Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-07-09

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lungs est after each breath we take
TIE blood vessels rest between the heart
bats. The nerves and brain will have
rest and revenge themselves upon Us
Il We Ut short the supply. The or
caining q day and night to follow each
other in quick succession through all
ages o. the world was a merciful ap-
rCiutmeut OF God: without it the hu
man species would probably have
become extinct al a very early period
o. tine But experience and observa
tor have shown that the rest Of night
and al forms OF daily and nightly rest
put together ARE insufficient for the
highest end OF mans physical well
being There must be days as well
AZ nights Of rest
a Physical Necessity.
Lord Macaulay does not speak toc
strongly when be says While indus
Try IS suspended. while the plov lies
1 n the burrows. while the exchange il
silent. while 40 smoke ascends from
the factory. a process is going on quite
~ important IN the wealth Of the IA
ton as any process which Is Der.
formed on more busy days Man. the
machine Of machines. is repairing and
winding up 50 that be a return te
his Labor ou Monday with clearer in.
teilect. with livslier spirits. with ~
ueved corporal vfgur- And Cole
ridge was not too e-xtravaxant xhs.
he exclaimed, 4 feel a. il God BIZ
giving the sabbath had given So
springs in the year.
A Mental Necessity.
The Sabbath IS also a mental neces
sity. A man Of IS years observation
IN New York city said thar those ner
chants Of his acquaintance who kept
opsn their counting rooms on Sunday
failed without exception William VII
herforce declared that many public
men who began life with him found
an early grave. some being maaiacs
and others suicides. and he attributed
the OF their premature and IN.
timely end to their disregard OF the
Sabbath
A scrsl Necessity.
The sabbath is a moral u~ecessitv
More than 80 per cent OF all criminals
we're habirual Sabbath breakers b.
fore they became criminals. An Eng
lish chaplain Of prisons declared that
during = years OF service be had
made it i point to see in private
those Who we're charged with eapitas
ofensss and that he did not rsmem
Der a single ass among them al
where the party had not been q Sab
bath breaker. and many OF them a.
sured him that Sabbath breaking vas
the first step in their course OF crime
A Spiritual Necessity.
The Sabbafh is certainly a spiritua
necessity. There is no such thing as
Christianity without IT, Without II
the church cannot exist. and there Is
No such thing As growth IN grace tc
those who dssecrate the Lords dav
A company Of rough men in the ives,
assembled in front Of a ountry church
awaiting the time OF service. One Oh
them asked another why he did not
bring with him his gun. that he might
Kill some game on his return home
The other replied Suppose | should
come up here with seven fine horses
and should say Boys, / would Ike tc
give you SIX OF these horses TO Be
yours. you can use them as you will
l only want me. You would take nv
SIX horses and then follow me dowr
the road to rob me OF the horse
which I have kept Now. fellows
ain that mean And vet that Is
iusJ what the man does who rubs God
Of the Sabbath by doing his own pleas
ure and working for himself on tharday
Col has given him the six DAYS. and il
is simply robbery for him 10 take the
seventh
The Christian who desecrates the
frs day OF the week is guilty Of a
double transgression- He violates the
principle Of the decalogue and at the
same time tramples upon the Rssur
recti0n day Of his Lord II he hal
lows the first day Of the week he re
csives a double blessing in obeying the
Law and in honoring him who died for
him and rose again