Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-07-24

This was the subject Of the sermon on
Sunday night az the Presbyterian Church.
After showing the influence of this day Ia
the training of such men SIS Washington
and William Cullen Bryant. and showing
the difference IN other homes. the preach
or admitted that the times and the differ
ent modes OF doing business in these times
made work, in some cases. q necessity.
But many plead this necessity where Il
does not exist. Places of amusement plead
the necessity for the running Of boats and
cars, and the entertainment Of the people.
where there is no such necessity. The
opening OF such places on GOd's day is
deliberate violation Of the Fourth Com
mandment. In such cases no Christian
ought to seek employment and the Chris
tian public ought not to participate in the
sin by their presence.
Consciences, We are glad to know, are
sensitives on this point. The weary work.
er at one of these summer resorts was
heard to say I'VE hardly know in the
rush aud excitement of this place when
Sunday comes. / guess my minister will
turn me out Of church.
Then there Is sensitiyeness upon point
the subject nearer home 10 some of us.
The merchants and market men of this
city often break the Sabbath by the sale
of their goods, and by putting their stores
in order after midnight on Saturday. A
large proportion Of the business men of
this city are christians, and could If they
would, in q very short time, curve per-
nicious custom of buying and selling at a
late hour ON Saturday night. Ii they
would adopt rule that their places of
business shall be closed and all work
done in them by IL 80 o'clock on Satur-
day night, others would soon follow their
example.
Somebody will tell them that they will
lose dollar or two by such a course.
Suppose they do. What is that compar.
ed with the troublesome thought that
they had broken Gods command in order
to make ii?
This sensitiveness of conscience is seen
too. in the way people try to mix relig-
ion with pleasure on that day. The places
of resort advertise that a sacred concert
will be given on the Sabbath. Why is ii
done 1t Is done TO satisfy the conscience
of those in charge of these places, and of
those who attend. They are like the
Sunday School scholar who always sang
Moody and Sankey's hymns when he
went fishing on the Sabbath. Many of the
excursions that come off to Annapolis on
Sunday have religious services at the
skating rink or one of the churches
This is what takes hundreds of processing
christians to camp-meeting on the Sab
bath. They intend to go 10 church, and
for that reason think that it Is no viola
ton of the Sabbath to 60 many miles
from their homes on steamboat and rail-
road. Many of these sins of Sabbath
breaking may be laid down at the door of
the church. If christian people held in
higher esteem the holy Sabbath, the world
would have greater regard for it.
We lose immensely, as individuals and
as a people. by the neglect of the Sabbath.
A man who neglects the Sabbath is not as
happy or as successful in his employment
as the man who has observed it in a
proper manner. It's neglect leads to vice
and.crime, as can be shown by the testi
mony of multitudes of people A railroad
company worked its men week day and
Sabbath, giving them no recreation or
rest As they broke one of the command
ments of God for the sake of the compa.
ny, so they broke another of those COM
mands, as they thought, for their own
benefit, and fifty of them were arrested
recently for appropriating the property OF
the company.
There is no more effective way of in
viting adults and children into evil than
to have them think little of Gods day.