Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-15
KEEP OFF THE ROCKS!
Lest Your Frail Craft be Wreck
ed on the Uncertain VOy-
age of Life.

circular orbit around the sun forms
the'cycle.of the year; the revolution
of the moon around the earth COM
pletes the month. The majestic
roll of the earth upon her axis,
turning her back and front to the
warm face of the life-giving sun,
forms our day, while the week is
founded upon supernatural prin-
ciples, beyond all planetary move
ments.
When the Founder and Prop1e-
tor of the heavens and the earth
had created man in His image and
likeness, He placed him under
positive statuary laws. God SAID,
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."
This is the divine and monu-
mental origin of the week, the
dangerous rock upon which every
atheistic and infdel floating craft
has been stranded.
God named the days of the week
numerically. Oar heather Anglo
Saxon folefathers blindly gave us
the present names of the seven
days from the worship of their
idols as follows
They worshiped the sun uni
formly On the first day of each
week, hence the name unday.
The moon Was stupidity worshiped
on the second day, hence the name
Moonday, modernized Monday
Also the wind God called "Tues,"
on the third day, hence Tuesday.
The wooden god Wooden" Sc
cured their homage on the fourth
day, hence the name "Wooden's-
day." modernized Wednesday.
"Thors," a compound of mud,
metal and wood, was worshiped
on the fifth day, hence the nlme
Thor's-day. The voluptuous and
hideous god "Fri'" was worship
ed on the sixth dag, hence the
name Friday; while the seventh
day was sublimely given to the
worship of the beautiful planet
Saturn, hence the name Saturday.
God named the days of the week
numerically, hence the Bible knows
nothing OF those heather names.
The first day of the week is called
the Lords Day in honor of the IL
lustrious hero of our redemption,
who arose from the angel crowned
sepulcher and planted the flowers
of Immortality o'er the grave, and
this is our highest reason and au-
thority for keeping the first day OF
the week. The Jews were solemn
ly commanded to sacredly keep the
seventh day of the week-our Sat-
urday-in commemorative honor
of the creation and adjustment of
the heavens and the earth. Jesus
Christ, becoming the worlds Re-
deemer and Royal King, all for
mer legislation is set aside,
and new day and new laws are
inaugurated under whose benign
influence the civilized world now
gratefully moves. The balmy,
etesian winds, joyously waited up,
on their floating bosom the echo
ing chimes of the coming year;
| while the resplsndent chariot of
Aurora, drawn by a covalcade of
celestial adventurers, heroically
unload the new born year of 1891.
J What tongue or pen can outline
the joys and sorrows, smiles and
tears, prosperity and adversely in
store for each of US during its brief
encampment upon our crumbling
shores! The spirit and genius OF
our age know no bounds, while
science and discovery are explor-
ing the realms of the living and the
dead, and the world is rapidly
arousing from the leaden slumber
of the ages past. In the grand
march OF progress across the CEN
turies, it behooves every citizen OF
our great republic to gather up the
wild demons of our nature and cast
them overheard and boldly strike
for higher wages in the grand work
of reform! Character IS the most
valuable, substantial and durable
Jewel amid the priceless treasure
OF life's golden casket. With it
the beggar is rich; without it the
banker is a beggar, the wsrld a
cheat and lite failure. The shad.
owy dawn of the new year over.
hanging our bending forms, kindly
smiles in resplendent glory, arch
ing our horizon with a rainbow OF
celestial hope and promise, divine
ly pointing to higher and holier
liiei What glorious privileges aud
growthful opportunities gather
around US, as the new year greets
us from tne silver waves of time
Launching our frail barque upon
the surging surf, and dropping our
baited hook in the depths of IN.
known water, let Us hsroically