The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-04-16
Gl.n,.et.ts by the a1oaB.

Written expressly for the GLOBE REPUBLICAN
IT IS well that God requires faith, re
pentance and obedience unto salvation
instead of something else. Forif learn
ing, or wisdom, or logic, or money, o
jewels. or any other Of thousand thing
were required, we would of necessity fail
so few could pay price; but salvation
is without price. So let us believe God
believe his word; repent of our sins
obey the commandments; and accept thu
salvation from sin offered in the gospel
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JESUS met the weary ones and invited
them to rest; He met the penitent and
gave them pardon; He met the blind ani
lame and gave them sight and strength
he met the hayward ones and led then
back to purity and duty; he came to thu
fallen and raised them up; he met thu
prodigals and restored them, and h
came to the mOurners and cOmfOrteG
them. Is not Jesus worthy of your and
my love?
THE SABBATH-BREAKER may rest as
sured of one thing, ''that his sin will be
sure to dnd him OUT Work on the
Sabbath day is violation of four laws
first. the divine law; second, the civil
law; third. the physical law of our being
fourth, the spiritual law of our nature.
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The DIVINE LAW says: Remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six
days shalt thou labor and do all thy work
But the seventh day is the Sabbath OF
the Lord, thy God; in it thou shalt not
do any work; thou. nor thy son. nor thy
daughter, thy manservant nor thy maid
servant, nor thy cattle nor the stranger
within thy gates" He who violates this
law does it at the peril of the displeasure
of High Heaven.
The SECOND law is common to all our
civil statute books. and has been enacted
in accordance with the divine law and In
accordance with the physical law of our
being. Wilfully to violate this civil stat
ute is to put ones self on record as a
law-breaker, instead of a law-abiding,
loyal citizen of the commonwealth and
republic. 1t makes no difference wheth-
er this law is broken by an humble peas
ant or other laborer, by merchant or
news-vender, by great corporation or
an immense mercantile firm the violation
of law is the violation of law. A few of
our store keepers think they must work
on the Sabbath because ''timts are SO
hard" Work on that day is one of the
hest ways to keep times hard. By con-
slant work on the railroad many of our
citizens are compelled to work on Sab
bath, or lose their places. This is Sc
verely unjust. As rule no corporation,
company or firm can reasonably expect
to keep its stock at par for any great
length of time. who persistently break
the laws of both God and man.
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The THIRD LAW is that of our phys
ical being. We are SO constituted phys
ically that we must have one day in seven
to rest and recuperate our tired bodies.
We require about one third of each
hours for rest and sleep.
The heart rests One-third of its time
whether we wake or sleep. But in addi-
ton to this fact, it is also fact that we
require whole day for rest after six
days of wOrk-be that work physical or
mental. 1t is a demonstrated fact that
men who work in mines, shops, factories
foundries, etc., in short any regular labor
seven days in the week. are actually cut
ting short their lives. Other things be-
ing equal. men who work seven days in
the week regularly will not live so long
by five to twenty years as they would
otherwise do. During the French Rev.
olutiOn those ''Over-turners'' of every
thing natural or sacred, said, one day in
ten will be sufficient for rest; but their
said it was not sufficient.
They must have one day in seven in
which the people can rest. Sabbath
observance is, therefore, binding upon
us, not alone because the Bible COM
mands it, but because our nat ures de-
mand it. Yea, the Bible requires it be-
cause We need it.
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The FOURTH LAW lies in our spiritual
nature. Man is a compound being. COM
posed of three natures, physical, mental,
spiritual. We all believe it is right to
develop the first two of these natures.
Is it any the less SO to develop the spirit
nal nature? Some try to develop only
the physical, if we may Judge from that
in which they glory-in their fists or
their heels-while others glory in intel
lectual achievements alone. But there
Is another side to mans nature; it is the !
moral, the affectionate, the spiritual nat
nre. This must be cultivated. Not to
DO so is suicidal. One day in seven is
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