Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-06-30
j. II. MILLER & SONS.


ness, for / should think it would take
three or four days to get over that mis-
cradle way of Sundaying. 1t seemed
more like an American Fourth of July
than Christian Sabbath.
The Pu1itanic sabbath.
Now, III contrast, | present one of the
Sabbaths i'll ono of our best American
cities. Holy silence coming down with
the day dawn Business men more de-
liberately looking into the faces of their
children and talking to them about
their present and future welfare Men
sit longer at the table in the morning,
because the stores are not to be opened,
and the mechanical tools are not to be
taken up A hymn is sung There are
congratulations and good cheer all
through the house The street silent
until 10 o'clock, when there is regu-
lar, orderly tramp ohurchward, Houses
Of God. vocal with thanksgiving for
mercios received, with prayer for COM
fort, with charities for the poor. Rest
for the body Rest for the soul The
nerves quoted. the temples cooled, the
mind cleared, the soul strengthened, and
our entire population turned out on
Monday morning 10 years younger, bet
ter prepared for the duties of the life,
better prepared for the life that is TO
come.
Which do yon like best--the Ameri-
c. L. ID, a,l.j Il
DO you know in what boat the Sabbath
came across the seas and landed Oh our
shores! 1t was i'll the Mayfower De
you know in what boat the Sabbath
will leave us. if it ever goes? 1t will
be in the ark that floats over deluge
of national destruction.
Still further, | protest against the in
vasion of the Lords day because it
wrongs q vast multitude Of employees
of their rest The play actors and ac-
tresses can have their rest between their
engagements. but how about the scene
shutters, tic ballet dancers, the callboys,
the innumerable attendants and super,
numeries of the American theater?
Where is their Sunday to como from?
They are paid small salaries at the best
Alas. for them They appear on the
stage in tinscl and taSsel with halberds,
or in gauze whirling III toe tortures, ard
they might be mistaken for fairies or
queens, but after 2 o'clock at night you
may sec them trudging through the
streets in faded dresses slivering and
tired, bundle under their arms, seek
ing their homes III the garrets and eel
lars Of the city Now, you propose to
take from thousands Of these employees
throughout this country not only al op.
pqrtunity Of moral culture, but all op
portunity of physical rest. For heaven S
sake, let the crushing jrggernaut stop
at least one day in seven
a Spiritual Necessity.
Again, l oppose this rodern invasion
of the Christian Sabbath because it IS
war on tho spiritual welfare of the peo-
pie, Yan have a body? Yes. You have
a mind? Yes You have soul? Yes
Which of the secular halls on the Sab
bath day will give that soul any culture?
Now admitting that q rian has spirit
nal aud immortal nature. which enc of
the places Of amusement will culture il!
Which one of theSabbath performances
will remind men Of this fact that unless
they are born again they cannot see the
kingdom # God?
VIII the music Of the Grand Ouch.
ess' help people at last to sing the sonq
IF the one hundred and forty and four
thousand Besides, If you gentlemen oi
the secular entertainment have SIX days
in the week iii HEB 10 exercise youi
alleged beneficial influence. ought you
not tn allow ChristiaL institutions ID
have "a hours? Is it unreasonable tc de
mand that it you have sis days for the
badly and intellect we should have one
day at least for our IMMORTAL soulf Or,
10 put 1t iG anothei shape, dc you really
think that oui impeIlshablt soul is
worth at least ole yenth as much as
oar pefishablc body2
All artist has three gems-a oorne-
Ian, an amethyst ansl u diamond He
has to cut then, and to set them. Which
one is he most particular about? Now,
tho comedian Is tho body. the amethyst
is the intellect, the diamond is the soul
Fot the two former you propose six days
1f opportunity. while you offer 10 op-
portumty at TALL foi the last, which is in
value as compared with the others like
500 300. 900. 800 to ! faIthing. Besides
yea. must h1l forget that nli.e- tcnths---
ayu nihcty uine pIiJ handredths-o all
4 I, Il fry
put tmtl Oh the LORD 5 day Sunday is
the day Oh when the asylums aud hos
pitfalls AID the prisons are visited by
Christian men That Is thu day when
he youth Of our country get their rell-
gious Information la Sunday schools
That Is ting day when the most of the
charities are collected That is the day
when under the blast OF 10, 0o6 Ameri
can pulpits. the SIN Of the land l. as
saultGa and meB are summoned to re.
pent Wien you make war upon any
part of God dag. you make war upon
The asylulns and the penitentialies, and
the hospitals ahd The reform associa-
lions, and the homes Of tic destitute.
and the church Of the living God which
Is I'll, pllial AID the ground Of the
Truth
Recognition Of Sacred Things.
an opposed to the invasion of Tie
Sabbath because il is war on our DO
litIcal institutions When the Sabbath
goes down, the republic goes down.
Men who are not willing to obey Gods
law inregard to Sabbath Observance are
pot fit to govern themselves Sabbath
breaking means dissoiuteness. and dis.
scluteBess is incompatible with self gov
ernment They wanted q republic in
France. After awhile they got repub-
lie. bur one day Napoleon III. with his
cavalry, rode through the streets and
down went the republic under the clat
tering hoefs They have republic there
again. but France Lever viii have a
permanent republic rntil she quits her
Sabbaths and Gevotes one daF
i. every week lie the recognition Of God
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