The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-22
JOHN BARLEYCORN.


In the death of Miss lola Scates
this vicinity loses one of its sweet
est Christian spirits. She was just
entering into young womanhood
and was popular with the young
and the old alike and we have rea.
sons to believe that our loss is
heavens gain.
We note in the Memphis Morning
News that one base ball team de-
feated two other teams last Sunday
evening In Memphis, suburb Of
Hades. We need law to prohibit
Sunday base ball playing if we
haven't one, and if it was not for
the handful of Christians yet re-
naming in that dirty city we would
be glad 1t would meet the same fate
Of Sodom and Gomorrah. For crime
ofevery description it surpasses any
other city Of its size we know Of,
and whiskey is the foundation of
the meanness.
The Sabbath is the day set apart
By God in which to rest. 1t is the
Lords holy day-the Christians
day Of worship, meditation, refec-
tiou and thought, but how many
keepit and respect it as they ought?
How many observe it as they are
commanded to do? Yea, how many
steal 1T from the Lord? Did you
ever notify your hands on Sunday
to come help thresh wheat or take
mp hay, or roll logs, or do any other
kind Of work. Now be honest, did
you never hunt stray calf, hog or
sheep that had been gone several
days, which you had no time to hunt
in the week? Did you ever put off
sailing your stock until Sunday, or
split little stove wood, or clean up
the crib, or oil your buggy? / am not
certain but what Sunday is the bus
lest day some people have, especial
ly the women, and Monday is the
day Of rest for some people, while
others never rest. Dad yea never
settle a little business with your
neighbor at church or Sunday
school, pay off little debt or col
lect one-didn't have time in the
week. And you busy, business
men, did you ever post your books
on Sunday, or sell few dollars
worth of goods to customer, or
make out an order or pay off an ac-
count with a check and date it one
day back or one day ahead, and did
you ever start off to buy goods and
borrow part of the Sabbath to as
sist you in getting to market, or
start so as to put in one Sabbath
getting back. If you have you just
as well GO out and plow as far as
right orswrong is concerned. You
have broken the Sabbath; you have
robbed God of the day he has re-
quired of you to observe. Go search
your own heart, you old wicked
hypocrite and repent Of your sins
and see if you can't lead better
life and set better example before
your children and mine. We once
owed a good Christian man and
that man was Mr.. Joe Fields and he
is buried at Pleasant Hill. We had
not seen him for some time and we
owed him a debt which was past
due. and on meeting him one Sun
ay we were so proud to see him
%nd to have an opportunity of pay
ing him that we grasped his friend
" hand and shook it and drew out
our purse to pay him, when he said.
Will not accept it on Sunday, / am
a Christian, and my Bible teaches
me it is wrong to do business on
Sunday, and | said, Joe, may not
see you again soon, and l think
there would be no harm in accept
ing it, and he said I'd rather lose it
than my soul, and if you owed me
$500 and ] knew l would never get
il If did not receive it on Sunday |
would not touch it. o, for more