Telegram-herald., 1886-05-10
Words CT Wisdom Preached
BY Pastors Yesterday
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pFaacl ~ aim. aaa IS there 4oald lie no
services in tle s7eli1g BE- desired that 81
ass congregation .nol.d read il Tie fzLs-
azaH hEaAAu enc serul0a ne hac prepared
flg thr eFe1inz discourse. telfoaiaz =
very lbefal abstract "a Alr Iapper possr-
lal sermon.
~Iae Lord blessed csc sabbath dag sad BAL.
lnHstl Ia. -kN "A III
-Fhe S4bbash-q4 q4esti0n and It's observ-
aBce ne said. may be considered frvI
many points of gieE the physiological, as
affecting oar bodies, Tie Psychological a.
affecting Oas uiaas and spirits, and lhe
nailon4i a. affecting the destiny of our
eufire government. A. Dr. Barnes has
-ait. this 4aesli0n nag be contemplated la
its iadleuee on Tie poN~fs of oar nature,
exhausted through -ix dass ~ anxiety ami
toll ana nredlHs even peri ldicsi seasons ot
relaxation. Ai tine inHaence on the intel
lecf of an Individual ana lcople directing lt
% topics adapted 90 elevate aud xpani the
soul lea tne ail L furnishes t8e magistrate
in promoting the observance OF iaN and
oraer 90 its relation 90 social feeling and
refined intercourse, and, above all, as al
indispensable condition 20 preparation for
tne edlcafiou aRd enjoyment u the eternal
Sabbath beyond
"ll is tnis last thought that / would inn
press most deeply this h0ur-an hour when
the demand Tor lts Proclamation and em-
pi4asis seems urgent. And the proposition
! Nisn t0 iay down, and subs.antiate Is
tAis. That with the abolition OF the Sab
bath gCes the abolition OF al that is truest,
puFest in Christian ethics aud civilization.
The great God. wnO made the world writes
q strong author. made no mistake when. az
every beginning of history. he ordained
for man a Sabbath day Lightly as 10 many
esteem ~. aud tA0ughtlessly a. they violate
ALI iniunctions connected with 70. there Is ia
this institution what touches the welfare OF
society and individuals az every point
There can be- 40 religion without sabbath
ard Its sxcFec observance. Destroy the
sabbath aud you practically destroy chris
uauity y-its sweet hopes, ITS lofty aspira-
tions. rs noble ends. The abolition OF the
sabbath means the disbanding OF Sunday
schools the q sc0nunliug Of family instruc-
zion and family purity the prescription of
the Biole and the arrestlng OF that crystal
tide 81 eood that makes glad the city OF our
God Believe me- frlends-I am not mad
bui speak forth The words OF soberuess and
tfulh-'a world without Gods holy, sacred
a summer without Hover, a
homestead without a garden. Carlyle
never uttered a truer thing than when be
wrote, Where the Sabbath IS observed
rcl gion fi0urishes, where not religion dies
away or sinks into the degradation of a
meaningless journalism
And modern enemies are awake % this
stupend3us fact. They are aiming their
darts here. as az the heel Of an Achilles.
Oncs the fay0f and sword We're tired, once
proud moparchs arraged against us imperi-
alism and rs power, once argument and
ridlcuic and sophistry, bat all these have
lai.ed A new role is entered upon. Cor
rupI fhe SABBATH they now say. and thus
shake the foundations and Overturn The
experimenting Of free Institutions and the
church. And here our foes aJe right. \
historian has weU pointed otf4 that the
Book of sports I'm Rome diG more against
Christianity than all the ten prosecutions Of
Tire Roman Emperors; and Bleody Mary
and her fires dId less against pure. undehlei
religion than Charles 4 and his loose views
Of sabbath observance. Noltaire's infamous
writings than q -abbathiesS Paris and
Frederick's iufidehty than sabbathless
Vienna
And history repeats itself All over our
land the enemies of our God are arraying
themselves for attacks similar % those of
other days. Not tOspeak of our great cities -
Chicago New York. Cincinnati LET us look
for a moment at our own beautiful city.
What does the sabbath day witness among
us' Not onlg che ringing OF bells that call
90 God sweet worship not only the gath
erins 81 children to teach them pure and
holy truth and hfe-but also. blush for
shame. rot only We Christians but We Citl-
1.us and phiisnthropists. lovers OF order
aud protectors of the law-ognday excur-
Si00s on steamboats, exhibitions at Reed :
Lak,i as balloon ascensiOns fireworks, etc.
absolutely forbidden by law. aud access 10
our saloons In almost every portion Of our
Citv. and what IS worse IF possible. many Of
rs who pretend to be leaders in morality
apparently indifferent 90 This STATE og things
nav SOME even in high places Of religious
iudaenSe seemingly wiukiug az some Of the
crimes among us. ~ can it ne that we
We believe with q recent philosophical
author. when be says. II We can have
Sabbath reVersd as day oi holy rest and
a typs 0f heaven. Christianity - safe. virtue
exalted aud vice deflroned I'll not. reli-
gou. brertY. honesty must perish and the
sparkling gems that today glitter IN the
crown af man glory must iai and be
buried i'm the mire of pollution and degra-
tatIou
Hbt what. We ask in conclusion. can We
30 about it shall Ne stand agbsst and
trsns6xed before these things and say
We may weep over the desalation but
cannot remedy So. The evil - incurahe
For one sav-snd say b with all the
earuestness &c deepi7 Nr0ugh. conviction
-it IS within the province and power and
thfs prernlafive IMPOSES tutv--of ffc fhris
fi8n people and irw-iovinE citizens of GRAND
Rapids fo sfap these fanrs only one
tll1E - neeoe1. FIRM conFienon faaf vilf