, 1876-08-07

tlMt " cOnhl Hnk stnHu At MI. AUS lnE "Iio'o
Will, deep and cyrrlnstng nrttl Of mn',, b4t
With All argument about point Of oli'WDrh!
lcgis'atit't,. Why, It Is Ike 'ala'N!,E pyraWls
Un It's apex Instead Of aetttng II on tts base Set
thc whole controversy has gnin, trcnrl1y round
and rtAltnt nnIonE these small matters Of re-
iiEiol.. an.iquarta,sm I'LL tncn arc getting I'm.
the rca1, vital question involved In It Is almost
lost sight Vt. Now want 70 Try. anti rescue tho
maintenance Of Sunday, as 'rsal rest-day, from
oil this religious antl4nar!anlstn. want to set
upui, these, tlcn It wifi ',nyo. 10 20 sin spite
Of Moses and the prophets. And certainly to
ask "Wat Is EGos tr Us =. toy A., 10 .c tre
II Chrls.'s own way III saying. "Fhe SahnatM
was made for man, nut man inr the Sabbath"
lie stripped away the Ial,b!nlcat traditions
a"a as'n put foa L in ' tho " }ghs '" u wias va.
"e Sat rs Il fs s had eaG sal: ~ ma"s IT, othos @ ars
.naLc for tie nun, not the nal for bis clothes;
clothes to suit lts need. So. Institution arc
made for tsnn, a,ld not man for Institutions;
anil they ulso must bo uttered not by the inter
probation Of atc1c,.t tcx,s, Gut ~ tle s'mple le
is the ground o1, which spndny. must stand Or
all-Hnly, nark you, u II, will e!a,tl on that
grond, then the adsilt ltlonal consideration, TINT
I something equivalent stood before, md l,ns
! been stuufnE fur 1000 years, WILL cGrtalnly
not make US think any The less Of Il, a!l Will
give US n thu r,are Interest III rcsring u from
folly nntl keeping 1t from belDg updcrnlnednnd
Tic question then Ia, Ut good thing for
orc llny In every WrcE IL bc set apart by So
citty as n general resting day, not as tic
Individual taking uf holiday, by tlIoss wl,o
fs s woi 5 afaS Yd n'rs seo ps ai to "S assa
as one Of u rcst.lay; not MS rellrious day, not
Us day Tor religious obscrvancca, but simply
W IL rest,1ay. Tue question Of what y to be
dong With the day, low ths rest may 10 most
decd, the inovr yoti connect our Sundny with
tic Jewish Sabbath, the farther you Eet flo,',
nny pfrtstfc sabbatarlantsm. Rest wns all Tint
Sabbath "hoiy did not mean spending i in
sacred occupations, but sucTcdly al!sta!n'ng from
work. And SO noxv, the real religious, question
involved is not; Is 1t well to rcseue the dny for
poiat Of bcIaa religious duty, to rcscao tho
ilay from MI unnecessary work1
And now, when VIC look ut the question IN
this couiuon-scnsc, practical light, of tlle need
hardly b. Two answers to It. Nobody doubts
That such general, Systematic, rcst1lay Is u
good thing Nobody wants Il uttered. Never
mind how It can,e to L. We stutt with the
s,itution Of Sunday. We don't make il; We
lind il hers; wa grow up into It. FROM our cur
lrat years VIC afn accustomed to feel that this
day It Is tho right thing Tor tho great Workshop
." o %Gfa 70 sasRso tsnm a ,S y
Monday; mid nike tl.oee WHO look Ut Il With
Christian thought nld those who never think
nbout It, but jtlst take It and enjoy It, all alke
Isl thaE lG " "trn t, ~ nS
about It. Even ttosu who do not associate The
day with my thought e'f religion, hayu Just as
much dislike to wording on Sunday themselves
ihoneh tlcy i!ay axa ,css TS,ut anoIi w. ux
lug others work ior . Ifem tosS ,S as,,tGs ,nsia
gu thclr riglt to kes.p thcif oWn storcs open ot
SUNDAY agat Wa.e 70 nase W general ir sys.et
oi closing aons ,aFay' nceahsa 1len sle,r past!e M
those wllo Hosl caInestiy anu sl!'SerS'y p!Gtes
! against tle lalto sabbatleal ground on wllei
sanaay ohsesM1cc is ,isualy psesscol 1 40 M, mp
want ~ sh: less opseHyeli qs}nt: ~ 9',!:
o. letter, uusr grounn!s, n,nroaa Weh III aheoIol oea'
faFKeI lhy dylhg ~ FIIofenSe, s, ~ nhMes sua'
one who was " itis bedsHao Wnat oay y saa
"!t y - sGe , sa a,,.ta, ~ n.esSe Wy aa nn;
sti9 'Hintsa w ais ayins ,. incs. ~ w., ~
lu SAID, ut Is blessed gay when enc onee Gne get
over ila slprtstltioh o. ". Mnp .ogs ~
stlsiouA M!slakss flut spoiled te su,laays
many ocs III shliaopa ane, a wen You s avs got
WORKS no hasa sho Meek tnroagn,t.7 II ~ s3nG !n
t9lng hwiul tho Erl'l energy Min ~nlei isol
Monaily " satutauy lao "o1.a kceps ~ nM,l ~
Tu7Sa Ay Jazz - - e..t tt,lo4 - ~ - - H..
= ! think the world or to-day xuuln 80 mad, 14s
l5Guzicd WIFI LIZ strain anl pressure, out - T.
h thus blessed institution OF slnday. Even III
very proportion, one aay IN hsYet' see!ns M'Ilos
!, rooted II tr reality ol ihsnss is not ines
conventional arrangement and cur;lo.Yaly 10, nj
u man,s need fFoYlucnco has Mos !Eit ~ H.
: tlisils TING at our M OWL sWe9s VII, but IN
- setseu 1t lot us III tlc lGt1odleal appearances
II Tho Two great l!caFenly bollies Win %ash y
Q earth ls Most closely con''GStco, anu " WING
our eas. - tghtea up nnc sun settes asS o. .,
+ days aso nients lor IN, otr seasoils ana o.
J ycur, a1lu TIC moon settles our ntur'
OF h.pn1n1, atu ~ ~ su" Us ,e., h.Si ~ U
Ea 10 nosGr't .ao % ~ ~ n .,osGS' 9 .ney w
+ that oi1 into four weeks. Tl'ut Is as old Us IL
}, uu Egyptian civilization. Aud the pruPortlu
!. of rest, one day IN cuel of these natural week
r. curlvl,sly hits ,nnr's need, They tried one tlu
J. IN t.,, ~ rsf dav In thc I,rr,3J, Rernintin
e ;rhcv wo.i, nnt. l,.,'r t1n iii wavsi Eyrn II
Is aley Mra nu -, ~ III ~ "Iot % an,In ~ 80
r IlontnA 'htlat w Hltc!cti, unu tHc IEht ~
!. t1atknrss weto too strong lor lle1ii 10 meu0
Il with tho lays, tlny must at my rate, hayo nc
q llutrs, nl,l the weeks should bD ten days long
u they would liav.. t.cpuul tlcus1lrc for time,
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