The Red Cloud chief., 1889-01-18
THE DAY Of REST.
Dr.. Talmage Discourses on the
Christian Sabbath.
The Day Ore Of Rest For Weary Workers
The sabbath Breakers End-Nees>sisy
Of Properly KAisInS ChGidr-a-
Cheerful ChristiAns.

NuertIut Oottetione.
In . recen. sermon o. Brooklyn Rev. r
De Wiz. Talmage preached on ;hs subject
"A Bright SUNDAY versus Do.e'ul sun
day." The text was: And call the Sab
bath a delight" saiah Twill. IL DR.. Tai,
mage said: There is Al element OF gloon
striking throus 81 81 false religions Pagan
ism 10 . brood o. horrors. Ths god % Con
fucius fsowusd upon its victims with blind
fate. MohsmmslAni,m prom ses nothing
TO those exhausted with sin IN this world
but "A eternity Of the same uassional in
dul9ences. But Got intended ;ha; oul
religion should have the grand character
istie Of cheersulnesA -. Paui struck the
keynote when he said: ''kejoics ev .rmo,s,
and sgain l say. rejoice" This religion
has no spikes for the feet: il has no hooks
for the shoulder; IL has no long pilgrimage,
tOtake; il has no fuusrai.pyr~s upon which
to leap: IL has no Juzgs nauss hes"r. w hich
to fall. lite good cheer 10 symb,liked m :hs
Bible by the brightness OF waters. and che
rsdolence Of lilies. and the sweetness OF
music, and the hiIariti-, OF . banquet. A
choir Of seraphim chantei Ut is :n;roiuc-
tiOn, and pealinS trumpet and waving
palm. and fiapp!ng wing Of srchanSel ars
TO celebrate its triumphs. II began its
chief mission with the shout: GLORY 10
God in the highest" and il will closs is
earthly miss On with IN. ascription: HAL
lelujsh. for ths Lord God omnipotsn,
reiSnsth!"
But men have said that our religion Is
not cheerful. because we have such q dole
iul Sabbath. They say: "You can have
your religious assembIase.. and your !ong
faces, and your smiling cant. ani your
psalm book and your B!bi,s. Give Us the
Sunday excursion. aud ;hs horse race and
the convivial laughter. We have 80 much
JOY that We want 20 spread 1, a.! over the
seven days Of the week, ana YOU shall not
have one OF our DAYS Of worldly satisfac-
ton for religious do'efuinsss." want to
show thes. msn-f there are any such in
the house this morning that they are I'M
der Q great de!usion. aud tina, God intend
ed tho iifty-two Sundays Of the year TO be
hung up like bells in a tower. beating q
perpetual chime Of jov and glory md sal.
walton and Heaven for l want YOU 20
carry out the idea Of the text. and call
the Sabbath . delight"
remark. in :be first place. We are u
fini in this day the joy Of healthy rspose.
In this democratic country ws all have to
work-sOms with hand. some with brain.
some with foot. II there IL in al! this
house q hand that has not. during the pas,
year, been stretched forth 20 some kind Of
toll. let it be lifted. Not one. no, one.
You sci, tn. goods. You teach the school.
You doctor in tho sick room. You practice
q. the bar. You -dit . newspaper. You
tan tbs hides. You preach the Gospel.
You mend the shoes. You sit q, the shut
tie. You carry the hol OF brick up the
ladder on the wall. And the one occupa-
ton Is as honorable a. the other, provided
God calls YOU TO it. care no, what you
do. II o only do il well.
But when Saturday night comes YOU are
tadsd and worn. The hand can not 10
ski,fully manufacture: the eye can not see
so well: the brain IL not so clear; the
judgment is not so well balanced. \
prominent manufacturer told me that he
could see a differences between the goods
which went out Of his establishment on
Saturday from the goods that went OF; on
Monday. He said: They were very
different indeed. Those that wer. male
in tho former part of the week.
because Of the rest that had been
previously gwen. were better than
those that were made in the latter
part Of the week. when the men were tired
out" The Sabbath comes. and IL bathss
the soreness from the limbs, 1uists the
sgitated brain and puts gu the fires Of
anxiety that have been burning all the
week Our bodies are ssven-day clocks.
and unless % the seventh day they are
wound up they run down into ths grave.
There are thousands OF men who have
had their lives dashed out against the
golden gates of the Sabbath. 4 propi.
nent London merchant t-s,ifies that thirty
years ago he went 20 London. He says:
Il Rave during that time watched minute
ly and | have noticed that the non who
went to business on the Lord's day or
opened their counting houses have. with.
gu; q single exception. come to failure"
4 prominent Christian merchant in Bo~-
ton says: Il lind IL don't paw % work on
Sunday. When ! was . bow I noticed ont
On Long Wharf there were merchants
who loaded their vessels on the sabbath
LAY, keeping their men busy from morn.
Ing till night. and IL is my observation
tina. they themselves came 10 nothing
these merchants-ani their children came
TO nothing. IL doesn't pay" he Gays. 10
wor: on the Sabbath"
lsppeal 20 your observation. Where
are the men who twenty years ago were
Sabbath breakers, and who have bsen
Saba. IN breakers ever since, Without =
single exception. you tell me. they have
come either TO financial or to mural beg.
gary. ] defy you "a point out . sing.
exception, and you can take the whole
world fos your ss!i. II has either been .
financial or moral dstslcation in every
instance. Six hundred and forty physi-
clans in Loudon petition Parliament, say
ing: I'VE must have the = sbbsth obeyed
We can not have health in THE city and in
this Nation unless the Sabbath 10 Oh
served" Thoss in Dur own country have
given evidencs on the same side. The
whO takes down the shussers Of his
stors on the he bbath takes down the cur.s
Of Almighty Gpi That farmer who cuIt-
ures his ground on the Sstbssa day rai,es
. crop Of neuralgia. SD Of consumption
snd Of death. A farmer said: II ae:y
your Christian Sabbath I will raise .
sunday crop" 50 - vsas 70 work and
plowed 'hs Rroasd on Sunday. and har-
rowed it ON Sasday. and be planted corn
on sunday. aad - Tsavsi The corn on
Sunday. and b gathsrsd is into sss bsra
Sunday.
~rhe~"As saya Il Asvs proved to you
that all his idsa sbest . fatality secos.
paying sabbath wosk 10 . psefect ham
NJ orr h paRssSA end eli 10 ELL Bot
bseors 0soy weeks paced the Lord God
stsUek tAat ham viii Ais iiGhsninGs. and
svay wsss tAs osoAsy crop
% pUas b tAs Ooesl dspesssioa coming
spoa hos wAo Toll upon the SsbhsiA day !
thai 20 nay have nosic>1 tf zoe Asvs
aoe ! eall yoas ssssatioa 20 the fscsl that
il eases Whess tAs pablo interest ds0eads
Sabbath toll The mere, dspesssios 10 %
greet shas tAsss are bot very fsv whs con