Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-17
THE DAY OF REST.


made for man. and not man for the Sabbath.
But many people forget that great truth, ana
manufacture Sabbath to suit their own tastes
and meet their own ideas. The very devout
Catholics of Ireland and Mexico attend mass In
the morning and cock fights in the afternoon,
and the Church admits it. The people of our
Eastern States observe the strlctest Sunday
laws, stopping all labor, closing all saloons,
and in many places preventing the running OF
street cars We have lived to see much that
used to attach to the Sabbath entirely over
turned and peoples ideas changed on the
subject Many years ago some individual or
society in Scotland offered prize for the best
essay on the Sabbath from worklngmen, and
the result was the publication OF number OF
those sent in. Some of the arguments were
strong and well sustained, but they would
sound strange at this day even in Sabbath
keeping Scotland, where the toughest Satur-
day night roisterer would not dare to keep ap
his sitting beyond twelve o'clock. We re-
member seeing company seriously shocked
at hearing Miss Beckie Welsh daughter of
our present Minister to England, describe the
Sunday horse races she had attended some
where near Paris. Miss Welsh was church
member, but she had been educated III
France, and imbibed the liberal ideas
of that people regarding the Sabbath.
We claim for every one all the liberty,
consistent with good morals, which We be-
lieve was intended to be attached to the
Sabbath. We would not see it turned into a
d,y of rioting and drunkenness we would
have all occupations stopped, not actually
necessary: we would have churches well
filled by all who want to attend public
worship but we would also have it day OF
rest and recreation day in which not only
the mind but the body should rest a.; a day IN
which the hard worked father could enjoy the
company of his family and in his own way.
There is a degree of laxity in all our Pacific
States in regard to the sacred day, which is
not to be commended, which time will rem
edy ; but there is a degree of restraint put
upon every one in the Eastern States which
breeds a feeling of rebellion in young minds,
aud fosters the seed of hypocricy; destroying
the open faced honesty which should show
itself in our lives and tighten our hearts.
The influence of strict religious training will
never be lost on life, but that training
should not be loaded down with dogmas
which take away from its beauty and cramp
its strength We thus plead for the privileges
which we believe the day grants. We can
not for moment countenance Its desc
Grafton by meetings on the race course
dances, i'll which young men and women be-
come mixed with low company, and which are
hot beds of dissipation public games and
athletic sports, or any of the thousand ways
in which our mixed population spend the day,
to the pre- udice of good order and morals.
The mechanic, confined through six days to
his workshop, needs rest and fresh air, not
athletic sports or the distraction of noisy
crowds and this privilege should be open to
him without being denounced as Sabbath
breaker by those who have all week for pleasure
and can afford to don the mantle of Christi
anity for one day out of the seven, but who
can not afford to put on the mantle of Charity.
The world advances in its ideas of everything,
and when it has reached a more perfect state
of knowledge we shall not have to plead for
what is reasonable and right, and there will
be no more Sabbath breaking, for it will be
hailed by all in the true spirit, as day of re-
freshing and of rest.