National Republican., 1888-01-02
KEEP THE SABBATH HOLY.
1T SHOULD BE OBSERVED AS A DAY OF
REST.
DR.. Newman Scores tho Sunday Work
ers-Dinerence Between Physical and
Mental Labor Statesmen Violating
the Divine Law are Pretty Poor Men.

The fifth OF the series Of sermons on
"Law" was delivered by Rev. DIR. Newman
last evening, and entitled "Tbe Law OF
Rest" the text being found in Exodus Xxx,
8to IL, "Remember the Sabbath day tokeep
II holy"
There are three conspicuous thoughts
in this PARTON Of the decalogue, said DR..
Newman-labor, rest, and devotion. In.
dustry is great boon to man, labor Is
devotion; 1t ls obedience to the order and
constitution OF nature. There must be &C.
tivity Of mind or muscle or bone. Ideness
is attended by long train Of national,
social, and domestic evils, while industry is
promotive Of health, wealth, and happiness.
Without industry It is impossible for
civilization to advance, and the
intellectual attainments, which are the
glory Of the age, are the results Of the
toilers by day and by night, the men who
accomplished the most for humanity being
great workers. 1t is a sad mistake to divide
mankind into two classes, and to give the
honorable title Of working class to those
only who labor with muscle. Brain-workers
are members OF the fraternity, and he
whose labor is physical has II far easier than
the man forever ON the mental strain.
While the laborer, having accomplished
his task, retires to sweet sleep, the brainy
man spends the night In ascertaning what
should be on the morrow. The Impression
that the head Of a great establishment en-
ploying thousands OF men is the more rest.
fnl Is fallacy, based on ignorance.
The most anxious and vexatious men In
society are the men OF the brain. Here Is
Of In fha In bnt usi nf
work, neither shall he eat. 1t Is not
optional with mau whether he shall obey
this law or not. lie might have every day
in the week Sabbath and thereby he lost.
There is as much holiness In working six
days as there is IN resting on the seventh
day. Idleness is curse to man and repro
battd by the Almighty. 1t is a mistake to
obligation OF activity; 1t Is no excuse.
Fashion is no apology; II Is solemn re.
ligious duty to be active for yourself and
others, and these activities to run through
six days of the week. There is but
little prejudice to the higher classes OF 80.
ciety II they obey this law, but what pro-
vokes the laboring classes is to see the
wealthy spending their wealth for the
qualifications Of their lus,s and fashion,
utterly disregarding the welfare Of the
suffering and needy.
The next great thought In the la ~ is rest,
which, eliminating the religious element,
is found In the order and constitution OF
nature. The human body is clock, to
run six days, and not seven, It's machinery
Piles and constructed on q principle OF
time, bounded on every hand by the law OF
limitation.
The Creator has written all over His
world this great law of rest, aud what is
true physically is also true intellectually.
This is the history OF all poets, orators,
statesmen, and scientists. Investigate the
history of man that died from overwork,
and 1t will be found the result OF disooe.
dience to this principle. The Sabbath is
the workipgman's day-his magma charta,
given him by his Creator, and as II the Al
mighty anticipated the composition of 80.
ciety and the covetuousness OF capital He
stands between the employer and the EN-.
pleye, saying to one, "This day shalt thou
compel him to work seven days" When
will workingmen realize that Sunday Is
their day Of rest ?
In this country where the clamor for
Sunday museums, theaters, papers, mails,
railroads Is raised, protest on behalf OF
humanity and on behalf Of those who have
to toll seven days week to minister to the
qualification Of those on the Lords day.
II man asked me to favor Sunday papers
would say, mo-" for heaven only know
the toll Of hose men engaged as journalists
to produce the paper on Monday that
gratifies you. The responsibility as citi-
zens falls on you. The Journalist works
to live. Men publish papers to AXE
money, and would not publish them a day
II there was not money In 1t. IL Is simply
money-and II comes from the citizens.
There may be to. night pencils here pen.
ellis at work taking these humble remarks,
but they are the pencils OF the tolers, CON.
PEELED to toll by your consent aud by your
patronage, and that In violation of GOl's
holy name. There ought to be revolution
In public sentiment. The same line Of
thought is true Of those employed on Sun
day railroads and mails.
Let civilization perish. but let Gods gov.
ernmen' stand firm, and let this holy law be
| Vindlcated forever. A distinction must be
made between the evil Sunday aud the
| sacred Sunday belonging TO the individual,
| matter OF his personal conscience, how
| he shall deport himself on the day of rest,
but the civil Sunday belongs to the authorl.
ties, and 1t is q qualification that Sunday
laws OF rest are IN every state but Calitor
nia, abrogated there to the disadvantage of
labor, corruption Of morals, aud dissolution
| Of family ties.
Judge Henderson, presiding at the Chi.
cago convention that nominated Garfield,
refused to allow the balloting to last
through the night to Sunday morning, aud
we need just such statesmen on the hill
(CapitoD where men for the first few
months do nothing, drawing their pay, aud
then at the close OF the session crowd their
work into Gods holy day, and then say the
better the day the better the deed
In justification of their violation OF
Gods holy law. Away with such
men. Give us class Of statesmen that
will stand by Washington, Lincoln, Web
ster, and others In the observance Of Sab.
bath laws The Sabbath Ia national insti-
tuition, recognized by legislation; the
American Sabbath belongs to us, aud God
helping us we will preserve 1t, and II those
who come from fore gn shore don't like it
back, because we propose to protect our
country. America for Americans as long
as we shall live, and 1t is but proper to