Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-12
APIen For lI,o sal,hntI,-

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4 Plea for the sabbath.
EDITORS APPEAL-Ws would like 10
answer the inquiry of : Protestant in
Sundays l)oa', thst 1t would certainly
be in order Tor the pastors Of tits Cit y
to again protest against the violation Of
| the Sabbath; not, however, u pepper,
the hunting magician, who held forth
III the pneXter last : sUtsth highland
who had as audience Some wiz claim
to BE- respectable citizens-bJt 10 ira
mayor aud city fathers. They ceItsir y
have the hight to forbid the opening OF
the theatels aud other places of amuse-
| ment (such Is the Turner's hall on the
Sabbath night. Such things are a scau-
del snd disgrace to our city, and we did
hope, and believed, when Judge Fiippin
was elected mayor ouch things TC2id Be
prJmp ly checked. | have heard many
express establishment and dep rsgFet
that, since his election, there have been
even more of tuch d. 5scrsti0ps OF the
Sabbath than before, and when they
had expected better things of christian
msyor. The Protestant pastors are fully
| aware that this is "fIes country and
| they did not presume to dictate or rule,
but they did respectfully ask the AP.
PEAL, as an influential public journal, to
assist them in pu ting stop to such
violations Of the Sabbsth-as that Of the
female lecture in the Theater. For this
they were made the subject of ridieuIe,
and have called forth rsouke even from
the distant city OF New Orleans, as well
IS from some in our midst. This is what
might have been expected from the ad.
yocates ard followers of Woodruff &
| Co., but what says our christian mayor
and aldermen to these things? That is
what most concerns US 20 know. Will
they suffer these dissertations o. Gods
| nOly day to 60 on until another plague?
shall be sent to scOurge and rebuke Us
| Do theynOt remember that the Sabbath
was ordained for mankind at the fist,
even before the fell Of Adam; that it was
not set spsrt merely as q day OF rest for
millions OF earth's weary toilers, who,
IN account of the entrance OF sin, were
condemned to eat bread ia the aWest Of
| the face, bat that God santified and set
apart that day for his own worship, so
| mat had there been no sin, no sorrow or
toll, it would have still been o day
wholly devoted to worship CT God. And
when in after time, God revealed him
self upon Mount Sinsi in thuudars and
dAlu q lAllCH C4OUu upOu LuE
mount, and the voice of a trumpet ex.
ceeding loud, so that all the people
that were in the camp trembled
And Moses brought forth the people
out OF the camp 10 meet with God,
and they stood at the neither part
Of the mount. Aud Mount Sinai was
altogether in smoke, because the Lord
descended upon it IN fire, and the smoke
fhnFonF n1gnnhp2 n - F,1r
nRcs, and the whole mountain quaked
greatly. Aud when the vOica OF the
trumpet sounded long and wSxed louder
aud louder, Moses spSke and God an
sWered him by a voice. And the Lord
came down upon Mount Sinai, on the
top of the mount, and the lord called
Moses up to the top OF the mount, and
Moses went up, Aud all the psople saw
the thunderiDgs and Gghtnings, and the
noise of the trUmpst and the mOuntsin
smoking, nu,. when the people saw it
they removed and stood 8r.y en-. And
they said unto Moses, ''5pssk thAu with
US and we will hear, b1E let hot God
speak with US lest we die" And Moses
said unto the people, Fear not, fot God
is come TO prove you, ard thst his Far
may be befjre your eyes, that Up sic
not" And the people stood afar OFT, auG
Moses drew near unto the thick dark
ness, where God wss, And the glory Of
the Lord abode npon Noun Einai. and
the cl 1ud covered it six US, and the
seventh day he called unto Moses cut Of
the midst of the cloud. And the sight
of the glory Of the Lord was Ike devOur.
ing fire, on the top Of tie t-Or'nt in lhe
eyes of the Children OF Israel. And moses
went into the midst of tbs cloud, and
got him up into the mount. Aad Moses
vas in the mount forty days and forty
nights; and the Lord descended in the
cloud and stood with him there, and
proclaimed the name OF the Lord. And
the Lord passed before him a1d pro-
claimed: This Lord, tho lord , God, |
and gracious, long suffering
and abundant IN goojTe5s; keeping |
mercy for thOusapds, forgiVing iniqulty, |
anu sin, ard 'hst will by |
no means clear the guilty; visiting tue !
iniquily of the fathers upon the chill |
dren, and the children's chi.dren, unto |
the third and fourth generation" And |
Moses made haste and bowed his head |!
toward the earth and WorshiPped. And |
Moses gathered all the congregation of
the children Of Israel together and ssid |
unto them, these are the words which |
the Lord hath commanded you shaIl do /
Them: "Six days may work be done,
out the seventh is the Sabbath OF rest,
holy to the Lord. Ye shall keep my
s&bOaths, therefore, for it is holy unto !;
you; for whatsoever dOeth any work
therein that soul shall be cut off from
among his people," And he gave untoI
Moses, when he had made an end Of
with him upon Mount
Sinai, two tables Of testimony, tafles o!
tone, written with the finger OF Col,
craven upon the tables. This is only
! 1.-THE of what is written upon this sub.
ect in that book OF books, the
lnly infsltble guide in this
world where sin abOunds. The
command to keep holy the Sabbath day,
vac, with the others in the Dacalogue,
,iven under the most feariully grand
md awful manifestations of Gods poW-
r and glory. But many say by their
ctions, if not in words, Who is theI
SOrd, that I should obey him?" Dol
lot let US as g people cast off the fear of
Tod, and restl ain prayer, that he may
lot leave US to hardness Of heart aud
Kindness OF mind 10 work out our own
estructien with greediness because
sntence against an evil work is net ex-
cuted speedily; therefore, the heart Of
le children of men Is fully set in them !
} do evil" Excuse me for saying 81
luch, but this is a subject Of great I'M {
to cur temporal welfare as {
ty, not to speak of the more important :
lterests of the hereafte-. Do. Nr. !
Iayor, city fathers, and you, Memphis 6
.PPEAL, give the weight of your infu.
ace, and stop these sunday theaters,
and WOmen's lectures; the last l
AIMED is disgrace upon any week day I
|, night to the whole city. I
MRS JEAN MILLER