, 1877-06-17

many equally innocuous methods Of recreation
would remain open to them; but tour poorer
brethren In tho middle nlsic,' rs late popular |
preacher used 10 designate his humble auditors,
too often find their only resource in tae alc- |
house or the gin palsce. We com'nenl tia con.
sile.atlon in passing to those Jealous apost!cs
SunSay & eIas!ns e 's% Il Thos so1 However,
might havc been expected, Is not little scat'.
dailzed II the movement. nor Is tts pioue horror
diminished BY The omnvns union 'n Of na !Iign
a ci crusade. at' "a Aud here the Rtrord undoubt-
e"t po1.ioa a'P'tfsta Il lie seisteus world which e..
t1 uet. 'smoderato " bishop IL described
snmcwlefe-H our memory scFvcs VI, In
one oi Mr. Disrneli's earlier novcis s-as
"too High Chursh to ksep Sunday md toy Low
not infe1tcitous. II Friday fasting has afways
been regarded as distinctive mark t,f rapLsts
and Popishly-m!ndcd ncrsons, tue strict obscrv.
anse of nto saobash" T. considered 20 o ict;
seems strange at hrst sight that those who i!,-
yelR, 10 f!crccly against the superetitious ot,.
scrvauce at "days, and months, and times, and
Of tho sabbath,-- cling tsftA *nth rigid
ptrtfnaeitv thsn,st!tt' te tas ktg'na e. gars!s'.
lar day, Ihteh after all Il nos re SaobaM. Me
question m i Is or Is not - fond thing vainiy In:
vented II: but an invention It certainly is, and
an Invention Of very lats date. II s1lose who
maintain the observance OF iasts and festivals
with "teaehng for }1csrlnes :; ines tho com,
least plead IN their defense tradition o. etght.
NIth n.ort isun fro etntaris old. It derive. rs
little couniennnee from the fathers OF "tho
blessed Keiurmatlon," English or foreign, as
from the fathers Of tho primitive Church. Tile
4 h s1ssssy III IL ssnea
Erastlauhm, calls tho observance . mere ap-
polntment. Of the rnagistrate;", ever, tho
luri!auIcal Calvin used g play at bowie On
countrymcn and corelIRlopsts Of Luther md
Calvin have nothing In common In this respect
with the!r English, OF Scotch followers.
The "Co"tinta!al Sanddy" 'ehieh !Tpftsfanf. are
Proitsfan more iAan of Catholic countries; inue1,
| 20 indeed that tho mensurcof influence exercised
| by tho Church may usually bc :augcI IN atore!gn
By esnEf FIT. xa ppah a d Luz st ,ts
are closed, In Parfe only very partially re-: 1T
Berlin and zuricl, they are open. Thy SAT-
batarlan view fs an Invention, not OF tue six
f Paritans 70 1tlercely = ruled 1t tic .lmpiou:
flock Of sports,'h issued by authority ol
Charles /. aud Land, aud contrised under
Charles II. to secure the pas:agc OF what Lord
| SH01tEaplfTT HnH uG3lkUN1CA tuG blOSt 3EA&Al ~
mic aud one Of tho must sa'unb'e aets n', .ha
statutc-bo0k." Da1tcr displayed hss Woiitch
moderation In sasiaE what Is perfectly truc-
that "fron a,l.i IN the Aposl'es' days the
It {Sunday}as n separate day. But u very
Iyicf sstyuspert will hutslec to show that their
Increment IL as fur fru.n covering the modern
Protestant estimate Of Tie day.
