New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-14

shall make known my resolution Novuns WI -
could induce me again TO accept "a Caolhet aPpo,ho-
mentD Yet never did q Willy polltlclah mort ln,us
triously plot and plan to secure noimlaiion ,nan
Mr.. Buchanan did, III his stiii-huh' ior 'ho iicS'
dency.
PROFESSOR TYNDALL ON THE SABBATH.
IRON, 7he Ninetecnh Century.
II vas remarked by Martin Luther that Jesus
broke the Sabbath deliberately. and even ostenta-
tiously for a purpose He walked the fields; he
pucked shellcd and ate the corn he treated the
sick and his spirit may he detected III the alleged
mnosi ton mon the restored cripple OF the labor of
carrying his bed on the sabbath day lie crowned
his protest against sterile Journalism by the
enuncati0n of "a principle when applies 10 us To-
day as much rs t. the world III the time of Christ.
4" The Sabbath was made Tor man, and not mah lor
the Sabbath
Though the Jews to their detriment kept them
selves as q nation intellectually isolated the minds
of individuals were frequently coiored by Greek
thoueht and culture. The learned and celebrated
PmlO who was contemporary with Josophus; was
thus influenced Pho expanded the uses OF the
seventh day 10y including III ITS proper observance
studies which might be called secular. more
over" be says. the seventh daV is also an example
from which YOU may learn the propltty OF study
mo nbilosophV As on that day il j. said God be-
held the works that He had made. so you also NAV
Yourself contemplate the works OF nature FER
mission 10 do tins is exactly what the mtmoefs Oh
the Sunday Society hunbly claim. The jew fhlio'
would grant them this PERMISSION, put our straite'
Christians will not Where shall We hnd such
SAMPLES oi those works OF nature which l.hlo com
,nrn ted To he SUNDAY contemplation 81 lbs conn
trvmen rs in the British Museum Within those
walls we haze, rs IT were, cpochs dlSent0mhcd-
ages Of divine energr iliu~tratei But the eihcent
horties-amOng whom would include u short
sighttd portion al the pubic reAoiUtlA cios' tho
doors and exclude from the contemplation OF thcao
things the multitude who have only SUNDAY I" Ge-
vote 10 them. IaAlnG en- Oh tHtH own EI9uAu'
we ask are the authorities oslcai III DONG so 10
they who taus Stani between them an u. really
bel eve those treasures ~ ne The Work OF Goa 10
thay or do thny not hold with Paul, that " the
eternal power and GOuhcad " mas bc clearly sen
from d" tie things thai arc mai" = u theL 90 5nd
tttft fls.Hr.'A
PAN, IN us Gust mary language "o,'4" pronounce
their conduct 10 be Wi.hou, excuse
VITA regard to the time wnen the obligation TO
keen Che sabbath was imposed. and th' reasons Tor
ifs on0SitOn there are grave diuerence' o. opinion
between learn,d and pioas men. Some aLrm thAt
IT WAS instituted at t-e CI',iI"h III re- 4tilpr'noe
no,cI after the dcpartur' of the isr Us from
F,vpt and in memory of that departure. Inc
Eiole counteuauces both lnterpr@tallo.S. IN
rvoIus ", lind tae origin Of the sabbath dos rbcd
with unuistakanle ccarness' mus; or IN sly
DAVIS TIE Lord WaAe heaven ana edrth, the sea, ana
ali that IN them IS, and rested IN seventh uIN;
Wtrr, ore tho Lord blessed the seventh cay, ana
halIowcd IT," In Deuteronomy this reason is sup
pressed and au"tGcr IS assigned. Isla-I heiiiR
servant in Egypt, Coz, IL IS stated hrought tlcm
out of it through mighty hand ana ny
strotchcl-ont arm Thcl 'ioGe the Lora ihy tod
commanded tIcc to keep the III bath day. After
repeating the Ten Commandments, ana ASSUMING
the foregoing origin 10 the sabbath, tho writer IN
Deuteronomy proceeds thus: " hcse Word" lhe
Lord spa ke unto all youI assembly III the mount
ont or the midst OF the ire OF the cloud, anu the
thick Darkness with "A loud voice; and he added
no ,norr But in Exodus God not only added more.
Int something entirely different. This has been
didi,ujty with COmmentatoIS-not ioImlcaO.c. II
the Bble he rcatcd IS any Other ancient BOOK, INT
extremely formidable on The theory OF picnarY IN
spiration. remember III the da's oil my y"u'h no
ing shocked and pcrp-Xed by an admSSioh mace
10y Bishop Watson IN ms celeoIAtad ApoioSI lor
The Bible" written IN answer 10 rom Fame. " lou
have" saws the bishop. " disclosed a lew weeds
winch good men would have covered np from
,,iewD That there were weeds" in the Bible re-
....fn t.fs Itrnf " IN mn 4
time a new revelation ! take little pleasure IN
dwelling upon tine errors ami blenisies OF Il BOOK
rendered venerable to me by intrinsic wisdom ana
impcrishaOle associations. Bun when that book
is wTeslcd to our detrmcnt, when ITS passages are
invoked TO Justify the imposition OF woke. irhSome
becauSe unnatural. are driven IN Self-deience 10
lac rtcal. In srlt-defence, therefore, we plead
these two dlscoIdant acco luts of the origin OF the
sabbath one of winch makes il purely Jewish
institutions while the other. unless regarded as II
mere myth and figure Is III violent antagoIism TO
the facts OF geology . a.,
With regard to the alleged proofs" that Sunday
was introduced as n substitute for Saturday, and
that it, observance Is rs binding upon Cbrlslas as
their sabbath was Upon the jews, can only say
that those which have seen are of the fhnscSt
ami v9rue,t character " Ii" says Milton, on the
pica of a divine command they impose upon us the
ohsrryances OF particular day. how do they pre-
sume without the authority Of divine command,
T., substitute another day III its place - Outside
the bounds OF theology no one would think OF APP
plying tie term proofs to the evidence adduced
for the change; and yet on this pivot. il mas been
alleged turns the eternal fate OF human souls.
Were such doctrine not actual IT would be III
crelihle 1t has been iIuly SAID that the man who
accepts It sinks in doing So to the lowest depth OF
Atheism. 1t is perfectly reasonable for a religious
community to set apart one day in seven for rest
and deyotlon. Most of those who object to the
Judalc observance of the Sabbath recognize not
only the wisdom but the necessity Of some such in
stitution. not on the ground of divine edict hut
OF common sense. They contend. however, that 1t
ought To be tar as possible day OF cheerful rbn0
vatIon both OF body and spirit. and not a day OF
penal gloom. There is nothing that | should
" thS4auu more StTrUuOuSV than the conversion OF
fine nrst day of the wec'I into q common working
day. Quite as strcnuously, however should OPP
pose ITS being employed day for the exercise OF
sacerdOtal rigoT.