Huntsville gazette., 1886-06-26
EXCURSIONS.

inaUcldl dut moral LNuS Dul Ne
lisIous evils also.
They are often run Oh tn, Sabbath.
The tue frie ds of religion should
consider this.
1t ID day set apart for moral and
religious Instruction. A day Oh
which young aud old rich and poor
should be found in the house of God
worsfipipg him in the beauty of hol-
iness
A day of which our young men
and maidens should receivo that
moral training which fits them for
the great duties Of the present life
and the life to come.
But instead Of this they are Carried
away by some one who has no more
care for their moral training than if
they were not human Anl even if
they did care they would lie power
less to protect them under such cir
cumstanc.s as these Excursions
present Besides it is teaching them
to violate the Slnctity of the Lords
day and all who engage in it are
sc wing a seed OF evil which will 10
the near future bring forth har-
vest of corruption.
Good IL not mocked what sOever
man soweth that shall he also reap"
/ know that the lying tempters
will say-"why, we carry people to
church. But do they do il? In
stead they break up a dozen worship
ping Congregations in one town and
drag the people hundred miles
away. anl if they attend church at
all they attend where they have no
business. and have neglected their
Church at home
| It is like man leaving his own
wife aud starving children and feed
ing and clothing some body else s
wife and children
Although l may not be able to
quote scripture as we'll as some Of the
preachers, yet | have read in the
Good Book some passages like the
following. Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy. Six days shalt
thou labor and do all thy work &r.
And again blessed is the man
that doeth this and the son Of man
that layeth hold on it; that keepeth
the Sabbath from pointing it, and
keepeth his hand from doing any
evil' Read Isaiah Sc chapter from
the first to the s verse.
Once more lead from Isiah SO
chapter and l3 verse. ''If thou turn
away thy foot from the Sabbath from
doing thy pleasure on my holy day;
and call the Sabbath delight. the
holy OF the Lord honorable and thou
shalt not honor him, not doing thine
own ways, nor finding thine own
pleasures, nor speaking thine own
words: Then shalt thou delight thy
self in the Lord, And [ will cause
thee to ride upon the high places OF
earth, and feed the with the herit-
age Of Jacob thy father for the mouth
Of the Lord hath spoken it,.
When read these passages and
then on Sunday morning 60 down to
the railroad station and see the par
sons with the long coats on, and their
congregations at their heels, aud see
Thea go up, ana make trade on the
Sabbath by bu,i Excursion ticket,
and then go off seeking pleasure on
the Lords day, when | see these
things SOlOnite is ashamed of the
preachers of his race and is forced
to cry, for preachers. also, for
the poor ignorant misguided Con
gregatioll Alas! for the christian
pietyl Behold hypocrisy.
But | must leave this subject now,
and perhaps the preachers will take
it up and do better by it than can
Bat Just 20 long AS We waste our
means in this Wy, Just 80 long will
our noses BE- to The grin stone. The
only way for man to become We
thy is for him to save what he z, Is
He is considered wealthy ac,or ling
to what he spends.
NV w0ull it not be muc'l wi el
for the poor peopls if they have a
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