West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-05-19
(C0m L1Hicdicd.)

EDITORS SENTINEL:
No doubt there are GREAT many per
sons who read your paper aud then hann
If to their children. that they may re-
c.;va instruction and thereby become ac-
,u,intcI with the passing events of the
dov: but shall we place paper in the
hands of our children that IS calculated
TO DESTROY the moral teachings that pa
rents so carefully cndeavor to incnicate
in their minds Here's suggestion
shall we teach them that only those who
ro,,.,nncr the Sabbath day and keep it
boIv are old fashioned Puritans! That
at tho present. i'll this progressive age,
there is no Lords day-uo day of rest
that man was made for the Sabbath, and
not the Sabbath for the man! This,
Messrs. Editors, is contrary t" h"'y writ.
The relies of Puritauism is indeed found
in our sister village, if it is ruritancal to
,av,te one lav in the seven to rest, rec
re,tion and devotion to God. 1t Is not
my purpose to write sermon on tins
sulipct for T am not a preacher, nor am
Tn nrof...ing christian, but a believer i'll
the bible, that inestimablc gift Of God to
man: And Us all law is supposed to be
b,..d rn,n tIis moral structure. let us
~. what the bible says upon Sunday or
the Sabbath. We read III Genesis that
ON the .th day Goal ended his work,
which he had made, and he rested on the
9TH duy from all his work, and blessed
and souctitied the day, thus setting the
ev,mpIe HIMSELF. Again, in the 2"d
ch,nter of Exodus, the lsraelites were
colnmalaled 10 labor six days amt rest
| uuan the seventh; and 1t was IL law III
those days that at the expiration OF every
; ,.,rs the land should rest for one
year. And if y"u examine the New les
tanent vou will find innulnerable ln-
s+,rcas Of where the command is given
+o do M work upon the Sabbath day
uopca all crce.ls recognize the csscnti;sl-
tv of Keeping one day IN seven. Inc
laws, S,hhath IS Saturday, but since the
nroparation of the gospel OF Christ the
christians have kept the first day Oh the
week ms Sunday; and as we 1--we III Il
o1,r;,t;,n o,,. believing III the fundamen-
81 +r,+h, or the bible, we will even for
oet the passage Of the May Flower across
.ha hr;nov deep, end hex landing at Ply
,,,rtb Pock, with Il band OF purltans
who sonuht IL country where they could
,,,,,,,,;n cod under their own vine and
fr tree-whcre there was none to moicst
an,o,,.e them afraid. We will throw
aside religious creeds ana churcles; M
+,,.o dou,nds one day i'll seven whereby
,u restraint is laid off, the yoke Of bond
o.., l,,;,o the week is removed and We
aa,, t;ol ,;I,s free men. If it IS our choice
wa oon mo tD church and pay that tribute
,;i :; due from the creature to the
r,.,,4or. ~. if our iuclinations lead us
,;r,,,l,- ,re can follow the bent Of oul
;rclin,t;cns for one day by shutting NJ
+ho s+oros on sunday. There would be
o+b;ro last. and many not having any
,,,,oro also 70 go, would probably be III
l,o.d to attend some church, where they
on,11 not possibly learn any evil An'
o,;n if would give an impetus to socia
hilitv. Ladies society would DO more
o>-+ons;vclv cultivated, and the morals
NO vontIs would be greatly lmproreo-.
and thcrr is certainly great room lot
Ia .''an +hs relies of puritanism still eX
!"H 500 t In NAV that moral tendenc.
ls'inS - ,',',rar and stronger until ever.
.M Sro" S1, slnii let his light 50 shine betor
ntI,a,s i',a ',i' thnt they may he constrained t.
nii, H,He,9 ti,n ti', example Of all that is good
,:I i",i"' w Ia,,atcs the human race. III
, Wiilen to tno nation is in the rising gene
mol;o u 'rr rhe places that know us vii
"a,' I',o,,, MS no more; and the riSln
soa,',p;,m so"t' n1 will take our places i'll tn
SS.,,,, ',,,iI We then should be doln
~ 10y 30 |.,,' for the development OF tn
vnrn" mind, morally, that is soon 70 TAX
S,,,. y nII,nas in tic battle otliic.