The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-14

| great that there are but very few who can
| stand it, For instance, the police service,
| without which not one of cur houses would
be safe, there are very few who can stand
the pressure aud temptation of it. 1t Lon
| don, where there are five thousand police
men, the statistic is given that in one year
| nine hundred and twenty-one OF that five
thousand were dismissed, five hundred and
twenty y-three were suspended, and two
thousand four hu dred and ninety-two
were fued. Now, ii the m )ral de JresslOn
be so great in occupations that are posi-
| lively necessary for the peace aud prosper
| lty OF society, ask you what mus be the
moral depression in those cases where
| there is no necessity for Sabbath work,
and where a ma chooses worldly y
business on the Lords day just because he
| likes it, or wants to add TO his emoument !
| During the l6st war it was found out that
! those public works which paused on the
| seventh day turned out more war mater al
! than those Which worked all the seven days.
| Mr.. Bagnel, a prominent iron merchant,
| gives this testimony: 81 find we have fewer
accidents in our es adjustment and fewer
| Interruptions, now we observe the Lords
| day; and at the close OF the year, now that
| we Keep the Sabbath, | find we turn out
more iron and have larger profits than any
| year when we worked oil the seven days.
| The fact is, Sabbath-made ropes will break
and Saa bath-made shoes will leak, and
| Sabbath-made coats will rip, and Sabbath
made muskets will miss fire, and Sabbath
| occupations will be blasted gentleman
said: 81 invent d shuttle on the Lords
day. | was very busy, SO made the model
of that new shuttle on the Lords day. So
very busy was | during the week that had
to occupy many Sabhaths. It was great
success. l enlarged my buildings; | built
new factories, and made huadreds of thou
sands Of dollars; but have to tell you that
all TIE results Of that work on the Sabbath
has been to me ruin. | enlarged my build
lngs, | made great many thousands OF
liars, but have lost all, aud l charge it
to the fact Of that Su day shuttle | will
place in two companies the men in this
community who break the Sabbath and the
men VIII keep it, and then ask YOU who
are the best friends of societyl Who are
the best friends of morals! Who have the
best prospects for this world9 Who have
the best for the world that is to comet
Sabbath morning comes in the household.
| suppose that tho mere philosopher would
| say that the Sabbath Light co es in a wave
current, just like any other light; but it
does not seem SC to mo. 10 seems as if il
touched the eyelids more gently, and threw
brighter glow on the mantel ornaments,
and cast a better cheerfulness on the faces
of the children, and threw a supernatural
bath lgnt We rejoice in it. Res comes
in through the window, or it leaps up
| from the fire, or it rolls out in the cd arm
chair, or 1t catches up the body into ecstasy,
and swings open before the soul twelve
gates which are twelve pc -sls The tar of
the unopened warehouse, the hinges of the
unfastened store window. the quiet of the
commercial warehouse seems to say: This
is the day the Lord hath nlade.n Rest for
the sewing woman, with weary hands, and
aching side. and sick heart. Rest for the
overtasked workman in the mine, or out on
the wall, or in the sweltering factory.
Hang up the plane, drop the adze, slip the
band from the wheel, put out 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 revivng breast,
And these rejoicing eyes"
Again | remark, we ought to have in the
Sabbath the joy of domestic reunion and
conservation There re some very good
parents who have the faculty of making
the Sabbath a great gloom. Their chill
dren run up against the wall of parental
righteousness on that day. They are
sorry when Sunday comes, and glad when
it goes away. They think of everything
bad on that day. 1t is the worst day to
them, really, in all the week There are
persons who, because they were brought up
in christian families where there were
wrong notions about the Sabbath, have
gone out into dissipation and will be lost.
A man said to me- 81 have a perfect dis
gust for the Sabbath day. l never saw
my father smile on Sund Y. 1t
was such a dreadful day TO me when
l was a boy, | never got over it, and
never will" Those parents did not 'call
the Sab ath delight;o they made it
gloom. But there are houses represented
here this morning where the children say
through the week: 81 wonder when Sunday
will comep They are anxious to have il
come. l hear their hOssnna In the house,
| hear their h1sanr in the school. God in
tended the Sabbath to be especially day
for the father. The mother is home all the
week. Sabbath day comes and God SAYS
to the ia her, who has been busy from Mon
day morning to Saturday night at the store,
or away from home: This IS your day. See
what you can do in this little flock in pre-
pairing them for heaven. This dav ! set
apart for you.n You know very well that
there arc many parents who arc mere
suffers Of the household: they
provide the food and raiment; once in
while, perhaps, they hear the child read
line or two in the new primer; or ii there
he n case of es &c al discipline, and the
mother cannot manage it, tho child is
| brought up in the court-martial Of the
all there is Of 1t. No scrutiny Of that chld's
immortal interests, no realization Of tho fact
that q o child will soon 90 out in world
where there are gigantic and overwhelming
temptations that have swamped millions.
But in some households it is not that way:
the home, beautiful on ordinary days, is
more beautiful now that the Sabbath has
dawued. There is more joy in the
good morning. there is more ten
derness in the morning prayer The fathers
looks at the child and the child looks at the
father. The little one dares now 20 ask
questions, without any fear Of being an
swered: Don't bother mel must be Off
10 the store" Now he father looks at the
child, and be sees not merely the blue eyes
the arched brow, the long lashes, the sweet
lip. He sees in that child a long line of
earthlyHie TIMES; he sees in that child An
immeasurable eternity. As he touches
that child, he SAYS: al wonder what will be
the destiny Of this little onep Aud while
this christian father Is thinking and pray
ing, the sweet promise flows through his
soul: "Of such is the kingdom Of heaven 4"
And he feels a joy, not like that which
sounds in the dance, or Is waited from the
froth Of the wine cup, or that which is like
the cracking Of thorns under a pot" but
the Joy Of domestic reunion and consecra-
tion.
Have been picturing something that is
merely fanciful. or is II possible + you and
for me 10 have such q nome az thati / be-
lieve 1t is possible.
hava statistic that would Iika IN rive