Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-18
PASTOR SCORES
CRY FOR MORE
LIBERAL SUNDAY
The Rev. DR.. w. Y. Chapman
Pleads for Observance of
the Sabbath Day.

At the Roseville Presbyterian Church
last night the Rev. w. Y. Chapman
took his text from Exodus XXX, s., and
Mark H., 2S: Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy" and THE Sabbath
was made for man" In the curse of
his sermon the Rev. DR.. Chapman said:
THE fact that Christians observe the
first day of the week instead of the
seventh should give no one any trouble.
Tt is true thai there is no specific
divine order for the change, but the
fact is that from the very beginning of
the Christian church the change has all
but universally obtained. And it is
quite consistent with the history of
Sabbath observance.
primarily the seventh day was set
apart for the commemoration of
creation. After the induction of Israel
into Canaan the idea Of deliver
ance from bondage in Egypt was added.
It was very natural, therefore, that,
after the greatest of all events, the
resurrection of Christ. the day should
get a new idea and a new time. The
principle remains the same and the
portion of time set apart the same.
"a great deal of license has been as
sumed in the observance or nom
observance of the day from the prac-
tise and teachings of Jesus. He said
THE Sabbath was made for man, and
not mar for the Sabbath He did not,
therefore. its abrogation nor
license its violation. He might have
said the same of any other law. The
law said also Thou shalt not KILL but
that does not ignore the fact that kill
Ing is sometimes necessary for the well
fare of society. Hence, the teaching
and practise of Christ, while it was in
violation of the artificial legalism of
the Jews, nevertheless always and
everywhere honored the Sabbath as a
God-appointed institution.
The purpose of the Sabbath, then, in
all the history of its observance, is to
remind men of God as Creator n Re-
deemer and to afford suitable time for
rest to the worlds laborers. You have
only to ~imagfne-and the waning sane
tity of the Sabbath makes it not diff
cult to imagine-the continuance of the
grind for seven days which modern
society imposes for at least six. The
exigencies of our civilization have In
creased the seventh day labor, and the
selfish. goddess greed of our time would
fill it with toll, like the other six.
Imagine such a condition and figure
out results. Away goes the church and
with it the opportunities for spiritual
contemplation and study. Away goes
the Sunday school and all the blessed
Influences that sanctify and uplift So
ciety. Not only the moral and spir-
itual strength of society would fail, but
the physical as well.
1T would seem that God had de-
signed the human constitution on the
plan of a h~ebdomadal rest day. 1t has
been proven that about one-seventh
of time for rest Is necessary for man
and beast. and some have given plaus-
ible proof that even machines will DO
better service by resting one-seventh
of the time.
"There can be no doubt but the Sab
bath has proven itself one of the most
beneficient institutions the world has
ever known. If any honest man will
make an honest study of the Sabbath
observance through the ages he will be
compelled by every moral sense to con-
serve 1t. The liberalistic outcry today
for a more liberal Sunday. which al
ways has reference to open saloons, is
one of the most insane propositions
that issues from that lawless spirit of
the latter days.