The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-09
SKETCHES ILLUSTRATIVE OF
BIBLE HISTORY.
The Kenites No. 6.
BY ABB MORT.


to the Jews during their Sabbatic year.
They .ssowed no seeds, they planted
no VINEYARDS Now you think, in
this country, in this age, that "sowIng
no Seeds or crops, means starvation.
But some Of the finest races, physi-
cally, in the world, follow the habits
of the Kenites in this respect. he
Nomadic tribes of the East, who live
ON curds, milk and dates, are athletic,
active and handsome. The Arauca-
rian Indians, in South America, live
principally upon the delicious nuts of
the Araucarian pine. They are believed
to be the bravest and most intellectual
savages now living. In many tropical
chimes, the banana is the bread of the
populace. In others, the p%laintain.
In Corsica, the name Of the chestnut
is the bread tree they grind the
chestnuts into meal and make delight
full bread of them.
"Of course I know all that" re-
piled, with some Impotence, "but
seriously now would you be willing
to live like the Bedouins or the CAL
mucks, or the South American Indians,
or even the Corsicans 2"
I'm point of comfort, l would ask
nothing better than the life of a
Corsican gentleman. l spent several
months there, and know what l am
talking about"
"But your Cursican gentleman is a
man Of wealth." l answered, che is
not like the Kenites or Rechabites,
who refused to w anything"
"Of course M individual could not
live like the Kenites, but a tribe
could" said Chesney, land | believe
it is the only way to attain and main
tain perfect health. Man is subject
to more diseases than any other ami
NAL and this is certainly because he
departs more widely from natural
laws than any other animal. Our
houses are nothing but we'll built
burrows of earth formed into bricks /;
or earth hardened into stone; or wood
cut from the forests and man was
never intended to be a burrowing ami
NAL. Rabbits, moles and prairie dogs
were intended to burrow, and only
keep in health when they do SO. But
man was intended to live in the air."
l could not help indulging in a
hearty tit of laughter at this last
remark, although Chesney uttered it
with the gravity of an Athenian owl.
"Tents are not burrows, then. l
suppose" l said after waiting long
enough to consider my position.
"Not at all they are our natural
h%abitations, as nests are for the
Birds"
but you have not explained the
symbolical meaning of the Sabbath,
which you referred to yesterday
eyes, that is what interests me
more than anything else in the ma
tional laws of the Jews. In Eden the
Sabbath was not a symbol, but merely
a day of remembrance like a birth
day, for instance. 1t was holy, but
not prophetic. But after the fall, it
became the most solemn, impressive
and instructive of symbols. Adams
sin brought upon him the curse of
labor; the Sabbath was a periodic
cessation from labor. Adams sin
brought upon him annual tillage of
the soil !; the Sabbath year enjoined a
cessation from annual tillage of the
soil. Adams sin, inherited by Cain,
made man a fugitive and vagabond on
the earth the eliminating Sabbath
the Jubilee restored the erring wan
derer to home, friends and country.
Therefore the multiform Sabbath is
symbolic of the restoration of Eden,
the Millennium"
He uttered these words with an
earnestness and enthusiasm which
left me dumb. He went on, "This
conclusion l had reached even before
had my attention called (by DR.. Ms
sermon last Sunday to the confirma-
tory declaration of ST. Paul, There
remainetb therefore a keeping of a
Sabbath, perpetual Sabbath) to the
people of God DR.. Nj. thinks this
passage refers to the Sabbath rest of
heaven, but l think it refers to the
realization of the object of all the
symbolic Sabbaths, from the day of
Gods covenant with Noah. Noah's
name is derived from crest" or .scom-