The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11
Is the saddest of all to me.

A clause in the deed of the Foundry Meth
odist Episcopal church, Washington, which
President Hayes and Mrs. Hayes attend, sets
apart a pew therein for the president of the
United States. The Rev. B. Peyton Brown,
a member of the Baltimore conference Of
long standing, is the pastor.
1t is related of the Hon. B. F. Moore, ''the
father of the barr of North Carolina, that
when Mr.. Clay visited that state, he was Sc
lected to make the welcoming address to
that statesman He made a great effort in
its preparations; he called on friend, Mr..
Simmons in order TO read it to him.
We'll" said Simmons. ironically, 81 sup
pose you wish me to criticise and correct,
being an educated and scholarly gentle
maur' Not that" said Mr.. Moore, "but to
see how it will strike the vulgar mind"
We do not bear here the heaviest burdens
in the world. Some of the English papers
are urging that the income of the prince of
Wales should be increased by an additional
100000, or f150,000 a year. HIS debts
amount to $3.50 O00O. and it is thought that it
would be more profitable to the nation to
pay them than to have him go into compar-
tive retirement for the purpose of doing 50.
Sir w. Knollys, his treasurer, states that his
personal expenses are very small, and that
no gentleman of social position spends so
little for pocket money. He has not only
to keep up costly establishments, but to
maintain an expensive position as leader OF
society. H7s income is not equal to that Of
a number of his friends. When asked lately
if the report of his intended visit to Austria
liza was true, the prince replied that he
hoped so, because he greatly desired to see
that region, and also because he would get
free passage there and back, and reduce his
home expenditure.
The Revue Historque publishes a minute
by the Emperor Napoleon /. concerning the
observance of Sunday. 1t is 50 curiously
CHARACTERISTIC of the man, and ESQ has 50
direct a bearing on the Sabbatarian cues
ton, as to be worth reproducing: '1t is
contrary to the divine law" writes the
emperor, Ito prevent man, who has wants
on Sunday as much as other days of the
week from WORKING on Sunday to gain his
bread. Government could not impose such
a law unless it gave bread gratis to those
who have none. Sod has imposed on men
an obligation to labor, since without labor
He has not allowed them to gather any of
the fruits of the earth. He has willed that
they should work every day, since He has
given them wants which every day make
themselves felt afresh. We must distinguish,
in what the clergy prescribe, between laws
obshoar %hsh are Sisyg tray religious laws and
ined only with the view of extend
ing the authority of ministers of religion.
The observance of fasting on Friday and
resting on Sunday are only secondary and in
significant rules What essentially concerns
the commandments of the Church is, not
to injure social order, not to do evil to ones
neighbor, not to abuse liberty. am
the authority, and | grant to my people
once for all permission not to interrupt
their work. The more work the less vice
there will be. II had to meddle
with these matters, l would be rather dis
posed to order that on Sundays, except dur
ing the hours of divine service, the shops
should be open and the workmen at their
work When one casts glance over the
various classes which compose society, one
feels that Sundays rest is harmful rather
than useful; one sees in how many arts and
how many trades this interruption of labor
produces troublesome results. Society does
not make up a contemplative order. Some
Legislators have wished to make il convent
of monks, and apply 10 it rules which only
suit cloister Since men eat every day,
they ought to be alloAed to work every
day."