Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1907-06-20
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vided attention for that periDd. Je-
novah can't do much for the soul that
spends seven days week in quest of
a living, nor can that man who is
foolish enough to so spend his time
entlreiy get very near to God. Then,
TOO, the Sabbath is sensible insti-
tuition. We are all we'll aware that
were it not the law Of human life
to quit work at least once a week we
would all end soon in an early grave.
The Sabbath with it's benefcent
blessings sets us on anew with re-
cuperated bodies, with rested minds.
with fresh hope in our hearts. with
inspired souls, upon the days Of the
week that are to come If we use it
rightly. Had God not filled the
hearts of men with this truth that
the Sabbath is a sensible institution
"a business proposition, il YOU will
for the physical, mental and spiritual
man-it is not hard to reahze that
greed would have US labor all the davs
OF our lives. Then, too, the Sabbath
is necessity. Man gives God but
small chance in the six days of hurry
and rush of the business life, no mat
ter how conscientious man may be.
Man, on the other hand, cannot stand
seven days of uninterrupted labor for
long. For the conservation of human
strength. for the upbuilding of the
spiritual and religious life in man.
tor the glory Of God antfs the er1-
trance OF the soul into fellowship
with Him, the Sabbath is a necessity.
Without it we should become aged
DerOre Our time and blunted in sDir-
1tual perception. With it we may
know the joy of true rest well earned
and may take time to become like
Jesus.
In this day and time, and in this
land, the divine authority of the sah-
bath must be emphasized and nm
held. The words of Jesus which ner-
mltted men to do acts of mercy on
the Sabbath and to secure enough to
eat to restrain hunger and to sustain
the human system, can never. logical
" or righteously, be made an excuse
Tor unnecessary labor or for gene1al
holiday. The Sabbath was made for
man and not man for the Sabbath.
But the Sabbath was instituted for
the preservation and regeneration of
the body and the inspiration and cul-
t1vatlon of the soul Of man, and not
as a means to idleness and loose liv-
lng.: There is a difference between
the Sabbath and the Saturday half
holiday. And the general disregard
by our people of the great memorial
days that commemorate the birth of
the nation, the sacrifice of her mar
tyrs, the advent of her mighty men,
is but reflex of that disregard of
the meaning and the obligation of
Gods day-the Sabbath-which He
gave to man. People who will not re-
we're the Lord will not long remem-
Der Lincoln. Men who will cast aside
the Saviour of the world cannot be
expected to spend much time to COM
memorate the deaths. and sacrifices
of the >saviours of the Union To put
the Sabbath, the rest day, on Mon
day will not make men go to church;
nor will the placing of Memorial Day
On Sunday be efficient to turn the
hearts of careless men to the cOntem-
platlon and commemoration of the
blood that flowed at Harper's Ferry,
Fort Sumter. Vicksburg, and the rest.
The man who feels no sympathy for
the Chris on Calvary will feel less
FOR those who fell on the bloody field
at Gettysburg. What to him are the
birth pains of the nations?
The tendency to turn the American
Sabbath into Continental Sunday
is as perilous as it is pernicious. It
strikes at the religious, the best and
the central life of the people. The
endeavor to escape Puritanism has
led to all sorts Of loose living and
| misspent leisure. AS between Puri-
tanism and Continentalism give me
the law to the letter, rather than
no law ut all. The Sabbath should
not be given over to riotous living.
On the other hand, in our endeavor
| to escaDe with Christ the killing let
ter Of the law, we have, think. gone
too far. There are many things that
are necessary anG that NUT &c done
on the Sabbath, and contrariwise,
there are many things done on the
Sabbath that co.lld be as well done on
week DAYS. and as many more that
could we'll be left undone altogether
! The word Of Christ that the Sabbath
was made for man can in no wise
excuse the unnecessary labors that
| many tradesmen have to perform on
Sunday How MANY men and women
who go to Coney island or hundred
other places on Sunday can rightly
plead necessity as excuse for nuttlng
extra labor upon mu1titudes of men!
The Sunday paper tends to becone
a curse. not because 1t is unhealthy
or unwise to read the news on the
fSabbath. but because 1t puts unneces-
sary labor. in the majority OF cases.