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

tories. Oh, the JOY Of Christian as
/ remark also, We are TO have in
this day the Joy of etern al Sabbatism.
| do not believe it possible for apy
Christian to spend the Lords day here
without thinking of heaven. There Ia
something III the gathering Of people
in church on earth 10 make one thes..x
of the rapt assemblage of tie skies. :.
There IL something in the song Of the
Christian church TO maize one think
Of the song Of the elders before tho
throne, the harpists and trumpeters OF
God accompanying the harmony, The
light OF better Sabbath gilds the top
Of this, and earth and heaven come
within speaking distance Of each other,
the. song Of triumph waving backward
and forward, now tossed up by the
church OF earth. now sent back by the
church of heaven.
Day Of all the week the beet, +
Emblem Of eternal rest. 1
The Christian man stands radiant in
its light. His bereft heart reioices at
the thought Of a country where there
is neither coffin nor grave; his weary
sfsdf gla9s az the idea Of a land where
there are no burdens TO carry, and no
exhaustive journeys to take. He eats
the grapes Of Eshcol. He stands upon
the mountain top and looks off upon
the promised. land, He hesFs the eall
OF the g4crnal towers, and the tramp
Of the nuinbcrless multitude with sins
forgiven. This is the day which the
Lord hath made. Let us rejoice and
be glad in i. Oh, ye Yha have haan
hunting for Sunday pleasures in the
street, and on the river bank, and in, !,
tho houses OF sin, commend to yol,
this holy day and holy service! | do
not invite you TO swallow a great bit
terness or 10 carry heavy yoke; but
invite you TO feel In body, mind aud
soul the thrill Of Joy which God has
handed down in The chalices Of the
golden Sabbath.
THE JgE5sRRs AND JIBERs AT TUE SAB
RATH.
With what revulsion and with what
pity we must look out on that large
class OF persons in our day who would
throw discredit upon the Lords day
There are two things which Christian
Is tie Bbe the plhsf ii s. fifh i lie afs sabbaIRGe bb ILL.,
Take away one, ard you lake both
Take either, and farewell to Christi
anity in this country, farewell to our
civil and religious liberties When
they GO all ge. tfe who hes sYsf
spent Sunday in lsaris, or Anfweirp,
or Rome, if he be an Intelligent
Christian. will pray God that
III Az VII noEer e9ms when the IN,
put its foot upon our shores. had a
years of age. He said to mo in his
s9th year; Il went across the noun
talns'in tthe garry history pf this f9lnD-
try" Sabbath morning gang. Wa
were Beyond the reach Of civilization.
Ms eaMades Eerp .all gpiag pul IQF
90; |, IL Sunday Why, they laughed
They said: we haven't any Sunday
here. oh, yes, said. 'yon have /
brought it with me over the noun
TAaro are two or three ways in
which we eat. Mar against fSabka,i:
breaking usages in this day; and rsstl
, first thing il 10 get our children right
upon this subject, and teach theal that
the Sabbath day is the holiest Of oil
the days, and the best and the gladdeSt.
Unless you teach your child under
tho patcrnal roof to keep the Lords
day, there are nine hundred and ninety
GilAgceA Qul II q thousand it viii
never ltatij toKeeh tie SabBath' Vcp
may think TO shirk responsibility ih
the matter, and send your child to the
Sabbath school and the house OF God /;
! that will not relieve the matter.
want to tell you. in the name of
+, Christ, my maker and my Judge, thal
! your example will be more potential
/ than any instruction they get else
| wEeso;. hna i yQy aisiegard the
/ Lords day yourself, or IN 9n$ A'iSs
throw contempt upon ii, you arc
! blasting your children with ON inf.
mite curse 1t is rough truth, |
know, told in "a rough way; but it is
, Gods truth, nevertheless. Your child
may 60 Oh 20 7G or so years of age,
but that child will never get over tls
awful disadvantage of having had &
Sabbath breaking father or q Sabbath
breaking mo.iler It is the Joy pl
many OF US that We can iook ba6k "
an early home where God was hon
ored, and when the Sabbath came il
was day Of great consecratioH and
ioy. We remember the old faces
around The table that Sabbath morn
ing. Our hearts melt when we think
OF those blessed associations, end y(
may haze been off and COMMITTEES
many indiscretions and done MANY
wrong things, but the day will nexel
CONS when we forget tbs early haia;
in which Gods day was regarded, anG
father and mother told lis to keep holy
the Sabbath YEA. E
ROW THE EVIL is TO BE FOUGHT.
There il another way in which W.
can war against the Sabbath breaking
usages Of the country ot this time, anC
that is by making our houses Ct wor
ship attractive and the religious
services inspiriung. plead not for
} gorgeous Audience chamber; plea'
not for groincd rafters OF alnghifcen
frcsco; but do plead for comfortably:
churches, homelike churches-place
where the church going population DC
haYe Us they ought TO, Make th
church welcome 10 ali howeve
poorly clad they may be, or whatcve
4 =
think the church of God is not 6
| much made for you who could hav
! churches in your own house, but 70
the vast population of our great cities
! who are treading on toward death
, with no voice of mercy 10 arrest them
Ali when The prodigal comes into th
> church, do net stare at him as thong
, he had no right to come. Give hir
: the best seat you can find for hin,
; Sometimes q man wakes up from hi
e sin, and he says: "I'll go 20 the hons
e Of God" Perhaps he comes from on
: motive, perhaps from another. II
e finds the church dark and the Chr::
e tian people frigid land there are u
; people on earth who can be NOR
. frigid than Christian people Yhe
they tryl and the musip
z dull, and he never comes again. Sul
!, posc one ol these men enters ID
!; church. ~ &c CONES in he. hears