Milford chronicle., 1889-01-18

the peace and prosperity OF socielyi
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 be
cause he likes it or wants to add TO his emolu-
mentsi During the last war it was found
out that those public works which paused on
the seventh day turned out more war mate
rial than those which worked all the seven
DAYS Mr. BagnaI, prominent iron mer-
chant, gives this testimony; 81 find we have
fewer accidents in our establishment and
fewer Interruptions, now we observe the
Lords day; and at the close Of the year, now
that We keep tho Sabbath, I 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, and
Sabbath made shoes win leak, and Sabbath
made coats viii rip, and Sabbath made mus
kets viii miss fire, and Sabbath occupations
viii be blasted a gentleman said; u in
vented q shuttle on the Lords day. l 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
Sabbaths 1t was great success l enlarged
my buildings; built new factories, and made
hundreds of thousands Of dollars; but have
70 tell You that all the result OF that work on
the Sabbath has been to me ruin. enlarged
my buildings, made great many thousands
Of dollars, but 1 have lost all, and
charge It TO the fact of that Sunday
shuttle" I viii place in two companies
the men in this community who break the
Sabbath and the men who keep it, and then l
ask YOU who are the best friends Of societyi
Who are the best friends Of moralsi Who
have the best prospects for this worldl Who
fta world flnnf t. rOTrnf
Sabbath morning comes in the household. l
suppose that the mere philosopher would say
that the Sabbath light comes in wavo cur
rent, Just like any other light; but it does not
seem so to me. It seems as If tt touched the
eyelids more gently, and threw a brighter
glow on the mantel ornaments, and cast
a better cheerfulness on the faces Of the chill
tlren, and threw q supernatural glory over
the Old family Bible Hail Sabbath light
We rejoice in it. Rest comes in through the
window, or it leaps up from the fire, or it
rolls out in the old arm chair, or it catches
up the body into ecstasy, and swings open
before the soul the twelve gates which ere
twelve pearls. The bar Of tho unopened
warehouse, the hinges Of the nfastoned store
window, the quiet Of the commercial ware
house seem to 50: "This is the day the Lord
hath maden 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 nthe swelter-
ing factory. Hang up the plane, drop the
adzo. 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 revlving breast
And these rejoicing eyes
HOW PARENTAL LUGUBRIoUsNEss AFFECTS
CHILDREN.
Again I remark, VIC ought to have in the
Sabbath tho Joy of domestic reunion and
conservation. There are some very good
parents who have the faculty Of making the
Sabbath great gloom. Their children run
up against the wall of parental lugubrious-
ness on that day. They are sorry when Sun
day comes and glad when it goes away
They think of everything bad ON that day.
It 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 dissipa-
ton and viii be lost. a man said TO me; u
have a perfect disgust for the Sabbath day.
1 never saw my father smile on Sunday. It
was such dreadful day to me when / was O
/ boy. I never got over it, and / never viii. y
+ Those parents did not 'call the Sabbath a
delight;" they made it a gloom. But there
are houses. represented here this morning
where tho children say through the week
/ IT wonder when Sunday VIII comeW They
/ nre anxious TO have it come. l hear their
/ hosauna in tho house; I hear their hosanna in
/ tho school. God intended the Sabbath to be
/ especially day for the father. The mother
is home all the week Sabbath day comes
and Cod SAYS to tho father, who has bceu
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 I set apart fol
YOU" You know very well that there are
{ many parents who are mere suttlers OF thC
household; they provide tho food and raj
ment; onco in a while, perhaps, they hear the
| child read a line or two in the new primer, oi
/ if there be q case Of especial discipline, anc
tho mother cannot manage it, the child
brought up in tho court martial Of thI
fathers discipline and punished. That is al
there is of it. No scrutiny Of that child I'M
/ mortal interests, norealization Of the fact thai
the child viii soon go out in a world wheF'
there are gigantic and overwhelming tempta
tions that have swampad millions. Bu
! IN slt1le ADueEhbl.Ao ~ ~ AtDv AAAe+
way: the home, beautiful on ordinary days
is more beautiful now that the Sabbath ha
dawned. There is more Joy In the "GoOC
morning." there is more tenderness In th
morning prayer. The father looks at th'
child and the child looks at the father. Th
little one dares now to ask questions withou
any fear Of being answered; Don't bothe
mel must be of to the store" Now th
father looks at tho child, and no sees no
merely the blue eyes, the arched brow, tn
long lashcs the sweat lip. Ho secs II
that child q long line Of earthly des
TIMES; he sees in that child an immeasm
able eternity. As he touches that chill
he saws: Il wonder what viii be tn
destiny of this little oneF And while thi
Christian father is thinking and praying, tn
sweet promise flows through his soul: 30
such is the kingdom Of heaven" And he feel
a iov, not like that which sounds in th
dance, or is waited from the frcth of the win
cup, or that which is Ike the cracking O
thorns under a pot" but the joy Of domesti
reunion and conservation.
, Have / been picturing something that
merely fanciful, or is it possible for you an
for me to have such a home as that! believ
) It is possible.
SOME STATISTICS THROWING LIGHT or III
subject.
have a statistic that l would ike to Civ
you. a great many people, you know, sa
there is nothing in the Christian discipline q
, a household In New Hampshire there wer
two neighborhoods-the one of six families
the other Of five families. The six familie
disrega ded the Sabbath. In time, Eve o.
these families were broken up by the sepsra
tion of husbands and wives; the other by thl
father becoming a thief. Eight or nine O.
, the parents became drunkards one com
mitted suicide, and all came to peuury. D
, , some forty or fifty descendants, about twenty
! / are known to be drunknrds and gambler
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