The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-07

At the North street N. E. church last
evening, the pastor, Res. c. B. Gra-
ham, delivered a comprehensive dis
course on "The Lords Day" in s:s,lh
he supported It's claims az a day OF rest
by the Scriptures. Incidentally he
denounced Sunday base bali. After
defining his text, he spoke Of the instl-
tuition of Sunday, and later In his
sermon spoke as follows:
Some disregard Sunday because 1t is
not the seventh day, or that which is
believed to represent the original Sab
bath. These people should remember
that Christ and His disciples observed
the Mosaic Sabbath until He had per-
fected the requirements OF the law by
His death, and declared Himself Lord
of the Sabbath. He was subject to
the law until He subjected all law to
Himself.
1t should be remembered that this is
the Lords day, and II this be admitted
then 1t is not mans day. The Lord
committed all that He created to man
as His steward. with certain reserva-
lions, chief Of which were one seventh
of the time and tIthes. and the one Is
as obligatory as the other. The COM
mand to observe this division Of time
was Incorporated as part Of mans
first code of laws. and the proportions
are the same to-day as in the begin
ming.
AS 1t is the Lords day, no other can
dictate how It should be observed. His
first net was to make 1t a holy day
not n holiday. And God blessed the
seventh day, and sanctlned It, or hal
lowed It," His second act was to
commend It's Observance. "Rememh"r
the sabbath day to keep II holy. six
days shalt thou labor end do all thy
work. but the seventh day Is the Sab
hath OF the Lord. thv God; in It thou
shalt not do any work nor thy son. nor
thy daughter, nor thy servant, nor thy
maid servant, nor the stranger that Is
within thy Tntos" And the bird di'''ne
action on this subject was the teaching
Of Christ by both precept and example,
and that OF the apostles to the time Of
the declaration Of tho text In these
three periods Of Bible teaching NAV be
found the entire foundation Of the Sab
bath doctrine and tho principles In
yolved In each are the same.
It may be claimed shat tho conditions
of human life have undergone such
great changes that these laws are not
applicable to this dav To admit such
m nrRrment is to dethrone the Bible,
brand II an obsolete book, and lay It
I'M among tho archives Of fogvism.
there to remain-a monument NJ Coils
inability to frame lRw for the gov
eminent OF creatures Of His own hands.
But not so. This law was not for
the glory OF the Lord alone. bUt the
Sabbath was made for man. and not
man for the Sabbath. For mans
physical and spiritual preservation, rs
well rs for his comfort and happiness.
And this IL turco- tlhle NJ s-'"-tiS" dom
onstratIons from history, and from bus
lness vlew-pointa.
1t is a remarkable fact that mans
gre7test boan Is nbused. and thereby
causing numberless thousands TO
mourn unnecessarily. This d0y Is
abused wherever It "a ursd differently
from TINT commanded by the Lord.
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divine authority. Put we may de7l
more specifically with the subject with
profit.
Sunday Is abused whenever the regu-
lar work or 7Ync1tiaN Is performed
thereon, "slx daya shp't thou labor
and do all thy work" God gave man
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But, 1t is claimed. there arr r'anv DO
partmerR Of business. manufacturing
establishments furnacps. etc. which
can not suspend work for day with
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tect Of his own fate" irdepondnnt Of
God, then this is true OF MI business.
do not saw that all DEPARTMENTS OF
business would suffer equally by n sus-
pension for the Lords day, but do say
that the divine power Is tho base OF
success Of MI Legitimate business, md
to ignore Him means failure. 1t was
claimed hut few years ago that salt
furnaces md glass furnaces could not
stop for Sunday. Why Is It not claimed
now, Because these Departments Of
business have learned better Some
learned It bv the enforcement Of Chris
tan law. Some learned It by thu force
NJ pure Christian sentiment. Others
learned It by actual o~oariments and
observations that proved that It pays to
obey God. Similar arguments have
been made for railroads. dNlrles, meat
stores. etc, none of which will stand
before the snarchlIght Of the truth,
when viewnd from either the divine
demand or human exned!cncy, and we
invite Investigation In the following
declarations; There Is no business. an
Gent mr. modern. that necessarily re-
ruires nan to Violate Gods command
ments.
1t may be- contended that = man or
comp7ny viii lose so and so by Sabbath
Observance. That defy any man to
prove. A man may claim that he has
lost N much by not owning hundred
barrel oil well Just as truly. And I
clair, TINT when mona or COM
pany's profits and losses in any busl
nesq o-d human obligation to divine
authority are compared with Hnv other
business, an any period Of time. he
win I'M similar principles involved. And
Ill that Is needed in any department
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