The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-20

a great tunda-
mental fact when
he says: Laws for rest are sta
toned all along the physical nature The
lungs rest after each breath we take
The blood vessels rest between the heart
beats The nerves and brain will have
rest and revenge themselves upon US
If we cut short the supply. The or
daining Of day and night to follow each
other in quick succession through all
ages Of the world was a merciful ap-
pointment Of God; without 1t the hui
man species would probably have
become extinct at a very early period
Of time. But experience and observa-
tion have shown that the rest of night,
and all 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
as nights Of rest"
A Physical Necessity.
Lord Macaulay does not speak too
strongly when he says: While indus
try is suspended while the plow lies
in the burrows, while the exchange is
silent, while no smoke ascends from
the factory, a process is going on quite
as important to the wealth Of the ma
tion as any process which is per
formed on more busy days. Man, the
machine Of machines, is repairing and
winding up, SO that he can return to
his labor on Monday with clearer in
teilect, with livelier spirits, with re-
newed corporal yigor.' And Cole
ridge was not too extravagant when
he exclaimed: Il feel as If God by
giving the Sabbath had given 81
springs in the year
A Mental Necessity.
The Sabbath Is also mental neces-
sity. A man Of rs years observation
in New York city said that those mer-
chants Of his acquaintance who kept
open their counting rooms on Sunday
failed without exception William Will
berforce declared that many public
men who began life with him found
an early grave, some being maniacs
and others suicides, and be attributed
the cause Of their premature and un-
timely end to their disregard Of the
Sabbath.
A Moral Necessity.
The Sabbath is a moral necessity
More than 90 per cent. of all criminals
we're habitual Sabbath breakers be
fore they became criminals. An Eng
lish chaplain Of prisons declared that
during 2S years Of service he had
made 1t point to see In private
those who were charged with capital
ofenses., and that he did not remem
Der a single case among them all
where the party had not been a Sab
bath breaker, and many of them as
sured him that Sabbath breaking was
the first step in their course Of crime
A Spiritual Necessity.
The Sabbath Is certainly a spiritua
necessity. There is no such thing a,
Christianity without It. Without 4
the church cannot exist, and there Il
no such thing as growth in grace tt
those who desecrate the Lords day
A company Of rough men in the ives
assembled in front Of country churcl
awaiting the time Of service. One o
them asked another why he did no
bring with him his gun, that he Nigh
kin some game on his return home
The other replied: Suppose l shoull
come up here with seven fine horse
and should say: Boys, would like Il
give you six Of these horses to b
yours, you can use them as you will
| only want one You would take m
six horses and then follow me dow
the road to rob me Of the hors
which ! have kept Now, fellows
amt that mean?" And yet that i
just what the man does who robs Go
OF the Sabbath by doing his own plea!
ure and working for himself on that day
God has given him the six days, and
Is simply robbery for him to take tn
seventh.
The Christian who desecrates tn
Girst day Of the week Is guilty Of
double transgression. He violates th
principle Of the decalogue and at tn
same time tramples upon the Resu
rection day of his Lord If he ha
lows the first day OF the week he r.
ceives a double blessing In obeying tn
law and in honoring him who died fC