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pr v. " - . \ F , ^ ^ ' ' . v-:> /' ' * 1 f The Puifo/t I 1 m gfkm > wzpsttt , -s^SZsSX^Sl^SXs^-^. . A SERMON * ?Y TfiE REV? . f|KlV//teNDE^ohi%^^6 Subject: The Sabbath Day. Brooklyn, N. Y.?Preaching at the Irving Square Presbyterian Church, on the above theme, the pastor, the Rev. Ira Wemmell Henderson, took as his text, Exodus 20:9-11: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it c holy." He said: If Moses had never handed down this haw of God for the guidance of Israel and of Christendom the truth would yet remain the same, that the Sabbath day should be kept holy. The Sabbath day is one of the greatest blessings mankind enjoys, whether it be looked upon as the result of * a divine decree or of human legislation. Had God never declared His will on this point it is very certain humanity would from sheer force of necessity set one day in seven apart as God's day, or if not as God's day, .l&t least as a day of rest from toil. The Sabbath day, viewed from whatever stand you may choose, is abundantly justified. It satisfies the * needs of men spiritually and physically. tt is right, it is necessary, it is sensible. The longings of the human heart for better and fuller communion with the Father above are satis fied in a peculiar manner, when men set aside one day a week for meditation, communion with God and for 41m lfi trotmn /\f a r?A?l U/\rtr llic vunivauv;u ui cuu suui. huwctci much we may believe that the Christ life should be our practice in all the " walks of our busy life, and however well we may put our theory of the Christian life into action, the truth still is this, that we are better fitted for further victory and strengthened in larger measure for continued service when we set this one day aside 1b a special sense for God and for our own growth in grace through contact with His people. The highest Christian life is the result of the centering and pooling of like spiritual i interests. No man has so much enthusiasm as he who is one of a company whose hearts and minds are single unto service and whose lives are dominated by the same ideals. In the crowd, not the cloister, is the place for the Christian. God is attained most, easiest and best through contact with men of pure life and far /' vision rather than through personal concentration. This is not to say if that meditation has not its place, foist is necessary. But it must not fill our lives to the harm of other interests and duties. Communion with God, contact with God's people, meditation and soul'culture, all these are necessary to the man who would grow to be like Jesus, -who would cultivate his spiritual powers. And the Sabbath* is a special day and a ; glorious means whereby we may strengthen the spiritual powers God " has granted to us. Then, too, mankind needs a day of r^st from material toil for the preservation of the physical powers. x No man who does a fair day's work six i times a week and who earns an honest "living by the sweat of his brow or with mental toil, is fit for six more l save as he rests a day between. There j ' { is no man so foolish as the one who burps the light of life with never a stop to replenish the fuel that the m vi of Tr* rnef ve? n rvf WUU.T l_Lt U>Jt V^? XV/ X VOt iO UUI/ necessarily to be lazy. There can be no true rest save for the man who lias earned it through willing and healthy toil. Rest is the due and the duty of every true workman. And if it be the need and the reward of those who have honorably and sufficiently labored, how much more must it be necessitous for those poor, downtrodden wretches who are forced to work the wine press of modern business life until heart is sick and body wearied almost unto death? Ah, yes, beloved, man needs the Sabbath ?the rest* day, as the Hebrews called it?for replenishment and recharging with the physical energies that sustain life. The Sabbath day is set apart as a day of rest and worship, not without reason; but because it is right so to do. It is the duty of man to serve God all the time and in a special manner to draw near to Him once a week at least. God is worthy of oneseventh of humanity's time and undiv vided attention for that period. Jehovah can't do much for the soul that spends seven days a week in quest of a living, nor can that man who is foolish enough to so spend his time entirely get very near to God. Then, .toe, the Sabbath is a sensible institution. We are all well aware that were it not the law of human life to quit work at least once a week we would all end soon in an early grave. The Sabbath with its beneficent blessings sets us on anew with recuperated bodies, with rested minds, with fresh hope in our hearts, with inspired souls, upon the days of the week