The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1886-07-28


HOW MAJ TIE SABBATH SCHOOLS AND
TEafpltRAxcE ORG ANlzArioSs Assist
| ZACH oTHERf
~ many strong auvoeates 81 the
53ppath schooi doubt the propriety Of
nlending stefeotyped Bible lnstruc-
tlohs Will any otncr lessons, Hiustra-
lion "a moral paraieli SUBJECT, the FIRST
question % De ueeiusu, perhaps. is the
propriety ~ pfinEtng any abstract mat
ZEE e some rciigionists term the sub
Jecto pronipltion, into the sabbath
schooi room Ihis last query can be
answered. in one snort sentence. The
proprlesy q considering the TWO, Sab
pain scnoois anu temperance organlza-
LIONS sokctns. anu - bearing close
ahd iha 8, ieiation 70 eacn Ger
py the cnurcncs pcing wnat they pro-
pose y ~; lew .nougnes may elm
inate the aoupts that some people har-
Dor ~ regard 70 their belief that every
thing put stralght5!acket sermon and
seclartan SUNDAY scnool lesson, should
pc excluded from the Sunday school
Grasses
| Inc TWO orgahlzatIons may De iikened
20 huspahu anu WiIe-theY are really
one. HOW goes the rlgnt hand aid the
ieit or the leit aiu the right! How can
less numper DC equal 70 q largery How
can part De eqnai 70 the whole of
anythingf All capoatn schools do un-
WittiuBtys Wnefc no eHort Is made. In
cuicatc temperance, because the Eaple
teacnes ~ anu now . sabbath scho5lb1
couid exist witnout biole, furnishes
cOhuhurum tiiat Wouid puzzle the ablest
mlnu. All true temperance societies
ought % give instructions in Bible
lessons, ~ some manner or another.
botn Imply tnat lessons OF moral in
sgruetioh must pc given. Both are for
the purposes Of educating the mind and
morals, tne neart ana the soul
But lest may pc ied INTO mazes be-
yonu my power 20 ex6ricate my subject.
am constrained, as poiiticians would
say, 70 mateIiaiize ana formulate
more relevant ana practical disquisi-
uon than the preceding remarks dis
crosse.
NOW can oaupatn schools AID tenps-
ance, anu temperance AID oabsM
schoois ihis cay ana age and mod
ern euucaelon require strong terms.
iIet ing ny ~ rev. Nnen parents
.earn .heif cnr'seaah uulies pctter than
they %, temperance VIII be aided;
when they attend the Sabbath schools
/ - 80 eSstA-
Eperance cause ne aided when they
learn 70 controi Their children better
than they 20, Lnon Lhere Will be some
social ulstlnctions ~ soclety; when
they oegih early 20 educate Their chill
dren II morals aiid point out the NOR
~ path ior their chiidren, then will
temperance receive fresh Impetus
wnen tney instruct their children 10
the precepts o. the Bible ana, by exam.
pie, keep the SABBATH day molly, fayftn
Will temperance be advanced.
Inere are nrst anu secondary causes
In nature, IN morals, IN human action
anu CONQUER. 1nen permit me 70 say
that the Cnrlstian oaODath must v
kept holy, It must be viewed as THE
green oas-s, the little grassy meadow
IN this WORLDS wilderness shon
ssthe day market for the soul, Z then
the whisky shops ana saloons will van
Ism ike the morning mists before the
noon day sun. When the people d
America learn that temperance Is tht
legitimate pivot u true christianity
then the daughter Will robe herseif y
attractive beauty, loneliness ana Joy
ana become coiaDorer with pa
mother.
The law Of mechanics teaches ths
Dusa1SA ~ oc6u Will htsc PsAncaPass
ithout the Iounualion there can y
ne superstructurc. Temperance IS tns
ohspring OF higher and better cnrisst
anlty, and no argument or sophIstr!
can separate them. Legislation ana
polItics nave trieu their skill IN vah
anu no aDstruse phrases 81 iawmaken
or Judge Will ever deal with the ON
without coming " connict with lnf
other, WIZ never repeai the one wiIh'
out overrulihg Inc other, Tor potn arc
the edtcts u the Gfeat Jauge. heep
the body pure anu obey the conimshd'
mcnts o. the LORD my tod. w.
CHRISTIANS become more tnougntlni tacI
VIII become more devont. Wnen they
become more tnougntiui anu uevoa'
tney VIII become more lreIueht "
their visits 70 the sabbath SCHOOLS, aha
as the Saopath schools progress IN u.
terest the temple q temperance ihstrue
tion WIN pc set up Ia ALL Saooa1h
scnoofs. 7.
HOW 70 reciprocates How can w
oappath scho0i ala the prohioitloa
cause -the one the otners open ~
windows o. the soul higher ana wiusI
toward heaveiis anu let the light ian y
ana then you Will lind the church, the
sabbath school and prohiDition all ~
nected IN the same body.
10 we know now 20 DC christians