The su9Iet mud the Sabbath l. t,er spoken VI ihere,
any saore than tv <ecesidstleal nrIiers creslI a. q
iuSeiv teriM or<l1aanet. But It may be gathered
from seattcrci tntmations, especially With tho
that thu first day Of the week. which is called In
one passage "thc Lords Day." lal already It,
gun to be observed III mctn0rY of the isrsurrr:-
tim by the ceiebration o. tie Easisassst. II vho
In many Churches BY fasting and Religious scrv-
Ices, NIT At oil In connection with the dclnnct
Jcwish Law. but ln uscu'ory of the burial of our
Lord, just Is Wednesday, and Friday we're kept
ip honor Ut the Betrayal and tho Passion: Whet,
nftcr the conversion OF Constantine, Christian
institutions first received the rccoRnttlon Of tho
State, IN ctllct WINS Issued cniosntng the
cessation Of al! judlcia business, military cxcr-
ciscs, and ordinary labor oil tho yei'erabc
tlay Of tic Suu," excepting only agricultural
work on account Of tile Uncertainties Of tho
weather. Thia was confirmed IN tho year $50 BY
an enactment Of Tteooslus. which a!so pF',l'iI'
tied public spcctac1es On Sunday. Similar rc::..-
ulattaus had becu mndo by the Council ot Lar
1Icca some years. earlier, cnjoinsng Christinna Il
abstain iro1s worldly business on SUNDAY anti te
teYfaf.,nts, Il nutt b remembered that Me.e haa
a along 1ekn jIril4lfA to ChriltdMs, tlot on OIL
d,Iy " lhs rtek, bat On Ill days, on aeeuI.nf u
| thflr k!o'a!roHe and fictutioHs chardctfr. Wien,
after tho lapse Ut several centuries, sacred
| dramas began to le introduced into Christian
practice, they xeEe usually performed IN clnfrs;
ca md on Sundays or fcstlyafs. For medieval
from "scrvilc work k,n-and shut, no doubt,
sssis I sna 1assrugs' " eiasses!:;@;:alveys d
vorcl suulay a,n.scmen!s. Thc day va.
sts.'ep he peopie' con,blnins s4 recreation. viii
Of recrcat1on nn4 helped to add something 0
brightness to their dull aud monotonous lives
civil cpartn,cnts Ut tho Rouaan Elnretors abo1
tho Observance of Sunday. uud maay later Coun
gIis confirmed or alppleucatei tue cauops 80 VI
Laodleea on the subject. Ine same am ,I.ia m VA
stories OF MIRACULOUS penalties ol discase o.
i death wl.let, had Gcfallcn thoss who pEofanet
the day. .naly o. which may 1s scat1 tn st
COURSE st. Gregory did mt talk about "sab
, bathbrcakcrs," hut these legends Ecmin1 OH
. strongly OK the popular tales Of Modssn Evan
gcllcal tract-wFitera about the awful Judgment
-tnlraculous In all but the namc--wllcl, canl
upon Tom tho poacher or Jim tho burglar, wiz
; began BY playing truant from the Sabbath
school, and rapidly advanced, With the fatallt
, Of judicial process, from us bo}lsh ncR!ect
, tho Fourth Commandment to tue Eallows.
II is curious sometimes to watch not onl
: : how "e1tsenss meet" according TO Tug prov
: erb, but how extremes !nterel,angc with on
nuotler. Ihs han< aud notion " the Sabtui
, a. applied 10 hs ChrfsfidH Sunday, xus q braha
ne,s lsptattoa " the s7sneenth century 1'urltda
! and Il cherished 70 this hour as the badge c
; the strrtest sect Of Protestant orthodoxy. Bu
= tho Puritan sticklers for baebatariaMtsn, w0ul
q perhaps bs surprised, and hardly Eratidad, I
| learn that Catholic France Was ringing not nRu
y yeass aso with lcnuncatlous OF bahbatll-breai
: lug. Bishop after Bishop issuel paftora!s
j, !eproye this ssn; the Ahhs s!!!sol:, shsu Shal
y Y lain to the Emperor. published ~ tn,passiong
r tract, quits Ia tbs style Of Mr.. Kyle, with Il
uuimpeachahly Protestant title Of SaHctiasros
= sSublat; sud SaAbath.brcaklng was one 1
}, the crying national illus which evoked the q
!. !. partition and inspired the solemn warnln(
: Of our La.ly Of L. Sal.ttc. Ccrtatnly.n q
= = Puritan tradition Aoes not pseys that Sabaat'
rt&n!su, Is right, neither does Its being entorct
by U!lfaMlontane prelaics and miraculous ~
+. partitions Of tho Mas1onnn p.oye that II IL wrou
~ | I}tf TN. tJarrntX f1ckafr tnGk whit