Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06

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Of Gol's holy day is a foreign war.
As among our own native born population
there ara two classes-the goo an the bal,
50 it is with the people who como from other
sHOres-;nera ara the law abiding AMI tho
laWless. The former are welcome here. The
moro Of them the better we like il. But let
not tho lawl2ss cone from other shores CX-
pacting to break dOyn our Sabbath anI in
stitute in the place Of it u foreign Sabbath.
How do you fee, ye who have been
brought up amid the hills of New England,
about giving up the American Sabbath? Ye
who spent your cl!l lhoOl under the shadoY
of the Adirondacks or the CatskiIIs, ye who
were born on the banks OF the Savannah or
Ohio or Oregon. how GOyou feel about Civ
ing up the American ibbath? You say:
''We shall not give it up. We mean to de-
fcn1 it rs long as there Is left anV strength
in our arm or bloc in our heart Do not
bring your Spanish Sab5lth her.. Do not
bring your Italian Sabbath here. Do not
bring your French Sabbath here. ID not
bring your foreign Sabbath here. 1t shall be
for us and for our children forever
pure. consecrated, Christian, American Sab
Eath.
will make comparison between the
American lbbath, as some OF you have
known it, AMI the Partisan Sabbath. 1speak
from observation. On Sabbath morning
WAS aroused in Paris by great sonnd In th7
:, rect. | said, "What is thts?" "Oh,' thoy
said, "this is Sunday" An unusual rattle
of vehicles of all sorts. The voices seem9l
moro bo;sterous than on other days. People
running TO AMI fro, with baskets or bundles.
to get to the rail trains or gardens. Itseemei
as if all the vehicles in Paris, of whatever
sort, had turned out for the holiday. The
Champs Elysees one great mob or pleasure
seeking people Balloons flying. Parrots
chattcring. Footballs rolling: PcddlerS
hawking their knickknackS through tnH
streets. Punch AMI Ju ly shows in n score OF
I,l4cnS each with ShOIItiDr HulipnoP
Hani organs, oymbals AMI every kind Of
racket, musical AMI unmusca1. When the
evening came down, all the theater5 were in
full blaze Of music AMI full blaze OF light.
The wine stores AMI saloons were thrOnge
with an unusual number OF customers. At
evantdo stOOl ! and watched the excursion
lists coming home, tagged out mon, women
am children, gulf stream Of fatigue, irrita-
biity and wretchednass, for [ should think
it would take three or four days to get over
that miserable way Of Suniaying. 1t se3mel
moro like an American Fourth OF july than
a Christian Sabbath.
Now. in contrast. present one of the SAB
baths in one of our best American cities.
Holy silence coming down with the day
dawn. Business men mora deliberately look"
ing into the faces Of their children and talk
ing to them about their present and future
welfare Men sit longer at the table in the
morning, because tho stores are not to b3
opened, and the mechanical tools are not to
be taken up. A hymn Is sung. There arc
congratulations and good cheer all through
the house. The street silent until 10 O'Clock.
when there is Il regular, Orlerly tramp
churchWarI. Houses OF Col. vocal with
thanksgiving for mercies received, with
prayer for comfort, with charities for th3
poor Rest for the holy. Rest for tho soul
The nerves quietel, the temples cOolel, the
mind cleared, the soul strengthened, ani
our entire population turned out on Monday
morning ten years younger. better prepared
for the duties Of the life, better prepared for
the life that is to come.
Which do you like best-the American
Sabbath or the Partisan Sabbath? Do you
know in what boat the Sabbath came across
tho seas and landed on our shores? It was
in the Mayflower. Do you know in what
boat tho Sabbath will leave u, if it ever
goes 1t wilt be in the ark that floats over
deluge OF nation Il destruction.
Still further, l protest against tho invasion
of the LorIs day because it wrongs u vast
multitude of employees of their rest. Th3
play actors and actresses can have their rest
between their engagements, but how about
the sceno shiftGrS, tho ballet dancers, the
calIboys, the iDnumerable attendants AMI
supernumeries OF the American theatre?
