The Penn's Grove record., 1894-04-13
PENN'S GROVE, N. J., FRIDAY. APRIL 10. 1894.

that they are going to observe. Now. ~ n
man or woman shall go down into n haunt
Of iniquity for the purpose OF reforming men
and women or for the sake OF being able in
diligently 10 warn people against such
perils II, as did John Howard or Elizlbet',
Fry or Thomas Chalmers, they go down
among the abandoned for the sake Of saving
them, then such explorers shall be God pro-
tected, and they will come out better than
they went in. But II you go on this work Of
exploration merely for the purpose Of salts
lying n morbid curiosity I will take twenty
per cent. off your moral character.
Sabbath morning comes. You wake up in
.hs hotel. You have had n longer sfeen
than usual. You say: "Where am 1? 4
thousand miles from home? l have no fam.
iiy to take to church to-day. My plstor will
not expect my presence. / think / shall look
over my accounts and study my memoran-
dun book. Then l will write a few business
letters and talk to that merchant who came
in on the SAM train with me- Stopl You
mo afford to do it.
"But," you say. II am worth $500. OoO.'
You cannot afford to do it. You saw, II am
worth 81 900 ,0OO.' You cannot afford to 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-and you cannot point in the whole
earth to a single exception to this rule. God
gives us six days and keeps one for Himself.
Now, If we try to get the seventh, He will
upset the work Of all the other six
l remember going up Mount Washington.
beforethe railroad had been built. TO the
Tip-Top House, and the guide would come
around to our horses and stop us when we
were crossing Il very steep and dangerou-
place, and he would tighten the girtIi O, tle
horse and strengthen the saddle. And l have
to tell you that this road of life is so steep
and full of peril we must 1T least one dav in
seven stop and have the harness OF life read
lusted and our souls re-equipped. The seven
days OF the week are like seven business
partners. and you mus give TO each one his
share, or the business will be broken up.
God is 50 generous with us-Hs has given
you six days TO His one. Now, here is a
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 AMI loses all the six.
How few men there are who know how TO
keep the Lords day away from homeI 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
so far of as the East River. 1 repeat
though it is putting it OF IA 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 blowinrup
your store. l have friends who are all the
time slicing OFF pieces of the Sabbath. They
cut q little of tue Sabbath Off that end and
a little of the Sabbath of this end. They
do not keep the twenty-four hours. The
Bible says, 'Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep ii holy"
Ihave good friends who are quite aceus
toned to leaving Albany by the midnight
train on Saturday night Inc getting home
before church. Now, there may be occasion
when it is right, but generally it is wrong.
How if the train should run off the track into
The North River? / hope your friends will
not e TO me TO preach your funeral SER
mon. 1t would be an awkward thing for me
stand up by your side and preach, you, q
Christian man, killed on a rail train travel
Ing on a Sunday morning. Remember tho
Sabbath day to keep it holy" What does
that mean? 1t means twenty-four hours.
A man owes you a dollar. You don't want
him to pay you ninety cents. You want the
dollar. II God demands of us twenty-four
hours out ofthe week, He means ~twenty-four
hours, and not nineteen. Oh, we want to
keep vigllantly in this country the
American Sabbath and not have trans
planted here the European Sabbath, which
lor the most part is no Sabbath at all. If any
If you have been in Paris, you know that on
Sabbath morning tho vast population rush
Jut toward the country with baskets and
bundles and toward night they come back
Jagged out, cross and intoxicated. May God
preserve to US our glorious, quiet American
Sabbaths.
Oh, strangers, welcome to the great city
May you ind Christ here, aud not any physi-
.al or moral damage. Men coming from in
land, from distant cities, have here found
God and found Him in our service. May
hat be your case to-day. You thought you
were brought to this merely for the purpose
Of sightseeing. Perhaps God brought you
10 this roaring city for the purpose Of work
ing out your eternal salvation. Go back to
homes and tell them how you met
christ here, tho loving, patient, pardoning
sympathetic Christ. Who knows but the
eity which has been the destruction of so
many may be your eternal redemption2
A good many years ago Edward Stanley,
he English commander, with his regiment,
took a fort. This fort was manned by some
300 Spaniards. Edward Stanley came close
up to the fort, leading his mon, when a Span
lard thrust at him with a spear, intending TO
his life, but Stanley caught hold of
he spear, and the Spaniard, in attempting
10 jerk the spear away from Stanley, lifted
him up into the b~attlements. No sooner had
taken his position on the battlements
han he swung his sword, and his whole reg
lcaped after him, and the fort was
So it may be with you, o stranger,
The city influences which have destroyed so
many and dashed them down forever shall
be the means of lifting you up intothe tower
Of Gods mercy and strength, your soul more
than conquered through the grace of Him
who has promised al especial benediction to
those who shall treat you well, saying, -
a stranger, and y etook Me in."