The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-28
when Dees Sunday BeEin: When
Does IL End?

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| Prof Tsndsll in Nineteenth Century.
Tksologisns wero Mortified when first in
formed that our planet was . sphere. Tht
question of sntipedos exercised them for /,
long Tins, most of them pouring risiculs Oh
tho idea that men could exist with their fsot
turned toward us, aHd with their hssd.
pointing downward, Think II ID Sir George
Airv who refers to the case of en- over
curious individual asIiag what We
Should SEQ il we rsrt to TIE edge
Of the werld sad looked over. rtat the
| earth Was il4t surface on which tho sky
| rsstod, was The bsliof entertained BY the
founders Of oil our great Religious syGtems.
Even liberal Prsseatant thcoiogisAs stigmstiz-
ed tae Copsrnicsn theory ss being built en-
falible phsuomens and advanced hy many
arbitrary assumptions against ovdoat tcsti-
monies of Scripture" Newton iiaaly placed
his intellectual c-ow-bsr beneath these On.
cient netlons, and hoRyed taom into irrotrisv-
abls ruiH. Thon it wis thnt posatrstinr
minds, seeing the nature of tho charge
wrought by the nsw astronomy il cur cos
ceptiSrs Of the universe, also disctrned the
difficulty, II net the impo,aibiity Of accept
luS A"Sia'J 'NS 5aO'N'O SCc"uhE 0l Greg
lion, Th'y did not reject il, but
they assigned 10 1t 8 meaning entirely
new Dr Samuel CLARK, VINO Wss tao
PotfoaAl freud ofNewtan and supporter Of
sis thaory, thtsW out tho ldes that posi-.
Diy Toe SIX Gays OF creflcn might 30 6 ty-
peal representation OF sons greater psricSs y
C1arkss contemporary, Or. IhomMs BurnSt
wrote with greater decision in tho stEo
ftrSiS' 1ho Sa05N1a beins rcSErsed as q
Sna4GW or type Of thtt hsa7S' y Ieeoia
WEIGH tho rlSNtsous VIII enjoy when tsii
Woro mas passed away, 80 these six dayr Of
or9aHoh ere SO mary psrladS OF mlllenIuus
I9r Nalch tae Nerid aud tolls sEd lhbers 81
our present state are destined to eadure."
Inc hoiSlc Hccount was taut reduced to
posNo mytf-S vi5w which sitter
wsrs found Oppression 10 tho vast rsyoriea
OF Eugh KILLER. Brt IT this symbolic in
lsrprelGNen, WhlcA is nov generally &C.
cept:d, 20 ths true enc, What becomes Of
inc osoosth day 1t is absolutely without
sccle'las0cal meaning; sad tho man whs
WAS executed for gathering sticks on that
ssy must be regarded as the victim Of
rnus legal rendering OF religious epic
Ihere arc many minor otl-shoots Of Discus
son from the great central controversy.
Blssop HsrSeIy hiss dGllnad day "w CON
slsllns OF one evening and ono morning, or
as tho EeSrsw vordS literally iNgjrt, OF
tho decay OF light and the retu-A Of il"
But what then, it ives asked, becomes Of
~, Sabbath in the Arctic reg o S. whore
light takes SIX meaths to decay" and as long
to return" Differences Of longitude, mors.
over, render the observance of the Sabbath at
The same hsurs impossible. To ssne people
such qa''tlea' might appear trihing; to Others
they we're Of tao greatest inport. Whether
the sabbath should stretch frsm sunset to
sunset, or from midnight to midnight. wau also
SUBJECT OF discussion. Voices, moreover,
were heard refusing to acknowledge the pro-
prIity OF the change from Saturday 10 Sunday
and the doctrine of Seventh day Observance
was aherHari represented by rect Tho
sarth,s fplericity and rotation, which had 1T
hTst oeen received with such alright, cams
eventually 20 he I'D Of those afflicted with
eaAiTs End difficulties regarding The respect
l'o cI'lm' ofSatnrday aud Sandsy. Thssun