Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-25
Tnn sADnATn DAY.

There should be no need In this part /
NJ the country 10 urge the Importance /
OF remembering the sabbath day /
Hardly was the primovnl silence OF /
these valleys broken by the arrival Of /
the Pionccrs. who shouted iiosanna 10 /
the Creator. before their attention was |
called IN tho commandment concerning /
the Lords day. one M the subjects |
dwolt on In the sermons preached 10 /
the Saints on the first Sunday In this |
Wiley was the sacrodnoss ~ the sab |
bath you must keep the command /
menta ~ God" the Prophet said. FOR |
not dwell with u.s." And ever afterwards |
the people have been taught the I'm
portancc o. keeping the Lords day ln-
violate. n that subject still H. mat
Ter ~ controversy. Il ia not because u
has not been set forth with suincicni
ciearness or with perfect unnnimity hy
the servants ~ God
Quite recently &, was argued In a local
pnper that nii men have n right 90 wnr.
ship the Almighty according 10 the
dictates Of their own conscience ana.
consequently. o. spend the sabbath
wherever and howroevcr they please.
This Is perfectly true Men aad women
have Fight" IN a certain sense. 20
go 10 pleasure resorts ON ruudnyH or to
stay homo and play cards. or go 10
sleep. err dance. or do any thing clas
~ a similar nature on the Lords day
Just ~ they have "a right to neglect
their duties and practice various kinds
~ sin every day IN the week Hut u
IL also true that those who
exercise such so-called rights" there.
by place themselves under condcmna-
ton. II ~ serious mistake 90 sup
pose that every human being u the
proper Judge for himself NJ TO the
mode Of worship he must adopt. ana
that ovory Kind of worship T. equally
acceptable 60 the Almighty. couic
this faiiacy be- admitted. n would follow
that no matter what persons "ccupa-
tion on the sabbath h. provided he II
led by his own incllnatlonH, he would
be engaged In worship. The farmer
plouFhlng his ncld. the mcrchan, count
inc his profit. the artist contemplating
his work. would be worrhlplng just M
much 90 thc young man and glfl Hlt.
ting by the lake ndmlring the grandeur
81 nature. There would be- no possible
use for the fourth commandment n
everybody were 60 iu,rrprrtc IL la ace
cordnncc with his own inclination Tho
fact 81 that the law relating 90 tho
sabbath h given hy God. Th' Creator
has provided "a day NJ Worship aud also
given instructions how 60 Worship
Him. Any deviation. without sufficient
cause. from those divine Instructions u
a Dissertation ~ the Sabbath.
Not 90 give any excuse fnr WlHun
dcrsiandlng. u may Boz VOL 10 stats
that circumstance may arise. ANA very
ontcn do aries. when "a proper ohsrr''
anoc ofNthc Lords day b. out ~ tha
aus,ltion. Many ~ our citizens urc Cn'
Gagged IN war. on hud and 80, fur q
righteous cause. They cannot alWayu
conform o. the rules that obtain i
timou 81 peace. Many are compelled O.
travel and nrc prevented from aHsociat'
ing with thrlr brethren. some may b.
rick and fnd Il necessary o. spend
their time az htAlin tfNNlH W l''"F'f
ate 90 as % be- In a position 90 devote
themselves 10 the rcr,tc" ~ their Mnsivi
with renewed strength and yiTur hu
these arr exceptions.
Tho htw concerning IN sabbath Wal
given as one II tho prsccpls necessary
90 observe when the drHorndAnia OF
Abraham wcrr 90 b. moulded into ul'
ton. II was made a. part ~ the mora
code, and was annexed into the luilr.l
code. and then aElln added a. thl
ceremonial law There. n then, grca
importance attached 90 o. u b. safe @
say tina. whore the sabbath la not oh
served with conscientious rlI fo
tho glory Of the Creator, gradually boil
rodllntHs and honowy will disappear
According to the Scripture me Sab
bath 10 not only Intended Cor 20 day u
r..sntlon from labor but one ~ self-rN
animation. the doyoW study of th
word Of God. private, ruolll and publ
worship. where loyr VI God ana yalu
Of human souls oNi.t, % ls % dalIrht '
spend the appointed day IN such pur
suits. and whom rightly observed, th
day brings blessings 90 tha Individual
ths home and the nation,