Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-11-09

A little girl was asked which is the
best day of the year, Thanksgiving or
Christmas, and answered, "Why 1t
isn't either, Gods day is best. that
comes every week. and it is Just love-
w." Yes it was pure love to US that
one day was set aside from each work
ing week and named Sabbath or rest
day. The oldest institution in the
world is the Sabbath. Before God
established the church, before He
planted the family in Eden, He set
apart the seventh day for rest. He
also haIlowed it, that made it holy.
We are today as nation facing
gigantic problem, that of Decorating
the holy Sabbath. Joseph Cook says ::
1.-The most imminent menace to self
government in this country today is
the saloon and Sabbath dissertation. "
Moody writes "Show me the nation
that has given up the Sabbath and l
will show you the nation that has the
seeds of decay" BY ignoring Sab
bath obligations and disregarding
state laws, it educates the people in
lawlessness. and by failing to promote
the highest source Of morality 1T
makes itself responsi lie for most of
the fragrant Dissertation of the Sabbath
and for the rapidly lowering tone of
public morals that is endangerlng the
very life of our free republic. Like
great ship loosed from its mornings
and drifting aimlessly in the deep and
, dangerous current so have we as
nation drifted these many years farth-
, er and farther from the deep convic
tions and sturdy practice of our fore
fathers with regard to the meaning
and use of the Sabbath. There is
perhaps no evil so insidious as that of
' disregard for the Sabbath at the
J present time. Our nation is in the
greatest crisis of the, history of the
} Sabbath in America, both in the
United States and Canada. The liquor
and other powers of evil knowing that
if the Sabbath be destroyed, Christ
= ianity will perish, are attacking this
:. divine gift as never before. AS in
dividuals too, the atmosphere of world
illness, ease, pleasure and money
getting that environs us all, has
= tended to deaden the conscience, anC
chill our love for reverence for the
sacred day. This has come to be {
pleasure loving age, and there are
many who must be deprived of theil
God-given day of rest to minister tt
the pleasure of others. Greed Of gain
and greed of pleasure are making
hosts of seven day slaves. This is no
as God DESIGNED it. Let us look for
moment at the word of God, the divin
law which is the first of all suprem
authority. In FIX. 20, 8:11 we rea'
these words, written by God himself
Remember the Sabbath day to keel
it holy. Six days shalt thou labou
and do ali thy work, but the sevent
day is the Sabbath of the Lord tb.
God. in it thou shall not do any work
thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter
thy man servant. nor thy maid ser
want, nor thy cattle, nor the strange
that is within thy gates, for IN six day
the Lord made Heaven and earth, tn
sea, and all that in them is, an
rested the seventh day, wherefore tn
Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hal
re lowed it." Turn again to Elk. 35,
I'd "Six days shall work be done but o
or the seventh day there shall be to you
ry holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the Lore
IS. whosoever doeth work therein shal
u be put to death" Notice, Sabbat
u of rest to the Lord. Please turf
b. again to lisa. SO, 10: eff thou tur
away thy foot from the Sabbath
from doing thy pleasure on my hol
day and call the Sabbath a delight
ry the holy of the Lord honorable an
op shalt honor Him, not doing thine ow
er way, nor finding thine OWL pleasur
On nor speaking thine own words" liste
IN to the promise, "then shalt tho
on delight myself in the Lord, and | wi
oy cause thee to ride upon the hig
or places of the earth and feed tn
an heritage of Jacob thy father, for tn
'rt mouth Of the Lord hath spoken it. "
lie Why should We observe the Sabbath
- For many reasons. First, it is con
o,,I 10 Of GnI tny
also a demand of nature not only ha
natures God written the law of a res
day for our bodies, but he has ais
IL placed it in the code of the law unive
sally called the ten commandments
and whether we be children of tt
,or king or his rebelliOus subjects, He
re- still king. His law is over all. and II
rt. penalties will be enforced. Since &c
~, is love, obedience to Sabbath Law
bri gs with it the richest rewards,
~ is also true, a violation of Gods la
M brings disaster and ruin. Statesme
c,y philanthropis political economist
5r. psychologists, all agree to the necess
ty of the rest day for the health
10 body and mind, as we'll as spiritu
ion uplift, and it has proven beneficial
30 beast of burden, and even to MACH
re- cry. In Europe the average life
roo Tile jews 10 JeIl years Hunger Cudll GIl6
M neighbors, largely because of the
NJ rigidly kept Sabbath day. The gre
'p'' Daniel Webster has said. 1.-The long
l live the more highly do I estima
the Importance of proper observan
- of the Sabbath" Bishop Cheney on
said eff ever this country shall be
!, spot Of Revolution, the calamity W
= be seen TO have entered through
rents Of Sabbath dissertation. Are
not standing on the verge of a gre
sti- calamity when this beloved country
yours is involved in all manner
Sunday trafiicking, such as runni
hat Sunday excursion trains, haul
freight. publishing Sunday ney
papers, (Which is a foe to the S.
,oc- bath, the church, the home, and t
% country Of ours) baseball PLAYING,
open ice cream parlors on Sumo
and the baker shops. Then again il
49,, becoming very popular by some Of
.1 fashionable and wealthy people
.a8 society to give large social functi