Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-12
SUNDAY PAPERS.
Suggestions from Very Successful Busr.
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. The DisrATcH, while not always sound in
us premises, 10 ret generally true TO its
promises when assumed; out regret yerv
much TO find that the DIsr.rcg wb;ch 7
have always LOOKED 40 70 as safe and re-.
,iaeie casuist,. fs not--provided that the
law, Remember The Sabbath dav Ia keen
y holy is Of divine authority and ~
binding force---tr,m n its premises in the
matter OF Sunday newspapers.
IL is generally admitted that tbose who
enact laws and institute ceremonies know
What these laws aud ceremonies impIy az
least as we'll as, II not better than, those
VINO come after them, and therefore. in
ORDER TO Learn what the law OF the Sabbaih
means, we shouid turn to tho Mosaic Jews
ana their successefs 10 see how they re-
garded 1t. That they regarded IL as al no.
cuiiar sanctity AMI specially binding ia
proved by their resting and not travelling
on the Sabbath day, by the failure OF
quails and mama, so that they could have
no excuse Tor providing even subsistence ON
the sabbath day, and by their stoning 10
death man who gathered sticks on the
sabbath day, or. ~ the decalogue has #.
thou shalt do no rannner of ,cvrkv on the
sabbath day. And that the Jews to their
iatest uay as q nation scarcely, il at all, re.
Taxed Their ideas on this subject is proved
by their upbraidipg the Saviour for ri bbing
together on the Sabbath day ears of grow
inc grain 10 supply pressing hunger. and by
the further fact that the besiegers Of Jeru-
salem made their attacks specially on the
sabbath day because they knew that the
Jews regarded the day too sacred even TO
defend themselves on that day.
JEWISH OBSERVANCE.
Now, IL the Jews did not know the mean
ing OF Remember the Sabbath day 10
Keep II holy" we cannot claim 10 know it.
and II they, 70 their great Inconvenience,
dld not gloss its meaning so as TO permit
even the gathering of sticks on the Sab
path day, surely we cannot gloss its mean
ing so "a TO permit for our convenience the
issue OF Sunday papers, which are abso-
lutely impossible without violating in a
great many ways the command, Keep holy
the Sabbath day. True IL is as you say that
If 1t Is right 10 read Sunday papers on Sun
day II is right TO publish them on Sunday,
and that 1t is right to do thousands of ques-
tlonable things we do on Sunday, for the
doing OF which any Jew would have been
stoned to death; but this is case where
CONCLUSIONS agree with premises, but
where premises are false. But If the pre-
misses Remember the Sabbath day 70 keep
1T holy are sound, then ii is wrong, and it
subjects the doer to Divine displeasure to
do these thousands of things we do with
out conjunction. IL is wrong to read Sun
day papers on the Sabbath day and IL Is
wrong to issue papers on the Sabbath-day,
or even on Monday morning, because il is
to publish Monday morning
papers without Sabbath-day work.
THE VOICE OF SCRIPTURE.
We have no dispensation to put CLOSES on
q THUS saith the Lord.n and Scripture
not only tells us that in order TO be with
out sin we must obey the whole law, or
that he that keepeth the law In all points
and yet ofendeth in one point is guilty Of
all, but it points 10 q sad and impressive
example of n.good young man who had
kept the law blameless from his youth up
being sent away sorrowing and discredIted
because he had failed IN one point-namely,
in his duty TO the poor. or in his love Of
No, dear DIsPATCB, you cannot publish q
Sunday or even Monday morning paper
without rendering yourself obnoxious to
the Divine injunction, Keep holy the Sab
bath day, and ell your reasonings that If it
is right TO do n number of questionable
things we constantly do on Sunday that
therefore Sunday papers are right, is but
arguing from false premises.
What, then, shall newspapers do, You
show you how you may publish six days in
the week and yet not work stroke on the
Sabbath day.
HOW he HoNoRs THE SABBATH.
Now, believing as / do in the sanctity and
binding force of the command. Keep holy
the Sabbath day, / not only condemn Sun
day papers, but neither read them on Sun
day nor on any other day. and to be on the
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Sunday. And TO be consistent, which all
should be, not only Sunday papers but
those who condemn them. because the
Bible SAYS plainly, "He that offends in one
point offends in ALL" | observe the Sab
bath day strictly in all other points.
Thus have no cooking OF any kind, not
even having hot tea and coffee on that day,
and no housekeeping except what absolute
decency requires. do not build fires on
but see the last thing Saturday
night that the fire will last till Sunday
when put on fresh coal stand
ing right by. / have the table set the
night Before and everything placed on it
ready for breakfast, and when the meal IA
over the things are removed, but not
washed up. The table is then set again all
ready for dinner, from which when over
the things are again removed, but not
washed, and for supper no table is set. BY
this means the cook ls called upon for no
labor, the housemaid for very little. the
iceman and the milkman are dispensed
with, and we, including the servants,
whose spiritual welfare we too often over
look, thus have the day perfectly free for
family prayers, for meditation, for study
Of Gods word, for going to Sunday school
and church, and for good workshop IN
dulging in worldly conversation and es.
chewing gossip, scandal, and criticisms OF
ladies' dresses, &C., &C., but growing as we
hope, in grace, and fitting ourselves for
the great change that awaits as all.
THE INCONVENIENCE.
OF course there is some inconvenience
and much self-denial in spending the Sab
hath-day in this consistent manner, so
5ifrerent from those around us, and we
somatimes find ourselves behind the times
from not reading Sunday papers, but we
find more than ample compensation in re-
aecting that we are spending the holy day
Ia the wav those did who. at the Divine
instituted the sacred day.
IN will not answer, dear DISPATCH, to
olead necessity--the DEVILS and the tyranPs
less convenience for Sunday
papers, for, though we may excuse our
selyes here. we may be sure that the Great
Judge at the great day will not excuse US
here when we plead that we ulu VI tuae VIC
lid not because of convenience or incon-
Venience.
A PpAN PROPOSED.
And now as to how to avoid Sunday
papers and yet publish six days in the
week without working on Sunday. From
Iuesday 70 Saturday publish the papers
"a usual in the morning. But on SATURDAY,
publish late afternoon edition. This VIII
brinp down the news 20 so latenn hour as 70
,bylate all necessity for Sunday paper,
which will release from toll all printers;
oressmen, and devils and all carriers and
newsboys. And then on Monday about IL
1,olook. or earlier if Sunday work can be
syoided. publish Mondays paper; By
his simple means keep holy the sabbath
Law can be observed by the press without
mich IL anv injury TO their exchequerrs.
and the public can be preserved from the
iemoralizing effects of having the world
md worldly things thrust upon the hours
hat should be devoted to the worship ana
service of God. -
There ia an irrepressible conflict be.
.ween Sunday and Sunday. newspapers, II
snnday does not kill Sunday papers then
sunday papers will kill Sunday, but do
not Won, dear DISPATCH, 80 worthy OF COM
nandation on account OF your uniform
oromotion OF everything that is lively and