, 1880-08-03

rtpnrlv tlntl hn WYttns. Nn do hot believe 1t
won)d b,. poss,h,c Cnr him tn uxt}niu lila
views oil thissul,ipct-ir. indeed, lie l,aycauy.
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SUNDAY MUSIC IN THE PARKS.
Tic 1snt. u. =. johnson, II Presbyterian
minister presiding pyer llytlo Park church,
preached Il ser,uou Ut. Sunday about "rlle
Sabbath and tic South lhlrk Concerts,'
whlr, WIS printed In tho Aton,lny morning
newspapers. u 1t WINS his purpoAs 10 sccurc
public attention not heretofore ctfcciesl, lie
succeeded. II there was MY intention, tu
promote personal morality or tic Interests Of
religion or fncreasu church attclltlnncc. wo
fcur le rNiletl. Ills sermon WIS nj nltcc llfog-
iuu' mil intuiernGt, ttt sllcI! I'LL eiIurt III tito
pulpit always tlinlil,isllrs the popular respect
for the Church, a,al, to lint extent, Is ncccs-
sartly injurious 10 hle CAUSE Of morality mid
religion.
a large portion of Mr.. Joll,son's sermon
WIS t!eyotcd to tho observance OF !" thc Sab
hatll day" rs prescribed by. the Fourth
Commandment Of Moses. Ilo condemned
tho rational construction Of Tint command
ur,,t. Inn, irnorrh il,n h1sturIcnl fur,s that
4"s"t' 'a'' ~ 's"os" Wv '.'.'..'.' ,.'
g"sef'. tlo lres1'l1't observance o. st!''ay. ny,
week. RlltE IL 0UScfFtN 01lly DS ttlc 'tGWS AnN
.1,.'',, =. ,,' s'.,,.,, ~. .,,'au
isis. IL WIS lto'et opscl'c't ny "t'y QUIET
race or scct \yhGthr Christian or ruEl1.
The Sunday Of Tic C,r1stllns is uthe 1,or,t,s
,1nr.n mil ronuui,,,or,,tps lin rtsiuc of tim
savior from tho tltal. It's observance is not
.ine to n,,v scrintt,rn1 tni,nutio,. Int WIS
Voluntarily ,un,in,,,ntcti Inv Jtia D1srtnies
md tl,o cor}y ,'t,hristimns. nml followcfl
hv their conycrts .nnl their descendants.
II, nrt1cr IN maka rnrttnuira] obspry-
nucc nf Sunday eoufor,n to tho Mo-
saic snl,tatl, aufl Inyok. n commandment
ne con,,cmu;uy the nructtco If listening Ia
m,stc In \ park m nm afternoon Of, the first
inv ~ thn wrek. Air, .1ohnsn,, mn,lr thu
| fnltovtn,r mint. .t.t wo,ld ounl,o.f,o th1s.
tl,c command tn ,,rn Tim Sabbath lnly ,1op.
mi ,,ts.rssartlv t|y lin Inst Inv ,,f lila week:
or tlc t,,frY1 tlnv. hr t,e fret ,lnv ne lint Snh
hail, mi II ,,nns f,,rnynr i,x mn, div II, so,n,,
to In kent hnIv. !, rim tcxt of ii,a rourIii
cou,,nnrtimcn}. furnishes +1,o hcst 'rcntv IN
.l,,s st.tf,nnnt II i,.,ls os f,ttnws. ;.
| No,ne,nbcr ths s,bbatl, t1ny t,; kocn II ),oty
Six .tnys shalt thou lalH'r, a,il slo III thy work.
XIV Ky! tan 9 m II FIX, "shG XIII a r. ,v r. wap1 ipa
thn, ,ur thy son, nor thy t'a,,yliter, thy num-
srss tr nor ,y y IT, aor +, nr a
ays tl.o iGrti f,ini!e hsasci, 1sti Hi,rt, tic sl
md u! Tint Il ,p.a +, an trsts,t ts ssfenth 'lHu
NH lnis,s;cl ig T. 'o' "eSses' ''io '"o' ""s
! Tlu commandment ,t,us cxplicttfy fixes tho
scucuty, tluy as tic Sabbath, a,u1 the juIu,aic.
ton Of rest and ,l,oiluess was applied to
tlmt particular Inv bccutt1c tho Lord l,o,l
mattc Inc earth in Xix ,lays and restcd N, Tho
.cyc,,ti1 div. Thu, curly Christians al,n,,-
,lorctl tho Mosaic Sabbath wien. they atja1l.
.,onuf Tho ,IewIs), ohscrya,,cp of Tho scyentl,
DIV. and rs tbey abantlune( multitude Of
othcr practiccs which were trnlit1o1la1 n,nong
tic ,1cws. but would l,ayu bccn inconpat1blc
With t;rntilo Christian cIyflizatIou., 'r]my aet
nuart ns :, div or rfst and worshin TINT on
which Christ nu,sg fnun, lilo tomb, t,,rco
tIays attcr Ills cructuxlon, It wns n tlttln.,
ro,u,nr,nt,rutIm,. nnl lin {,hr,sttnn nhsory:
uurn of Tint tln, nl,,st nronprlv ho roy.
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