Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-04-13

Sabbath morning comes. You wake up IN
the hotel You have had a longer sleep
than usual. You say Where am II
thousand miles nom homer have no fam
fly to take to church to-day. My pastor will
not expect my presence think I shall look
over my accounts and study my memorAn-
dun book. Then wfll write few business
letters and talk TO that merchant who came
In on the same train with me-" Stop! You
cannot afford 10 do IL.
But" you say. al am worth $500 600.
You cannot AFFORD TO do II. You say. al am
worth 81, 900, 000." You cannot afford 10 do
Il. All you gain by breaking the Sabbath
you will lose. You will lose one OF three
things-your intellect. your morals or your
property yon cannot point in the whole
earth TO single exception TO this rule. God
gives US six days and keeps one for Himself.
Now, II We try to get the seventh He will
upset the work Of all the other six
remember going up Mount Washington,
before the railroad had been built. TO the
Ttp-Top House, and the guide would come
around 10 our horses and stop us when we
were crossing a very steep and dangerous
place, and he would tighten the girth OF the
horse and stralghten the saddle And have
to tell you that this road OF life Is so steep
and full OF peril We must at least one day In
seven stop and have the harness OF life read
iusted and our souls re-equipped. The seven
days OF the week ara ike seven business
partners, and you must give TO each one his
share, or the business will be broken up
God Is 80 generous with She has given
You six days 10 HIS one. Now, here is
father who has seven apples, and he gives
six to his greedy boy, proposing TO keep one
for himself The greedy boy grabs for the
other one and loses all the six.
How few men there are who know how 10
keep the Lords day away from home A
great many who are consistent on the banks
OF the ST. Lawrence, or the Alabama or the
Mississippi are not consistent when they get
80 far OF as the East River. repeat
though ii is putting it on a low ground
you cannot financially afford TO break the
Lords day. 1t is only another way of tear
ing up your Government securities and put
ting down the price OF goods and blowing up
your store. have friends who are all the
time slicing on pieces Of the Sabbath. They
cut q little OF the Sabbath OF that end and
q little OF the Sabbath Off this end They
do not keep the twenty-four hours. The
Bible says, Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep II holy"
have good friends who are quite accu.-
toned TO leaving Albany by the midnight
train on Saturday night and getting home
before church. Now, there may be occasion
when 1t is right but generally 1t is wrong
How II the train should run of the track into
the North River? hope your friends will
not send to me to preach your funeral SER
mon. 1t would be an awkward thing for me
to stand up by your side and preach. you, a
Christian man, killed on q rail train travel
iny on Sunday morning. Remember the
Sabbath day TO keep it holy What does
that mean? II means twenty four hours
man owes you dollar You don't want
him 10 pay you ninety cents. You want the
dollar. II God demands OF us twenty-four
hours out otthe week. he means twenty four
hours, and not nineteen. Oh, we want TO
keep vigilantly in this country the
American Sabbath AMI not have trans.
planted here tho European Sabbath, which
for the most part Is no Sabbath at all. II any
OF you have been in Paris, You know that Cd
Sabbath morning the vast population rush
out toward the county with baskets AMI
bundles, and toward night they come back
tagged out, cross and intoxicated. May GoI
| preserve to u oar glorious, quiet American
Sabbaths.
oh, strangers. welcome to the great city |
/ May you find Christ here, and not any physi-
cal or moral damage. Men coming from In q.
land, from distant cities have here found
God aud found Him In our service May
that DE your case to-day. You thought you
were brought to this merely for the purpose
| OF Sightseeing. Perhaps God brought you
to this roaring city for the purpose OF work.
ing out your eternal salvation. Go back to
your homes AMI tell them bow you met
Christ here. tho loving, patient, parloning
and sympathetic Christ. Who knows but the
! city which has been the destruction OF 90
many may be your eternal REDEEM ptlon2
good many years ago Edward Stanley.
the English commander, With his regiment,
! took a fort. The fort was manned by some
200 Spaniards. Edward Stanley came close
up to the fort. leading his men, when span.
lard thrust at him with spear. intending 10
destroy his life, but Stanley caught hold OF
the spear, and the Spanlard, In attempting
TO jerk the spear away from Stanley, lifted
! him up into the baitlements. No sooner had
Stanley taken his position on the battlements
than he swung his sword. aud hs whole reg
iment leRped after him. and the fort was
taken. SO II may be with you, o stranger
| The city influences which have destroyed &C
many and dashed them down forever shall
be the means OF lifting you up into the tower
/ OF Gods mercy and strength, your soul more
than conquered through the grace OF Hin
who has promised an especial benediction tc
those who shall treat you we'll saying, Il
was stranger, and va took Me In"