Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-23

lug down the halfconsumed throat o. tne IN
ebriate. God does NOT see, does hef Judg'
ment viii never come, viii itY
They would bury the Sabbath very De
Gently under the wreath Of the target com
pany ard to the music OF all Strakoscn
brazen instruments.
There are to-day in the different cite,
ten thorsand bands and ten thousand
pens busy in attempting to cut out the heart
/ Of our christian Sabbath, aud leave 1t q
mere skeleton Of what it once was. The
effort is organized and tremendous and un.
less the friends of Christ and the lovers OF
good order shall rouse up right speedily
their sermons and their protests VIII De
uttered after the castle is taken. There
are cities in the land where the Sabbath
has almost perished; and every Sabbath
night those cities are In full blaze OF tnea-
tric and operatic entertainment, and 1t Is
becoming practical question whether we
who received pure Sabbath from the.hands
of our fathers shall have piety and pluck
enough to give to our children the same
blessed inheritance. The eternal,
God Helping Us We win.
I protest against this invasion Of the
Holy Sabbath in the first place because 1t Is
a war on divine enactment. God says IN
Isaiah: "If thou turn away thy feet from
doing thy pleasure on my holy day, thon
shall walk upon the high places. What
did be mean BY doing thy pleasurer de
referred to secular weridly amusements. a
man told me he was never 80 much fright
ened as in the midst Of an earthquake when
the beasts Of the field believed in tesr, and
even the barnyard fowls screamed in terror.
Well ii was when the earth was SHAKING,
the sky all full of fire that God made the
announcement: GRemember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy Go along through
the streets where the theatres are opea on
Sabbath nieE1t; go upon tbs steps; enter
the boxes of these places of entertainment
and tell me if that is keeping the Sabbath
holy. "0h," says some one, God won't
be displeased with grand sacred concert.
A gentleman who was present at q grand
sacred concert" said that during the exer-
cises there were comic and sentimental
songs, interspersed with coarse jokes;
and there were dances aada farce and
tightrope walking and trapeze perform
ance. / suppose il was holy dance and q
consecrated tight-rope. ! am, not certain,
however, about that; but this know, 1t was
q grand sacred concert"
We hear q great deal of talk about "the
rights OF the people" to have just such
amueements on Sunday as they want to
have. wonder if the Lord has any rights.
You rule your family, the Governor rules
the State, the President rules the whole
land; wonder if the Lord has right to
ruls the nations and make the enactment
"Remembes the Sabbath day 10 keep it
holy" and if there is any appeal toa higher
court from that decision, and il the men
who are warning against that enactment are
not guilty of high treason against the
maker of heaven and earth. They in our
cities put God on triaL 1t has been the
theatres. and the opera houses of the land,
| plaintiffs versus the Lord Almighty, de.
fendant, and the suit has been begun and
who shall come out ahead, you know,
whether it be popular or unpopular.
now announce it ss 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
Sabbath, and as long as His throne stand
He viii
Never Give That Right.
The prophet asks question which cal
easilv answer, "Will a man rob Godr
Yes. They robbed Him last Sunday nigh
at the theaters and the opera houses, and
charge upon them the Infamous and high
handed larceny. l believe with the sailor
The crew had been discharged from tn
vessel because they would not work Will
they were in port on the Lords day. Th
captain went out to get sailors. BE foun
ore man and he said to him: "Will yo
serve me on the Sabbath" mo" "Wh
notT' "Well," replied the old sailor, "
man who will rob God Almighty of his Sal
bath would refuse me my wages if he got
chance" Oh, it is dastardly mean whe
we break the Sabbath. Suppose you ha
seven oranges, you gave to your child six c
them putting the other orange in you
pocket for yourself, and you should find tina
the child had not been satisfied with tn
six oranges and had come and stolen you
seventh. That is precisely what men d
when they break the Sabbath. Suppos
YOU were poor and you came to a dry good
merchant and asked for some cloth or gal
ments and he should say "TI give 20
six yards" and while he was of from th
counter binding up the six yards you shout
20 behind the counter and steel one add
tional yard. That is what every man doe
when he breaks the Lords Sabbath. Go
gives us six days out of seven, reserying on
for himself and you will not let him have il
1t is mean
Beyond All Competition.
lam opposed to this desecration of tn
Sabt Ath by secular entertainments beeaus
it is a war on the statutes OF our State. Th
law says:
1T will not be lawful to exhibit on tn
first day of the week, commonly called Sun
day, to the public, in any building, garden
grounds, eoncert!room OF other room o
place within the city or county Of Ne1
York any interlude, tragedy comedy, oper
ballet, play, farce, negro minstrels, negro o
other dancing, or other entertainment OF tn
stage, or any part or paris therein, or An
equestrian, circus or dramatic performance
or any performance of jugglera scrobsts o
rope-danciDg.
Was there ever palmer enactment tha
that? Who made the law2 You, who a
the ballot box decided who should go :
Albany and sit in the Legislature. The
made the law for you and for your fam
lies; and now say that any nan who a.
tempts to override that law insults you an
me and every man who has the right @
suffrage in the State Of New York.
Still further. / protest against that inYt
sion Of the Sabbath because it 10 foreig
war. Now, if you heard at this pomer
the booming Of a gun in the hArbor, or
shell from some foreign freAte shoul
drop into our streets, how long would 20
keep your seats in the Tabernacle? 70
would want to face tie foe, and every shi
: that could be brought out Of the Nav
yardWoRld swing from her eranchorage, and Ii
question would be decided. Yo1de not wal
foreign war and vet / have to. tell you thi
this invasion Of Gods holy day is q foreig
war. As among our own nstive-born DO
: ulation there are two classes, the good sr
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