Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-04-12

20 Keep the Lords day away nom homel
A great many who are consistent on the
banks OF the ST. Lawrsnce, or the Ala
bamA or tho Mississippi are not consistent
when they got 90 far OF ns the East river.
/ repeat-though it Is putting it on low
ground-you cannot financially afford to
break the Lords day. 1t Is only another
way of tearing up your government secur-
ities and putting down the pries of goods
and blowing up your store. / have friends
who aro all the time slieing of pieces of
the Sabbath. They cut q little Of the Sab
bath of that end and little OF that end
They do not keep the "a hours. The Bible
says, Remember the Sabbath day, 10 keep
1t holy"
I have good friends who are accustomed
to leaving Albany by the midnight train
on Saturday night and gstting home be-
fore church. Now, there mny be oeeasions
when 10 Is right, but generally 10 Is wrong.
How II the train should run OF the track
into the North riverf hope your friends
viii not send 10 me 10 preach your funeral
sermon. II would be an awkward thing
for me TO stand mp by Jour side and prench
you, . Christian man, killed on rail
train travelling on . Sunday morning
Remainder the Sabbath day, to keep II
holy" Whnt does that meant It means
"a hours. A man owes yo1 dollar. You
don't want him TO pay you 90 sents- You
want the dollaz. II God demands Of rs "a
hours out of the week, he means "a hours
and not 10. oh, we want to keep vigilant-
Iy In this country the American Sabbath
and not have transplanted here tho Euro
pean Sabbath, which, for the most part, Is
no Sabbath at all. If any Of you have been
in Paris, you know that on Sabbath morn
ing the vast population rush out toward
the country with baskets and bundles, and
toward night they come back tagged out,
cross and intoxicated. May God preserve
to us our glorious, quiet, American Sab
baths.
INTO THE TOWER OF GODS MERCY.
Oh, strangers, welcome to the great city.
May you find Christ here, and not any
physical or moral damage. Men coming
| from inland, from distant oities have here
| found God and found him In our service.
May that DO your ease today You thought
| you were brought to this place merely for
the purpose Of sightseeing. Perhaps God
brought you to this roaring city for the
purpose Of working out your eternal sal
walton. Go back to your homes and tell
them how you met Christ here-the low
ing, patient, pardoning, and sympathetic
| Christ Who knows but the city which
has been the destruction Of so many may
be your eternal redemptionf
| A good many years ago Edward Stan
| ley, the English commander, with his reg
iment, took fort. The fort was manned
| by some 800 Spaniards. Edward Stanley
came close up to the fort, leading his men,
when Spaniard thrust OF him with q
spear, intending to destroy his life but
Stanley caught hold of the spear, and the
Spaniard, in attempting to jerk the Bpeaz
away from Stanley, lifted him up into the
battlements. No sooner had Stanley taken
his position on tho battlements than he
swung his sword, and his whole regiment
leaped after him, and the fort was taken
So 1t may be with you, o stranger The
city influences which have destroyed 81
many and dashed them down forever shall
be the means of lifting you up into the
tower Of Gods mercy and strength, youl
soul more than conqueror through thu
grace of him who has promised an especia
benediction to those who shall treat yor
well, saying, ''I was q stranger, and n
took me in."