that are to come if we use it rightly. Had God not filled the hearts of men with this truth that the Sabbath is a sensible institution ?a business proposition, if you will, for the physical, mental and spiritual man?it is not hard to realize that greed would have us labor all the days of our lives. Then, too, the Sabbath is a necessity. Man gives God but small chance in the six days of hurry jind rush of the,business life, no matter How conscientious man may be. Man, on the other hand, cannot stand seven days of uninterrupted labor for long. For the conservation of human strength, for the upbuilding of the spiritual and religious life in man, for the glory of God and the entrance of the soul into fellowship with Him, the Sabbath is a necessity. Without it we should become aged before our time and blunted in spiritual perception. With it we may know the joy of true rest well earned t and may take time to become like Jesus. In this day and time, and in this land, the divine authority of the Sabbath must be emphasized and upheld. The words of Jesus which permitted men to do acts of mercy on the Sabbath and to secure enough to eat to restrain hunger and to sustain the human system, can never, logically or righteously, be made an excuse \ ' ' J " t . ,% " . ifisKfe-. . . ,v vv;::- N *' . *? '' > . ' .- i v. -; - v'-'V-1 for unnecessary labor or for a general holiday. The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. But the Sabbath was instituted for tfie preservation and regeneration of the body and the inspiration and cultivation of the soul of man, and not as a means to idleness and loose living. There is a difference between the Sabbath and the Saturday halflioliday. And the general disregard by our people of the great memorial days that commemorate the birth of the nation, the sacrifice of her martyrs, the advent of her mighty men, j is but a reflex of that disregard of [ the meaning and the obligation of j God's day?the Sabbath?which He ! mvp In man. Peonlo who will riot ro vere the Lord will not long remember Lincoln. Men who will cast aside the Saviour of the world cannot be expected to spend much time to commemorate the deaths and sacrifices of the saviours of the Union. To put the Sabbath,'the rest day, on Monday will not make men go to church; nor will the placing of Memorial Day on Sunday be efficient to turn the hearts of careless men to the contemplation and commemoration of the blood that flowed at Harper's Ferry, Fort Sumter, VickSburg, and the rest. The man who feels no sympathy for the Christ on Calvary will feel less for those who fell on the bloody field at Gettysburg. What to him are the birth pains of the nations? The tendency to turn the American Sabbath into a Continental Sunday is as perilous as it is pernicious. It strikes at the religious, the best and the central life of the people. The endeavor to escape Puritanism has led to all sorts of loose living and misspent leisure. As between Puritanism and Continentalism give me the law to tha. letter, rather than no law at all. The Sabbath should not be given over to riotous living. On the other hand, in our endeavor to escape with Christ the killing letter of the law, we have, I think, gone too far. There are many things that are necessary and that mutt be done on tne saDDatn, ana contrariwise, there are many things done on the Sabbath that could be as well done on week days, and as many more that could well be left undone altogether. The word of Christ that the Sabbath was made for man can in no wise excuse the unnecessary labors that many tradesmen have to perform on Sunday. How many men and women who go. to Coney Island or a hundred other places on Sunday can rightly plead necessity as excuse for putting extra labor upon multitudes of men? The Sunday paper tends to become a curse, not because it is unhealthy or unwise to read the news on the Sabbath, but because it puts unnecessary labor, in the majority of cases, upon a host and robs thousands of the common day of rest. The man who can't get shaved on Saturday has no real excuse for making the barber work on the Sabbath. I do not want to descend to trivial things, but you all know, as well as I, that there are a thousand and one things done that have no business to be performed on the Sabbath. We need a readjustment to-day in our estimate of values. Sunday as the Sabbath is a boon to man. Sunday as a side show to the other six days of the week is a sacrilege. The Transforming Power of Life. The Arabs have a saying about the palm tree, that it f/ands with its feet in salt water and its head in the sun. They often cannot drink the oracKisn water iouna in tne oasis I where the palm grows, but they tap the tree and drink the sweet palm sap. The palm tree