The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-18
JERUSALEM IN EHEMiAH'S
TIME.

Chicago About 2424 Years Later.
"a Scripture Paraphrase, by A, and D. S, Baker,)
Reading Nehemiah xiii, 1922,
lately reminds us of something now
going on in our own country, and
so came the following :-shOwing
that if wine billing, and Sabbath
breaking, prevail at the coming
ChlcagoIFair we will appear to great
disadvantage in those respects, it
will tell to cur discredit everywhere
and yet worse results will surely
follow:
THE SCRIPTURE ITSELF
Is. In those days / saw in Judah
some treading wine-presses on the
Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves,
and lading asses, as also wine,
grapes, and figs, and all manner of
burdens which they brought into
jerusalem on the Sabbath day, and
I testified against them in the day
wherein they sold victuals.
16. There dwelt N en- of Tyre also
therein, which brought fish, and all
manner of ware, and sold on the
Sabbath unto the children of Judah,
and Jerusalem.
II. Then L contended with the
mobiles of Judah, land said unto them,
What evil thing is this that y do,
and profane the Sabbath day?
IS. Did not youl fathers this, and
did not our God bring all this evil
upon US, and upon this city? Yet
we bring more wrath upon Israel by
profaning the Sabbath!
10. And it came to pass, that
when the gates of Jerusalem began
to be dark before the Sabbath,
commanded that the gates should
be shut, and charged that they
should not be opened till after the
Sabbath; and some of my servants
set | at the gates, that there should
no burdens be brought in on the
Sabbath day.
20. So the merchants and sellers
of all kind of ware lodged in Jeru-
salem once or twice.
q. Then testified against them
and said unto them, Why lodge We
about the wall? if we do so again !
will lay hands on you. From that
time forth came they no more on
the Sabbath.
90. And | commanded the lie
vites, that they should cleanse them.
selves, and that they should come
and keep the gates, to sanctify the
Sabbath. Remember me, O my
God, concerning this also, and spare
me according to the greatness Of
thy mercy.
THE PARAPHRAsE-
10. In these days we see in
America breweries and distilleries
in full action on the Sabbath, and
railways, also, conveying burdens
in endless varieties, on the Sabbath
into, and within, this great Babylon,
the United States of America, and
see christians terrifying against it
Is. There also dwell in Chicago
and other great cities of America
men Of Europe, men of ocean, river
and lake, who bring in fish, flesh
and fowl, with all manner of ware,
intoxicants and narcotics included
to be sold on the Sabbath, to Amer
lean citizens in Chicago, and in
very many other places.
II. The christian people of the
land seeing all this demonstrate
with Legislators of the severa
states and of the nation, and espec
tally with the Chicago Exposition
managers, saying to them, Wha
evil thing is this that We do, or per
unit to be done, and profane tn,
Sabbath day?
Is. Did not others like you thu
=. but short time ago, and did no
,, God send terrible punishment, b.
fire, flood, earthquake, and war
!, Yet We bring more wrath upol
! America by profaning the Sabbath
10. And it came to pass that, a
and Age draws towards its close
}, millions of christian people con
mand that the doors of the Chicag
Exposition be shut dHring each Sal
bath, and place servants to waite
the matter. meaning that the RI
form shall extend throughout tn
land, and become permanent.
- 20. Seeing which the liquor dea
!, ers, and all manner Of Sabbat
breakers, bcsiege Legislators an