The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-27
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Rather, might it not be well to ask
what claim have we upon the Divine
Intervention Have we as individuals
and as nation been jealous of Gods
honor, and careful to heed His com
mandments and obey His law Why
should He hear, when throughout the
land His ordinances are trampled under
foot and men live and act as if there
were no God, no righteous judge, no
revelation of His holy will.
Take for illustration, the present day,
widespread Dissertation of the Sabbath
Now, | am not stickler for "Jewish
Sabbath, or so called puritan Sab
BATH or for the enactment of Sunday
laws; but if read my Bible Alright, the
Lord God has made provision for the
separation of one day in seven as recog-
milton of His claim upon men-one day
at least when men might think of other
things, and higher. than the daily
worldly toll and struggle or the selfish
indulgence of personal pleasure. What
ever views we may entertain on the
obligation of Ethe Sabbath, one thing is
certain that God, in the ancient days,
did appoint the Sabbath as mark of
distinction between His people and the
heather nations about them, and judg-
ment came upon Israel, not so much be-
cause of their many sins, as because
they profaned His Sabbath. 1t was the
one clear mark of distinction that sepa-
rated them from other nations, not be-
cause there was anything sacred in the
day itself. but because it's observance
was the one outward expression of their
allegiance to Jehovah. Great blessing
individual and national--was connected
with its faithful observance IF thou
turn away thy foot from ii. 9. tramp
ling on) the Sabbath from doing thine
own pleasure on my holy day; and call
the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the
Lord, honorable; and shall honor Him,
not doing thine own ways nor finding
thine own pleasuse; then shalt thou
delight 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
mouthe of the Lord hath spoken it,"
DO not say, this is singing out COM
paratively unimportant duty or ordin-
ance of God, and one which has lost its
Significance as an obligation in the pass
ing away of the Jewish economy. The
obligation to set apart one day in seven
as in peculiar sense the Lords day
has not passed away.
Our Lord distinctly said, 1.-THE Sab
bath was made for man.'-man uni
versally, jew or Gentle. 1t is in
wrought in man, very nature A ma
ton or people that has no Sabbath has
no God. and where God is not recogniz
ed, law and order and decency, not to
speak of more spiritual aspects of the
case, come to naught or lose their mean
ing. And if men-if nation--condemn
Gods law, how can we expect anything
else than that evil men, weak-minded
and misguided men, will be led on to
look with contempt upon all law, and a
Goddess materialism and anarchy win
the day?
1t seems to me then that God, in per-
uniting this great calamity with its
universal sorrow to fall upon our ma
ton, has entered into Judgment with us
all And it will be well for us to lay it
to heart and by true humiliation and
repentance to make a personal matter
of it all. Lack of reverence for high
and holy things, for Gods law and
righteousness lack of reverence for
constituted authority ordained of God,
in the family and in the State, is fast
becoming the cardinal sin of the nation.
"And sin is lawlessness God has sud
denly called halt in the midst of our
boosted prosperity and we shall do well
to give heed. Let us take on our lip
and into our hearts the words of the
old prophet, 20 Lord, righteousness be-
longeth unto Thee, but unto us confus-
ion of face as at this day; for we have
rebelled against Thee; neither have we
obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.
to walk in His laws which He set before
us by His servants the prophets Then
shall the nation rise with new vigor and
our martyred President will not have
died in vain and Righteousness truly
exalt the nation.
Bishop Whipple of Minnesota, who
died last week, was best known as
hardy pioneer of Christianitv among