF
Joy But It , win be said again that rest ls not
| rest must be conception Of varied activity.
the human brain cannot be stii, and a
!
to man. The varied labor is not labor, but
| relaxation. The change must be from work
| To tnat wnlch relieves US from the tax. There Is
| no problem upon winch the future more depends
than upon the solving OF how snail these houses OF
| rest be Improved, how Shall they be saved rom
inanitiou and made an opportunity for liilng Into
| Joy and repose; and
l PLEAD FOR THIS
! We shall not do justice to this idea OF rest till for
all people there Is provided some means OF getting
out OF apor by throwing open galleries OF prt, by
| having delightful music tDat ali may enjoy, ny
| making the church service a Joy. The age
! waits for o discovery which shall make rest
possible Tor all men. But into this idea
great IDEAS and rest OF heart in great hope. There
are three things that men and women must re-
! member. First, the necessity OF turning perlOdi-
caly IN upon themselves; coming face to face with
themselves. Is ours an age OF renection2 IL ts an
age OF IMPULSE and emotion, scarcely ever tested
| by the old standard oi honor. Why are people
| led astr8y as they continually are Because the
| Old ha0it, which used to be frequent OF calling
ones self 10 account Is falling into disuSe. second
| each person should leel that he or she Is some
rights and claims Is there nothing more than this
Everything, all men and women, share common
| grief, have common origin, tread common way,
seek common goal, having over us the same
destiny and fate; we are called to remember that
WE BELONG TO ONE ANOTHER.
| How are we enlarged by the Thought OF this
great Drotherly sympathy And yet TINS IL not ALL
nay not tue best. We think OF our possible selves,
the selves we know we ought to be; we dare to
hope lor somethlng in the beyond we dare to
think OF ourselves not as creatures OF the moment,
but as entities, as plants Ia the garden OF Proyi-
deDce. IL Is an audaci0us thing TO DO TO dare to
present ourselves before any great ideal thought
| and say, al am kindred TO IT." But at the end
comes this sense OF rest. we remember how large
the promise Is, and how perpetual the supply OF
power that Is poured into all wiling hearts, and