The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-15

command as to keeping; them holyY'
Now this Is a very strong point In
favor OF y. p. b." but think Jonah
is right. In the first pace which day Of
the week is the Sabbath? Christians
say Sunday; Persians. tuesday, Assy-
rians, Wednesday,; Egyptians, Thurs
day: Turks, Friday; Jews. Saturday;
while the Grecians say Monday. Which
Is right? The Christians? Let us sec.
The comprehension CT God In the
churches is an invention: Its basis Is
persecution of mind and body, and its
lessons are that the infinite Is capable
OF making mistake. When He finally
created Adam, who in fact,was not
necessarily the first man, He called
mis- work perfect-but it was not for
he had to afterward make woman. Peo-
pie teach that idolatry is the outcome
Oh ignorance-Set they preach that wis
dom comes with years; and the pagan
Is much older than we. The African
paints his devil white. Africa is n large
country, and teeming with souls and
bodies-much older, may say, than the
religious wave that is fevering the globe
on winch we live; and who knows but
That the African is entirely right in his
coloring OF the devil: also Jonah" In re-
gard to the Sabbath. when history
shows us that the white man makes
slaves and alIlicts with torture these
BLACK people and persecutcs his fellow
Whlte men because they may not be
prominent In some church. Oriental
philosophy thoroughly refutes the doc
trlne OF Buddha: then why not the truth
or the heart I'm this nineteenth century
investigate the actual destiny of the
spirit In the eternal space 20 come? And
Will 4 suh-disclcsure of that invcs;iya-
ton make known the fact that Sunday
is the true Sabbath?
Now knowledge Of good and truth
is really the knowledge of life. If pco-
ntnt, IN. "a
knowledge, be assured they cannot an
initiate It. The mind Is both mortal
ana immortal; ii is In constant ccrnmu-
nifty with God when rightly balanced
by example; and this II does not find in
the example OF the church as i'm con-
tiast with It's precepts. The o5icc.
should he to appear for just what we
are. and not what we claim to be be-
cause there are made laws concerning
the Sabbath by people of whose exist
encc there still prevails doubt
AS each church has Il right to its
own doctrines so has each man a right
TO his belief. may also ask why 1t
Is necessary for these Sunday-prcachinr
Christians To invoke the aid of astron-
ony in locating heaven up and hell
down, when there is no suoh thing as
up and down In the great march of
the cquineXes
Does the Bible teach specifically thai
SUNDAY Is the Sabbath? Look in Gen
esis H.. ). What does ii say? And
God blessed the seventh day and made
1t holy" This does not necets.iarilv
mean Sunday nor any other partfculs, =
day. but the; seventh day. But il may
be said that the majority say Sunday
IL the Sabbath. and because IL is the
majority they are right
Let me see: Barbarism was once in
the majority and Christians were fed
by willing hands to lions and tigers
m hal
chorus. and the majority now are con-
scientious and Christian people"
Entirely wrong. Times are lust the
same. AS the barbarianS prosecuted
the Christians, so do now the Chris
tians pcrsscute those who dare to differ
rom them 1t is the same old world,
the same system of the majority seek
ing the annlhiliation of the minority
simply because the latter does NOT
agree In fact. IL is worse to contem-
plate nj this day, because these people
swear upon Holy Writ that they direct
" represent God. yet they cannot tolc-
rate anything or anybody who asks n
question about their miracles, which
have been outdone in later years nv
.he mcrest quackS who receive Il dollar
for an hours labor with patient
In J. +. BIS" first paragraph he
says. OF course. If Jonah" wishes Ia
mold a view contrary TO Gods word,
why cannot prevent it: but he must
take the consequences of his action"
Now, since God does not spccIfy-at
least. cannot find where he does-tha,
sunday or any other day, except the
seventh. shall be observed as the Sab
BATH | cannot see what consequences
Jonah will have to take. Our minis
icrs say we must do as our conscience
dictate. Well, then, If my conscience
tells me that the seventh day-not par
ticuiarly Sundays my Sabbath. what
are the consequences?
And now, ] will say that az the dnys
have their nights the winters their
Irosts and cid age it's signs for child
hood. so do our years. our moments of
existence tnctuatc ever between con-
tentmcnt, trials happiness and sorrow.
one hour we are swimming in delicious
seas of pleasure: the next we shrink
before an advent of cruel gloom that
follows all too closely in The wake of
every measurable bliss. The strict les
son of life is that OF reading Sabbath
printed newspaperS-iS free from alloy
There Is something to thrust Itself
iorth ana mar at once or slowly the
SuprcmeSt happiness OF the heart; We
have even striVed to deny this--to saw
we live as we should, and calmly, but
deep In the souls mausolcum there is;
set the sharp sting eager to chill us In
the three of each parting charm No
human eye can guage these aEonies;
no brain can guess. except by absolute
sympathy.the damp and mold that cob
webs in so many aching bosoms. Yet
sometimes, Jonah there are glad
hrcakings. among the heavy clouds
there are golden flashes Of hope-sun-
hen m rich with chaa,. nd :. \