The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-01-16

Sabbath toll the moral depression Is SO
great that there are but very few who eau
stand 1t. For instance, the police service,
without which not one of our houses would
be safe-therc are very few who can stand
the pressure aud temptation Of II. In Lon.
don, where there are 5000 policemen the
statistics IS given that In one year 931 OF
that 600 were dismissed, 523 were sus-
pended aud 2,4a3 were fined. Now, II the
moral depression be so great in occupations
that are absolutely necessary for the peace
and prosperity Of society, ask you what
must be the moral depression In those cases
where there Is no necessity for Sabbath
work, and where man chooses worldly
business on the Lords day just because he
likes 1t, or wants to add 10 his emolumentsi
During the last war it was found out that
those public works which paused on the
seventh day turned out more war material
than those which worked Ill the seven
days. Mr. Bagnall, prominent iron
merchant, gives this testimony: II lind
we have fewer accidents In our establish
ment and fewer Interruptions, now we OBJ
serve the Lords day; and ut the close of the
year, now that we ksep the 5 lbblth, | find
we turn out more iron and have larger
profits than any year when we worked all
the seven days. The fact Is, Sabbath-made
ropes win break. aud Sabbath-made shoes
viii leak, and Sabbath.made coats win rip,
and Sabbatll-made muskets will miss fire,
and Sabbath occupations will be blasted A
gentleman said: Il invented o shuttle on
the Lords day. was very busy, so made
the model OF that new shuttle on the Lords
duu N httax Il ~. tbo
that had to occupy many SIbbaihs. It was
a great success. ! enlarged my buildings, |
built new factories, and madeN hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars; but have to tell you
that all the result Of that WORK on the Sab
bath has been + me ruin. enlarged my
buildings, made q great many thousands
Of dollars. but have lost all and charge
1t TO the fact Of that Sunday shuttle" will
place In two companies the men in this COM
mnnity who break the Sabb ath and the men
who keep 1t, and then ask you who are the
bo't friends OF societyi Who are the bes.
friends Of moralsl Who have the best pros
poets for this worldi Who have the best for
the world that Is TO comet
Sabbath morning comes In the household.
suppose that the mere philosopher would
bof buab buC DduDhJu llEut COHtN III u WdNC
current, just like any other light; but II does
not seem so TO me. II seems as II 1t touched
the eyellds more gently, and threw q
brighter glow on the mantel ornaments, and
cast better cheerfulness on the faces OF
the children, and threw supernatural glory
over the old family Bible. Haill Sabbath
light We rejoice In II. Rest comes ~
through the window, or II leaps up from the
fire, or II rolls out of the old arm chair, or
II catches up the body into ecstasy, and
swings opon before the soul the twelve
gates which are twelve pearls. The bar Of
the unopened warehouse, the hinges OF ths
unfastened store window, the quiet OF the
commercial warehouse seem TO say: This
Is the day the Lord hath made.n Rest for
the sewing woman, with weary hands and
aching side and sick heart. Rest for tho
overtasked workman In the mine, or on the
wall, or in the sweltering factory. Hang
up the plane, drop the adz. slip the band
from tho wheel, put out the fire. Rest for
the bodv, for the mind, and for the soul.
Welcome, sweet day OF rest,
That saw the Lord arise;
Welcome 70 this reviying 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 facility OF making the
Sabbath great gloom. Their children run
up against the wall OF parental lugubrious.
ness on that day. They are sorry when
Sunday comes, and glad when II goes away
They think OF everything bad on that day.
IL Is the worst day TO them reSlly, 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 10 me: ~ have a
perfect disgust for the Sabbath day. never
saw my father smile on Sunday. II was
such a dreadful day 10 me when was boy
never got over II, and never will" Those
parents did not "call tho Sabbath de-
light" they made II gloom. But there
are houses represented b ere this morn.
ing where the children say through the
week: II wonder when Su nday win comep'
They are anxious TO have II come. hear
their hosanna In the house; hear their
hosanna In the school. God intended the
Sabbath TO bo especially day for the father
The mother Is home all tho week Sabbath.
day comes, and God says TO the father, who
has been busy from Monday morning TO Sat.
urday night at the store, or away from home I;
"This Is your day. See what yeu can do In
this little flock In preparing thom for Heaven.
This day / set apart for you." You know
very well that there arc many parents who
are mere suffers OF the household; they pro.
vide the food and raiment once In while,
two In the new primer; or II thero be case
OF special discipline, and the mother can moi
manage II, the child is brought up In the
courtmartlal Of the fathers discipline aud
punished. That is all there Is OF II. No
scrutiny OF that chld's immortal interests
no realization OF the fact that the child viii
soon 20 out In the world where there are
gigantic apd Overwhelming temptations thai
have swamped millions. But In some house
holds IL isnot that way; the home, beautiful
on ordinary days, Is more beautiful now
that the Sabbath has dawnei. There Il
more Joy In the 'good morning" there Is
more tenderness In the morning prayer
The father looks nt the child and the child
looks at the father. The little one darcs
now 70 ask questions without any fear Of
being answered: "Don't bother mel must
be OF 10 tho store" Now the father looxs
at the child, and he sees not merely the
blue eyes, the arched brow. the long lashes
the sweet lip. He sees in that child long
line OF earthly destinies; he sees In that
child an immeasurable eternity. As he
touches that child he says; ~ wonder
what will be the destiny OF this little onelr
Aud while this Chrlstian father Is thinking
and praying the sweV promi % flows through
his soul: "0f such Is the Kingdom ol
Heaven" Aud he feels Joy not like thai
which sounds In the dance, or Is waited