Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-20
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aRam. we ought 10 have IN the Sab
IN the Joy Of Christian assemblage.
Where are all those people going On
- Sabbath You see them moving
- and down the street. Is it a festal
esyt people might ask. Has there
assn some public edict commanding
a. people 10 come FORTH No, they
- only worshipers Of God who are
ming 10 their places Of religious SER
-Spe. In what delicate scale shall l
Wuigh the Joy Of Christian convoca-
1isni II gives brightness 10 the eye,
I'D a flush TO the cheek, and a press
80 TO the hand, and a thrill to the
hart. You see the aged man totter-
SnR along on his staff through the
aisae. You see the little child led by
fhe hand Of it's mother. You look
sSround and rejoice that this is Gods
day, and this the communion Of saints.
-t0ne Lord, oneXfaith, one baptism"
Some familiar tune sets all the soul
a-quiver and a-quake with rapture:
We plunge into some old hymn, and
al u cares and anxieties are bathed
Oh. The glorious Gospel transports us,
the Spirit descends, Jesus appears, and
we feel the bounding, spreading, cleo
tric JOY OF Christian c~onvocation.
Hook upon the church Of God as
one vast hosanna- Joy dripping from
the baptismal font joy glowing in the
sacramental cup, Joy warbling in the
anthem, JOY beating against the gate
a Heaven with hallelujah like the
voice of mighty thunderings. Beau
tiful for situationl The JOY Of the
whole earth is Mount Zion. IL is the
day and the place where Christ re
views his troops, bringing them outin
companies and regiments and hattal-
ions, riding along the line. examining
the battle torn flags Of past combat,
and cheering them on to future VIC
tories. Oh, the joy Of Christian as
semblagel
! remark also, we are to have in
this day the Joy Of etern al Sabbatism.
do not believe it possible for any
Christian TO spend the Lords day here
without thinking Of heaven. There is
something in the gathering of people
On church ON earth tc make one think
q the rapt a~ssemblage Of the skies.
There is something in the song Of the
Christian church b. make one think
ef the song of the elders before the
throne, the barpists and trumpeters Of
God accompanying the harmony. The
light Of a better Sabbath gilds the top
of this, and earth and heaven come
within speaking distance of each other,
the song Of triumph waving backward
end forward, now tossed up by the
church of earth. nov sent back by the
church OF heaven.
Day Of all the week the best
Emblem Of ctenal rest
The Christian man stands radiant in
II light His bereft heart r~ejoices at
he thought Of a country where there
6neither a coffin nor grave; his weary
body CLOVIS at the idea of a land where
Mere are no burdens TO carry, and no
exhaustive journeys 10 take. He eats
he grapes OF Eshcol. He stands upon
the mountain top and looks-of upon
tAe promised land. He hears the call
: ~ the eternal towers, and the tramp
Il the numberless multitude with sins
forgiven. This is the day which the
Lord hath made. Let us rejoice and
Be glad in it, Oh, We who have been
hunting for Sunday pleasures i'm the
street, and on the river bank, and in
the houses Of sin, / commend TO you
this holy day and holy service! / do
not invite you 10 swallow a great Bit
terness or TO carry a heavy yoke; but
. Iinyite you TO feel in body, mind and
soul the thrill Of joy which God has
handed down in the chalices Of the
golden Sabbath.
THE JEERERs AND JIBERs AT THE SAB
BATH.
With what revulsion and with what
pity we must look out on that large
Glass Of persons in our day who would
throw discredit upon the Lords day.
mere are two things which Christian
Psople ought never TO give up; the one
b the Bible, the other is the Sabbath.
lake away one, and you take both.
Take either, and farewell to Christi
snity in this country, farewell 10 our
: civil and religious liberties. When
they go, all 60. He who has ever
spent Sunday in Paris, or Antwerp,
or Rome, If he DO All intelligent
Christian, will pray God that
the day will never come when the
Sabbath Of continental Europe shall
put Its foot upon our shores. ] had a
friend in Syracuse who lived TO be 100
years of age. He said TO me in his
Both year. Il went across the noun
tains in the early history of this coun-
Try. Sabbath morning came. We
were beyond the reach Of civilization.
Ny comrades were all going out for
an excursion. l said: No, / won't
70; it is Sunday Why, they laughed.
They said; We haven't any Sunday
her.' oh, yes, | said, you have. l
brought it with me over the noun
tAins.'
There are two or three ways in
which we can war against Sabbath
breaking usages in this day; and the
Emit thing is TO get our children right
upon this subject, and teach them that
The Sabbath day is the hottest Of all
Che days, and the best and the gladdest.
Unless you teach your child under
the paternal roof 10 keep the Lords
day, there are nine hundred and ninety
ohances out Of q thousand IL win
nsver learn 10 keep the Sabbath. You
-ay fbtnL A. sh,-L .og,.,a,k.I.ty Il.