Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-02-09

/! very busy was | during the week that l had
to occupy many Sdbbatns 1t was a great
success | enlarged my buildings: l built
new factories, ami ma te hundreds % thou
sands Of dollars, but ! have to tel Won that
AL the result of that work on the Sabbath
has been 70 me ruin. | enlarged my buIid-
! ings, ! made a great MAN. thousands of dol
lars but | have lost al. and cnarge II to
the fact Of that SUNDAY shuttle. Will
+ Place IN two companies the men IN this COM
munitv who break. the sabbath aud the men
y ~ keep { ami tLen | ask YOU VINO are tne
hest friends Of society. Who are the test
friends Of morals, Who have the best fros-
poets for this world, Who have the best for
he worl.i that s 70 come
Sabbath morning comes. in the household.
J suppose that the mere philosopher would
-ay that the Sabbath light comes IN a wave
current. just like any other light, but II does
not Seem 80 70 me. l. seems as If it touched
the evel Dis more gently. an threw a brighter
gIOw on the manIei rnaments and cast a
better cheerfulne>s on the faces Of the Chi
; dren and throw a sl5 Unnatural CORY over the
/ cd family Bible. Hall. Sabbath light, We
r. CO in it. Pest comes in through the win
d0wS. or It leaps up from the fire, or 1t rolls
ont N the cd arm char, or II catches up the
body into ccstacy, and swings open tefore
the sui she twelve gates which are Twelve
pearls The tar If the unopened warehouse,
the hinges Of the unfa-t-ne1 store window,
the quiet Of he coIGtnercIa! warehouse seem
TO say MS lsElnH 1iF tue IDTu LHin
mad-." Pest for the sewing woman. with
weary hands, and aching SIDE, and sick heart
Rest for the overta~ked workman IN the
mine. or out on the W al. or II the s"elter-
ing factory. Hang up the plane. dron the
adIe slip tho band from the wheel. put out
the tire. Rest for the body, for the mind,
an | for the soul.
Welcome, sweet dav Of rost:
That tsw the Lord ari-e
We come 10 this rev wing breast,
And these r"jocing eyes.
Again / remark. we ought to have in the
Sab attn the Joy Of domestic reunion and
conservation. There are sore very good pa
rents who have the faculty Of making the
Sabl .fh a great gloom. Their children run
up against the wall of parental lugubrlous
ness on that day. They are sorry when sun
day comes, and glad when 1t GOES away.
They think Of everything bad on that day.
1t IS the worst day To them. really. IN ali the
week. There are persons who. because they
were brought uE in Christian families where
there were wrong notions about the Sab
hath. have gone ont INTO dis>ipa-
ton and will be lost. 4 man Suld to me: Il
have a perfect disgust for the sabbath day.
never >aw my father smile on Sunday 1t
was such "A dreadful day to me- when | was a
boy. never got over 4. and never will"
lhnS. parents did not call the Sabbath a
delight they made II a gloon. But there
are houses represented here this morning
where the children say through the week II
wonder when sunday VIII come They are
anxious to have 1t come. hear their no.
sauna in the house | hear their hosanna in
the school. God intended the sabbath to he
especially a day for the father. The mother
$ home all the week. Sabbath dav comes,
and tod SAYS to the father. who has been
busy from Monday morninr to SATURDAY
night at the store, or away from home: This
IS vour dav. See what YOU can do in this
little flock in preparing them for heaven.
This day | set apart for YOU" You know
very we'll that there are many parents who
are mere suffers Of the household: they
provide the food and raimest: ones in a
while. perhaps. they hear the child read a
line or Two IN he new prlin. +; or if there be
a case of especial discipline, and the mother
can not manage II, the child is brought up
III the court martial of the fathers discipline
and punished That is Ill there is of it. No
scrutiny Of that child's immortal interests,
no realization of the fact that the child will
soon go out IN a world where there are gigan-
tie and overwhelming temptations that have
swamrel millions. But in some households
it is not that way: the home. beautiful on
ordinary DAYS, is more Beautiful now that
the Sabbath hns dawned. There is more
'oy IN tn" good morning" There Is
Tsa tenderness in the morning PRAYER.
ant the child looks az the
father. The little che dares now TO ask
questions without any fear of being an
sNered: Don't bother mel must he off to
the store" Now the father looks at the child.
and he sees not merely tile blue ewes. the
archel brow. the long lashes, the sweet In
lie sees in that child a long line of earthlv
iestlnieS; he sees in that child an immea>ur.
ably eternity. As he touches that child he
saws: Il wonder what viii be the destiny of
THIS. little one" And while this christian
fatheg i thinking and PRAYING, the sweet
promise flows through his soul: "Of such is
the kingdom of heaven And be feels a iov.
not like that which sounds IN the dance, or Is
waited from the froth of the wine cup, or
thai which Is like the '.crackllng Of thornS
under a pot. bu; the Joy of domestic reunion
and conservation.
Have ! y en- picturirg some.h ne that is
merely fanctful, or is it possible for YOU and
and for me to have such a home as that
bel eve il Is possible.
have a statistic that would like to give
YOU. "A great manF peope. Won know. say
there Is nothing IN the Christian disc pine OF
a household In New ~IIatnpsh re there were
two neighlorhoois the one nt six families
the other OF five families. The SIX fa.nlIie-
disregarded the Sabbath In time. five Of
thes ta'nIItS we're broken up by the sapara
ton Of hush tml> ana wives. tue ot1er by the
tatner booming a thisf. l. Cht or nineo1
the parents became druukari,. one com
mlttei 81 elie, and all came to penury
~ some forty or fifty desc nianiS
about twenty ara Known to he drunkarf.
ana gamfi-rS and dis>olut,. -Four or liz.
nave been III state prison. one fell in q
AHNf ''ibc ~ III the attll- mousse. tnIE one
tecame a christian. and he after first having
teen optrageouSly diSsIpatei. The other fet
famtlleS that regarded the Sabbath were al
| pro>pered. Eight r ten Of the children ar.
: consistent members Of the churrh. Som4 o
| them terame OIL rcrS IN the church. one IS :
, munster OF the tfo>Iul. on i n missionary IL
1 nina No poverty among any If them
he homestead Is now in the hands of tn,
thiri generation. 1ho-e who have died hav.
died IN the l+ace Of the Gospel Oh, is Their,
nothing IN a hcu~eha 4 that r. members Col
!, holy day Can i te possibly that those win,
disregard this holy commandment can Il.
prosI errl for this life, or have any goo
hope 81 the llfe that = one
AGAIN. we ou- ht u rave n tho Sahbat'
the 10Y If thr>tian assem- ltCe. here ar
a those feop'e eoing on the Sathath No
>te Them mo. .ng UP and down The street
/. II a ts>tal day. perP.e might ask Iia
/ there ben some puilic edict ronuanj n
; III" people - ONE fo-tht No they are wo-
t sh2ppers 81 not who ar goirg to fh-ir lIac,
OF religious ~ervc" II WHAT delicate "a
: shall | we III 1.-THE ~: ot thrl>tian ccn<o' q
ron Il gives brightness 10 tie eve, ard
flush n tie cheek. md q pressure 70 II
. hand and = tNri.t 10 tn heart Nou~ee Il.
aEsd man tottcr.nEa eng oull>StaF tarour
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