The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-18

Sunday. They will drop in just about as
their hostess is starting to church,: then
for that household there is no Lords
day; the housewife must prepare n feast
and entertain her guests. At the close of
the day the members of that home feel as
tired as on week day, and because of
their visitors the sacredness of their Sab
hath has been taken away Sunday Wis
iting is n SIN. This is also great day
for social calling. 1t is frequently permit
ted in Christian homes. The afternoon
and evening is spent in frivolous CONVEX
sation; the object Of the day is forgotten,
its sanctity is destroyed; frequently they
will ease their conscience by singing
hymns, but heads of families who desire
their children to have and keep high re-
gard for the Lords day will positively
forbid social calling or visiting OH that
day.
Third-Desecration of the Lords day is
driving and riding the bicycle for pleas
ure. This is II widespread and dangerous
evil. The excuse for this Is that Sunday
is the only day they have to ride, forget
ting that il is Gods day and not theirs.
They usually exert themselves so much
on Sunday that they are in many in
stances unfit for work on Monday. 1t
should be borne in mind that this day be.
longs to God and not to man. There is
no sin that more completely breaks down
mans high regard for Gods holy day
like using it as II day of pleasure, without
an idea of its religious Significance. Men
should have the same respect for God that
they have for their employees. No honest
man would steal time from his employer,
neither should any one steal Gods time
to ride n bicycle or drive for pleasure on
the Sabbath, making Of it n mere holiday
Remember, God said, the Sabbath day
to keep it holy " 1t is prising how
our young men are leaving the nutritious
food Of the gospel for the husks Satan
offers them
Fourth-Desecration of the Lords day
is the Sunday newspaper. This is the
greatest evil of all Out of it grows the
necessity for the Sunday train, Sunday
mail, and opening the postoflice on the
Lords day. Every afternoon a small
army Of boys are turned loose in our city
to make the quiet of Lords day hideous
with their cries of the Sunday newspaper,
to debauch themselves and neutraliZe ali
the good OF the day. Well are they called
''the devil in the ark" the monster they
serve is equal to the contents of the
witches cauldron in Macbeth. The Sun.
day newspaper is unlawful because it is r
crime. against God and man; it is filled
with murders, assaults, adulteries, thefts,
crime, sporting and theatrical news, Cos.
sip, fashions, scandal, political and for
eign news, a mingled mass of filth and
degraded stuff that would make even old
Satan turn away with disgust Then to
add to it's sinfulness they publish from
half to threefourths of column of n
homily..on some verse of scripture that is
! an insult to God. The Sunday newspaper
is proclamation of the Lords day because
it is not essential. 1t began during the
war and it's publication has reached such
proportions that its influence has well
nigh destroyed the sacredness of God S
day even among religious people. 1t is II
sin because it degradcs the conscience; no
man is fit to go into the house of God
with his mind filled with the outrageous
stuff he has read in the Sunday newspa-
pcrs. 1t is debauchinl our young, and no
Christian man should read it, or permit
it to come into his home 1t DESTROYS the
rest of thousands who need it, and it does
away with Gods intention .of the day,
that every one might he released from the
carking cares of everyday life. Christians,
let us be up and doing. Gods day is
threatened Redistribution has been de-
termined on by Satan and his cohorts of
sin. It's preservation is our immediate
duty. We have the promise of God IS help
and will conquer if we trust Him. eff
thou turn away thy foot from the Sab
Win from uolnB tny pleasure on My holy
day, and call the Sabbath ~ delight, the
hold of the Lord, honorable; and shall
honor Him, not doing thine own ways,
nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speak
ing thine own words; then shalt thou de-
light myself in the Lord; and will cause
thee to ride upon the high places of the
earth, and feed thee with the heritage of
Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the
Lord has spoken TT
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