Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-06-29
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BRuoKLYN DIyINE'S SUM-
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "The sabbath Rest"

] ack nowledsad The world has FOUND our
] that il can 10 less work ia seven days IMAM
, in six, ami that the hfty-two days OF the
wear devoted tn rest are an addition rather
! than a subtraction Experiments have been
made In all departments The great LORI
! CustIeraHrh Thought he could work hi7
/ brain lij lay, la the year but atter AWhlie
broke lown and committed suicide, hnd
! Wilharfnrre said ofhim Poor CAstlereagh :
I This is the result oi the nonobservance oil
the sabbath w
/ A celebrated merchant declared, al should
/ have hern y maniac long ago but for the
/ sabbath" The nerves, the brain, the
! muscles. the bones, the entire physical, m
/ tnllectual and moral nature erN out Tor tue
/ S,hhatir rest What IL true Of man is. for
! the most part. true Of the brute. Travellers
! have founl ont that they come 10 their
| places Of destination sooner when they let
! their horses rest 10y the way on the Sab
I hath. What IL the matter with those for
lorn creatures harnessoi to some OF the city
cars Why 10 they stumble and stagger and
tHIlY Ii II iorthe lack oil the Slhbatlc rest
In other days. waen the herismen drovs
their sheep Hni cattle from the Far West
down to the Neahoard, it was found out by
experiment that those hrr.lsmen and drovers
who halted over the seventh day got down
sooner To- the seabolri than those who
passed on without the observance OF the
NN'h'N
OF NEWFOUNDLAND declare that thos1 men
during the wear catch the most fish who stop
during the Lords lay.
When | asked the Rocky Mountain loco
mstive engineer why he changed locomo-
tiv-s when il seemed to be a straight route. he
said, ave have TO let the locomotive stop
ami cool on, or tn" machinery would soon
break down" Men who made large quanti-
ties Of salt were told that il they allowed
| a., al Sup.lnv thay NHpnl,I
submit themselves to Il great deal OF dam
age The experiment was made, some OBJ
serving the sabbath, and some not Observing
thu sabbath. Those who Above the fires 10
10 down ant the kettles to cool once week
were compelled to spend oulya few pennies
IN the way OF repairs, while in the cases
whore no Sabbath was observed many do =
lars were demanded for repairs.
In other words, Intelligent man, dumb
beast an dead machinery cry out for ths
Lords ,lav. But white the attempt to kill
. the sabbath by the stroke OF AK AMI hail and
+ yaristIcl, has beautifully failed II Is pro-
/ posed in our day 10 drown the sabbath by
! fooling it with sa"ular amusements They
wouli bury II very decently under the
+ wreath OF the target company AMI to the
music Of all braZen instruments.
There Hre to-day in the different cities 10, =
600 hands and 10 900 pens busy in attempt
my To tNs ONl lIlt u'tTl ~ our l@tltI ENlI-
bath and leave 1t u bleeding skeleton OF what
II once was. The effort Is organized mn |
tremendous, and unless the friends OF Christ
| an the lovers Oi goo | order shall rouse up
| right speedily their sermons and protests will
! be- uttered after the castle is taken. There
are cities in the hand where the Sabbath has
almost persisted, aud It is becoming prar-
! tirll question whether We who received IA
! pure Sabbath from the hands OF our fathers
| shall have piety AMI pluck enough to give To
| our children the same bes5ei inheritance.
| The eternal God helping us, We will
protest against this invasion Of the holy
| Sabbath in the first place because 1t Is II war
nu Divine enactment. Col says in Isaiah,
"lf thou turn away thy foot from doing thy
{ pleasure ON My holy day thou shalt walk
/ upon the high places" What did He mean
bv "doing thy pleasure?' He referred Ii
secular and worldly amuscmentJ. A man
/ todd me- he Was never so much frightened rs
| in the midst OF an earthquake, when the
! beasts OF the Held beloved In fear AMI even
! the barnyari fowls screamed in terror.
| Well, 1t was when the earth was shaking ana
/ the skies Were all full OF fire that God made
! tho greHt announcement, "Renamber the
/ Sabbath day to keep 1t holy"
! do through the streets where the theatres
/ are open on u sabbath night, 20 up on the steps
enter the boxes of those places OF entertain
ment and tell me II that is keeping the sab
bath holy. con. says some one, God won
/ lie displeased with "A grand sacred concert !!
gentleman who was present Mt grand
sacred concert" one sabbath night In one OF
| the theatres OF our great cities said that dur
| ing the exercises TIT r. We're comic AMI senti.
| mental songs, intersporsei with coarse Jokes
! and there were dances and farce and tight
rope walking and II trapeze performance.
suppose it was holy dance and consecrateJ
! tight rope. That Is what they call "granI
/ sacred concert
We hear a great deal OF talk about "tht
rights Of the people to lave Just surI
| amusemeuts on Sunday as they want tC
have. | wonder II the Lord has any rights
You rule your family the governor rules tn,
! State the president rules the whole land
l wonder II the Lord has a right to rule the
! nations and make the enactment. "Remem
her the Sabbath day to keep 1t holy and 1
there s any appeal TO a high court from
| that decision, and IL the men who arc war.
ring against that enactment are not guilty o.
high treason against the Maker oil heaven am
| earth. They have In our cities put God OF
| trial. 1t has been the theaters and the opera
| houses. plaintiffs, versus the Lord Almighty
: defendant. The suit has been begun, ant
who shall come out ahead you know
Whether 1t he popular, now announce It a
my opinion that the people have no right
save those which the great Jehovah give,
them. He has never given the right 10 mar
TO break His holy Sabbath, and as long AS Hi
throne stands he never will give that right
The prophet asks question which | car
easily answer, "Will man rob God?' Yes
They robbed Him last Sunday night at the
! theatres and the opera houses, and charge
upon them the infamous and high handed
larceny / hold the same opinion as a sailor
| have heard Of The crew hal been dis.
charged from II vessel because they would
not work while they were In port on tn,
Lords day. The captain went out to gel
sailors. He found ono man. and he said &c
| him, own you serve me on the sabbath?
mo" "Why not2" ''Weii, replied the old
sailor. "a man who VIII rob God Almlght,
Of His sabbath would rob me OF my wages Il
he got chance"
Suppose You were poor an You came &C
drygoods merchant and asked for scme
cloth for garments, and he should say, 81
will give you six yards" and while he was
of from the counter and bin ling up the si1
yards you should 20 behind the counter anc
steal one additional yard. That is wilma,
every man does when he breaks tho Lord:
Sabbath. God gives US six days out oil
seven, reserving one for Himself, and II you
will not let Him have 1t, 1t is mean beyonl
all computation.
Again, ! am opposed to this desecrati d
OF the Sabbath by secular entertainments be
cause 1t is a war on the statutes of most Of
the States. The law In New York State says
at shall not be lawful to exhibit on th,
first day OF the week. commonly called Sun
day, TO the public In any building, garden
! grounds, concert room or other room o.
place within the city and county OF New
York, any interude, tragedy, comedy, opera
ballet, play, farce, negro minstresy, negro
or other dancing, OF any other entertain
ment OF the stage, or any part or parts there
In, or any equestrian, circus or dramati,
performance, or any per ormance OF jug
glers acrobats or cope dancing"
Was there ever n palmer enactment thar
that2 Who made the law YoI who at tn,
ballot boxes decided who should 20 to Alban,
and sit in the Legislature Z; you who In an,
region exercise the right OF suffrage. They