Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-24
The Sabbath in Boston

The Young Mems Christian Associa-
Ion in Boston are making "a vigorous
effort 10 cOuuteract the tendency to
over the standard of Sabbath observ-
anCe On Sunday evening of last week
e meeting was held under their
auspices, at the Music Hail. The floor
and galleries of the hall were filled to
TepletiOn, aud deep interest seemed
10 pervade the assembly. The opening
exercises were conducted by Mr.. NJ. r.
Deming, Secretary Of the Association.
after which the Rev. Reuen Thomas,
pastor of the Harvard Congregational
church Ur BrOOkline, delivered a dis
course from the text: THE Sabbath
was made for man, The discourse j.
published in full in the Boston Journsl,
and Is thorough presentation of the
claims of the Sabbath as a religious
day, day To be devoted to the care Of
The soul and the interests OF the king
dom of Christ, in distinction from a
day Of pleasure and of business. Mr..
Thomas, after speaking of the Sabbath
As moral institution, not Jewish, and
~ Of universal obligation because of
universal necessity to man and to the
prosperity and existence OF the Church,
asked, What would the Bible be with
out a sabbath? Aud what would
!aud be without the Sabbath? He
continued:
A land without Sabbath, what
does it mean? 1t means that those
who are in the employ Of others-and
nine-tenths OF the human race are In
this condition. for people are not gem
orally so rich as you are in New EGG
lahd-are bound TO perpetual toll un-
relieved by anything but hard times
or sickness that is, toll without ANY
rest in 1t but that which misery sends. !
There eau be no freedom for a man
who has not one day in seven which !
ne can properly call his own. ItI
means detection both as to mind and ,
body it means degradation, AS the |
facts shown by two classes OF men /
working upon the same enterprise. |
one class seven days in week and the |
other six. a day for weekly Sabbath |
est Tor the heart and the conscience |
j lar more prOmotive of personal lib |
"rty and National freedom and Nation /
al prosperity than almost any other in 1
stltutlon that could be devised. /
Wherever there IL an open Bible and a
religious Sabbath, there you have pop
llar liberty, love of peace, good order
~ the community, intelligence aud
Progresslveness OF national develop
ment. Contrast the squalor, the ig-
norance, the stupidity, the degrade
ION OF the peasants of Spain and Italy
with the cleanliness, the godliness, the
lively intelligence OF Scotland and
Wales, two districts Of country once
The poorest of Britain, but from which
nave poured forth all over the earth a
perpetual stream or men aud women.
nan whom the wide world can fur
llsh none superior. Has an open BIZ
Die and well-kept Sabbath day had
nothing TO do with such magnificent
esults? Poor as the people generally
are, nowhere in the wide world il there
less crime, less ignorance, more virtue
ana intelligence, more Of honest man
lness, self-reliance aud healthy indie
Jendence, than in these countries.
In concluding, he said: | hope that
he Christian people of the United
states viii unanimously lift up their
'oices in protest against any attempt
% keep open theCentennialExhib
u Philadelphia on the Sabbath. When
It Vienna the English and American
exhibitors closed their departments on
they acted bravely. They
9NbHs "a AVooOu W tue tOuLlutIL
Europe; this lesson: That there Is
higher and nobler than
money making; that man has a soul
Is well Is body; conscience as well
- eyes aud ears; religious convictions
IS well as animal appetites that God
Almighty gives power 10 get wealth,
aud that His blessing has made Eng
and and the United States the freest
lnd wealthiest nations on the face of
he earth. Let the young men here
sresent. start their manhood's life with
ne resolve never to give up these two
gifts Of GOd-the Bible and the Sab
bath. And let the people, and espe-
rally those who are In the employ of
'thers, turn an ear, stone deaf TO all
to part with these bless
Bible and the Sabbath.
We are rejOiced TO see the evidences
N all sides that those who are seeking
o promote the temporal and eternal
.ood OF men are awake TO the import
nee OF preserving the Sabbath as a
lay Of -acre1 rest, and Of cOunteTact-