Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "The Sabbath Rest"

The vision Of cessation from hari labor
one dav 0ut Of seven is almost universally
acknowledged. The world has found out
that it can do less work in seven days than
in six, ana that the 1fty-tvo days Of the
wear devoted to rest are an addition rather
than 4 subtraction. Experiments have been
made in al departments. The great Lord
CnstIcreagh thought he could work his
brain 3GJ days In the year, but after awhile
broke down and committed suicide, ani
WiIbcrfOrcc said Of him ''Poor Ca5tlerelgh
| This is tho result OF the nOnOJservdnce OF
the Sabbath -
A celebrated merchant Icclarcl. II shOull
have been a maniac long ago but for the
Sabbath! !" Thc nerves, the brain. the
muscles, the bones, the entire physical, in
telIcctual AMI 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 ont that they come to their
places Of destination sooner when they let
their horses rest by the way on the ID
bath. What is the matter with those for
lorn creatures harncsscd to some Of the city
car-? Why DO they stumble and stagger AMI
fal2 1t is forthe lack OF the Sab5attc rest,
In other days. when tho herlsmeu drove
their sheep and cattle from the Far West
down to the seabOard, it was fOun1 out hy
experiment that those her lsmen and drovcrs
who halted over the seventh day got down
sooner to the soabOard than those who
passed without the observance OF tn
lOIN SADtati. L nc liSutGiIlIu OH tue CO,tSl
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
mStva engineer why he changed loco no.
tiyrs when it seemed 10 be 4 straight route, he
| said. ''Wo have to let the locomotive stop
and cool Of, or the machinery would sOOl
break down" Men who made large quantI-
ties o. salt were told that If thcy allowei
their kCttlCs to coo! over Sunday thoy 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 alOWc the fires 20
go down and the kettles TO cool once week
were compelled to spend Onlya few pennies
IN the way OF repairs, whlo in the cases
where no Sabbath WAS observed many do
lars were demanded for repairs.
In other words, intelligent man, dumb
beast anl dead machinery cry out for tho
LOr,i's day. But wnil0 tho attempt to kill
the Sabbath by the stroke of AK and fail and
var,lstick has beautifully failed it is pro-
posed in our day to drown tho Sabbath by
fIoOIing it with secular amuSements. They
would bury il very decently under tho
wreath of the target company and to the
music OF all brazsn instruments.
There are to-day in the different cities 1O,-
900 hands and 10, 900 pens busy in attempt
ing to cut out the heart OF oar Christian Sab
bath and Leave it n bleeding skeleton OF what
it once was. Tho effort is organized an
tremendous, and unless the friends Of Christ
and the lovers Of good 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 pcrished, ana 1t is becoming a prac-
teal question whether we who received a
pure Sabbath from the hands of our fathers
Shall have piety and pluck enough to give II
our children the same blessed inheritance.
The eternal God helping US, We will!
protest against this invasion Of the holy
Sabbath in the first place because it is Il war
on Divine enactment. Col says in Isaiah,
eff 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 to
secular and worldly amuSemcnt5. A NJ IN
told me hO was never SO much frightened a5
in tho midst of an earthquake, when the
! beasts Of the field beloved in fear AMI even
| tho barnyar1 fowls screamed in tarro~.
| Well, it was when the earth was shaking an
| tho skies were all full OF fire that God made
! tho great announcement. "EememDer tho
| Sabbath day to keep it holy.
| Go through the streets where the theItr )
ar open or a Sabbath night, 60 up on the steps,
| enter tho boxes Of those places OF entertain-
| mont AMI tell me if that is keeping the SAD
! bath holy. Goa" says some one, "GOd won't
be dispeased with a grand sacred concert !!
! A gentleman who was present ut Il ''Srani
| sacred concert one Sabbath night in one of
! the theatres Of our great cities said that dur
the exercises the re WCre comic an SenlL-
mental songs, intCTSpprSoi with coarse 10 ,IeS,
and there were dances and Il farce and tight
| ropc walking and a trapcz3 performance. [
| suppose it W IS a holy dance and a consccrate l
| Eight rope That is what they call u "gran
| Sacr@I concert.
We hear a great deal Of talk about "tho
| rights Of tho people to have just su Il
| lmusements on Sunday as they want 70
have. l wonder if th5 Lord has any rights.
! You rule your family the governor rules TIL
State; the president rules tho whole Ian |.
| wonder if the Lord has right to rule tn
| nations and mako the enactment, "R9mHm-
bcr the Sabbath day to keep it holy" AMI ii
| there is any appeal to a high court from
hat decision. an il the men who are Wlr-
ring against that enactment are not guilty
| high treason against the Maker Of heaven AL |
earth. They have in our cities put Go Oh
trial. 1t has been the theater5 and tie ODer (!
houses, plaintiffs versus the Lord Almighty,
| defendant. The suit has been begun, an
| who shall come out ahead You know
Whether it be popular, now announce it Il
| my opinion that the people have no rights
save those which the great Jehovah Civ y
them. He has never given the right to mGu
10 break HIS holy : Sabbath and as long rs His
throne stands He never will give that right
Tho prophet asks a question which 1 can
| easily answer. "Wjli q maTrOo Go l?' Yes.
| They rootcd Him last Sun lay night at tn
| theatres an the opera houses, AMI char-r -
| upon lutll lut III Il NOUS dutl Hdu lc /
! larceny. | hold the same opinion as q SlilOc
| I have hoarl Of. Tho crew hal been dis
! .3lIrrel from Il vessel because they WOul
no. work while they were in port on the
LorIs day. The captain went out to get
StilOrs. He found ono man, AMI he said to
him, "Wnl you serve mo on the Slboath?
NO" ''Why nOt?" "WelI, "reple the Oi |
s !ilor. a. man who will rob Gol Almighty
OF His sabbath would ROB mo of my wages Ii
he got a cAance-'
suppose yoa Were poor, an | you came to
| Il hryEOo3s merchant ana asked for somo
Goth for garments, AMI ho should say. "l
will give YOU SIX yards" AMI while he W Is
OF from the counter and binding up tho six
| wards YOU should go behinl tho counter an
.toaI one alditioaal yarl. That is whpt
every man does when he breaks the Lord
! Sabbath God gives US six days out OF
seven, rpservng one for Himself, and If yOu
| viii not let Him have it, it is mean bcyon
all computation.
Again. [ am opposed to this desacrati ID
OF the Sabbath by secular entertainments be
cause it is 4 war on tho statutes OF most Of
the States. The law in New York State says
at shall not BE- lawful to exhibit on tn
first day OF the week, co nmOuly called sun
day, to the public IN any building, garien
grounds. concert room or other room o
place within the city AMI county OF NeN
York, any intcr,ule, tragedy, comedy, opera
ballet play, farce, negro minstrelsy, negr
or other dancing, or any other entertain
! llcAl VI INC oI'1o' ~ Guy AZ VI P'@11 - ~
in, or any equestrian, circus or dramati
performances, or any performance OF jus
glers. acro5ats or rope dancing"
Was there ever a palmer enactment tha
that? Who made the law? You who at tn
ballot boxes decided who should 80 to Atban
and sit in the Legislature you who in an
region exercise the right of suffrage. The
made tho law for you and for your familie:
and now I say that any man wao attemps t
override that law insults YOU au me an
every man who has the right of suffrage.
Still further, I protest against the invasion
Of the Sabbath because it is foreign war
Now, if you heard at this moment theboom
ing of a gun in the harbOr. or If q shell froc
some foreign friSate should drop into you
! street. would you keep your seats in church