The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-03-04
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have. wonder il the Lord has any rights
You rule your family, the Governor rules
the State, the President rules the whole
land. wonder il the Lord has any rights
to rule the nations and make the enact
ment: "Remember the Sabbath day to
keep 1t holy" and IL there is any appeal to
higher Court from that decision, and If
the men who are warning against that en-
actment are not guilty Of high treason
against the Maker Of Heaven and earth
Whether 1t be popular or unpopular, now
announce 1t as my opinion that the people
have no rights save those which the great
Jehovah gives them. He has never given
the right to man to break His holy Sab
bath, and as long as His throne stands He
will never give that right.
The prophet asks question, which lean
easily answer: "Will a man rob God"
Yes. They robbed him last Sunday night
at the theaters and the opera-houses, and
/ charge upon them the infamous and
high-handed larceny. / believe with the
sailor. The crew had been discharged-
from the vessel because they would not
work while they were in port on the Lords
Day. The Captain went out to get sailors.
He found one man and he said to him:
"Wil you serve me on the Sabbath"
"No." "Why not?" WE'LL" replied the
old sailor, ga man who will rob God AL
mighty of His Sabbath would rob me of
| my wages II he got chance" Oh, 1t Is
| dastardly mean when we break the Sab
bath! Suppose you had seven oranges.
You gave to your child six of them, put
ting the other orange in your pocket for
yourself, and you should find that the
child had not been satisfied with the six
oranges and had come and stolen your sew
enth. That is precisely what men do when
they break the Sabbath.
am opposed to this desecration Of the
Sabbath by secular entertainments, be-
cause it is a war on the statutes of the
State.
Who made the law? You who at the
ballot-box decided who should go to AL
bany and sit in the Legislature. They
made the law for you and for your fami-
lies; and now l say that any man who
attempts to override that law insults you
and me and every man who has the right
OF suffrage in the State OF New York.
will make a comparison between the
Sabbath as some Of you have known it and
yation. One Sabbath morning was
aroused in Paris by great sound in the
street. said: "What is this!" "Oh,"
they said, "this is Sunday" An unusual
rattle Of vehicles Of all Sorts The voices
seemed more boisterous than on other
days. IL seemed as IL all the vehicles of
Paris had turned out for the Holiday. The
Champs Elysees one great mob of pleasure
seeking people. Balloons flying, parrots
chattering, footballs rolling, peddlers
bowling their knickltnacks through the
streets, hand-organs, and every kind Of
racket, musical and unmusical. When the
evening came down all the theaters were
in full blare of music and full blaze OF
light. The wine stores and saloons were
thronged with an unusual number Of GUS
toners. At eventids stood and watched
the excursionsists coming home, tagged
out men, women and children, a gulf
stream OF fatigue, irritability and
wretchedness, for should think IL would
take three or four days to get over that
miserable way Of Sundaying. 1t seemed
more like IN American Fourth Of July than
Christian Sabbath.
Now, In contrast / present one OF tho
Sabbaths in one Of our best American
cities. Holy silence coming down with the
day-daw Business men more dellber-
ately looking into the faces Of their chill
dren, and talking to them about their
present and future welfare. Men sit longer
at the table In the morning, because the
stores are not TO be opened and the me-
chanical tools are not TO be taken up.
There are congratulation and good cheer
all through the house. House Of God vocal
with thanksgivings for mercies received,
with prayers for comfort, with charities for
the poor. Rest for the body. Rest for the
soul. The nerves quieted, the temples
cooled, the mind cleared, the soul strength
ened, and our entire population turned out
on Monday morning ten years younger,
better prepared for the duties Of this life,
better prepared for the life that is to come.
Which do you like best-the American Sab
bath or the Partisan Sabbath
Still further: protest against this in
vasion of the Lords Day because II
wrongs vast multitude Of employees OF
their rest. The bar tenders In case Of the
grog- shop, and In the case OF the theater
the scene-shifters, the ballet-dancers, the
call l-boys, the innumerable attendants and
supernumeraries. They are paid small
salaries at the best. You see them on the
stage in tinsel and tassel, or you see them
In gauze, whirling In toe-tortures, and
you mistake them for fairies or queens
but, after twelve o'clock at night, you may
sec them trudging through the streets in
faded dress, shivering and tired, seeking
their homes In the garrets and cellars OF
the city. Now, you propose to take from
thousands Of these employees throughout
this country not only all opportunity OF
moral culture, but all opportunity OF
physical rest. Let the crushing Jugger-
naut stop one day in sevenl
Ioppose this invasion Of the Christian
Sabbath because 1t Is war on the spirit
ual welfare Of the people. You have a
soulp Yes. Which OF the saloons or the
aters on the Sabbath day will give thai
soul any cultureY II you gentlemen Of the
restaurant and the opera house have six
days in the week In which to exercise your
evangelical and heavenly influence. ought
you not TO allow Christian institutions Il