Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-02-16
W. G. 7. o. COLUMN.


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~aHps-isa 50 Hsuek SECESSION G.
xh!cn We have hsd In c0unec
ton with the opening OF TIT
gates Ct the ColEnbE@E Exposi
tiOu on the FIRST day Sfthe Ereb
it = Interesting 10 notice GOV
Nehemiah ruled o. tbs s1tJe
lsfter Jerusalem kSd besH Te6a
Jilrafed lie eas = strict eou
structIOEIst- aHd what v0uid %
eaIiedin these days a stEsif latsst
SahJatarian- Re al good rsa
Soa zs be thought AID whel
he saw men tteadiug EI@e press
e. sHd Iadiag asses WEsh sbsavrl
and bringing Ii frat aaa hsr- ht
ga dc "a solemn protest a-tIusi
Ithis ) slsbath d-seera.iOu- anC
s0l-muIy assured the mobiles
Judah. WHO. Ike cur " erid
alr directors, we're disposed o.
Tolerate tAs SOFT OF tAiuz, Eh
Eust because Of sueh EIgFaai
disregard Of GSd Almighty :
laws. all that ruis had eGEIr out
Of which now jerusalem had on
" just arisen
IL night have been pleaded
that the fish and fruits wouldn't
keep, aud that tke poCr folks
that veaded them woaid lose
the value Of them IL they did
not sell them on the Sabbath
and that other poor FOLKS would
20 hungry If they could not buy
them on that day No matssr
for that SeaenkIh decrsed that
HaetEser the fruits and fish
would keep or not, Gods l3E
must De kept aud 50 1T cane to
pass that when the gates OF Je
rusalem began to De dark before
the SAB bath, be commanded that
the gates should be shut, aud
charged that they sh0Gid not b
opened til after the sabbath
And when sGaas OF the Eer
chaAts and seII~rs OF wares I0d
ed sUspIsi0asiy near the city,
gates over the Sabbath, Sehemi
al testified against them &ld
said unto them. Why lodge VI
about the Walt II ye DO 90
again I vii lay banda on yen
and as the result Of this heroic
policy ~ the chief magistrate OF
the city i Is recorded that these
woald be Sabbath breakers
came no msrs ca the Sabbath :
We have Sabbath laws upon the
statute backs OF llm0as all tbs
States Of cur Union o for of
ieI.aIs with the grit and grace ol
SehsIflh GsssrmIaeGiy to en-
f9Eee thems
Ifn be sail thai : cannot b.
GSas, especially II our large cit
les. We reply that IE Wa done II
the largest ct eur American cit
.es. Ia the time Of Mayor Hewitt
IL IL be aa.eeted that be xas Nc
re elected we reply again tha
il q not necessary for a may Of
ID be re elected. bat IE Is neees
sarv for the laws 10 be- enf8rees
c the repqYIic 10 to i've Wha
is vaat-d "a arase of p-blie mel
that had rather De right than Il
be Ia elected
We know Il IS urged BE- sGns
Enc0asiderate takers. We vii
net call them thinkers, that IN,
sabbath was aJewISh institution
ala therefore D. yetves 10 obi
CATION upon ~ SRfee il to s5l
that the law Ct the Sabbath i
the very first Law that God eve
SrdaiRed IN this verdi lie gave
u to Adam and Eve. and Chris
himself declared that it wa
made fer aanf-EGt for Ieset
and the people that he hr0ugh
cut Of Egypt, but for nan IS MAI
lin all LnGs. aad for 81 tTle
Its foundation - not the falls
grGuad on which many OF isl
misguided friends would rest /
even mSu's need Of day efres
and recreation IL Is Ineredibl,
that God would hedge it abou
with such solemn and treuen
d0us sanction IL this were all
It IL the one NEST eGnspIeueg
recognition OF allegiance TO God
whether by the individual or thu
nation Ii 10 the salute that we
h 3 subjects. give weekly to Gu
Almighty Sovereign And
faiIare 10 render il shakes thi
very foundation of our religions
life, and usy vel hing dow
upsn our heSds the rghecu
Judgment Of heaven.
The question Of the open o
the closed gates gates Of tn
Columbian Exposition - one o
mightier moment thaa evel
Christian people have ever una,
ined The men who have pa
Bug money into the eair are de
termined to get big money on
of ii, aud the directors are m0v
ing heaven and earth, or rather
earth and hell, to have the gate
open on Sunday, and to max
this tie great day OF the feast
and the richest in its 6naneia
returns The Plea that the,
make is in behalf Of the poor
and the msn that make it mos
elsmOrousiy. are the represen
tatives of she great newspaper
and the great railroads, VII