The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-01-25


the Lords day. l was very busy, 80
made the model of the new shuttle on tn
Lords day. So very busy was l durin
the week that had to occupy many Sab
baths. 1t was a great success. Ienlarge
my buildings; l built new factories, an
made hundreds of thousands of dollars
but have to tell you that all the result O
that work on the Sabbath has been to m
run. enlarged my buildings, made
great many thousands of dollars, but
have lost all, and 1 charge it to the fact O
that Sunday shuttle" will place in tw
companies the men in this community VIII
break the Sabbath and the men who keel
it, and then l ask you who are the hes
friends of society? Who are the bes
friends of morals! Who have the hes
prospects for this world! Who have tn
best for the world that is to come?
The bar of the unopened warehouse, tn,
hinges of the unfastened store window
the quiet Of the commercial warehous,
seem to say: This is the day the Lore
hath made" Rest for the sewing woman
with weary hands and aching side and
sick heart. Rest for the overtasked work
man in the mius or out on the wall or in
the sweltering factory. Hang up the
plane, drop the adzs. slip the band from
the wheel, put out 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 revvIng 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 a great gloom. Their children
run up against the wall Of parental lugu-
briousuess on that day. They are sorry
when Sunday comes, and glad when it goes
away. They think of every thing 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 wrong no.
tions about the Sabbath, have gone out into
dissipation and will be lost. A man said
to me: ~ have a perfect disgust for the
Sabbath day. l never saw my father
smile on Sunday. 1t was such dreadful
day to me when was a boy, never got
over it and never will" Those parents did
not 'call the Sabbath a delight" they
made it a gloom. But there are houses
represented here this morning where the
children say through the week: Iwonder
when Sunday will comew They are anx-
ious to have it come. l hear their hosanna
in the house; l hear their hosanna in the
school.
God intended the Sabbath to be espec-
tally day for the father. The mother is
home all the week. Sabbath day comes
and f,nd IN foil -h, hae ~,
busy from Monday 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 preparing them for
Heaven. This day l set apart for YOU"
You know very well that there
are many parents who are mere
suffers of the households; they
provide the food and raiment; once in a
while, perhaps, they hear the child read a
inc or two in the new primer, or, if there
De case of especial discipline and the
mother can not manage it, the child is
brought up in the court martial of the
ather's discipline and punished. That is
III there is of it. No scrutiny of that child's
interests, no realization of the
act that the child will soon go out in the
world where there are gigantic and over
temptations that have swamped
Millions. But in some households il
S not that way; the home, beau
iful on ordinary days, is more
'eautiful now that the Sabbath has
Iawned. There is more joy in the "good
morning." there is more tenderness in the
morning prayer. The father looks at the
hild and the child looks ut the father
he little one dares now to ask questions
without any fear Of being answered:
Don't bother mel must be off to the
tore" Now the father looks at the child,
nd he sees not merely the blue eyes. the
rched brow, the long lashes. the sweet lip.
lie sees in that child long line of earthly
estinies; he sees in that child an immeas-
rable eternity. As he touches that child
e says: Il wonder what will be the |
estiny of this little one" And while this |
father is thinking and praying,
he sweet PROMISE flows through his soul: |
OF such is the kingdom Of Heaven" And |
e feels joy, not like that which sounds |
4 the dance, or is waited from the froth |
f the wine cup, or that which is like the |
rackling of thorns under pot. but the |
ov of domestic reunion and conservation. |
Have l been picturing something that is |
lerely fanciful, or is it possible for you
nd for me TO have such home as that. / |
elieve it is possible.
i have a statistic that l would like to
i've you. A great many people, you know.
ny there is nothing in the Christian
iscipline of a household. In New Hamp-
hire there were two neighborhoods-the
ne of six families; the other of five fami-
es. The six families disregarded the Sab
ath. In time five Of these families were
roken up by the separation of husbands
nd wives; the other by the father becoming
thief. Eight or nine of the parents became
one committed suicide, and
! came to Penury. or some forty or
'ty descendants, about twenty are
lown to be drunkards and gamblers
Id dissolute. Four or five have been
State prison. One fell in q duel.
me are in the almshoase. Only one be-
me Christian, and he after first having
zen outrageously dissipated. The other
re families that regarded the Sabbath
ere ali prospered. Eight or ten of the
ildren are consistent members of the
urch. Some of them became officers in
e church; one is a minister of the Cos
Il; one is missionary to China. No
'verty among any of them. The home
cad is now in the hands of the third gen.
alton. Those who have died have died
the peace Of the gospel o, is there
thing in the household that remembers
DDS holy day: Can it be possible that ,
ose who disregard this holy command
snt can be prospered for this life, or {
We any good hope Of the life that is to
me? 8
Again, we ought TO have in the Sabbath /,
e joy of Christian assemblage. Where s
3 all those people going on the Sabbath: I
'u see them moving up and down the
'eet. Is it a festal day? people might |
k. Has there been sozae public edict /.
the people to come forth: =
!, they are only worshipers of God who q
e going to their places of religious SER s