The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-01-17

tuhL taoy tne1ODolVoo came
to nothing these merchants - and
their children came TO nothing. 1t
iosen't pay" ne says, ito work on the
Sabbath.
HOW THE SABBATH BREAKERs END.
Iappeal to your observation. Where
are the men who twenty years ago
were Sabbath breakers, and who have
been Sabbath breakers ever inces
Without q single exception, you will
tell me, they have come either to
financial or to moral beggary. defy
you to point out single exception,
and you can take the whole world for
your field. II has either been flnan-
cial or moral defalcation In every in
stance. Six hundred aud forty ply
sicians in London petition parliament.
saying: I'VE must have the Sabbath
obeyed. We cannot have health In
this city and in this nation unless the
Sabbath is observed" Those in our
own country have given evidence on
the same side. The man who takes
down the shutters Of his store
au the Sabbath takes down the
curse OF Almighty God. That
farmer who cultures his ground
on the Sabbath day raises
crop of neuralgia, and ofconsumption,
and OF death. A farmer said: II defy
a Sunday crop" So he went to work
and plowed the ground on Sunday,
and narrowed it on Sunday, and he
planted corn on Sunday. and. he
reaped the corn on Sunday, and he
gathered it, into the barn on Sunday.
There, " he says, II have proved to
you that all this idea about fatality
accompanying sabbath work is per-
fect sham. My corn is garnersd, and
all is well" But before many weeks
passed the Lord God struck that barn
with his lightnings, ard away went
the Sunday crop.
SO great IL The moral depression
coming upon those who toll upon the
sabbath day, that you may have no
liced (if You have not / call your at
tention to the fact that in cases where
The public interest demands Sabbath
tQi! the moral depression is so great
1ual thsre are pas very few who can
stand il. For Instance, tho polies
service, without which not one Of our
houses W9uld be saio-there are very
few who can stand the pressure ard
temptation OF it. In London, wAne.
there are five thousand policemen, the
statistic is given that III one year nine
hundred and tWentY-ano Of thai
hv0 thousand we're dismissed, tes
hundred and twenty thrqo Wc1e
suspended and two thousa0d feIss
hundred and ninety-two were fined.
Now, i ihe moral depression be so
great ip occupations that are pei
lively necessary for the peace a,,9
prosperity Of society, | ask you WLai
mu2t be The H9ral depression in thc2a
cases where there is' nc peeessity fir
3H:chbaLh work, and whore rnou
chooses worldly business on the L0r. :
day Just because le likes it, or wants
to add TO his emolumeuls2 During
the iasi war it was found out that
those public works WHICH paused en-
the seventh day turned out more yer
material than those which worked IA
the seven days. sir, !3aglall, q pro..l
inent iron merchant, gives this tesli-
mony: II find we have fewer
accidents in our establishment
| Grd fewer interruptions, now
we observe tho Lords day; and
| at Tie close Of tie gear, Dow that we
keep the Sabbath, | lnd we turn og:
more iron and have larger profits 1h;.p
any year when 80 Workod all tlc
made ropes will break, and Sabbath
made shoes will leak, and Sabbath
made coats will rip, and Sabbath
made tnuSkets will miss fire, and Sab
BATH occupations will be blasted.
\ gentleman said: 4 inyented g
shuttle on the Lords day. | was veg
busy, SO made the model Of that ncW
shuttle or the Lords day. SO vcry
busy was | during the week that ! had
| TO OCCUPY many Sabbaths. 1t was q
great success. .eplargcd my buildings
built new factories aGa made hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars; Uut
ilaye to tell you that all the result ot
| that work on the Sabbath has been tt
me ruin. enlarged my buildings
made great many thousands of do
LAYS, but have lost all, and | char q
IL to the fact of that Sunday shuttle.
| will place in two companies the mel
in this community who break the Sab
bath and the men who keep it, all,
then ask you who are the best friend
OF society," Who are the best friend
OF moralsl Who have the best pros
poets for this worldl Who have Ia
best for the world that is to Gomez
Sabbath morning comes ~ sN
household. | suppose that the mer
philosopher would say that the Sal
bath light comes in a wave current
just LILO any other light; but it doe
not seem SO 10 me, 1t seems as If
touched the eyelids mora gently aE
threw brighter glow on the ,nasi., /,
ornaments, and cast "A better cheerf,i
ness on the faces of the children, al
threw supernatural glory over III
old family Bible, Hail! Sabbat
light! We rejoice in 1t. Rest come
III through tho window, or il leaps !.
from the fire, or il rolls out III the ol
arm cllair, or il catches up the bod
into ecstasy, and swings open befor
the soul the twelve gates which q
twelve pearls. The bar OF the IA
opened warehouse, the hinges of the II,
fastened Store window, the quiet Of IL
commercial warehouse seem to say
This is tho day the Lord hath made.
Rest for the sewing woman, wi.
weary hands and aching side and sic
i heart. Rest for the oveitasked worl
man in the mine, or out on the wal
or in the sweltering factory. Hang u
the plane, drop the adze, slip the 6a,,
from tho wheel, put out the FIRE. Re
for the body, for the mind and for u
soul.
Welcome sweet day OF rest,
That saw the Lord arise;
Welcome to this revving breast
And these rejoicing eyes
HOW PARENTAL LUGUBIIoUsNEss A
FECTs CHILDREN.
Again l remark. we ought to has
in tho Sabbath tho JOY of domestic r
union and eonscciation. There q
, some very good parents who have Il
faculty of making the Sabbath q gre
gloom. Their cAilIrsn run up again
the wall of parental righteousness
, that day. they are sorry when Su
: day comes. and glad when it &C
, away. They think of everything b