The Greeley tribune., 1911-07-06
4 SABBATH OF REST, A MORAL
AND PHYSICAL NECESSITY


In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth. and he rested
on the seventh day. Iherefore the
Lord blessed the sabbath day and hal
lowed it," When God, the great cre-
ator, had completed his work, he es-
tablished certain duties between man
and man, and between man and him,
self. These duties were embodied
later in the moral law. The were
the underlying principles which were
meant by an all wise creator and
OF peace. prosperity and proper devel-
opment of the human race. should
any of these principles be omitted
from our rule of conduct. a weakness
and distress consequently follows.
That these principles were Implanted
in the being of man when he was
abundant proof long before their ex-
preston in the code of laws given to
Moses.
This disproves the theory held by
some that the sabbath was Jewish
institution, and not binding in this
goth century. God set .us AM sample
ting 1t apart as day OF res, not alone
in physical sense. for the everlast-
ing ing God Goo fair fainteth mot. nett is va wsary.
joyment of the work of mis- hands.
There Is record of a division of time
into periods of seven DAYS long be-
ten commandments were gwen. the
command was to remember the Sab
bath day and keep it holy. Signifying
1t was no new principle given for the
first time. Contirmatory evidence Is
found also from secular writings in
the Chaldean cuneiform lnscriptions.
found In the excavations If ancient
Babylon. and Chaldea, al and before
Abraham's time. importance of this
day Of rest is shown BY It's being
placed in the decalog. So great an
authority as Blackstone. WHO is rec
ognized as the father OF our common
law, says. the basis Of all aw is the
a n ls-nf Hs.t
thor of all life and law, has placed IL
there, thus giving it equal Prominence
with the nine other basic principles
which were to govern society for all
| time, how or by what authority can
III II we teach BY precept or example
binding. how can We teach that theft
| or murder are crimes? II an en-
pioyer teaches an employee to steal
Gods time by compelling him to work
on Gods day. how can he be sure
that employee will hold sacred his
employers time or money? one says.
| our fathers moored their Young ship
OF state In a secure harbor with the
| trusty anchor of Sabbath Observance.
and the strong chain of protection for
her laid her foundation in respect Tor
the Lords day. Gladstone says: The
religious observance of the Sabbath
Is main prop in the character of the
ma ton. From moral, social and
physical point of view ii is duty Of
avs tnt importance We owe 1t to
| that we are Christian rather than
heatnen nation 1t Is becoming that
their hGnsr nstitufiaps .hei5 mTsPm9ry TPy ana prize
day as the sheet anchor OF our Iiber-
1,es Ins,,oa as Nyei VEL as our rellg!ous hopes.
Is no Christian sabbath tfsre ts no
christian morality, and Without this
Ee tree institutions cannot long exist"
asad aMaadshihgton, ass webster lincoln. Gar
have left similar testimopy.
he fe,y ,sayefer gaoS Yur personal practice may
church doors closed a Psrisian cor
respondent writing 10 a Phiiadelphia
dishonored in America a. i, ,s hare
ffa@e6om fnre6 VIII have gone rom you
oDIev onr sa pr Crafts adds: "Uniess
ed" One writer SAYS: ..We,bnut the
ga bbath men would be as slaves on a
toll, VIII intti' nvins lives q monotonous
world to which this is tbe E.,h,,i. :;
an1o,, an1 now to enter it. 1t gives time Tor
the busv yeat rtsadins' ds' crowded out Of
daily papera. mag i@'hes ana
,,i II admonishes us to attend the help
lie WORSHIP WORSHIP @i.d and f9ds Bidis people. in pub
workmen scarcely see tbei!H miIicss
on on, week DAYS. | recall rtreet car
nine months o,d ao o. rneFer seen his
Sabbath is called prS-.,aaWake; tne
pood pood ma mans -, day although 1ust q
man:s :'phrg' dsi' thee ] hail. the poor
1s On d Other days the man a, toll
alone 10 eat his joyless bread
Bq. ho@a on this day, enbosotned in his
| he loves" meal with those
And learns to love +t. -
good; The physical r15p Elver OK Al
sa1, sa1 happiest moph work when S enjoyinr % | six
Disease is found H. di oi rest
readily where the nervous op .~.ecm Wo
itsslf ss h0t bisednsb hfa ,ts sabhat to restors
NAL condition. 'm out OF nor