Where is their Sunday to coma from? They
are paid small salaries at the best. Alas.
for them They appear on the stage in tinS2l
and tassel with halber1 1s, or IN gauze whirl-
ing in toe tortures, and they might be mis-
taken for fairies or queens. but after 1 O'Clock
| at night you may see them trtiging through
| the streets in faded dresses, shivering AM
| tired bundle under their arms, seeking
| their homes in the carrots and cellars of the
| city. Now. you propose to take from thou
sands of these employees throughout this
country not only all opportunity ot moral
culture, but all opportunity of physical rest.
| For heavens sake, let tho crushing jugger-
! naut stop at least ono day in seven.
| Again, I oppose this modern invasion OF
the Christian Sabbath because it is war on
the spiritual welfare Of the people. You
| have a bo1y? Yes. You have u mind? Yes.
You have soul? Yes. Which OF the secular
halls On the Sabbath day will givo that soul
| any culture? Now, admitting that man
| has a spiritual AMI immortal nature, which
! one Of the places Of amusement will culture
| it? Which one Of the Sabbath performances
| will r3min men of the fact that unless they
| are born again they caunOt see the king
| Of God?
viii the music of the Grand Duchess
| help people at last to sing the song Of the
| one Hundred and forty and four thOusani2
| Besides. If you gentlemen OF the secular en-
| tertainment have six days in the week in
| which to exercise your alleged beneficial in
| fluaace, ought you not to allow Christian in-
| stitutiOnS to have twenty-fOur hOurst Is 1t
unreasonable to demand that it you have six
DAYS for the body and intellect we should
| have one day at least for our immortal soul?
| Or, to put it in another shape, do you really
! think our imparlshabl9 soul is worth at
| least one-S5vonth as much as our perishabl3
| body?
An artist has three gems-a cornelian, IN
| amethyst AMI diamond. He has to cut
! them and to set then. Which one Is he
most particular about2 Now. the cornelian
is the DO ", the amethyst is the intellect. tho
| diamOul is the soul. For the two form hr
| you propose six days Of opportunity, while
you offer no opportunity ut all for the las.
| which Is in value as co OnparC1 with the
11Al A00 mo ON fArfhiN.r
! Besides YOU must not forget that nine-tenths
Ave- ninety-nin9 One-hun Ire 1ths-Of all
the Christian efforts oF this country are put
forth on the Lords day. Su1 lay IS the day
| on which the h5yluns All hospitals au the
prisons are visite by Christian men. Ihat
is the day when the youth OF our country
get their religious informltion in Suu lay
schools. That is the day when the most o
/ the charities are collected. That IS the day
when under th9 blast OF 6O,00) American
pulpits, the sin Of the Ian is ass lultoI an
men are summoned to repent. When yoi
make war upon any plrt OF GOIs day, yoi
make war upon the asylums, an the p3nl
tentaries, anlthe hospitals, an | the retor4
associations, an l the homes Of tho destitute
and the church of the living Col, which i
the pillar and the grOIn oftle truth.
lam opposed to tho invasion OF the Sab
bath because it is Il War Ou our political i'll
stitutions. When the Sabbath GOES down
the republic goes down. Men who are no
| wiling 10 Oo0S CTOl ) INV III reg IE'l ~ - -
bath observance arc not fit to govern them
selves. Sabbath breaking means diS5o!ut7
ness, and dissouteneSs is Incompatible wit
self govern nent. They wanted repu bic i
Franco. Alter awhile they got repI5iIt
but one day Napoleon Ill, with his cav iiry
70 lie through the streets, AMI lOwa w9nttI
repubIic under the Gathering h0OTS. The
have republic therb again, but Franc
never will have a permanent republic unit
she quits her roistering Sabbaths and devote
one day in every week to the recognition o
God and sacred institutions. Abolish tn
Sabbath, and you abolish your religion