Daily Republican., 1885-07-23
Chester Heights.
THE SUBJ EtT OF THE AMERICAN
SABBATH OCCUPIES
n A Y.
SABBATH ASSOCIAI'N DAY

Wednesday was Sabbath association
day at Chester Heights Camp meeting,
and the day was devoted to prayer, ser
mon speeches and songs. At 8 a. m, a
prayer service was held in front of the
pavilion, supplications. .heipg offered e.
pecially for Gods blessing upon the ser
vices Of the day. Mr.. Fernley then
gave d short history Of the Philadelphia
Sabbath Association and its work. II
was now in the forty.fifth year Of its ex-
istence. As corresponding secretary
Mr.. Fernley said he now gives his un'
divided time and attention 70 the work
oS the society, vast and extensive has
1t become.
At 10 q. III. Rev. Jsmes Neill, OF
Philadelphis, An ex-momber OF the
Pennsylvania Legislatures. preached .
seruson appropriate to the day, from the
text, And hesaid unto shem, the Sab
bath was made for man and mot man for
the Sabbath" He urged tho observance
of the day as . political necessity. He
said thousands of immigrants were
coming here every year, not to observe
our laws but, to helpsmake tkem. They
want the liquor shops, candy shops and
they sucseed Chestnut street would be-
like Cha lam street In New York. Let
these foreigners come In as they wish,
and the raarriage contract w0u d be-
void, and passion have full sway.
Rather than give up the 6abbaJh Mr.
NeHl said he would see the cholera and
way and peetilence conc upon the coun-
try; 49,.
|sermon," said MI Fernlsy, I" is to rise
and sing, All Hail the Power of jesus
Name Sing, whether yon can or
not.
Mr.. Fernley said he had sympathy
with the foreigners who came
hith and obssrved::the law, but he had
a horror for those who came to dictate
that tie Sabbath be made continental
Sunday. They had no small devil to
ight in this matter, 10000 emigrsnts
having landed on these shores from
goddess Italy" last year. 1 will
fight for the American Sabbath while
have drop of bloOdleft in my veins."
| said Mr.. Fernley.
Professor Kirkpatrick q choir, accom-.
panied by organ and cornet, sang Help
ing just a Little
" That rs sweet" said Mr.. Neil, when
the choir had finished. / wish it was
longer"
"oh, he's got plenty more" said Mr..
Fernley "Give us another, Professor
I-somethipa that has some shouting
notes in II. +"
Another hymn was sung.
The young peoples meeting at 100
was an interesting occasion. MIR. Fern
LEY led the meeting. He told the young
folks that it made one sweat TO fight the
Idevil this hot weather, but he must be
overcome.
He then had the children repeat the
Fourth Commandm ept, and with it
the passage, Lord, have mercy upon
me and incline our hearts to keep Thy
law"
Addresses were made TO the young
, people by Thomas Perrins, steward of
+ Girard College, Rev. A. M. Milhson,
Rev. T. Davis and others. Some of
= the speakers advocated the use of the ROD
to make children attend Sunday school
: Ior church. Mr.. Perrins denounced such
, treatment. Solomon says, "Train
up child in the way he shall go, and
q when he is old he will not depart from
9 it,"
will put Solomon against Solo
mon," said Mr.. Fernley. He also
says, "Spare the rod and spoil the
child"
"A general meeting was held in front
ofthe pavilion, uuier.. the trees, at )
lip m. Mr.. Fsrnley, iu the course of an
article in one of the Philadelphia papers
advocating a" liberal observance of the
Sabbath" The idea was absurd. You
Imight as we'll talk about stealing liber-
! ally, or committing adultery literally,
or breaking any o.her law just little,
not to much.
Rev. 4. M. Griffith, of Media, was
introduced as o man who came from a
Iplace which had recently taken a firm
stand in regard to the Sabbath's obser.
vances. He told of the efforts to close
? all places of business in Media and of
their partial success.
T. Samuel P. Goodwin, president of the
| Franklin Reformatory Home, spoke
next. He thought 1t was a sad COM
mentary on the religion and morals of
the nineteenth century that such an
:. association as the Philadelphia Sabbath
' was needed. He attributed the great
:, part of the Sabbath Dissertation to rum
: and tothose who made rum selling a
, legal business.
Mr.. God win said the grea. Mayor of
4 Philadelphia kept the saloons in that
4 city closed tight for three weeks, and
then allowed them to open for business.
q Last Sunday every one was open from
= the Delaware to the Schuylkill, and not
- a word was said by the police against
% the open violation of the Sabbath.
II The meeting now took a.go-as-you-
please turn, % Mr.. Fernley termed it,
land addresses " ere made by Norris Var.
nall, of Chester Rev. w. H. Bryant
# of Media; Rev. 4 Davies, Rev. j. b
- Mccullough, Rev L. Stubbs, and others
A sir occurred when Mr., Davies, a
a. Massachusetts minister, arose and said
- he did not believe the Chester Heights
"a Association set very good example il
"a Sabbath observance by keeping the
n camp grounds open on Sunday anC
=, bringing lot of people hero to desecrat,
- the day and place by indulging in al
kinds of sinful practices.
ri Rev. j. B. Mccullough defended tn,
os association with considerable warmth
ss He compared the quiet Sunday camp.
at meeting of to-day with that of twent,
N years ago, and said the association wa
"a not responsible for what took mac
st outside the circle. Those who came her
IT to spend the day in frolie and carousa
were few in number. If not here the,
would be somewhere else, and til
90 es camp p-meeting was not the cause of thei
If, wickedness.
~. The evening service was one of son
In. and of addresses by Mr.. Fernley an
other ministers 'on the benefits of tn
Sabbath
20 AT the close of his discourse Nj
,Se Fernley said that this day was the frs
ar. in the history of the world devoted er
tirely TO services bearing on the ol
servance af the Sabbath.