El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-04
WHAT IS THE SABBATH on THE
LORDS DAY7

LORDS DAY7
A Plea for the Reservation Of its
Privileges and the Recognition
Of Its Duties.
It is Q precious gift from God, the
creator, TO man ~ Q day OF rest eno
wors ip, and began with the creation
of IN N <ind.
"Ios d ,ys the Lord made heaven
aud earth, the sea and all tnat in them
ia,aud rested the seventh day; ~herefOr..
the Lord blessed the SaoCatn Gay ana
hSllowed IT," -, =,
He 90 made man that he shonld need
IL not only 10 recupera'e the trro
bodv, but 10 develop mind and soul Tor
denial, self control. aud consideration
for his employees and worx animals.
AID the climax 10 1t gives time e.
think ab 1ut his relations u God, to a.
tend his worehip, TO study his wO-d.
thus bringing him In touch with the
Author of his being.
Mars nature is three-fold physician,
mant ,l,~ nd moral. -snd God In bis Ion.
mite wi-domx and love for him would
hav. shi. ,hres-fold nature developed
10 beautiful harmony. Thus be clam
ed ~ his owa day that man Nigh
no. feel warranted to appropriate 1t e.
ord nary Ia oors. ''Six days shalt thou
Ia Tor aud do all thy work but the rev-
euth 10 the Sabbath OF the Lord Thy
God; 10 It thou shalt not do any work,
thou, nor thy 500, not thy daughter
not tnv cattle, not thy stranger that l.
within thy gates." Those who fail
observe this dAv OF rest d. not real re
how IL Il warfing their capabilities In
every direction, and hoH much 1t
hasseuiog the in6rmi les OF age.
Those Who abstain from their usual
labor on this day, whsther manual
professional, or in the line OF trade,
will accomplish more ss the eject OF
days 10 the course OF year than thu
who work thu seven days. Tois is not
. merely arbitrary comm aud. but In
accordance with the law OF his crear
ton.
So let the lawyer lay aside hi. brie'
aud pan, the merch ant ose his store,
the farmer stop bis pillow, and tn
m sch anic put up b tools on s Saturday
pipht, not to be resumed till Monday
morning. They are TO see to 1t tina
not " their own families are to have
the bsn~H, Of this day. but their guests
aud servants, the latter comprt-tng
every department OF hired labor,
whe'her for he farm, the mechanics
SHOP cI erks, ty pe-w-itsrs,o or hous hold
servsuts, 60. God gave this Day TO-
every man. Has any man the right "
appropriate 1t to his own worldly gains!
And specially, 10 he not command d
to al W it's rest to his employee? The
divir ely appointed day OF est does
not belong TO him, and he has no more
right to apo opriate it to bis common
uses than thu house or other property
of his e ghbor.
And vet it seems inexplicable that
80 many clever men are requiring
their helpers to work At lea-t half OF
the Sunday. t US leaving them oft-n
ton weary-fnr 1t 10 unnatural-to re-
ceive the benefit inter d d by the day.
Il IL that the moral sensihilities are
blunted by wrong h.btis and want OF
thought? Evil is wrought by want OF
tn 'ugnt IS veil as want OF ce-e." IL
would eeem as II . ssd ret an was
sttll q at ng down the cen'urie, from
the cro-s, whence the Savior, looking
with pity up,n tn multi tudes, rfdicul
ing b N AID co ,een ing uu hts dea b.
tough suffering unspeskable agony,
prsyei, IF .ther. 70 give them. for
witnin few " eks after that time. We
have reason to believe that thousands
Of them were forgiven: but not unit
convicted Of ain through the earnest
preachic9 of the spost es. accompanied
by the spirit, they repented aud sought
forgiveness.
II m my 60 on, nsglectinQ, aud caus-
m mt, of G I'd. no, thinking, and 50 not
re sliziug the Sin of sch = course, oever
raOeutilx. never se skinz forgiveness
b,fore tia end of life, what Is to be-
coma of tn IN? Lat bible 'eAchiog
and their own condolences answer the
que .tiou.
And now for some proofs Is to the
Blessings or curses . tending tn keep
Ing or the v olstion OF this o 'mm aud
meut. Jaws aud gent'les w,o have
re I'd the old se-t sme 1t histpry-snd 1t
IL . sad thing Tor any of th am Ii they
have It-will recall tho prosperity Of
the Jewish natl N SO long 81 IL was
fxi' hfullv Gb yed. The rams we're cent
their d-lis aud VINEYARDS producs
abupdartly; the worship of God vas
observ. d, and they had peace amorg
them .elves and With the nations
around them. But when they turned
away from it. doing their owl pie asure
on that cay, row on the tide was
turned. Long dronQhts came, bring
ing terrible famine; nei9hboring ma
nj ms were allowed to invade their
o,un,ry, devas ati "g their lands, some
ii ines ak ug the treasurers from the
Tempt AID carrying away 40 capttVes
many OF tneir people.
And Of recent d ate during the en-
iQration of thou -ands OF families from
dis AIT stat - to the e It west, 1t Was
found bv the Investigation of persons
interested In this sui ject that those
who, regardless of the~s ath r, pitched
their tents Ss urday evening and rest.
ed till NJ )nday morning, re tched their
destination ia less time. and wers
themselves sni their stock In better
cond on to bsgin work. than those
who, though some of them &C .ustOmed
to r.ss &C h,me, in-i> ed that they
could not Q Fl ,rd to lose the day while
liable To be exposed 70 bad weather on
the way. 1t was found that among the
latter, sickness was much more COM
mon. and broken down horses, thus
re ardinR tir journey for, perhaps,
dsys 1t . time.
While I believe that man, aud ami
mails male for his service, are consti-
tuted with q n I'D f,r that re {, I be-
LEV . so thai CID will specially oless
toose who sincerely seek TO do his
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