, 1875-01-18
DR.. Rydo. On "Tho Proper Uses Of
tho Sabbath. !"
A Sharp Slap al Robert ColIycr's H.
t!orscmcnt Of Turner Hall.
The Law Of Compensation as
Applied to Morality.
Virtue IFS Own Reward--'Sermon by
the Rev. E. P. PoWoll.
THE SUNDAY QUESTION.

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uThr r,ronrr rsc, ut tho aqbtpth.'
Tho noy 1,r ". II. 1iyder preached at Ht
!ne Ia' tt,.,,n.,sa,;st, ros.ard.v n,ornno
fanls lhuroh tun''efsa"atl 1'''!'.,' ), ..,';ss
on "The Proper Uses ot THO f'appnsn' tah'ie
Ills text from Acts, xx., 7. Thos reverend gen.
tleman smoke a. follows:
~,,,a s,s,,tact ~ nv rermon-"Thu Iropcr
-Ae 'upIcss ~ .s,,..n,m +. ,,rno thor,, for 3.
ohoe u tuo ''" :.,.
single discourse. It Ti|l DO impossible, within
tho recognized hfuiss OF seEtnon. to discuss 1t
sip all its relations. Dut no will try to hold ono
.,'o,',tt cosa IN tha main tnnie and deyetop
t.ouh1'1 eooo ~ . a., i,. ~ .ors l., ia .,,,.
I I "''s Su'A's " uo 'Ao ,.;.;e,'.
4 troversr. There are two fundamental poslt'ohs
I FYrst-Nuu ts religio,,s being, antl'haa duties
i and ,,',;eot;ona ,raw;o1 mt ri lila fact.
Mn is . ra1io;o1, letnc by creation. not by
! m"n 10 " lol'hi'oe r,'1. vs'e ,so,s,.s ~
! training, Jus. As u'nch as any othas gift. nat
neither error. nor eayety, nor a1nusemeuts, will
sec,,ro tlja resu1t. Thoy .ro important e}o-
sant. - ~. .na h.vo tI,e,r naea bnt notbinr
. sj,'a 0, ,nmr.l,o, ~" sosl ~ mnSrts tn
oi es a1tia tnso sa ~, i}sa ,T, III ~ 1,s for
ihauuuou .aoee eLu ~ 1ira t,t, " t. ,,sor1
- ~ 1I ~ ,'" 1,t rlss - not earoatior fFhat
~ t1u n"s ~ .at.Iontss - I.borinna
cotl'us % u stnat T.! Ia,nn ~ .,aras stuax
Ev,s m 'u tr,,nnn aro nooiTri 10 httrosa
!houRh.u!oss' .aa,s' no ~ a'ai -, - S;S nor"
sna a ri,%in,," ,.1as ~. N''p VIC ~ ~
an1 lo.,sioaa unslos soo,. n In ,,disnenasbte
necou.autua5 hsnn7 ,'i ~ ~ h,,t nn nI,xs,
wk III outs os,,n', ~ W. ~, VI sn'' 't"'Ds'
aoa, gtou1.us t., ~ mel'. r.4,,ra "a t,n,,,-
aaoaa ,sn m HIopost,oas ps.;nns - ts s,ndav nmea,
;a a 4 - - ;n0nt@o.arth. III th.t ~ r,ov
n Hooaaa sno ~ ,'ra,. ~. aasmnton .lst man IN
ssE psos1aun @ ~ s,,rt, ntcds tra,nln~ sr1
Ietsous oeins nnu ~ st,s sue oh.ors.nca ~ smnsu
eusane W. a.s1.s, - osscnt,al tn t,a tro1nin.
a. ~ ~ ny }tes 81 mv,na,,p ,san A. s'
ana ior Gtnes @ m9cs, ,ost,on In do,,,o .rono
nas tn1 dent r,on, IL nnt s,athar
:houghtial, cona.ae'a.o rvopG ~ ~ nos Mue't;or 1
tnGte oasn. ~ ~ D n@y ei' ~. ts ~ sat
aoeGue a hss.ye asos rt sa1I Il ba ..o1v Ia, ot
nrs% 10 shai " ~ .nv kn s a.
r ~ =. ~ Hs ,rt na ~ tn,ar
ona T. neoa@. IL rr,t o - the.o
na.,,as a,ea a and = resu ~ ths iast tTo where
s we draw tho s Aud low shall wo %
I tlnsulsl between |An8s pfoper W pG uona aaa
] 1nl.'sa ho' ptoPct ," w oon' vi wv eaHo"'n
o9yt ..;,,.,,,. o.u,.
