The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-10-01

Tile Sabbath, viewed merely in the
Light Of q day of relaxation and refresh
ment, cannot be valued tod highly
by the working classes. The states
man, the merchant and the manufae-
turer, with all of the Weather Glasses,
can often escape their duties, oremanei-
pate themselves from the thrail of
business, and vanishing from their
respective posts of duty, may embark
for foreign travel and luxuriate awhile
in some invigorating cline; or, wan
dering up and down u own fair land,
may halt at spots rich in historic inter-
est, or may visit the wonderful teeming
cities reared by modern enterprise; or,
if wearied with the excitement of such
scenes, may turn aside for a season to
the margin of the ocean, and there in
hale health and gladness from its en-
bracing breezes. But 10 the laboring
and poorer classes among us, this is
impossible, and the Sabbath day is the
only time in which they can find relax
alton and rest from their labors-the
only day out of the seven in which they
may hold qriet communion with their
families-on which they may be re-
freshed and strengthened for the labors
of the coming WEEK.
We believe fully in the value of a
periodical day Of rest. We do not say
the first day or the seventh day, neces-
sarily, but one day in seven. 1t is
given unreservedly into our hands by
our Creator 1t is not an end, but
simply a mean to m end, and that end
our happiness. We must never forget
that Jesus tells us it can serve no higher
purpose than ministering to the welfare
of humanity. We must use the Sabbath,
not worship it. 1t stands as the repre-
sentative of the need of human nature
rest for the body, the mind and the
spirit.
Suppose the Sabbath to be by all peo-
pie abolished. What a sad picture this
world would soon present? Think of
labor thus going on in one monotonous
eternal cycle. Think, as your magin-
alton beholds the unyarying wheel of
work, the treadmill of labor thus going
round and round with its ceaseless clat-
ter, without a change, never a rest in
motion, never a pause in sound, from
morn till night, from week to week,
from month to month, from year to
year; think, if you can, of the desola-
ton that must follow this absolute
reign of labor owe the whole realm of
time. WI speak Of the Sabbath in its
original meaning, as a word that signi-
fies rest. And in this sense it is es-
teemed by most men as the verygreatest
of all blessings which Almighty benevo-
lence has bestowed. We don't mean TO
say that simple inactivity is rest. Peo-
pie get into a dull, dreamy rut Of bust
ness in the week, and the Sabbath is
the kindly hand that lifts them from
the slavery of life's routine. But if it
lifted them into idleness it would be q
curse, not a blessing, to many. How
many there are who do not need any
bodily rest, except the free activity of
the Sabbath holiday-whose bones ache
at the hint of physical quiet; who are
never so free from WEAKNESS, SO full of
joy, as when they are walking in the
glorious sunshine or amidst the flowers,
the fields and walks of Gods creation?
Man might live more in the spirit of
the institution, hoeing in his field or
working at his bench, than sittingdrear-
lily in his pew and signing YEARLY fer
the morrow that will bring him back to
dollars and cents. 1t is the rest of the
heart, the body and brain-this lifetime
Sabbath which remains with us, no
matter what our hands may find to do
or where the feet may stray.
REST Is not quitting
This busy career;
Rest Is the fitting
Of sclf to ones sphere.
IT'S loving and serving
Tn highest and best;
IT'S CONFERENCE.-The
And this Is true rest"
Well has it been said bv a prominent
divine, that "Heaven will be inherited
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