The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-09-29
Official Paper Of the City of Sedalia
OUR SUNDAY SERMON.

AIter all that has been said about
the pleasures and comforts of Chris
tisn Sabbath day, there are still many
who would rather it would not com >.
1t some WY inter:eres with bust.
ness; breaks the thread of CONNER.
cial Intercourse; compels them to
stop short in an excited rush for
wealth. The blood cools too rapidly,
leaving a sort of languor, almost akin
to lethargy. 1t appears to them like
time wasted, when they have to do
nothing but sit in their houses and
wait impatienlly for the morning that
will loosen the hated letters that binds
them away from their pet avccations.
But they are men who have lost ali
sense of pleasure and relief that ought
to be sweet to their souls. They have
but one object. one purpose in life
and that is buried in their business.
Indeed they only care for but one
rect, and are seldom if ever prepared
for that.
There are others who wait impa-
tiently for the coming Of the BEAUTIFUL
day, with the same longing tina; they
watch for the bright sun 10 break
through the black clouds after having
been hidden for many days. Bust
ness is willingly put aside and not
thought of DUNG the sacred interim. |
All the riches of the day is sought
after as the bee would seek the sweets
in a flower.
In another direction We fad now |
and then, poor m ,r.al who never
knows Sabb .th, excep. by the COM
mon report. Their lives are blank.
The sun of their existence went be-
hind dark cloud sooa after it arose.
and all that will signal the sunset will
be little red that will light up the
western sky after the sun has gone s
down, but a moment only, like a 9
memory OF one neglected too long.
They have no one to help them break
through the gloom that envelopes @
khem like a cloudy midnight. q
The ftslyer lining to the cloud" has
no meaning to them; i! is mockery-
l myth. The Sunday with them is
only one of the days of the week, =
Ind, if anything is more hateful, BE-. G
cause that being the day set apart for "
The communion Of the soal with the ie
great Al-Father. they .are deprived a .,
IF the benefits through their iguor. u
ance, misfortune an l the neglect of ~ J.
those who should study how to com. u
fort such creatures. They 60 down to o.
the "valley of the shadow of death CO
unattended, uuloved and people wrap "a
heir cloaks of unchr.stian sel6shness Il
lbou! them and mut.er, "let the dead ID
Jury the dead" It may be that such vi
} the fate of som, of US, foreordained, eli
md it such be the case we til
aust make the best of it. But is
here not brighter side has not the ii,
'ne au thority opeaed DOOR of h ope to
q the commemoration Of this day, ia,
the first day of the week" we COM A,
lsmorate al event which robs the tin
rave of its victory. Va the first day ma
the week, Christ burst the bars of mi
sath, and came forth from the grave. lie
/ observing this day, the christian INC
anifests bis faith in a risen Savior of
Il their hope of a resurrection. He tbs
Is gone to heaven to prepare man. do,
'ns for us, and should we not spend
e interval in preparing to meet ~
i'm, when be comes to call us home. W
Q has left US work to do; may
ch one be found at his POST and "s
ady to render an account to his ~
ew ardship. ''0'