The Baptist headlight., 1894-07-11
save the Sabbath.

~, last Sunday Rev. DR.. Talmagt
I'll nbosen a subject Of world wide in
nas not o as the theme of his sermon
lseronoh the press VIZ, the necessity
'liV Vrrarding the Christian Sabbath
q oro;nst invasions that aim at its de-
stsnction. The text selected was
4 STsodns y XXI, 13, "Verily my Sabbath
u shall keep.
.Tbe wisdom Of cessation from hard
,.hor one day out Of the seven is al.
sost IsDy universally acknowledged. The
norld has found out that it can do less
wOrk IN seven days than in Six, and
nat Nat the tifty-two days Of the year de-
rotad to rest are an addition rather
NAN .V subtraction. Experiments have
sasn sn made in all departments. The
rroat Lord Castlereagh thought he
ssould work his brain 800 days in the
voar Vo but after awhile broke down and
ssommitted suicide, and Wilberforce
ssid Of him: ''POor Castlereagh. This
;sthe result Of the nonobservance Of
The Sabbath"
i celebrated merchant declared, KIT
,bould have been a maniac long AGO
ht for the Sabbath" The nerves, the
brsin. the muscles, the bones, the en-
tire phVsical, intellectual and moral
rature cry out for the Sabbath rest.
what is true of man is for the most
rart true OF the brute. Travellers have
tound out that they come to their
Dlaces of destination sooner when they
iettheir horses rest by the way on the
sabbath. What is the matter with
those forlOrn creatures harnessed to
vme OF the city cars? Why do they
stumble and stagger and fall? 1t is for
The lack of the Sabbatic rest.
In other words, when the herdsmen
drove their sheep and cattle from the
far West down to the seaboard, it was
found out by experiment that those
herdsmen and drOvers who halted over
the seventh day got down sooner to the
sabOard 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
fsh who stop during the Lords day.
Needs OF the Lords Day.
When | asked the Rocky Mountain
engineer why he changed locomotives
when it seemed to be straight route.
be said, "We have to let the locomotive
tOp and cool off or the machinery
would soon break down" Men who |
made large quantities Of salt were told |
hiatt they allowed their kettles to |
OO over Sunday they would submit |
themselves to great deal Of damage. |
The experiment. was made, some OBJ
srving the Sabbath. Those who al
owed the fires to 60 down and the |
|Httles to cool once week were com
elled to spend only few pennies in
e way OF repairs, while in the cases
here no Sabbath was observed many
Selars were demanded for repairs.
IN other words, intelligent man,
Fnb beast, and dead machinery CIV
Wy Tor the Lords day. But while the
uempt to kill the Sabbath by the
nOke Of ak and fail and yardstick has
Hutlfully failed it is proposed in our
Gto drown the Sabbath BY flooding
Win secular amusements. They
hld bury it very decently under the
Hath OF the target company and to
@muslc of all brazen instruments.
mere are to-day in the different
aaes $4,000 hands and 10000 pens
WY 10 attempting to cut out the heart
I, Sour christian Sabbath and leave it a
SCseeOlng " skeleton of what 1t once was.
aat ~ snort is organized and tremen-
sSss and unless the friends Of Christ
,1 'Oe lovers of good order shall
s.s ~ upright speedily their sermons
u. ~ pfolests will be uttered after the
u s%Sas taken. There are cities in
NJ. NJ anO where the Sabbath has al
49, n.s perlshed, and it is becoming a
lsssacal ls;sa question whether we who re-
sneu apure Sabbath from the hands
NM I III fathers shall have piety and
u ~ enough to give to our children
u ,s.e Mme blessed inheritance. The !
'e'ua' God helping Us, we will! !
Sunday Theaters.
III protest against this invasion Of the 3
Il Il SABBATH in the first place because !
4 II var on divine enactment. God {
1. u i, y isaiah, If thou turn away thy i
\, |, isom I'M doing thy pleasure on my
II II 10y, thou shalt walk upon the +
N IN piaces. I" What did He mean BY s
s saas my pleasure?" He referred h
\ ss.ular .sna and worldly amusements. "A S
u. \ olo me he was never 50 much i
sLasened ~ as in the midst OF an earth \
H. Ilo1' Snen the beasts of the field b
Il Sy"cu u 10 fear and even the barn s
d. y aowis screamed in terror. Well, e
~ i Wnen the earth was shaking a
~ SKY was all full of fire that God
Al sne great announcement, Ire
I Ser me Sabbath day to keep it Il
s,aa \ through the streets where the b
% es - are open on Sabbath night: q
y - I, me steps: enter the boxes Of Il
~ PAGES OF entertainment, and 5;
4 Ina mat is keeping the sabbath !;
N u Oh' says some one, God Il:
a . uispleased with grand sa- ",
!, concert" "A gentleman who OF
/, $50 At a grand sacred con fir
atana ne sabbath night in one Of the rs
n. iis Il of our great cities said that al
s we exercises there were comic 50
sentimental can songs, interspersed II
Al u IN