, 1876-02-27
SUNDAY.


7a As Ednoref Tie Chicago Trfoun<:
Cu1cAao. Fep. o5.-In your last Sundays eal-
tjoo 7 nntlced an "Artlcia b3 Cadmus in favor
of Sunday amusements +: theatres, operas ana
the ike. The idea OF writing sucn an ARTICLE
WIS suggested to the mind OF the writer by lis
ten;nc to q sermon from the Rev. htr. Fallo"s,
IN which be condemned '' 'theR.re-E going" On tho
Sabbath.
Mar never have had, aud perhaps norer will
have. the privilege Of listening to sermon BY
the Rev. Dr.. Fatows, but it rejoices my heart to
know that even in Chicago, in .hess days OF ho-
erallsm and Typdalism, there are still to be
found men who reverence aud respect the SAD
bath. Neither do know whether - Cadnus
-is man OF woman,
Ghoul OF huUlan+
only O. Judge By the 'tproduetlon, and, judging
| by that, I have no hesitancy in bringing iii
| verdict OF 'shuman." and very liberal beside.
| For is not the .'argumsntutn lnhnltum Inc
Te1y auiptessence Of iberallty? Let people
| do as tbey choose in this as in every other re~
snecr. Such lberality, notwithstanding its ''gen-
| erous'' appearance, noula, If generally earned
| into effect provo dangerous aud even fata! n
| it's consequences. For instance, did not society
think it necessary to enforce the strict obsers-
| auce OF the sixth and eighth commandments any
more than Cadmus thinks it necessary to strict
ly observe the fourth commandment, where
would be the protection to life and property :
Know, @ Cadmus, that the civil laws OF our
laud are founded on the moral laW,-a Term
Which soetns to fall unpleasantly on your ear:
The writer seems to think that the Sabbath ls
| peculiarly .tJeNish institution" and that We
Of the "Genti1e world hare "no part Or lot IN
the matter" But we on the ground 1na1 tne
Sabbath was instituted for the Jews special ben-
nfit. discard the fourth commandment, WITH
aona1 nronrietv NAV re discard the other nine,
and thus rid ourselves Of that oaious moral lay
altogether On the plea that re are not all lsraei
ites. know Of no better couIae Of reading e
recommend to our literal friend than St. Pauls
| entire letter to the Romans. The iiomans' WIN
: ali their learning, seemed to have the same
troupIe in understanding the beautiful blending
! of the Law and Gospel that - Caanaas has. -
| aeems to me that Paul has made this all very
| plain to most minds, or at least TO that possios
If soc;etv who have received their training II
..sabbath-schools and theological sem'nar1es.
in the tnenty-uinth verge Of the third chapter @
Romans ''1s He the God o. me 5e"s ohas ~
He not also Of the Genkies Yes, OF the den
The writer asks the question, 't Have re no
!. crime enough now to which poor human natur'
: | is liable, without conjur1ug up ncsstious one
i With which to perple1 and load the conscience
, If apy Of M p" reply, 50 Verify, their name i
1, I legion, for 1heJ are many;" but Just IN pro
I portion as the Sabbath Laws are trampIed upon
= and the 3eseceation Of the Sabbath persisted ~
in just that proportion VIA csanae ann we ~
l.
hood and womarhood who to-day have no NJ
before them except that afforded to condemne
!. | crirppals questioned as to their first doEnWar
D step, they Nould tell you that sabbath-breakin
a Was the first sin. -
q 1t Seems to me quite unjust to blame th'
+ Puritaus with replacing the .'Jewish yoke
a which Christ had thrown off the shoulders o
i the people 1900 years before; in fact, | AT
+ afraid the whole assertion sayors Of fault Q
u style known in rhetoric as equiv yocatlon; for i
], our Savior's teaehinea He distinctly tells LIS y
s am not come to destroy the Law or the prophets
a | but to fulfill" I know veil the passages quote
:. to maintain that the law was abolished BY Ch1is
r such as THE Sa obath was made for man, and nc
It man for tho Sabbath" and other similar pal
70 eages, (which the uulearnad and unstable d
i wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures t.
ID their oTn destruction" but nowhere do w
IL read of either Him or His disciples doing an.
= thing but good on the sabbath-day, such
h healing the sick restoring the sight Of the bin!
~ raising the dead. and seaching and preaching
- the synagogue, but never seeking their ON
niexsnre or attending feasts or marriages on th
- dav- sa va read Of their doing on other days
= Where in all the history of the world do '
~ ~ 7ead Of an increase Of lutempetaaee, protanls