The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06

I call YOUR attention to the facC that N
cases where the public interest demands
Sabbath toll the moral depression Is 80
great that there are but very few who can
stand it. For instance, the police service,
without which not one OF our houses wooio
be safe-there are very few who can stauo
the pressure and temptation Of it. In Lon
don, where there are 5000 policemen, the
statistics Is given that in one year S2l OF
that 5000 were dismissed, 52S were sus-
pended and 2,492 were fined. Now, II the
moral depression be so great IN occupaaons
that are absolutely necessary for the peace
and prosperity Of society, ask yoI Whas
must be the moral depression in those cases
where there is no necessity for Saooatn
work and where man chooses Worioly
business on the Lords day just because ne
likes it, or wants to add to his enolumentss
During the last war it was found out that
those public works which paused on the
seventh day turned out more war material
than those which worked sll the seven
DAYS. Mr.. Bagnall, prominent iron
merchant, gives this testimony: :" hnd
we have fewer accidents in our establish
meut and fewer Interruptions, now we OBJ
serve the Lords day; and at the close OF the
year, now that we keep the Sabbath, hno
we turn out more iron and have larger
profits than any year when we worked all
the seven days" The fact is, Sabbath-uade
ropes will break, and Sabbath-made shoes
viii leak, and Sabbath-made coats will rip,
and Sabbath-made nuskets will miss hre,
and Sabbath occupations will be blasted. A
gentleman said: u invented g shuttle on
the Lords day. Twas very busy, 50 made
the model Of that new shu tile on the Lords
day. So yery busy was ! during the week
that had to occupy many Sabbaths. 1t was
q great success. enlarged my buildings, I
built new factories, and made hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars; but have to tell you
that all the result Of that work On the Sab
bath has been to me rain. | enlarged my
buildings, I made great many thousands
Of dollars, but have lost al and l charge
it to the fact Of that Sunday shuttle" Will
place in two companies the men IN this CON-
munity who break the Sabb ath and the men
who keep it, and then ask yo1 who are tho
best friends of societyf Who ere the best
friends Of moralsa Who have the bess pros
poets for this worldi Who have the best for
the world that is to comes
Sabbath morning comes in the household.
suppose that the mere philosopher would
say that the Sabbath light comes in wave
current, just like any other light; but 1t does
not seem so to me. 1t seems as II 1t touched
the eyeids more gently, and threw
brighter glow on the msntd ornaments, and
cast better cheerfulness on the faces OF
the children, and threw . supernatural glory
over the old family Bible. Haill Sabhsts
lightl We rejoice in It Rest comes IN
through the window, or it leaps up from the
FIRE, or it rolls out Of the old arm chair, or
it catches up the body into ecstasy, and
swings open before the soul the twelve
gates which are twelve pearls. The bar OF
the unopened warehouse, the hinges OF the
unfastened store window, the quiet OF the
commercial warehouse seem to say: This
70 tho Gov tho ord 10th rce1en Rest for
the sewing woman, with weary nands ana
aching side and sick heart. Rest for the
overtasked workman in the mine, or on the
wall, or in the sweltering factory. HaHg
up the plane, drop the sdx, slip the band
from the wheel, put ont the fire. Rest for
the body, for the mind, and for the soul.
~Welcome, sweet day Of rest,
That saw the Lord arise;
Welcome to this reviving breast
And these rejoicing eyes"
Again, remark, We ought to have IN the
Sabbath the Joy Of domestic reunion and
conservation. There are some very good
parents who have the faculty Of making the
Sabbath great gloom. Their children run
up against the wall OF parental lugIbrious-
ness on that day. They are sorry when
Sunday comes, and glad when 1t goes away.
They think Of everything bad on that day.
It is the worst day to them, really, in all the
week. There are persons, who, because
they were brought up in Chrstian families
where there were wrong notions about the
Sabbath, have gone out into dissipation and
will be lost A man said to me: II have
perfect disgust for the Sabbath day. never
saw my father smile on Sunday. It was
such dreadful day to me when WAS boy
never got over it, and never will" Those
parents did not 'can the Sabbath de-
light" they made it gloom But there
are houses represented b ere this morn
ing where the children say through the
week: II wonder when Su nday viii coneH'
They are anxious to have it come. I bear
their hosanna in the house; hear their
hosenna in the school. God intended the
Sabbath to be especially day for the father.
The mother is home all the weels Sabbath
day comes, and God says to the fa+her, who
A-ANS
urday night at the store, or away from home:
This is your day. See what you can do in
this little focs in preparing then for Heaven
This day I set apart for YOU" You know
very well that there are many parents who
are mere suffers Of the household; they pro-
vide the food and raineas; once IN q while,
perhaps, they hear the child read line or
two in the new primer; or If there be case
o:,I u orS ho M
manage it, the child is broug ht up in the
court-nartial Of the fathers discipline and
punished. That is all there is Of it. No
scrutiny Of that child's immorts! interests,
no realization Of the feet that the child will
soon go out in the world where there are
gigantic and overwhelming temptations that
have swamped millions. But in some house
holds it is not that way; the home, beautlfu
on ordinary days, is more beautiful now
that the Sabbath has dswned There Is
more JOY in the good morning." there il
more tenderness in the morning prayer.
The father looks at the child, and the child
looks st the father. The little one dares
now to ask questions without any fear Of
being answered: "Don't bother mel must
be of to the store" Now the father looks
at the child, and be sees not merely the
blue eyes, the archod brow, the long lashes,
the sweet lip. He sees in that child long
line Of earthly destinies; he sees in that
child an ipmeasurable. eternity. As be
touches that child he says: 81 wonder
what will be the destiny of this little ones"
And while this Christian father is thinking
and praying the sweet promise flows through
his soul: ''Of such is the kingdom Of
Heaven" And he feels 8 Joy, not like that
which sounds in the dance, or is waited