The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1875-10-19
HIILsDALE, MICH. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1875.

wero rushing down TO ruin, had il not
been to arrest US in our career OF sin.
II comes to check ourdelusive madness
to lift our thoughts to heaven, to re-
mind us OF our everlasting destiny, to
fill the soul with holy contemplatiens,
to supplant the baser aspirations Of
this world with those glorious ambi-
tions which lay hold OF the Joys OF par
adise. To arrest the title that would
bear us downward into vice, aud turn
our qision TO better scenes and nobler
employments, the hallowed rest and
divine worship OF the Sabbath was or
dained of God.
How should we observe this day !?
We close our stores, our banks, our
shops. and go not forth to the fields o
labor. Our courts ofjustice are closed
on this day, and there is general sus-
pension Of all industrial pursuits. But
great deal more is required in the
command to keep the Sabbath holy.
There is needed preparation for the
day. All work should be so planned
as to brought to close early Saturday
evening, that the mind may have per-
feet rest. When the Sabbath comes il
should be greeted with O ,evsreI spirit
and with prayer. There is no need OF
speE ling more time than usual in sleep.
ALI the employments Of the day should
be OF such nature as to promote our
spiritual improvement. We ought not
to read on secular subjects, or anything
which would not lead the thought to
religious meditations. Our reading
should have strict reference to the OBJ
ject of the day. Business matters, pol
itics and romance should be banished.
We are not to thrust ourselves, by our
reading, into n world where tho atmos-
phere is not purely religious. 1t would
be desecration Of the day. The same
principle holds in regard to our conyer-
sation and thoughts. 1t is the duty
OF every one to attend upon the minis
trations Of Gods hoose. The public
and social worship OF God on tho Sab
bath is one OF the most potent agencies
in the Characterization OF the world.
Without it the Sabbath will be forgot
ten, the fear OF God driven from the
SOU, and in6delity and AL the bebasing
passions OF a corrupt heart will be left
in undisputed control OF the inner
life.
In conclusion D.. Fiske said: There
can be but one line OF duty for every
one not an atheist TO follow in the cri-
sis through which we now are passing
in Detroit. Every other interest must
be made secondary 10 that of guarding
tho Sabbath from open desecration,
OF the divine law, in violation Of the
principle unde.lying stable Christian
governments, and in conflict with the
genius OF American CIVILIZATION. He
who seeks to abolish the Sabbath is
aiming blow at our dearest rights.
He is working to undermine The gov
ernment and he is doing every moral
citizen n direct and serious harm. We
therefore call upou lovers Of their race
to snap party chaius asunder and act
as freemen, in the fear of God, having
the welfare OF the city deeply at heart.
III this mater must be decided mt the
pools. God aud humanity have claim
on your vo.e and on your influence ex-
erted to its fullest extent TIL after the
election. Let the women pray and
talk, and the meh pay and talk and
vote. Let them vote in the primary
meetings, beio o TIE vote at the pools
IL We are to save shiscsty from the foul
est stain that can rest upon IL, and the
young from the greatest peril that can
beset Their path. il we are to perform n
work deserving OF Immortality, the
next week must be devoted in the most
positive way to the defense of that
which is vital to the highest interests
OF the race.