The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-07-21

and listen to music for a few hours on q
Sunday afternoon No. thousand
times no
What we need to exercise is sanctified
common sense in these matters. Chris.
tian influence should be used to make the
Lords day all it ought to be, helpful,
elevating,-a recreation OF body and
spirit. object to religion beng doled
out by that class of people who look at
everything in life through blue glass. /
decline to accept that Interpretation OF
christianity which comes through the
unhappy medium OF a dyspeptic
stomach or torpid liver.
Let us educate in a truly Christian
manner, by the use of reason and of
Kindness as the Master did, dIscouraging
what is evil in tendency but helping on
and providing for liberalization of every
form OF good, and then shall we welcome
as messenger OF love the day of holy
! service and becoming Joy.
Rev. william vogel
Rev. William Vogel SPOKE on the sub
ject Sabbath rest, emblematical and
productive of spiritual and heavenly
rest"
The creation of man is the browning
act OF Gods creation. Adam was created
at the close OF the sixth day, the seventh
day in which God rested from all his
work and which he blessed and santified,
was the first day OF mans life. He was
created in the image of God, and en-
dowed with heavenly attributes, his life
was to be life Of rest and peace and Joy,
the exercise OF dressing and keeping the
garden was to be to him an exercise of
pleasure and comfort. 1t was not until
after his fall which brought about a
great revolution OF things, in the earth,
the curse OF sin, sorrow and pain that he
was compelled to toll, and eat his bread
in the sweat of his face, and after toiling
six days he needed day OF rest.
This rest was only remnant of
the original he once enjoyed, and fore
shadowing OF that which he was to en-
Joy in the time OF mans redemption.
''The former day of rest under the
Mosaic economy and law was the need
ed rest for the wearied body. This is
rest for the soul. The former leads to
the latter, and only he who is thus lead
to repent of his sin, and believe in Christ
the Lord OF the Sabbath, who suffered
and died for us upon Calvary, was buried
and rose again on the third day, bring
ing life and mortality to light, will re-
ceive pardon, peace and spiritual rest; he
now lives new life in new era. The
night OF sin is past, the sun OF righteous
ness has arisen with healing in his wings
and the child of God is enjoying the light
and liberty OF the gospel day. But as
long as we are clothed about with flesh
and blood we need one day out OF seven
to rest these weary bodies Of ours. With
the child of God it would naturally be
the first day of his heaven born life in
Christ Jesus, when brought into light by
his resurrection from the dead; our Chris
tan Sabbath While this to the natural
man is only duty by force of law, he
does not enjoy it as he should, and seeks
enjoyment in sensual things-detrimen.
tai to himself and society. On this holy
day while the Christian rests in God, en-
Joys his service and gets a foretaste OF
the heavenly rest which he will enjoy in
it's fullness when this mortal shall have
put on mortality, and we shall dwell
within the realms OF an eternal Sabbath.
Rev. q. T.. Fill on the Question.
At Riverside, Rev. C. E. Hill gave a
plain, practical sermon on Sabbath OBJ
servance" taking for the subject OF his
remarks the last fifteen verses OF the 18th
chapter OF Nehemiah. Nehemiah was a
statesman in the truest and broadcast
sense OF the term, who had the best in
terests OF his people at heart and there
fore, even against adverse circumstances,
compelled them to keep the Sabbath.
He stood like rock for truth and right
and law, q characteristic which our
rulers today would do well to initiate.
The Christian Sabbath is blessed and
valuable institution, given for mans
benefit and Gods glory. "The Sabbath
was made for man and not man for the
Sabbath" Just in proportion as we
become civilized we need this rest-day,
and the common laborer ought above all
others to keep itsacred to his own inter-
ests both temporal and spiritual. Cap:
ital, corpora tons and trusts in their
mad rush for wealth, would break it
down and deprive the laborer OF this
much needed rest day.
We ought to observe the Sabbath be-
cause it brings religious help. Our fore
fathers were intensely religious and God
used them to his purpose in laying deep
and strong the foundations of our civil
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