The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-10-12

OUR SUNDAY SERMON.
There IL much talk INDUCED in BY
church folks and membeu. Of christian a.
saciations eli over the land in regard to the
work Of ''rescuing the peri-hing,' ard saw
ing sinner soula, but do all OF these people
york in the right wsy TO litnp the fallen
II man is . thief, drunkard, or IN out
cast from society, ia be not snubt'ed and
psased by without notice by every one else ,
And no notice IL taken OF him even by those
who preach Of the essing of souls. la many
cs-es, On the other hand with the women,
If young girl commits sn indI-cretion and
starts on the downward path. 0" place oi
putting forth hand Ia cave her from iite
of siu, she il hooked al with eyee ot scorn
from her sisters who pas her nv and do not
design 10 spesk 10 her or ask her Ia iurn
from her career of shame. Hos can the~~
people reform IL doors are shut In their
faces, and no word vi encouragement offered
them? What reason have they Tor chang
ing their mode of living, when II they do
40 .hev n us, etiil be sn ouics~i from society /?
Have they anything Ia hook forward la
even If they should reform? Every one
should practice ~hsf they preach 1t they
would reform either man or woman. Give
the hand aud liit the srriHx brother ar -is-
ter from the slippery psth that ~ leading
them down deeper into the mite III rin and
woe, sri by your works show that you mean
Whist ,ou preach And not until then will
Gods wnrk prosper in the salvation OF the
truly wicked. No matter how deep men
anu women may he sieepfd IA san, they
h.ve some pride and seitr.siASt, snd IT
they are continually os,rSised aud shrank
from. they will CONTINUE had until tie cad
of their career, and ali the preaching Of
worthy men and women everywhere can
never save them, without those who preach
carry out their preaching an practice.
Sunday Laws.
AZ soon ~ . .msu Yets elected 10 the leg
islatu.e, he takes his seat and under the
party machinery bsc0Wee, 40 tsr ss his IN.
divlduslism goes, about ~ ii0lsOrtsnt n a
private soldier Un driii. With rare excep-
iaons his peculiar political Opinions - for
nothing. The masses Who have, under
party machins working also, done ths vo-
ting for him. have gone 10 useir pour homer,
there 70 suffer under the evils brought ON
them BY The came party working. Unless
revolution the ideas Of the voters have no
representation or expression. This accounts
for the strange fact thst while nov in mspy
states the people are talking and thinking
over their own troubles, the legislature OF
those states are "fooling" away their time
over Sunday. Lara, eight hour l4Ass -sevis-
Jon q AtaVpeS ter Per9Pee I'D Sh9 qac 3
..st1 6pkrt& hs.fc[ e.rac'.
bdt lille Eare7lf0 BY e66stkdent: xMong
other fOllies We note that in several states
much has been said about laws for the oet-
ter observance of the Sabbath. How sb-
surd it seems for few I ,rsons or many
persons TO attempt to govern a Ieopie a.
they wcpld church. No % ople 70 betero-
genious p ours, -c6n be- thus controlled.
We grow more and more alike in our
views and customs. CItiSs are the best
proof of this. They are the brain and
heart Of the population ss the country die
tricts are the limms end bUdieA Their
views will finally control the rurs1ists let
them be ever SO opposed st the beginning.
Certain tsculisritie~ spread alro from city
to city and finally to the country. For in
stance. bnt few years Hgo New Orleans
was singular in its DOn-ohservance OF Sun
day as day OF worship exclusively, and
in iis shows and festivals on that day.
Now theirs 4 hardly city in the Union bat
has its Sunday theatres, balls frOiicS, pro-
ce.sions, etc. In 1866 tie idea of q thea
tire in CINCINNATI wss fer from any IN nd.
Taking up a late Cincinnati Commercial,
we ace advertised seven grand operate or
scene festivals advertised Tor Sunday, both
afternoon aud evening, besldes many other
-. n n
go are not far behind. The free observance
of Sunday We get from the continent Of
Europe. Great Britain il also changing
her ancient soiemn observance Of that day
and copying like. our.esvs-. Meanwhile
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