The Penn's Grove record., 1894-06-29
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE'S SUM-
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "The Sabbath Rest"

TEXT Verify. My Sabbaths ye shall
keep."-EIodus XXI, 10,
The wisdom of cessation from hard labor
one Gay out OF seven is almost universally
acknowledged The world has found out
inat II can do less work In seven days than
IN SIN. and that the fity-two days OF the
year devoted to rest are an addition rather
I mar Il subtraction. Experiments have been
maze IN all departments. The great Lord
Castlereagh thought he could work his
Dram 36) days in the year, but after awhile
broke down and committed suicide, and
Mllheriorce said of him "PoorC astlereagh F!
rms IS the result of the nonobservance oil
the Sabbath ~
A celebrated merchant declared, 81 should
nave been a maniac long ago but for the
Sabbath ~ The nerves. the brain, the
muscles. the bones, the entire physical, In
tellectual and moral nature cry out for the
Sabbatic rest. What Is true of mar is, for
the most part. true of the brute Travellers
nave found out that they ZONE to their
places OF destination sooner when they let
their horses rest by the way on the Sab
pain. What is the matter with those for
Torn creatures harnessed to some OF the city
cars! why do they stumble and stagger and
fall? 1t is forthe lack of the Sabbatic rest
In other days, when the herdsmen droYs
their sheep and cattle from the Far West
down to the seaboard, 1t was found out by
experiment that those herdsmen and drovers
who halted over the seventh day got Town
sooner to the seaboard 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 fish who stop
during the Lords day. .
When I asked the Rocky Mountain loco
mstive engineer why he changed locomo-
tives when it seemed to be a straight route. he
said. 1--WE have to let the locomotive stop,
and cool on, or the machinery would soon
break down." Men who made large quantiI
ties OF salt were told that IL they allowed
their kettles to cool over Sunday they would
submit themselves to a great deal OF dam
age. The experiment was made, some OBJ
serving the Sabbath, and some not observing
the Sabbath. Those who allowed the fires to
go down and the kettles to cool once a week
were compelled to spend onlya few pennies
In the way OF repairs, while in the cases
where no sabbath was observed many dol
lars were demanded for repairs.
In other words, Intelligent man, dumb
beast IN dead machinery cry out for tho
Lords day. But while the attempt to kill
the Sabbath by the stroke of ak and fail and
yardstick has beautifully failed it is pro-
| posed In our day to drown the Sabbath by
flooding it with secular amusements. They
would bury it very decently under the
wreath of the target company and 10 the
l AoI VI bl ha# uuIthlD
There are to-day in the different cities TO-
600 bands and 10000 pens busy in attempt
ing to cut out the heart OF our Christian Sab
bath and leave il a bleeding skeleton OF what
it once was. The effort is organized an |
tremendous. and unless the friends OF Christ
and the lovers OF gooi order shall rouse up
right speedily their sermons and protests will
be uttered after the castle is taken. There
are cities in the land where the Sabbath has
almost persisted, and it Is becoming a prac-
tical question whether we who received a
pure Sabbath from the hands OF our fathers
shall have piety and pluck enough TO give to
our children the same blessed inheritance.
The eternal God helping US, we will
I protest against this invasion OF the holy
Sabbath in the first place because II Is q war
on Divine enactment. God says In Isaiah,
"If thou turn away thy foot from doing thy
pleasure on My holy dav, thou shalt walk
upon the high places" Wnat did He mean
by 'doing thy pleasure?' He referred to
secular and worldly a~musements. A man
told ne he was never so much frightened as
In the midst of an earthquake, when the
beasts Of the field beloved in fear and even
the barnyarl fowls screamed In terror.
Well, it was VII n the earth was shaking and
the SKIES " re all jul Of fire that God made
the great announcement. Remember the
Sabbath day 10 keep it holy"
Go throu IN the streets where the theatres
are open on a Sabbath night COUP on the steps
enter the boxes of those places of entertain
ment and tell me il that is keeping the Sab
bath holy. "0h." says some one, "God won't
be displeased with a grand sacred concert p
A gentleman who was present at a ''grand
sacred concert one Sabbath night in one Of
the theatres OF our great cities said that dur
ing the exercises there were comic and senti-
mental songs. interspersed with coarse jokes,
and there were dances and a farce and tight.
rope walking and a trapeze performance. l
suppose 1t was n holy dance and a consecrated
tight rope. That Is what they call a "grand
sacred concert"
We hear a great deal of talk about 'the
rights OF the people to have just such
amusements on Sunday as they want to
have. wonder II the Lord has any Fights.
You rule your family 1.-THE governor rules the
State the president rules the whole land.
l wonder II the Lord has a right to rule the
nations and make the enactment, "Remem-
Der the Sabbath day to keep 1t holy" and IL
there is any appeal TO q high court from
that decision, and II the men who are war
ring against that enactment are not guilty OF
high treason against the Maker Of heaven and
earth. They have in our cities put God on
trial, 1t has been the theaters and the opera
houses. plaintiffs, versus the Lord Almighty,
defendant. The suit has been begun, and
who shall come out ahead you know.
Whether it be popular, l now announce 1t as
| INV ODlHlOl Ilht tue lpOplO hdNo uU Elxuta
save those which the great Jehovah gives
them. He has never given the right to man
10 break His holy Sabbath, and as long as His
throne stands He never will give that right.
The prophet asks a question which I can
easily answer, "Will a man rob God?" Yes.
They robbed Him last Sunday night at thel
theatres and the opera houses, and I charge
upon them the Infamous and high handed;
larceny. I hold the same opinion as a sailor
/ have heard OF. The crew had been dis
| charged from a vessel because they would
| not work while they were in port on the
Lords day. The captain went out to get
sailors. He found one man, and he said to-
HNo,," .iWhy not?" ''well, replied the old
sailor. ga man who will rob God Almighty
of His Sabbath would rob me OF my wages I'd
! he got q chance
Suppose youfwere poor, and you came to
n drygoods merchant and asked for some
| cloth for garments, and he should say, "I
| will give you six yards and while he was
| on from the counter and binding up the six
/, Yards YOU should go behind the oounter and
| steal one additional yard. That is what
| every man does when he breaks the Lords
| Sabbath, God gives US six days out of
seven, reserving one for Himself, and II you
will not let Him have it, 1t Is mean beyond
all computation,
Again, I am opposed to this Dissertation
of the sabbath by secular entertainments be-
| cause it Is a war on the statutes Of most OF
the States. The law in New York State says:
'It shall not be lawful to exhibit on the
first day OF the week, commonly called Sun.
| day, to the public in any building, garden,
grounds, concert room or other room or
place within the city and county OF New
York, any interlude, tragedy, comedy, opera,
ballet, play, farce, negro minstrelsy, negro
or other dancing, or any other entertain
ment OF the stage, or any part or parts there
in, or any equestrian, circus or dramatic
performance, or any performance OF Jug
elers, acrobats or rope dancing"
Was there ever a palmer enactment than
TINT? Who made the law? You who at the
ballot boxes decided who should go to Albany
and sit in the Legislature you who in any
region exercise the right OF suffrage. They
made the law for you and for your families.
pnd now + say that any man who attempts to
override that law insults you AMI me and
every man whs has the right OF suffrage.
Still further, / protest against the invasion
Of the Sabbath because I is foreign war.
Now. II you heard at thjb moment the boom.
ing of a gun in the harBpr, or II q shell from
some foreign frlgate sh6ald drop into your
street. would you keep ydur seats In church,
You would want to face toe foe, and every