The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-25

vignant OF code Command
BRooLYE, June 24-For to-day,
Rev. Dr.. Talmage has chosen a sub
ject of worldwide interest as the
theme of his sermon through the
press, viz: the necessity of guarding
the Christian Sabbath against inva-
s1ons that aim at its destruction The
text selected was Elk 31:13, ''verily,
Ny Sabhaths Ye Shall Keep
The wisdom Of cessation from hard
labor one day out of seven is almost
universally acknowledged. The world
has found out that it can do less work
in seven days than in six, and that the
ffty-two days of the year devoted to
rest are an addition rather than sub
traction Experiments have been made
in all departments The great Lord
Castlereagh thought he could work
his brain three hundred and sixty-five
days in the year. but after awhile
broke down and committed suicide;
and Wilberforce said of him. Poor
Cast1ereagh! This is the result of the
non observance of the Sabbathi''
A celebrated merchant declared: 81
should have been a maniac long ago
but for the Sabbath The nerves,
the brain, the muscles, the bones. the
entire physical, intellectual and moral
nature cry out for the Sabbatic rest
What is true of man is, for the most
part, true of the brute. Travellers
have found out that they come to
their places of destination sooner
when they let their horses rest by the
way on the Sabbath What is the
matter with those forlorn creatures
harnessed to some of the city cars?
Why do they STUN BILE, and stagger.
and fall? 1t is for the lack of the
Sabbatic rest
In other days, when the herdsmen
drove their sheep and cattle from the
far west down to the seaboard, it was
found out by experiment that these
herdsInen and drovers who halted
over the seventh day got down sooner
to the sea board 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 1 asked the Rocky Mountain
locomotive engineer why he changed
locomotives when it seemed to be
straight route, he said: 1--WE have to
let the locomotive stop and cool off or
the machinery wonld soon break
down" Men who made large quanti-
ties of salt were told that if they al
lowed their kettles to cool over Sun
day they would submit themselves to
a great deal of damage The expert
ment was made, some observing the
Sabbath and some not observing the
Sabbath Those who allowed
the fires go down and the kettles to
cool once a week were compelled to
spend only few pennies in the way
of repairs; while in the case where no
Sabbath was observed, many dollars
were demanded for repairs
In other words. intelligent man,
dumb beast, and dead machinery
cry out for the Lords day. But
while the attempt to kill the Sab
bath by the stroke of axe and fail
and yardstick has beautifully failed.
it is proposed 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 to the music of
all brazen instruments
There are to-day, in the different
cities, ten thousand hands and ten
thousand pens busy in attempting to
cut out the heart of our Christian Sab
bath. and leave it bleeding skeleton
of what it once was. The effort is or
ganized and tremend Gus, and unless the
friends of Christ and the lovers of
good order shall rouse up right speed
lily, 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 practical question
whether we who received a pure Sab
bath 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
1 protest against this invasion of the
holy Sabbath, in the first place, be-
cause 1t is a war on Divine enactment
God says. in Isaiah: If thou turn
away thy foot from doing thy pleasure
on my holy day, thou shalt walk upon
the high places" What did he mean
by doing thy pleasure?'' He referred
A man told me 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 barnyard fowls
screamed in terror. Well, it was when
the earth was shaking and the sky
was all full of fire that God made the
announcement: Remember the Sab
bath day to keep it holy"
Go through the streets where the |
theaters are open on a Sabbath night;
go up on the steps; enter the boxes
of these places of entertainments,
and tell me if that is keeping the |
holy. co. says some one
GOD won't be dispIeased with grand |