The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-12-02

Master, who being the Lord of the Sab
bath, had, of course, right to chang
the day on which it should be kept, anC
to call it after himself, the Lords Day
if we have no direct recorded precep
directing to keep our Sabbath on tn
FIRST day of the week" Yet we hav'
what is as satisfactory. the practice o
men, who, in matters of religion, acteC
without Divine direction. When we car
trace the existence and observance o
Sabbatical institutions from the creation
down to the present hour; and when t.
these considerations l add the natura
fitness and propriety of such day, anc
consider how indispensable it is to the
existence of religion among men; 1 an
compelled to believe that the Sabbath i;
of Divine origin and perpetual obligation
THE ADVANTAGES AND BLESSINGS OF THE SAB
BATH.
The preservation OF health Careful
examination at o public institution in
London, employing above two thousand
laborers, proved that more work was per
formed in year, when the Sabbath was
faithfully kept than during the same
amount of time, when the men were re-
quired to labor every day. Planters in
| the West Indies, not many years since,
worked their slaves on the sabbath, till
they became satisfied that this practice
was pecuniary loss to them, 1t pro-
duced enfeebled constitutions and pre-
mature death. Man is so constituted,
that for the right discharge of the vari-
Gus duties of life he must have rest, 9th
erWise he must necessarily become ex-
| hausted, break down. and become q total
wreck. This is selfevident truth. Ex-
| perience at all times the best school
master, has taught this lesson to all, so
| that with common consent all more or
| less act upon the principle that the Ia
| borers must have rest.
Withhold from man the rest of the
Sabbath, and you lay him PROSTATE be-
side his burden Give him nothing more
than the scanty pittance of holidays, &C.,
leave him only with these to ford him
over his days and weeks of incessant toll,
and he sinks beneath the stream. The
frail bark is shattered, her timbers shiv
cred by the violence of the winds and
waves that beat upon her, unable to ride
out the storm falls to pieces so fares the
man who is doomed to incessant toll, if
deprived of necessary rest-if denied his
weekly Sabbath. But give him that,
and with the blessing of God, he will
buffet the storm, he will breast the waves,
and in safety reach the dry land. And
not only the health is preserved, but
SlESuSGu Is dl5O ACSi dAOSN'
THE INTELLECT Is IMPROVED.
The intellectual faculties of man are
capable of indefnate improvement. Apart
from this day. where is the leisure-time
of the sons of toll for personal improve
ment? One day after another rolls on
continuously, and alas, in too many in
stances, the most that can be said of
their use is, that the laborer did only
6clo R1f Sah h.
bath comes, and brings with it to him a
blessed boon. A day for selfimprove
ment-not an hour or two at brief inter
walls; but whole day he employs for
reading, meditation and prayer; or he
may listen to the instructions and coun-
sells of Wisdom from the house of God;
he occupies a place in the school of
Christ, either at home or abroad. T is |
an opportunity for attending undisturb-
ed to the momentous concerns of the |
soul and eternity. The Sabbath in this /
particular, affects the great mass of man |
kind-young and DID, rich and poor.
THE SABBATH LIES AT THE FOUNDATION OF ALL /
SOUND MORALITY AND VIRTUE.
Morality is matter of principle. "Out
of the heart are the issues of life" The
Sabbath is one of the strongest safeguards
of virtuous principle in the young: the !
more ESSp0CIdUl0 anu NlEbuSS IA
be seen in families who regard the Lords
day while, on the other hand, it is well
known that children rarely honor their
parents, or prove a blessing to their old
age, unless taught to honor the Sabbath.
Sabbath breaking leaves the mind to be
filed with dark and dangerous errors, in
regard to God and religion. This sin
often leads men far into skepticism, and
in many ways, tends to instability of
character. Sabbath breakers are gener-
ally found among the foul. mouthed and
profane. 1t is believed that very few
persons ever become licentious or drunk
en-, until they are accustomed to desc
crate the Lords day Sabbath breaking
and intemperance have produced nearly
all the crime committed in our land In
Connecticut State prison, ninety, out of
every hundred convicts had been habit
ual Sabbath-breakers. Mass achusetts
State prison one hundred and eighty-two
out of two hundred and fifty-six, were of
the same character Much the same
state of things may be affirmed of Au
burn, and probably of all our public pen
itentiaries. The testimony of magistrates
also, so far as have been able to learn,
is that those concerned in riots and as
saults are almost universally notorious
breakers. The history of indi-
cordance with this fact. No william re-
CARDS the Sabbath. The Sabbath is
barrier that must be broken down, before
men can become giants in iniquity. Lord
Chief Justice Hale, of England, remarks,
that of all the persons who were convict
ed of capital crimes while he was upon
the bench, he found few only who would
not confess, on inquiry, that they began
their career of wickedness by neglect
of the duties of the Sabbath, and vicious
conduct on that day" You may enact
laws for the prevention of crime; you
may frame them with judgment, and ex-
ecute them with promptness and impair
tally; but the secret and silent influence
of the Sabbath is greater preventive of
and does of itself constitute
stronger shield to the vital interests of
community, than any code of penal stat
utes that ever was enacted" sound NOR
eity has no such keystone of the temple
of virtue, which, however it may be de-
faced, will survive many a rude shock,
and retain much of its pristine magnif-
cence, as long as its foundation remains
firm.
THE SABBATH Is A SPECIAL MEANS OF NATION
AL PROSPERITY.
"The provision which this holy day fur
nishes of a season of rest to laboring ami
mails, learned men have abundantly
in recent exami-
nation before the British Parliament
that the horse and OK live longer, per-
form a greater amount of service, and
ard are every way more valuable to their
owners, when allowed to rest one day in
seven"