The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-29
SOULS ON WHEELS
Pastor Randolph Talks
About Sunday Bicycling
and Its Effects.
TWO KINDS OF scoRcHING
Many Churches Suffering in Their
Divine Work Because Of Sum
day Wheeling.

say about wheels and wheelmen. Ills
text was. Sunday Bicycling" and this
is what he said
The spirit Of the living creature was in
the wlteels.-Ezekiel /: q.
foresaw the day of the bicycle. we cannot
say. Judging, however. from the sudden
invention ana the infinite multiplication
the ~unbounded popularity and the immeas-
urable utility Of 1t and the influence It
exerts on our habits and customs, botn
social and moral-we think the eieycie IS
Ezekiel in his vision OF the living
creatures" saw that they went on
wheels.
He first gave US a description of the
creatures, themselves. He says they
had the likeness of a man; the face OF
right side, the face of an * on the left
side, and the face of an eagle. And the
living creature who rides q bicycle IN our
iaborious and patient as an OK, and aspir-
ing as an eagle, in spite of The rowdylsm
and immortality that will attach Itself 70
a. bicycle, as it does to every other good
thing.
RE living thing on a bicycle is a man. a
soul, a conscience, a win, a moral and
above himself that makes for righteous
ness: he is a creature with wings, desir5
ing that which is true and beautiful and
with angels. The living creatures Of
Ezekiel's vision enjoyed no higher prlvll-
eye. no greater possibilities AND, therefore,,
life, than does your modern bdcyclist; he
is g. a
Then the prophet saw that the spirit
they rode. That was the motive power.
Not that the spirit of the wheels was
in the living creatures, they had none,
in the wheels. This fact excites his par
ttcular interest and observation. When
they, went the wheels went; when they
the spirit of the living creatures was to
go. thither the spirit of the wheels was
to co.; when they, were lifted up the
returned as the appearance Of a flash Of
lightning" for the spirit of the living
creatures was in the wheels" The
scious, involuntary things; it was only
when the Giving creatures transfused
their w magnetism, consciousness and
that the wheels went like a thing of life
The bicycle, my frietds, does not run the
soul but the soul runs the biayele intel
morality are doing this: It is the spirit
awey w with 5la+ us, It is the runaway spirit
The bicycle Is q gift Of God; Every good
f {snai,s down fr ON above asN;s al the great eat
Almighty, which. giiveth us understanding:
and almost all of them are invented under
the liSNL OIL CnrlSl12n CIVILIZATION. But,
Divine giver we become idolators, as
much as if we worshipped the sun or a
3 hlq nav 0 f dagger WSods ana n a, the worship Wav e tS e 1 Cog
ship OF the bicycle. I dc not know whether
any of the members, or any of the attend
eseI HI ms I d fou nefs W pnanag to K hn sunday But nt-
my friends. we do know that the roads
are thronged en- the Sabbath day with
riders who were formerly found in the
h01ISa Qf CT0d- riders Wha llSpd IN Snpnd
Gosd's Word. or IN teaching t to others;
able hour Of the Sunday in ~evangelical
labors and in works of mercy. We do
know that many of the churches and
divine work on this account. and we know
that the Christian. Sabbath is in serious
peril from those who, by all the claims Of
be its staunchest defenders. And, there
fore it is the duty of a minister who
stands for anything to stand for the Sun
a asif to to tbs rs; chariot aas EaA and an Speak }0'a to nine the
soul that is on the wheel;
my heart goes out to him First. be,
Institution. ordained of Cod in Eden. es-
tablished by the divine commandment,
S 9ea re esr,gts y AND our se. aSra q psaa sayi1 3ps
PensabIe e e the nP heaifh, 1 virtne. order lna and
R ahhap'nHfS s t e. sae q people e. biS S SFingi za0T i
down through the ages in spite of the
avarice of selfish man who would barter
sipations q pFfodigal men who. would
trade it off for amusement, nothing but
a miracle of God could have preserved
dren down to the present time. And the
first civil law for the maintenance of the
Sabbath was enacted by the Emperor
ingmen and the slaves, whose employers
or owners We're working them seven days
Il TIE ssy week i AT hifr Ell. she Great; King Of Of
q similar law for the express purpose Of
protecting the poor against the rich. The
only reason We have a Sunday now in this
country, is not because this is a Christian
nation, but because such a law is neces-
sary to secure rest for the t~oilers, to
preserve the public health, to give fathers
acquainted with each other, to maintain
the general virtue, to let all the people
God IN peace and auietne ssa's Is ~0ce5 hief
Justice Field said, ito protect all persons
from the physical and moral debase1nenr
This American nation of which we are SO
proud, cannot long exist unless the ballot
Is cast in love OF virtue and in the fear Of
g2d The Christian Sabbath, as Beacons-
field said. is "the cornerstone of c~iviliza-
ton. When, therefore. ! consider the
sacredness and the humaneness of the
ihold upon the people, feel like saving,
them; they l know not what sna they DO
and religious being than he is a physical
being. and every new. idea, every new
science as much as the test of his hand
or his foot. Now, as far as / can see,
it is just as proper TO &c. to and from
| the needy. by the aid Of the bicycle on
carriage; and more 50, # we are careful
l influence on the minds and morals of