The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-10

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sAnd he sid INTO then, the sabbath vas
bsthR-Aarh a. y.
The day Is first to be for bodily rest
But you don't all need it, Thousands
sleep. eat, and indulge themselves too
much But this Is not the case With tho
great majority, whom | cali the forta.
nate class. Blessed are those who arc
driven by poverty TO invention, industry,
care. foresight and prudence Thu
mass Of men are toilers and il is q
blessing 70 them that one day in seven
is an absolute vacation The steers arr
unyoked, tho wheels q to run emf
the spindies are stil. Men can lay
down their tools. the lash Of toll haa
no dominion over them. They are theil
own. The resting is q beneaiction ane
the twilight Of satisfaction glimmers on
them. Il is 8 good thing for many meii
who@iave a chance to WISH clean Oh
Sunday. Self-respect is essential 10 a
manly character. Pride and praise
hold men up. Without pride of charac-
ter a man viii not do right when alone.
and with the praise Of men lie is made
self-respeeting. 1t makes a man feel
good all the week 10 wash clean and
dress well on Sunday.
A man of luxury who lives in New
York in the winter. with n vacation to
Florida. and spends the summer al
the White Mountains and Saratoga.
says the Sabbath is for rest But he
does not know what rest is. The hard
workers know what rest means. Sun.
day is q good ironing day for persons
who are all creased up. The keeping
Of the Sabbath must be adapted 10 the
absolute wants Of men. There is no one
Sunday vigorously pareelled out at all.
In the observance OF 1t life Is 30 differ
ent in city and country, and In different
communities, that the Sabbath must be
different. One man will be breaking
another mans Sabbath. The day be,
longs TO everybody. 1t is not the priests
day. For a long time the Bible belonged
to the church. but now 1t is mans Sc
tho Sabbathliberty Of Sunday is tho
same as liberty of conscience. Every
man must stand on his own judgment
In the city. hotels must feed crowds,
and customers won't be satisfied with
Saturdays cooking. Ferries, railroads
and hospitals must run. Every day the
poor must buy or fast. The rich must
not make Sunday IN instrument Of op'
preston. The Lord Of the Sabbath
says TO the poor man, stretch out your
hand II there Ii need to buy or work. ]
see carriages in she street as 1 come te
Church. ! can't help thinking Of whal
Horace Greeley said when looking ri
the carriage around the Old Brick
church in Park Row, with the drivers
waiting for the service TO be oyer. He
said: II think the time will come when
the drivers will be inside and the own
ers will be waiting outside"
Where do the drivers 60 to church?
When l find men with carriages signing
petitions to stop the street cars-the
poor mans carriages-l say they are
under the dominion Of superstition!
am in favor Of cars that benefit man
and help him to help himself. l would
not tolerate popular amusement n Sun
day. l discountenance parades, even
those going to burials. Theaters, racer
and every form Of mere amusements
oppose on Sunday, as opposed to tn,
I general good. No class Is SO much in
terested In supporting the Bible as the
| great under class Of society. II they
slur at the Bible they hurt themselves
This book Is the volume of liberty.
The day ought to be marked. 1t ough'
to be the pleasantest day of the week
1t wasn't TO me. / was lively and mer'
curial. laughing at everything. / went
to church and heard q sermon / did no,
understand, was walked up with a SLAP
on the head when / went to sleep, and
when I got home / was set down to
learn the catechism. My heart then
sank within me, for / could not memo
rize sentences. Without learning 1t ]
could havo no dinner. I have given
many hard knocks at Calvinism and
catechism since then, and the origin
Of them all was the deprivation Of those
Sunday dinners. When the sun went
down Sunday Might've kept Saturday
might've greeted the outgoing of Sun,
day with Joy. There were never suct
fine days as our Sundays In my
youth-Henyy Ward Beecker,