The Globe-republican., 1894-06-29
THE SABBATH.
Dr.. Talmage on the Necessity of It's
Observance.
lt II Gods Day and Should BE Held Sacred
The Partisan Compared with the
American Sunday-Man's Spir.
itual Welfare at Stake.

The subject lately chosen by Rev.
T. Dewitt Talmage as the theme OF
his sermon through the press was one
Of worldwide interest. viz. the neces-
sity of guarding the Christian Sabbath
against invasions that aim at its de-
structiOn. The text selected was tx.
XXI ID: Verify. My Sabbath We shall
keep" Following is the sermon:
The wisdom of cessation from hard
labor one day out of seven is almost
universally acknowledged. The world
has found out that it can do less work
in seven days than in six. and that fifty
two DAYS of the year devoted to rest
are an addition rather than subtrac-
ton. Experiments have been made in
all departments. The great Lord Cas-
tlereagh thought he could work his
brain 3e5 days in the year. but after
awhile broke down and committed sui
eide: and Wilberforce said of him:
Poor Castlereagh. This is the result
of the non-Observance of the Sabbath
A celebrated merchant declared: Il
should have been a maniac long ago
brain. the muscle. the bones. the intel
lectual and moral nature cry out for
the Sabbath of rest. What is true of
man is. for the most part. true of the
brute. Travellers have found out that
they come to their places of destination
sooner when they let their horse rest
by the way on the sabbath What is
the matter with those fOrlOrn creatures
harnessed to some of the city cars?
Why do they stumble and stagger and
fall? 1t is for the lack of the Sabbatic
rest.
In other days. when the herdsmen
drove their sheep and cattle from the
far west down to the seabOard. it was
found out by experience that those
herdsmen and drivers who halted over
the seventh day got down sooner to
the seabOard than those who passed on
without the observance of the holy
Sabbath. The fishermen off the coast
of Newfoundland declare that those
men during the year catch the most
fish who stop during the Lord day.
When | asked the Rocky mountain
locomotive engineer why he changed
locomotives when it seemed to be
straight route. he said: I'VE have to
let the locomotive stop and cool of. or
the machinery would soon break down"
Men who made large quantities of
salt We're told that if they allowed
their kettles to cool over Sunday
they would submit themselves to
great deal of damage. The expert
ment was made. some observing the
Sabbath and some not observing the
Sabbath. Those who allowed the fires
to go down and the kettles to cool once
a week were compelled to spend only a
few pennies in the way of repairs.
while in the cases where no Sabbath
was observed many dollars were de-
manded for repairs.
In other words. intelligent man.
dumb beast and dead machinery cry
out for the Lords day. But while the
attempt to kill the Sabbath by the |
stroke of AK and fail and yardstick |
has beautifully failed. it is proposed in |
our day to drown the sabbath by flood |
ing it with secular amusemcnts They !
would bury it very decently under the |
the music of all brazen instruments
There are to-day. in the different |
cities. 10000 hands and 10. 600 pens busy |
in attempting to cut out the heart of
our Christian sabbath. and leave it a
bleeding skeleton of what it once was.
The effort is organized and tremen-
douS. and unless the friends of Christ |
and the lovers of good order shall rouse |
up right speedily. their sermons and |
protests will be uttered after the castle
is taken. There are cities in the land |
where the SahSath has almost per-
ished. and it is becoming practical |
question whether we who received a
pure Sabbath from the hands of our |
fathers shall have piety and pluck |
enough to give our children the same |
blessed inheritance. The eternal God |
helping us, we will.
Go through the streets where the |
theaters are open on sabbath night: i
60 up on the steps: enter the boxes of |
those places of entertainment and tell
me if that is keeping the Sabbath holy.
20" says some ONE. God won't be dis
pleased with a grand sacred concert
\ gentleman who was present at a
grand sacred concert" one Sabbath
night in one of the theaters of our
great cities. said that during the exer-
cises there were comic and sentimental
songs. interspersed with coarse jokes:
and there were Dances and farce.
and tight rope walking. and a trapeze
performance. Isuppose it was holy
dance and consecrated tight rope.
This is what they call grand sacred
We hear a great deal of talk about
''the rights of the people" to have just
such amusements on Sunday as they
want to have. l wonder if the Lord
has any rights. You rule your family.
the governor rules the state the presi-
dent rules the whole land: wonder if
the Lord has right to rule the nations
and make the enactment: Remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holy" and
if there is any appeal to a high court