New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-17
SUNDAY SERVICES.
A DAY OF REST.

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"May we regard the Sabbath, the golden
Keel along which the ship OF life is built prayed Mr..
Beecher at the close Of the morning service in Plymouth
Church yesterday, aftor preaching Sunday and the
observance Of It," Tie text Mark Ill., 81: And He
said them, the Sabbath made for and not
man for the Sabbath" In the sermon Mr.. Beecher
said:
The cay is first to be for be Oily rest But you don't all
need It, Thousands sleep, act and indulge themselves
much. But this is not the with the great ma
those who driven by poverty to invention industry,
care, foresight and prudence The mass OF men are
is absolute vacation. The steers are unyokec, the
wheels cease to ruu aud the spindles are still Men can
las down their tools, the lash OF toll has no dominion
over them. They their own. The resting is
benedicton and twilight of satisfaction elmmers
on them. II is good thing for many men 70 nave "a
chance to wash clean Sunday Self respect essen
al 10 manly chGaSter Pride ana pras To nS dc rr
when alone, and with the praise OF men ne Is maze sct
respecting. 1t makes man feel good all the week 10
wash clean and dress well on Sunday. -
The OF luxury, who lives IN New-fork 10 me WIN
al the White Mountains and Saratoga says the sabbath
is for rest But be does not know What rest Is
good ironing day for persons who are all creased up
The keeping of the sabbath must be adaped to the aG
purcelled ALL In the observance OF II, HE Is so
different city and country. aud 10 different communi;
be breaking another mans Sabbath. The day belongs
TO everybody i is not he priests day: For long
it is mans SO with the Sabbath Liberty Of Sunday is
the same liberty Of conscience Every man must
stand his own Judgment ana conscience
In the CITY. hotels must feed crowds, and customers
won't satisfied with Saturdays cooking. Ferries,
railroads and hospitals must run. Every day the poor
must buy fast. The rich must not make the sunday
instrument of oppression. The Lord or the sabbath
says to the poor man. stretch your hand If there
need 10 buy work. carriages IN the street as |
come church. 1 can't help thinking of what Horace
Greeley said when looking AT the carriages around tue
Old Brick Church In Park Row. with the drivers waiting
for the to be lie said % tlnk the Time
will when the drivers viii he inside anu the owners
will be waiting outside"
Where do the drivers go TO church1 When find men
with carriages signing petitions TO stop the street cars
the poor mans carragesI they are under the DO
mnon Of superstition lam III favor OF cars that benent
man and help him help himself would not tolerate
popular amusements on Sunday. / circumference
parades those going ID burals Theatres, races,
and every form OF mere amusemens oppose on sun
day, as opposed TO the general good No ciass Is so
much interested In supporting the Bible as the great
under of society. II they SUR 81 the Bible they
hurt themselves. This Book Is the volume OF liberty
Tie day ought 10 be marked. IL Ought TO be the
pleasantes day of the week 10 your children Ii wasn't
TO me. was lively aud mercurial. laughing at every
thing l went to church and heard n sermon didn't
| went to sleep. aud when got home was set down
to learn the catechsm. Ny heart sank within me. for
could memOrZe sentences. Without learning II
could have dinner. have give many hard knocks nj
Calynism and echsm since, aud the origin OF them
all was the deprivation Of those Sunday duners. When
the sun went down Sunday Might've kept Saturday
might've greeted the outgoing Of Sunday with JOY.
There were such fue days as our sundays III my
youth.