The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10

business will be broken up God IS so
generous with us; He has .gven you ,,s SIX
has seven apples, and he gives SIX 10 ms ms
greedy boy processing to keep q fne i iot
other one and loses all the SIX.
How few men there who know how
to keep the Lord s day away from home.
great many who are consistent on the
banks of The St. Lawrence, or the Ala
bama or t. the Mississippi, are not co. con-
Sistent Wnen they get 50 Iar OH as the East
f nd4 it. , on loW groqnd-you can ab
Lords day. 1t is only another way of tearing
up your government securities, and putting
down the price of goods and blowing up
your store. have friends who all the
time sllcinS off pieces of the Sabbath. They
cut a little of the Sabbath off that end and
a little of the Sabbath off this end. They
do not keep the tWenty-four hours. The
Bible says: "Remember the Sabbath day,
to keep it holy" [ have good friends v, no
are quite accustomed to leaving Albany by
the midnight train on Saturday night, and
getting home before church. No, there may
be occas ons when it is right. but generally
it is wrong. How if the train ShO.)d run
off the track into the North river? i hope
your friends will not send to me 10 preach
your funeral sermon 1t would be an aNk-
side and preach-yOu, a Christian man,
killed on rail train travelling on Il Sunday
morning. ''Rcmember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy" What does that mean? 1t
means tWenty-four hours \ man owes you
a dollar. You don't want him - pay You
80 cents; you want the dollar If God de
mands of us tWeuty-four hours ont of the
week. he means tWenty-fOur EDGr5 and not
nineteen On. we want to keep NiG,lantly
in this country the American Sabbath, aud
not have transplanted here the Ellropean
Sabbath, which for the most part is no Sab
bath at all. If any of YOU haze been in
Paris you know that on Sabbath morning
the vast population rush out toward the
country with baskets and bundles, and to-
ward night they cone back Tagged out,
s,,,1 int ,j, bod q
us our glorious quiet American Saba rs.
O, strangers. welcome to the great CITY.
May you find Christ here, and not any ply
steal or moral damage. Men coming from
inland, from distant cities, have here fCund
God and found him in our service: Nay
that be your case today. You thought you
were brought to this place merely Tor the
purpose Of sightseeing. Perhaps God
brought you to this roaring city for the
purpose of working out your eternal saliva
ton. Go back to your homes AID tell them
how you met Christ here-the towing, pa
tient, pardoning and sympathetic Christ.
Who knows but the city which has been
the destruction of so many nay lie your
eternal redemption?
a good many years ago edward Star ley,
the English commander. with mis- regiment,
took a fort. Tho fort was manned Ly some
300 Spaniards. Edward Stanley came close
up to the fort leading his men when Span
lard thrust at him with q spear irte' ding
to destroy his life; but Stanley caught hold
of the spear and the Spaniard in attempt
ing to jerk the spear away rom Stanley,
lifted him U9 into the Uatt!em nntS. No
sooner had Stanley taken his position on the
battlcments. than he swung his sword and
his whole regiment leaped after him and
You. Stranger The city Influences which
have destroyed so many and dashed them
down forever. shall be the means Of lifting
you up into the tower of Gods mercy and
strength, your soul more than cOnquerOr
through the grace Of II IN who has promised
an especial honediction to those who shall
treat yon Well saying: II was a stranger
and We took me in. -