Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-08

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Perhaps It may nus be alniss on this
October Sabbath morning to repent
what We have said before. Ttere are
Il is 10 b hoped, bat very few in ali TINS
broad land who do not realize that what
over differences Of opinion men may
hold concerning crssds and dates, the
universal heart of humanity throbS re-
spousiye to the demand and desire for Q
day Of rest. day in which the grinding
machinery Of lifs's daily toll shall stand
motionlsss and even the busy wheels OF
thought b still. Jsraelits and Aoham-
medan, Pagan and Christian, unite m
common aspiration for surceass from
the constant jar and friction OF sns
common lot. Tho silver music OF sns
chapel bell and the resonant psai OK the
organ are not needed TO remind o. that
even dumb nature sugessts a respite
from labor and forssaste Of that etef-
nal Sabbath 70 which the human raos
looks forward aftor life OF struggle
With the thousand ills that fssh 10 heir
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The divinity OF IT. origin aves the
oontemplssivs sooi, while it, dsi'ehffn'
and inedacsatle associations recall q 70
recognition Of it, unnurnbersd and
unspeakabls blessings. Linksd with
the tender memories Of mothers love
and the innocence Of oloudlsss and
unspottsd youth. it comes like mes
ssnQsr Of peace from the confines OF
eternity, and brings balm and healing
upou its outstretchsd wings. 1t - the
golden link in the heavy chain OF cir
cumstance, the single strain OF psrfeos
harmony in tho harsh disoofd Of the
passing years. II bears N backward
into the dirnly remembered places OF
our youth, recalls the friends who have
pone before ~ 70 the better land, and
lifts a into region from whence, look
ing down upon shs littlsnsssss which
swarm around our daily paths, W A.
t.ia unto some measure. At least, OF
comprehension Of it, beauty, its siHn'fi-
canoe and its grandeur.
Here and there, and now and then,
efforts have been made to rslsgass It ~
the realms Of fable, and Danish 1t from
human institutions; bat. forever assert
ing it, supremacy, tbs circle OF it, OBJ
ssrvance widsns with the lapse Of ager,
and follows tae outpOsts aud spreads
with the growth Of civilization.and At all
times and in all places, insists upon IT.
recognition AZ an institution whose
claims will admit Of no dispute, the ex-
istenoe Of which must needs survive tue
wreck Of matter, and the crush OF
worlda. Its voices are tho echoes OF n
deashlsss past. the prophecies OF an i'm
mortal future. Nations pase away and
are forgotten, Empires riss and flourish
for brief space the soverei2ns Of che
ascend ant, and become dim legends on
traditions page. But this day, conss-
,rstsd in the yery dusk and dawn Of
Time, remains unchanged and radiant
in immortal youth. fountain Of per-
ann ial blessings II cannot be lost, II
will not DO given up. Hope and mem
ory cling to it. Its foundation is eter-
nal and divine. eIss IL could never have
Inspired this impassionsd apostrophe.
A writer says: Think how the abstrac-
ton Of the Sabbath would enslave the
working clAsses, with whom We arc
identified. Think Of labor thus going
on in one monotonous and eternal cycle,
limbs forever ON tho rack, fingers for
ever straining. the brow forever df0Op-
ing, tho loins forever aching, she rost-
lsss mind forever sehsming. Think Of
the beauty IL would s6acs, the merry
heartednsas It would extinguish. tho q.
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sources Of nature il would crush, the
sickness il would bring, the Rroans il
would sxtort. the lives It would immo-
late and tho chcerless graves II would
prematursIy dig. See them toilinR and
moilinQ and frettiuR and grinding and
hswing and weaving and spinning. and
sowing and gathering, moving and
rsaping, raising and building, digging
and planting, striving and struggling,
In the garden and in the 6sld, In the
Rranary and IN the barn, IL the factory
and In the mill, in the warehouse and
In ths shop. In the mountain and in the
ditch, ON the roadside and In the coun-
try, ont at ssa and on the shore. in the
day Of brightness and in the day Of
gloom. What picture this world
would present IL 10 had no Sabbath