The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-11

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 it the hui
man species would probably have
become extinct at a very early period
of time. But experience and observa-
ton 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
a S nights of rest"
A Physical Necessity.
Lord Macaulay does not speak too
strongly when he says: While indus
try is suspended, while the pillow lies
in the burrows, while the exchange is
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the factory, a process is going on quite
AS important to the wealth of the ma
ton 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
mis- labor On Monday with clearer in
t~ellect, with "livelier spirits, with re-
newed corporal vigor." And Cole
ridge was not too extravagant when
he exclaimed: Il feel as IL God by
giving the Sabbath had given So
springs in the year
4 Mental Necessity.
The Sabbath is alse a 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 he attributed
the cause Of their premature and I'M
timely end to their disregard Of the
Sabbath.
A Moral Necessity.
The Sabbath is a moral necessity.
More than 80 per cent. Of all criminals
were habitual Sabbath breakers be-
fore they became criminals. An Eng.
Iish chaplain of prisons declared that
during % years of service he had
made it a point to see In private
those who were charged with capital
Offenses, 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 spiritual
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 desecrate the Lords day
A company of rough men in the west
assembled in front of a country church
awaiting the time Of service. One Of
them asked another why he did moi
bring with him his gun, that he might
Kill some game on his return home
The other replied: Suppose l should
come up here with sever fine horse:
and should say: Boys, / would like tt
give you six of these horses to bt
yours. you can use them as you will
] only want one You would take m.
six horses and then follow me dowl
the road to rob me Of the hors'
which l have kept. Now, fellows
amt that mean?" And yet that Ii
DUST what the man does who robs Coz
of the Sabbath by doing his own pleas
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. .t.,.
The Christian who desecrates tn
first day Of the week is guilty of
double transgression. He violates til
principle of the decalogue and at tn
same time tramples, upon. the Resul
rection day of his Lord. If he ha
lows the first day of the week he re
ceiyes a double blessing in obeying tn
law and in honoring him who died TO
him and rose again. /,