The Progress., 1893-11-18

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attempt TO rob him of the perfect rest OF
the Sabbath is a crime against human
! ity. Why the great mass of working
men hate not spoken with louder en-
| phasis upon this question is explained
in part by that awful silence which
the heartless grind of toll 50 often
brings.
BRUTES BETTER TREATED THAN MEN.
We are kinder To dogs and horses
than we are to one another. We give
the horse the rest needed to prOlong his
life and give us the best possible serv-
ice. We pile work ON men until there
is no heart power left to drive the tired
muscle. The world is run by heart
power. not horsepower. whether in mau
or beast. We forget this.
Mr.. Montague Williams has given us
a description lately of that pathetic 81
lencc that hangs over this Ovcrwrought
world of muscle. He describes "a cheer
less room in London where man and
his wife were working for dear life
at their respective occupations, while
the youngest of the SIX children dozed
away the minutes i'll a corner and the
older ones were silently helping ia
thcr." The woman was making button
holes in heap of waistcoats, and the
husband bent over II bench. stitching
uppers To boots.
No one spoke, no one looked up even
for glance from the window, and aft
or standing some time in silence the
visitor ventured to address some cheer
full commonplace to the man. The
latter however. neither spoke nor
moved an eyelash. The remark was
repeated, hut still there was no an
swer Mr.. Williams, believing the
man to he deaf and dumb, turned an
inquiring look on the wife.
What s the natter no asked.
"Oh. said she. hes got no time to
talk. Every minute is precious To him.
All that lot of uppers has got to be fin
ished by 10 tonight, and took back.
and then he'll bring me and the little
uns IA bite of food. If he wastes even
five minutes to jaw, maybe he'll be too
? late to deliver the work, and we ii have
2 nothing to eat afore tomorrow, unless
? | take half o my work back.
She spoke euncomplainingly as if such
, a state of things were quite to bo eX-
= pected When her own sewing was
e hurrIedly finished she drew a quick
] breath of relief. wrapped the waist
coats in ragged bit of paper, slipped
an old shawl over her head and FASTENED
a out, still in silence, to carry home her
c work.
g Did the wretched family ever have
time to speak? 1t almost seemed as
f if dead silence were there the rule OF
e life.
Y And in face of worldwide facts like
d these there are men who write about
a the workingman's desire to see the
Y wheels of this big world move round
= seven days in seven, and pose as hi:
G champion in every effort made to breal
+ his Sabbath $ rest
= Second-We do not hesitate to ac
e knowlodge-and hasten to add tha
Is we are glad of it-that in this con
, fict ecclesiastical tradition has failet
10 make out case We have not go
IS q Sabbath because we have the Tel
l. Commandments. This commandment
e is merely the first crude translation OF
d stone of the great law that had existed
II from the eternities. Our Sunday doe
II not rest ON the commandment letter o
fe the Jewish ritual. If so. we celebrat
n the wrong day and utterly fail to fulfil
,s the letter of the law. The Sabbath o
1. the Mosaic ritual is our Saturday. N
= man who knows anything about tn
/ subject has ever disputed it. We d
!. not keep the Sabbath day because W
rt are commanded in SO many words I
le keep specific day.
le WHY WE KEEP THE SABBATH.
to We keep the Sabbath day because
n is our privilege God given am
v Christ given one-Of resting one da
fe in seven. The Sabbath was made fO
ne man." said Jesus. 1t was Gods gil
d of love to his tired children. The Sal
re- batarian zealot who would restore til
re Journalism of a pharisee's Sabbath
m the enemy of Jesus Christ. for he is tn
I'd follower of them who slew him.
C. Nor is the man who would restol
fe the gloom and the absurdity of til
early Puritanic Sabbath in this day an
less the enemy of true Christianity
he The life of our stern ancestors, while
ne had elements of heroic strength, ha
ge about its religion narrowness, a bit
of otry and a meaness that it were better
k. forget than seek to perpetuate. Lister
is I'm a book in which Jonathan Truin bu
ed recorded the minor cases he tried s
of Justice of the peace is this entry: "H
he Majesties Tithing man entered con
b. plant against iona. and Susan Smitl
be that on the Lord lay, during divir
he service, they did smile" " They wei
H. found guilty, and each was fined shi
ho lings and costs. But it was the "sna
of boy' whose behavior in the meetin
k house provoked the Puritan elders
A groan in chorus, "Foolishness is bour
w in the heart of a child.
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