The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-27
SAVE THE HOLY SABBATH.
THE REV. DIR. TALMAGE CHOOSES A
SUBJECT OF WIDE INTEREST.
he Calls for Voices, Pens, Printing
I Presses and PuIpits to Respond In
Defense of the Holy Day-A National
Peril ElOquentIy Outlined.

pf worldwide interest as the theme Of
his sermon through the press-viZ, the
necessity of guarding the Christian Sab
bath against invaslons that aim at its
destruction. The text selected was
exodus xxi, Is, Verify My Sabbath We
shall keep
The wisdom of cessation from hard Ia
Dor one day out Of the 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
Hfty-two days Of the year devoted to
rest are an addition rather than a sub
Traction. Experiments have been made
IN all departments. The great Lord
Castlereagh thought he could work his
brain $50 days in the year, but after
AWHILE broke down and committed sui
eide and wilberforce said Of him: Poor
Castlereaghi This is the result of the
nou-observance OF the Sabbath
A celebrated merchant declared I
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
hrue Of man is for the most part true OF
hhe brute. Travellers have found out that
khey come 10 their places Of destination
sooner when they let their horses rest
10y the way on the Sabbath. What is the
matter with those forlorn creatures
harnessed TO some of the city cars? Why
ho they stumble and stagger and fall?
lt Is for the lack Of the Sabbatic rest.
1 In other words. when the herdsmen
drove their sheep and cattle from the TAR
west down 10 the seaboard, ii was found
but by experiment that those herdsmen
and drovers who halted over the seventh
day got down sooner TO the seaboard
than those who passed on withut 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.
Need of the Lords Day.
When I asked the Rocky mountain en-
gineer why he changed locomotives when
1t seemed TO be a straight route he said.
I've have to let the locomotive stop and
cool off or the machinery would soon
Sbreak down" Men who made large
Auantities Of salt We're told that If they
ALLOWED their kettles TO cool over Sunday
khey would submit themselves to a great
deal of damage. The experiment was
snade, some observing the Sabbath and
some not observing the Sabbath Those
who allowed the fires to go down and
The kettles to cool once d week We're
compelled TO spend only a few pennies
En- the way Of repairs, While in the cases
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
Words day. But while the attempt 10
Kill the Sabbath by the stroke of ak and
ffatl and yardstick has beautifully failed
At is proposed in our day to drown the
sabbath by flooding It with secular
.Rmusements They would bury it very
'decently under the wreath Of the target
company and to the music Of all braZen
instruments.
There are today in the different cities
10000 hands and 10000 pens busy in at
Sempting to cut out the heart of our
christian Sabbath and leave IL a bleed
lng skeleton Of what it once was. The
effort is organized and tremendous and
unless the friends Of Christ and the low
Prs of good order shall rouse up right
speedily their sermons and protests will
tbe 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 n pure Sabbath from
the hands Of our fathers shall have pety
and pluck enough to give to our children
1he same blessed inheritance. The eter-
nal God helping US, we Will
Sunday Theaters.
I protest against this invasion of the
holy Sabbath in the first place because
dt is 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 to secular and
worldly amusements. 4 man told me he
was never so much frightened as in the
amidst Of an earthquake. when the beasts
OF the field beloved i'm fear and even the
'barnyard fowls screamed I'm terror. Well
II was when the earth was shaking and
q II q FrHNN 40 aHnF Il
the great announcement. Remember the
sabbath day TO keep q holy"
Go through the streets where the thea
tiers are open on a Sabbath night; go up
on the steps; enter the boxes OF those
places Of entertainment and tell me If
that Is keeping the Sabbath holy oh"
says some one, God won't be displeased
with a grand sacred concert" A gentle
man who was present at a grand sacred
concert one Sabbath night I'm one of the
Eheaters OF our great cities said that dur
hing the exercises there were comic and
sentimental songs, interspersed with
coarse jokes. and there were dances, and
o. farce, and tight rope walking, and
trapeze performances. l suppose it was
o. holy dance and consecrated tight
Fope. This is what they call grand
Bacred concert"
We hear a great deal of talk about
the rights OF the people" 10 have just
such amusements on Sunday as they
any rights. You rule your family: the
governor rules the state; the president
Tules the whole land. / wonder II the
Lord has a right TO rule the nations and
make the enactment. Remember the
sabbath day 10 keep il holy" and II
There Is any appeal to a higher court
from that decision. and IL the men who
ARE warning against that enactment are
not guilty Of high treason against the
Maker OF heaven and earth. They have
On our cities put God trial. 1t has
Ebeen the theaters and the opera houses
plaintiffs, versus the Lord Almighty, de-
pendant. The suit has been begun, and
who shall come out ahead you know
whether Il be popular or unpopular, /
now announce II as my opinion that the
people have no rights save those which
the great Jehovah gives them. He has
never given the right 70 man TO break
his holy Sabbath. and as long as His
throne stands He never will give that
right.
Mean Thing.
The prophet asks a question which 1
can easily answer "Will a man rob
God?" Yes. They robbed Him last Sun
day night at the theaters and the opera
houses, and 1 charge upon them the in
famous and high-handed larceny. / hold
the same opinion as a sailor have heard
of. The crew had been discharged from
the vessel because they would net work