Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-09-12

mune on the SdDDdtn uoyb "N
name of fellowship with which we
shall associate together on the week
night. Jesus, Jesus only!
Sabbath Day Observance.
Another means Of benefiting the
yorkingman is to insist on the oDsery-
ance of the Lords day. The Sabbath
day as a sacred rest day is to be a
great factor in teaching the laboring
classes how rightly to spend their
ev -ings. 1t is not only, as william
E. .iladstone once expressed 1t, to De
"the great conservator OF physical
health" but also the golden gate when
shall open to let the laboring man into
the higher and nobler life Of the Spirit.
If IS TO be the foundation stone OF the
sacred church. 1t is also to be the
foundation stone of the pure home ana
of the pure place Of evening entertain
ment.
An oriental legend in q very graphlc
way taught the truth of Ralph Waldo
Emerson's terse saying, "The Sabbatn
day is the very core Of civilization"
both spiritual and temporal. 1t pictur-
ed King Solomon on his way to visit
the queen of Sheba. While journeying
along he came to a valley filled with
peculiar tribe Of monkeys. BY inquiry
from the neighboring people he found
that this tribe Of monkeys was the d.
rect descendants of Jewish colony
which long ago had settled In that val
ley. This people as people had start
ed on their social degeneracy when
they. through avarice, had learned to
despise the Sabbath day. SabDath
desecration always means a degener-
ating man. 1t means the human race
descending from the godlike to the
brutelike. On the other hand, the In
direct lessons of this legend are also
true. Teach q man how to worship
God Alright on Sunday and you stiffen
his backbone. You will raise his fore
heads dome. You will also teach him
how to live Alright, both during the
week day and the week night.
But" again says some one to me,
"why do you use the future tense
Why do you say, The Sabbath day is to
be the golden gate which shall open to
let the laboring man into the higher
and the nober life Of the SpiritY Why
do you not use the present tense OF
even the past tense?' Because, my
friend. to a great extent, Avarice, with
her dusky handmaids, Blasphemy ano
Wanton Pleasures, have stolen away
our blessed Sabbath. When Agassii
first landed upon our shores he was
asked what most impressed him abou
the new world. THE quiet Of the Amer
can Sabbath" was his reply. But, alas
alas, the American Sabbath is not nov
a day of rest and worship, but of worl
and pleasure seeking. In many larg'
cities and in many country villages tn
stores are opened, and business, II no
running at full blast, is being done a
least with driving force. The barbe
shops and grocery stores and drug store
and dry goods stores and liquor store
and billiard halls and theaters ant
often foundries and factories are opel
and know no difference between Sun
day and Monday or Saturday IN
!, question How shall we keep Sunday
is fast acquiring a secondary signit
: cance," once powerfully spoke Bisho
Huntington. "Once the fear was tha
the Sunday might be broken. Now tn
anxiety is lest it be wholly lost. l.
a word. we are threatened with tn
forfeiture of an available franchise, IN
: annulment of an ancient charter, an
: II is high time that we bestir oul
/ selves" Yes, yes, Bishop Huntingto
{ we'll smoke the truth. The Sabbath da
is to be a great factor in the future !
teaching the labOring classes how I
spend their evenings, because now III
Sabbath day as a day of rest has bee
| STOLEN away. 1t must be recapture'
4 It is high time that the labor unions
( this land and the church Of Jesus Chris
S ioin hands to win back that Sabbat
e treasure which Lord Beaconsneld
0 who. like King Solomon, was Jew
= nncs declared "was the greatest bles
i Ing ever given by God to man."
I A Restful Sunday.
e The labor unions may logically Da'
o their claims upon physical ground
l. "Rest. rest Give US more rest! CT
n the barber unions and the grocery ciel
s unions and the drug store clerk unlol
s and all other unions. "Our men mu
70 have physical rest-periodical rest Il
s. the eve. the hand, the brain, the hear
n rest. and complete rest, on pnyslc
u grounds" And, thank God, begl
L ming has already been made, Tor L
IS labor unions are everywhere presentil
a their lust claims for restful SabDat
< On the other hand, the church
a Jesus Christ must go into this bait
le for a restful Sabbath emphasizing |
a. spiritual as we'll as physical CLAIM
IN The church Of Jesus Christ must ha
OIL at least one whole day per week 10 I
~ the people about God; one whole q
III per week to teach men how they shou
~ -, be good husbands and good sons G.
90 good fathers; one day per week
4, teach d man his duty to his fellow III
-, and to his state; one day out or eve
seven to teach man how his life III
re re be spiritual and his death, glorio'
~ "Restl Restw A Sabbath for sacr
- - rest and worship should be the cry
-, the church. May this Christian pui
~ on this Labor Sunday help to be
=, means Of leading the church and
~ labor unions to clasp hands in the h
~, conspiracy of capturing the Sa0D'
'oa for God, recapturing 1t for physl
10 and mental and spiritual rest and
nd vigoration.
yi- A consecrated and gospelized bal
nd box is also to be a great factor In tea
Ira ing the laboring classes how 10 spt
th their evenings. This means that
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