Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-25

day dawn. Business men more deliberate
" looking into the faces of their children
and talking to them about their presen
and future. Men sit longer at the table il
the morning because the stores are not L
be opened. and the mechanical tools are
not 10 be taken up A hymn is sung. There
are congratulations and good cheer al
| through the house. The street silent until
ten o'clock. when there is a regular, order
" tramp churchward. Houses Of God, vo
cal with THANKSGIVING for mercles received
| with prayers for comfort. with charities
for the poor. Rest for the body. Rest fol-
the soul The nerves Quoted, the temples
cooled the mind cleared, the soul strength
ened, and our entire population turned out
! on Monday morning ten years younger
better prepared for the duties OF this life.
better prepared for the life that is TO come.
Which 90 you like best, the American
Sabbath or the Partisan Sabbath: Do
YOU know in what boat the Sabbath came
J across the seas and landed on our shores
! II was in the "Nayflower." Do you know
| in what boat the Sabbath will leave US,
if it ever goesl 1t will be in the ark that
! floats over deluge of national destruc'
! ton.
Sill further: I protest against the in
vasiou of the Lords day, because 1t wrongs
| Il NASl l4uLslLuNS VI GIpkUl co u t4iItA lS'N'
! The play actors and actresses can have
! their rest between their engagements; but
| how about the scene-shifters and the
! oallet-dancers, the call-bOys, the innumer-
! aole attendants and supernumerarIas OF
| the American theatre. Where is their
! Sunday 10 come from! They are paid
| small salaries at the best. Alas for them
| They appear on the stage in tinsel and
! tassel with halberds. or in gauZe whirllng
in toe tortures, and they might be mis-
taken for fairies or queens; but after
! twelve o'clock at night you may see
them trudging through the streets in laded
dresses, shivering and tired, bhudle
| under their arms, seeking their homes IN
the g2rrets and cellars OF the city. Now,
you propose 10 take from thousands OF
these employees throughout this country,
not only all opportunity Of moral culture,
but q. opportunity OF physical rest. For
heavens sake let the crushing Juggernaut
stop at least one day in seven.
Again: ! oppose this modern invasion
of the Christian Sabbath because II IS q
war on the spiritual welfare OF the people
y GU have boGyl Yes. You have mind.
Yes. You have a soult Yes. Nmch OF
the secular halls on the Sabbath day Will
give that soul any culture! Now, ADMIT
ting that a man has spiritual and immor.
amusement will culture it, Which one OF
the Sabbath performances will remind
men Of the fact that unless they are born
again, they cannot see the kingdom OF
Cod! VIII the musk Of the Grand
Duchessen help people at last to sing the
song Of the one hundred and forty tlous-
andl Besides, if YOU gentlemen OF the
secular entertainment have six days IN the
week in which TO exercise your alleged
beneficial influence, ought you not TO al
low Christian institutions to have twenty
four hours! Is it unreasonable TO demand
that if you have six DAYS fer the BODY and
intellect, we should have one day at least
for our immortal soul! Or, TO put II IN an
other shape, do you not really think that
our imper,shable soul is worth at least one
seventh as much as our psrishgDle body!
/ am opposed TO the invasion OF the Sab
bath, because it isa rrfe' ,9,gr- -nnlitical
down, the Republic goes down. Men VINO
are not williugt to obey Gods law in regard
10 Sabbath observance are not mt 10 gov
ern themselves. Sabbath breaking lne"HS
dissoluteuess, and dissolutenesS Is neon,
pGtible with self-governmeht. Iney "anteu
q Republic In France. After awhile tney
got a Republic; but one day Napoleon LIZ
with his cavalry, rode through the streets
and down went the Republic under the
Gathering hoofs. They have Repuohc
there again: but France never will nave
permane Republic until she quits ner
rovstering Sabbaths, and devOtes one Qay
ia ever Y:sek 10 the recognition OF Lou
and sacred institutions. ABOLISH the sac
bath and YOU abolish your religious prlvl'
leges. Let the bad work 20 on, and you
nave 1.-The Commune and you have the
sun of nation Il prosperity going down III
darkness and blood. From that reign o.
terror Lay the God Of peace deliver US
Still fdrtaer: | am opposed 10 TINS lnVa-
sim of the Sabbath because IL is unfair,
and il is partial. While secular amuse-
ments in different cities are allowed TO De
open on the Sabbath day, dry goods estao'
lishmsnts must be closed, and molng
establishments, and the butchers ana the
BAKERS, and the shoemaker's anu the haid-
ware stores. Now, tell me by what law OF
Justice you compel a man 20 shut the ooOr
of his store while you keep open the door
Of your worldly establishment. May IL
please your honOrs Judges OF the supreme
! Court, if you give TO secular pilceS Tue
right 10 be open on the Sabbath DAY, you
have to give. at the same time, the right
n all commercial establishments TO be
open, and to all mechanical establishments
TO bo open. II it is right IN the one case II
is right in all the cases.
But we are told that they must get money
on Sabbath nights in order TO pay tue ue'
ficits OF the other nights OF the week. NOW,
in answer TO that | say, that II men cannon
manage their amusements without oreaA
ing the Lords day, they had better 81 gC
! into bankruptcy together. We WIZ never
! surrender our Christian Saboath Tor lhe
purpose Of helping these vlolators 70 pay
! their expenses. Above all, my commence
! is in the good hand OF God that has peer
/ h fam = AZ
! 7 call this dav upon all those who oefrenc
| Christian principle. and those who love oul
/ pohtical freedom, who stand in solid pha
| ianx in this ThermopylR Of our American
history; for believe as certainly as stanc
here that the triumph or overthrow O
! American institutions depends upon TIL!
Sabbatic contest
Bring your voices, your pens, YOU
/ printing presses, and your pulplts into the
| Lords artillery corps for tie defense OF
our holy day. To-day. in your families anC
in YOUR Sunday schools, reclt5: 'Remem
Der the Sabbath day 10 keep 1t holy De
cree before high heaven that this wa
on your religious rights and the cradles o.
your children shall bring ignominlous dc
feat TO the enemies of God and the puOh
veal For those who die in the cOntes
for the right we shall Chisel the epitaph
..Tbese are they who came out OF grea
tribulatiou. and had their robes washet
and made white in the blood Of the Lamb.
Rut for that one who shall prove In TN
moral crisis recreaut 10 God and 10
Church there shall be no honorable cpl
tsph He shall rot be worthy even OF
burial place in all this free land; but ID
appropriate interment for such an on
would be 10 carry out his remains an
drop them into the sea, where the lawles
winds which keep no Sabbath may gallo
over the grave Of him who died traffic
| 10 God. the Church aud the free lnstltI
tiops OF America. Long live the Christia
SABBATH. Perish for ever all attempts
overthrow It,
/ nTED.