The New York herald., 1874-12-07

latin and have them baptized In HIS spiIit.
A Universa lists ideas OF the Lords Day.
Rev. E. @. sweetser, the popular pastor Of the
street, preached yesterday morning upon the OBJ
servance OF the Sabbath Day. He had, as usual.
Q large and appreciative audience.
Taking for his text the eighth verse OF the tven-
tleth cGapter OF Observation-Disclosures the Sabbath
day 70 keep II noly''-tne speaker remarked that
the question oi the proper observance OF the Sab
bath Is one OF the most important that has exer-
csed the mind OF the American people for . long
time. Ihat We may avoid bigotry ana
superstition on the one hand and license
and infdeity on the other II behooves every
one to study the question thoroughly. Among
orthodox people his text, the speaker thought
was the great argument in favor Of keeping the
Sabbath hoy 1t Is an acknowledged fact that o
tnlng that proves too much Ia worthless, and the
commandments are, hterall, too mucn for INC
average Christian.
WHO EVER KEPT THEMf
One oil them tells us:-"rne seventh day is the
sabbath OF the Lord thy God; in II thou shalt not
90 any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,
thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy
cattle, nor the stranger that 10 within thy yates"
How ABOUT your man servant that curries and
gro oms your horses and drives you to church 2
deacon VINO has TO go eight or ten miles
to cburchY How about the nald servant whose
duty II is TO have smoking not dinner ready ior
yuu when 0u return from cnurcnY Answer these
questions, and then tell US how yoa orthodox
people reconcile your actions under tue iourtn
commandment Again, the Sabbath day MAS
or rginally rom sunrise 10 sunset instead Of from
twelve O'CLOCK saturday ngnt To a IKE hour sun
nay nos ,ns 400 nat ras oa e las. ds nS o. ha
lowed. ST. Paul held tnat man should do just as
he thought proper 10 regard TO observing the SAB
hAf "a M n kAAn o. all nd MI Ann
II ne did not wisn TO keep II, tha', too, was all
well and proper. As for Pa nj himself, he held all
Jewish nablt oI Keeping one day as the sabbath
was iool sh. One OF the CHEZ complaints against
Christ WAS that He was
SABBATH BREAKER.
He was charged with having plucked ears OF
corn on sunday but what was HIS answer "lne
sabbath Was made iOr man, not man Tor the SaO-
baih.n Luther sang ana played ana romped with
ms children on sunday, anu GAVIN even play ed
caras On t1e same DAY, and never once thought II
wrong.
Al THIS point OF the discourse the Purltancal.
straltaced, Orthodoxical port on Of tue COM
muuity came IN iOr good share OF lidcuie IN con-
nect on with their notions OF sunday.
After SHOWING that 70 the Protestant Church
ing established the now p eva.ent custom III TINS
country, as wen as In England and scotland OF
keeping the sabbath; that the Roman Catholics OF
the MIDDLE Ages made sne day one OF RuttODy
aud hl.arity and that the Pur1tans, In their
hatred OF the Ronsh Caurch enacted the rude
some 20o years ago, Mr.. Sweetser held tnat We
should BY no means give way 10 the last growing
leenng IN iavor Of Sunday work and SUNDAY
amusements. the word
SABBATH MEANS REST.
The human body needs rest 1t least one day in
seven. science clearly demonstrates this fact.
France once ,ried one day IN Ten, but alter lar
and impartial test ner physicians dec ared tnat
the strain was TOO much. II God wishes ~ peOp.e
the American Contlnens with race Of
maniacs he might take more rapid, but
certainly not more erectnal, course tnan that
OF Keeping for successive generations The pres
ent MODE OF doing business. Ii Is work, WORK, all
the time, without any cessat on whatever. Tne
degree oi mental activity kept up among us Is
some hing appaling.
Inc speaker cou.0 not lay down anv exact rules
for the observance Of Sunday. AS general rule,
however, he would nave one-half the day devoted
to the Churcn and the other
HALF TO SOME INNOCENT AMUSEMENT,
such as driving IN the country or the Park, or
reading useful looks He stI Onkly advocated the
opening OF lree reading rooms on SUNDAY, and
God or the Central PARK where tine poor
can iock on the sabbath. the.r only holiday, aud
ENJOY the lresh ar ana the fragrant nerbage.