Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-16
suNpAY OBSERVANCE.


/ especial int res. 10 The Sabbath loving
people OF this community. Last Sunday
two union meetings were held ~ this
! city. and were addressed by the State
Secretary Of the Wisconsin Sabbath OBJ
serysnce Association, Rev. j. b. Davi-
son. OF Milwaukee. The morning ser
vice was held al 1910, in the COngrega-
! tionai church. a large audience greeted
the speaker. Mr.. Dawson chose for his
lesson a part OF the 5Sth chapter of
/ Isa ah. His discourse was an urgent
i appeal to Christians for trne and faith
+ ful observance If the Sabbath day. one
/ Of God s greatest gifts to man. 1t. with
/ the blessed marriage relation upon
which rests the homes OF our people.
/ constitute the two great gifts which God
allowed our first parents 10 bring With
them when driven from Eden Upon
these TWO. rightly and propery recog
niz5d. rests our highest ara best Chris
/ tau civilization. If we neglect one, the
/ other IS not secure but will surely fail
! He appealed to all Christians for faith
/ ful and loving response to Christs cal
/ for loyalty 20 the cause he came TO es-
! tablish, the kingdom of Sod among
/ men Said be: "Letrs never consider
that sin has place on earth; never
think il has come to stay. Our duty is
plain. Let US drive it from every place
| Let US ever be loyal to our Master. and
thus bring to humanity the many bless
| ings God mas promised.
The evening meeting, at the Metho-
dist church, vas large. Rev. Mason,
Presideat Of the Lancaster Association.
presided. The services began with a
short song service. Mr.. Dawson read
as lesson part of the 18th chapter
OF Jeremiah He stated in the Begin
ming of his discourse that he would deal
largely with the Sabbath ss a day tor
mans body Science, said he, h.t' but
recently announced to the world the
fact that even iron needed rest IEsub-
ice ed 10 severe and constant strain, il
would much sooner become useless than
if given stated seasO of rest God
/ had stamped upon every nerve and
muscle and fibre OF the human frame.
the law OF tine Sabbath If violated.
certain loss and punisement is sure 10
come. Men who are compelled 10 en-
gage in unremittlng toll, are we akeDed
by such conditions and are certain los
ers. The plea of miners, railroad men
and laborers of all classes for one day
Of rest in seven, stand as monuments of
Gods great gift to man in the Sabbath.
Nations that have wandered away from
this day of rest, have always been great
losers. Germany, France and Italy are
notable examples. Sunday amusements
bring evil. Rest is what we need; rest
and communion with our Creator. The |
Sunday trains, theatres. excursions and |
base ball ali lead downward, and if in
dulged in will prove certain rnin. He |
appealed 10 sll to rally to the work of |
sustaining and upholding proper OBJ |
servance of the Sabbath
On Monday evening Mr.. Dawson |
took for his subject, 1.-The Relation Of |
the Sabbath to Our National Institu- !
tons. and the Keeping OF the Sabbath /
to Anarchism in America" He showed |
by quotations that the Sabbath was
very highly esteemed by the very bright |
est statesmen of civilized countries.
The high attainments of our people |
could be attributed to the goat good
coming from the American Sabbath
German. French and English writers of
the highest authority and rank unite in
testimony which al ought t. receive.
Our American colonies were founded !
with especial references to Sabbath fJr
rest and worship There was in 70 IN
stance s. unioa of church and state. but
universally we find interviewer jnto all
their fundamental laws the institution
OF the civil Sabbath
The blessings that come 10 Us from
these facts no man cSn measure. This
we do know That 81 long as we pre-
serve to ourselves and our posterity the
Sabbath legaIlg and rightly observed.
Just so long will it oe possible for our
institutions 10 be preserved and our lib
critics TO BIO guaranteed Our highest
courts point with warning hand TO the
great number of crimes springing from
Sabbath Dissertation The lawlessuess
of the past few weeks startle us. We
scarcely know what to do. 1t all had
an origin. Sunday mails, Sunday
trains and rich corporations are in a
great measure primarily re sponsible for
Sunday labor Ard as Sunday labor rs
crime no man can foresee where will
end the crime which is certain TO follow
general des' Grafton OF the Sabbath.
Let those who love the Sabbath, unite
every where and seek to build up in ev-
cry community a better sentiment in
favor of Sunday observance. Thus will
we secure to our people the great bless
lngs of civil and religious liberty
The work of MIR Dawson has surely
been OF great good to our city The
local association feels encouraged and
siren ythened, and all the friends of the
cause are more determined in going
forward in the work of building up in
this community better sentiment for
SUNDAY Observance