Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-25

Suppose you vera poor, and You came ~
q dry goods merchant and naked hin ~
some cloth for garments, and ho sbonia
s''y, IN give you six yards, and vrbyo
No was on from the counter hlnding unths
SIX yards you shnnld go behind the Gown.
Ter and steal ono additional ward ma. |
Is what every man does when he hr,oi-s |
ths Lords Sabbath. God gives us 81 \ dnv. |
out OF seven, rcscrying one for himself |
and II you will not let him have IL II Il |
mean beyond all computation.
Again. nan opposed 70 this DESPERATION
OF the sabbath by secular ontertaip,nents
because II Is q war on tho statutes q, mos
OF the states The Inv in New York STATE
says; '''''
1t shall not be lawful tocxhlhlt on the
Inst day Of tho week, commonly called
Sunday, to tho public IN any building
garden, grounds, concert room or Other
room or place within tho city and county
OF New York, my intcrlude tragedy.
comedy, opera ballet play, farce. negr,
minsirelsy, negro or other dancing or any
other entertainment Of the s;aee. ar nny
part or parts thcroin, or any equestrian.
circus OF dramatic Performance, or any
performance of jusglcrs, acrobats or rope
dancing"
Was there ever palmer enactment than
that! Who made the lawf You Who No
the ballot boxes decided who should 20 70
Albany and sit In tho legislature, YOU
who In any rrFion exercise tho right Of
suffrage. They made tho law for you and
for your families. and now say that any
man who attempts TO override that law in
suits you and ms and every man who hns
the right Of suffrage
Foreign Invasion.
still further, protest against the inva-
sion OF tho Sabbath because II Is a foreign
war. Now, II you heard at this moment
tho booming OF gun iu the harbor, or II
shell from some foreign frigRte should
drop into your street, would you keep your
seats in church, You would want to face
tho foe, and every gun that could be man
aged would be brought into use, and every
ship TINT could DO brought out OF the navy
yard would swing from her anchorage
and the question would DO decided You
do not wnnt foreign war, and yet have
to tell you that this invasion of Gods holy
dry Is foreign war.
As among our own native born popula-
tion there arc two clnsses-the good and
the bad--so It Is with the people who
come from other shoros--therc arc tho
law abiding and the lawless The former
are welcome here. The moro OF them tho
better we like IL. But let not the lawlesi
come from other shores expecting to break
down our Sabbath and institute In tho
place OF it Il foreign Sabbath.
How do you feel, ye who have been
brought up amid the hills of New Eng
land, about giving up the American Sab
bath; yo who spent your childhood under
the shadow of the Adirondacks or the Cats
kills; We who were born on tho banks oil
the Savannah or Ohio or Oregon. how dc
you feel about giving up the American
eabbath' You say; 1--WE shall not give Il
up We mean to defend 1t as long as Their
IL left any strength IN our arm or bloot
III our heart Do not bring your Spanish
| Sabbath here. Do not bring your Italian
Sabbath here. Do not bring your French
Sabbath hero. Do not bring your foreign
Sabbath here. 1t shall be for us and GU
children forever pure, consecratcd, Chris
tian, American Sabbath.
Contrasts.
will make comparison between tn
American Sabbath. as some Of you hay
known It, and the parislan Sabbath
| speak from observation. On Sabbatl
morning was aroused In Paris bya grea
sound in the street. / said, what Is thisi'
"oh," they said, this is Sunday" Al
unusual rattle Of vehicles Of all sorts, Th
voices seemed more boistorous than O
other days. People running TO and frv
with baskets or bundles to get to the raj
trains or gardens. 1t seemed as II all tn
| vehicles In Paris, OF whatever sort, ha
turned out for the holiday. The Champ
Elysoes one great mob Of pleasure seek
ing people. Balloons flying, Parrots chat
tering. Footballs rolling. Peddlers hawk
ing their knickknacks through I'll
streets. Punch and Judy shows In soor
of places, each one with a shouting aud
enco. Hand organs, oymbals and ever
kind OF racket, musical and unmusioal.
When the evening came down, all th
theaters were in full blaze Of music an
full blaze Of light. The wine stores an
snloons were thronged with an unusuf
number Of customers. At eyentide
stood and watched the excuTslonists con
ing home, fagged out men, women IN
children, gulf stream OF fatigue, irritf
bility and wretchedness, for should thin
It would tako thrc or four days TO gt
over that miserable way Of Sundaying
seemed more ike an American Fourth {
July than u Christian Sabbath.
Now, In contrast present ono OF N
sabbaths in one Of our best America
cities. Holy silence coming down Wit
the day dawn. Business men more delll
erately looking into the faces OF their chi
dren and talking TO them about their pre-
eut and future welfare. Men sit longer
the table In tho morning because IL
stores arc not to DO oponed, and the mt
chanioal tools are not To be taken up.
hymn IS sung. There arc congratulatiof
and good cheer all through tho hous
Tho street sllont until 10 O'Clock, whe
there is a regular, orderly tramp ohurcl
ward. Houses Of God, vocal With thank
Giving for mercles received with prayel
eor comfort with charities for tho poo
Rest for tho body. Rest for the soul. II
nerves auietad tho temples cooled, u
mind cleared, tho soul strengthened an
our entire population Turned out on MOI
Jay morning 10 years younger, better pr
parod for the duties Of this life, better pr
pared for the HE that Is TO come.
wrong TO Employees.
which do you like best--the America
sabbath or the parisian Sabbath Do 70
, know in what boat the Sabbath can
arrnss The seas and landed on our shore
r. WIS in tho Maynowcr DO you kno
IN what boat the sabbath will leave US
! a. aver rocsi II will DO in the ark TN
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