Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-04-21

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ue eneo.o me fathers life. That home is
~ is to others with which 1t Is
ed in social Relationship their sons ana
daughters. The evil Is not pounded by the
four walls of the Sabbath-breaker's house.
In order to escape. the plague you must
observe the laws Of hygiene yourself, and
also insist thst your neighborssdo likewise.
The moral atmosphere can be polluted. A
narrow s~elfshness is often fatal, while the
purest bene olence is the wisest s~elnsnness.
vi, We are concerned more directly with
the Sabbath mail service in its relation 20 tne
nation, since the service is an official agency
of The government. If what has already been
said proves the service an injury, it Is an
injury committed by the nation. If 1t Is q
wrong it is national wrong. Ifthis service Is
IN oppression, the nation Is the oppressor.
Yes. and the nation soiW be the Chief sufferer.
Virtue, intelligence and liberty. are q triad.
More, they are q trinity. One is impossible
without the other two, and each p~resupposes
the others. The nation that compels a hum
dred thousand public servants to use the SAP
bath for work, instead of using 1t for the IN
telligence and the cult alton of virtue, saps
the foundation of its liberty. An absolute
monarchy can exist without q Sabbath, out
without one day in seven given to the special
care of mind and heart, a republic is an I'M
possibility.
De Tocqueville says "France must have
your American Sabbath or she Is ruined"
That was, perhaps, fifty years ago. America
must return to her Sabbath of that day OF
an earlier day, and maintain 1t or sAets
ruined. In general, I have limited at the
reason. In particular this special form OF
Dissertation Is perpe,ually widening the gulf
between the laborer and the capitalist, ana
destroying thu possibility of amicable reis-
tons between them. Some day, before long,
If this evil continues and grows rs it has done
for the last twenty years, q spark VIII De
dropped into this magazine of explosives on
which our nationality rests, and our liberty
will be among the things of the past.
VII. The most conclusive reason, to my
mind, for condemning the 8. N. s. is, that 1t
gives the employees next to no chance for
everlasting life. I don't believe this life is all
there is of it; and since there is another and
longer life before us, no course is wise or
commendsbie that puts our hopes of that bet
ter life In jeopardy. It's hard enough to keep
our spiritual man from being swanped With
the cares of life, when we give one day In
seven exclusively to spiritual services. If
that day is thrown with the rest into the
scale against the soul, it is not hard to pre-
dict the result. These workingmen cannot
stand the temptation when they must choose
between loss of place and support on the'one
hand. and denying themsel es Of q Sabbath
on the other; and you should not compel
them to make the choice. You, who know
the consequence, should not tempt them.
They petition for relief, and you should
give them relief Let us look at that letter
again. You remember what was on the
corners, the seal is a ruined nation, and 1t is
| stained with blood! I should prefer not to
have it come to me. It will be more tolerable
In the day of judgment for the king Of
Dahomey, who killed 200 young girls, that he
might crafty his taste for a wall built with
| mortar mixed with that particular kind Of
moisture, than for the man Of this enlighten-
ed country and generation who demands his
Sabbath mail.
ARGUMENTS FOB THE SERVICE.
I am ashamed to name the arguments
for any service charged with such evils
as I have enumerated, and yet it is commended
I. That in case Of war we wish to hear the
news at the earliest day, and hence the need
o mails on Sabbath. This was the pretext
/ r-~ ~,,tI,ori,{p~ tba cory;oo 0f tho moiya nm
Sabbath at first in 1910. Ans. a. II It was
allowed then Oh this plea, it should not be
continued in time of peace. (2.) 1t Is not SO
important to us that we should demand 1t at
such costs of precious interests as as we have
seen to be involved in it.
II. In case of sickness, death and accident
we need the Sabbath service mail. Ans. Il }
Rather the telegraph. g. The instance in
which any serious loss or incons enience
would result from being deprived of postal or
Geographic facilities during the Sabbath are
exceedingly rare. No rule should be
based on exceptional cases, especially when
they are few.
III. Business interests demand a seventh
days mail each week. Ans. (l.) Londor
DIES without 1t, and there is some litis bust
ness transacted there! (2.) Business woult
be conducted b: cooler heads and steadiel
nerves, with less feverish speculation IN
fewer crashes, with more conscience and les
defalcation, if there were no Sabbath mail.
w. Trains run for other purposes, the!
might as we'll carry the mails. Ans. Q.) TIL
mail train was the first regular trait that wa
run. and this furnished the esruse for travel
excursions, &C.; e. 6. the street cars wer
prohibited from running in Pittsburgh til
i hey talked s.U. S. Mali" on each car an
provided u small tin box in each car 70
letters. The nation helped the company t
. defeat the wish Of the people of that city
, (2.) AS to Sabbath religious excursions, I hay
nothing to say. I leave those who sanctio
such things to explain them. They do kee
all Sabbath-breakers in countenance and pc
haps are paid for the social and spiritual de-
), olatien by the gate-fees they gather in, bl
: [ never admired that way Of serving ii
Lord.
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