Me a h anoT now NnrsLar .sfes ohM ts 1Ias
peen oosgsvcH ~ .n1 ~ tIe th
onion. Nen EuPlanu 'asAs ~ keiaI1ee ~ su9
1 ptoler uheh ~ tne oapuatn 1';. i1t Iaso ouape4
hoI!nern ssnslmens upoa tnla sunlocs; Anu ~
"ns ajsx ~ s1uo .s ,hat 10 ;ro
ruf!taa eunuay nas apou. u n austes1.y wmcn
ne cannot commend beine IN thia no" excessive
Y And unnatural, It has made deep impresaton
upon 1nls nat'on, ansa oesefveo t. oe lngstasu as
/ national eharaoseE II It were possible for ua 70
g eAn'nase IIom oul nnttohal h!nto!y tne feHe.a-
St'on 1or religion and Tor religious 1natltations.
ana thas oonitfonne reverence 1os u9a Ana ausy'
nhic t. " statsr aa ~ rn;ro-
sHobligatlona has certainly encouraRed, II not
Il a"aKenco We eaonso mar many page or our
LEY seco5as, aaa eepsro rom as some o.
+, Dat. whllo northern sentiment; has thus been
,Ellargey framod on tLo basis Of those strong re-
:;ngtpHis oonvle.lons Wh.cn brought tue FuEfims
I % % tnls country ior freedom 70 worship uod."
III.
!ana, aiofent laeae - TO sue proper uses OF ban-
uaY' fuItanlsln nas aau annseahuhAv hoth-
Mg 70 90 10 ahanlhg mo conception o. sunday
WHICH has prevailed ln tho southern statos. es-
I psctal!y those bordering on tho Gulf: "Conti-
4eniat iouas n@.o lake!y Iu!aa n thae section.
4 & AoniHianh, no" 30 psomlnentiy befofe tho Ia.
.l' HON ~ conspienona lineIatlon Or state or
a, ma un!oh fusoa ~ Earopean h a ideaa aa to
1 ~ pot ho4dlpg up Louisiana Tor yonr con
~ o. m M 20
70 te rs agng tnt tho
\ uny W aaucn % enurGnos hna acnooi-house8-
:, churcnea and achoo,houses with teachers in
e o1 Who e poets nts ~ aag fr me ana women
xord m a'a 'aa ''tS' anu LOT 'h0 a''lo ~ofk OF tas
-, nut. whereas those two dtasimilar vlows, OF
K tno plopof oDseIvance OF sunday "ers marked
~ snarp Esograpaacai ilnos II haa come 70 pass
Sunday through tho immense Immigration
j ,, which haa f!owod into the States north Of the
glio, haFo been introduced into nearly all tho
NofiLetn ethtes. ma afe especially influential in
What We cas! tho West.
Ih.s, thon, seems to ee tue preDent attitude
OF the CAFE: Europe has como to America,
toinod banda with tho soutl,, and they twain arc
/ fnss establishing their peculiar customa in
regard to tho Sabbath IN eyory portion
Or tho nation. Mo desire to be tolerant
toratd those who may differ from US.
ana have 10 Wish to use any improper measures
: 70 forco our ideas upon tlioHe who may not
choose TO adopt them; but liberation IL not In
difference, aud Wo a1o TO DO governed in our
thought aud action by our ideas Of right and
dnsT.
But Just here we arc confronted By worry
scrioua fact which, so far A. laye observed,
has not ooen 1rouEAt Into this dlscusslon And
that is thlst Foreign tdeas Of tue Sabbath do
not ask permission to ontrench Themselves here
j; they sre already bore. Theatres, Of certain
erhde, aro opon in this city each Sunday
hiGht; 10 Aro dauclng-halls, llitiaFd-halls,
aafopns' md amnsomsnts, Of nameless
siads. Leaving Tits church for the cars.