The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-14

beggary. defy you TO point out single
exception, and you can take the whole
world for your field. 1t has either been
a financial or moral delalcation in every
instance. Six hundred and forty physi-
clans in London petition Parliament, say
ing: 1--WE must have the Sabbath obeycd.
We can not have health in this city and
in this nation unless the Sabbath is OBJ
served Those in our own country have
given evidence on the same side. The
man who takes down the shutters OF his
store on the Sabbath takes down the cures
OF Almighty God. That farmer who cul-
lures his farm ON the Sabbath day raises a
crop On neuralgia, and OF consumption, and
OF death. a farmer said: 81 defy your
Christian Sabbath. | will raise u Sunday
crop" So ho went TO work and plowed
the ground on Sunday, and narrowed it
on Sunday, and he planted corn on sun
day, and he rcapcd the corn on Sunday,
and he gathered il into the barn ON sun
day. ''There," he says, 81 have proved
to you that all this idea about fatality
accompanying Sabbath work is n perfect
sham. My corn is garnered, and all is
WE'LL" But before many weeks passed
the Lord God struck that barn with his
lghtnings, and away went the Sunday
crop.
So great is the moral depression coming
upon those who toll upon the sabbath day,
that you may have noticed az you have
not, call your attchtion 10 the fuct) that
in cases whore the public interest demands
Sabbath tolls the moral depression is so
great that there are but very few who can
stand IT, For instance, the police service,
without which not one OF our houses
would be saic-therc arc very few who
can stand the pressure and temptation of
IL. In London, where there are 5000
policemen. the statistic IL given that in
one year 02l of that 1900 were dismissed,
523 were suspended, and 2,iS2 were fined.
Now, II the moral depression DO 80 great
in occupations that are positively necessary
Tor the peace AMI prosperity OF society, |
ask you what must be the moral dcprcs-
sion in those eases where there IL no neces.
sity for Sabbath work, and where a man
chooses worldly business on the Lords
day Just because he likes il, or wants to
add to his omolumentsp During the last
war II was found out that those public
works which paused ON the seventh day
turned out more war material than those
which worked all the seven days. Mr..
htElhllt " lAhh hNlAAhhAf kAN'N
this testimony: 81 find we have fewer
accidents in our establishment AMI fewer
Interruptions now We observe the Lords
we keep the Sabbath, | find we turn out
more iron and have larger profits than any
year when We worked all the seven days.
The fact il, Sabbath.nindo ropes will break,
aud Sabbnlh-madc shoes will leak. and
Nfl l.ugk Ia la, al all 81 uuI kalaluIh.
made muskols will miss fire. aud Sabbath
occupations will be blasted. A gentle
man said: 81 invented shuttle
on tho Lords day. was very
busy, 80 made tho model oi
that new shuttle ON the Lords day. So
very busy was / during the week that
had TO occupy many Sabbalhs II was
great success. enlarged my buildings; |
built now factories, aud made hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars; but have 10 tell
You that all the result Of that work ON the
Sabbath has been 10 me ruin. | enlarged
my buildings, / r1lde great many
thousands Of dollars, but ! have lost ali
aud charge Il 10 the fact Of that sunday
shuttle" will place In two companies
the men In this community who break
the sabbath aud the men who keep u, and
then | ask YOU Who arc the best friends of
society," Who arc the best friends Of
morils2 Who have the best prospects for
this world2 Who have the best Tor the
world that IN Ia Gomez
Sabbath morning comes In the house.
hold. suppose that the nero philosopher
would say that the Sabbath ligh; comes In
q wave current, just like any other lighti
but IL does not seem ~ Ia Inc. IL seem
"a ...salt.la
and threw brighter glow on the mantcl
ornaments, and cast a better chccriulnCss
on the faces Of tile children. and threw u
supernatural glory over the old family Bi-
BILE. Hail Sabbath light We rejoice in
Il. Rest comes ia through the window,
or IL leaps mp from tho fire, or Il
rolls out in the old arm chair. or Il
catches up the body into ecstasy. aud
swings open before the soul the twelve
gates, which are twelve pearls. The bar
| OF tho unopened warehouse, the hinges Ut
| the uniasenrd storn window, the quiet Of
the commercial warehouse seon H. SAY.
| "This II the DAY the Lord hath made. %
| Rest for the sealing woman, with weary
/ hands. aud aching side and sick heart.
Rest Tor the oycfinskod workman In the
mine, or out ON the wall, or IN the swcltcr.
ANk AHANNAN mug VI wv ltihNhH NaAf'N' ~
adZ, slip the band from the wheel, put
out the fire. Rest for the body, for ihg
mind, aud Tor the soul.
"wclrnmc. sweet iny ~ rot,
That saW the tori arise,
| Welcome o. iuls frtitluF brhst
Aud these rejoicing ewes"
Again I remark, We ought 10 have In III,
Sabbath tho JOY Of domestic reunion ant
conservation. There are some very good pa
rents who have thc faculty Of making th,
Sabbath n great gloom. Their children
run up against the wall Of parental lugu
briousncss on that day. II ia the worst day
10 them, really, In all the week. Thcran
parents who, because they wcro brought
10 Ia Christian families where there wcf,
wrong notions about tho Sabbath. hay,
gone out into dissipation and will DO lost
4 man said a. me 81 have perfect dis
gust Tor the Sabbath-day. mover saw nay
father smile on Sunday. II vas such {
dreadful day b. mc when ] WIS boy,
never got oyOT IL, and never vii" Thpl,
parents did not "call the Sabbath 10
light" they made IL a gloom. liut thor
are houses represented here this mornin.
where the children say through the week
81 wonder when sunday will c0mc'