by the magic of its inner life can so change the elements found in the unkindly soil around it that they minister to its growth and strength and fruit-bearing. So we in our earthly life must often have our feet in the mire and bitterness of sin around us; and upon our heads will often beat the fierce heat of temptation. But in spite of these things we shall be able to grow and grow strong, if within there is the making of a new life through Jesus Christ.?Bible Advocate. Gentleness. The strength of God is very gentle. He does not make a great noLe in lifting the tides or in speeding the stars in their courses. The sunshine is one of His greatest treasuries of power. He turns the hearts of stalwart sinners by the touch of infant fingers or by the memory of a pious mother's spiritual beauty and fidelity. By loving invitations, tender encouragements and manifold ministries of patience and sympathy, He encourages the penitence and the faith of sinful and weak human hearts. His children should seek more of His gentleness. We are too easily tempted to bluster and violence. We forget that gentleness is greatness as well as goodness. If we would do brave deeds, let us seek to be filled with divine gentleness.?Northern Christian Advocate. How Christ Makes Something of Us. An English preacher used the following illustration: "Once there was a brier growing in the ditch, and there came along a gardener with his spade. As he dug round it and lifted it out, the brier said to itself: 'What is he doing that for? Doesn't he know that I am only an old, worthless brier?' But the gardener took it and planted it am.id his flowers, while the brier said: 'What a mistake he has made, planting an old brier like my- ( self among such rose trees as these!' " Carrying the Cross. ^ -r' In the mind of Jesus the cross is not a particular misfortune, but the measure of suffering implied in ev ery act of love and self denial; this \ is the sense in which it is the very j instrument of redemption; Jesus car- I ried His cross, and those who follow j Him must imitate Him, and in like manner carry a cross for the salvation of the world.?Auguste Saba? I tier. Sing Amid the Shadows. , Anybody can sing in the sunshine; j | you and I should sing when the sun j | has gone down, and when clouds pour out their rains, for Christ is with us. | ?J. R. Miller. SULPHUR BRINGS HEALTH. Purifies the Blood and Clears Up the i Complexion. Everybody needs to take Sulphur at this season. Nothing like it to purify the blood, dear up the complexion and remove "that tired feeling." But the only way to take it is in liquid form. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur taken internally is the best Spring tonic. Applied externally Hancock's Liquid Sulphur quickly cures Eczema, Tetter, and all Skin Diseases. Hancock's, the only Liquid Sulphur Ointment, removes Pimples, Blackheads and Sores, and gives a beautiful soft, velvety skin. Your druggist sells it. It cured Edward D. Herring, of Frederick, Md., of a bad case of Eczema, and he writes: "My face is as smooth as ? ou tmoub m. Ail-about-Sulphur Booklet free, if you write Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co., Baltimore. Merely a Theory. "Of course, I don't know," began the sarcastic boarder, "but it strike me this chicken " "Now, what's the matter with the chicken?" interrpted the landlady. "Oh, nothing," answered the s. b"only ft is evidently the offspring ot a hard boiled egg."?Chicago News. Argo Red Salmon is cleaned and packed entirely by machine, and not touched by hand. After trying it you will use no other. Oklahoma's Constitution provides that nobody can be re-elected to a State office there. Evidently the people of Oklahoma do not place much confidence in unwritten laws, is the comment of the Chicago Record-Herald. SORES AS BIG AS PENNIES. Whole Head and Neck Cove-"1- ?Hair All Came Out?Suffered Months ?Cured in 3 Weeks by Caticura. "After having the measles my whole head and neck were covered with scaly sores about as large as a penny. They were just as thick as they could be. My hair all came out. 1 let the trouble run along, taking the doctor's blood remedies and nibbing on salve, but it did not seem to get any better. It stayed that way for about six months; then I got a set of the Cuticura Remedies, and in about a week I noticed a big difference, and in three weeks it was well entirely and I have not had the trouble any more, and as this was seven years ago. I consider myself cured. Mrs. Henry Porter, Albion, Neb.. Aug. 25, '06." The city of Vienna rdoehtly built an electric fountain in ofie of its parks. It is very large, and is capable of .seventy different rtfects of illumination. Sore Eyes Are cured without pain in one day by Leonardi's Golden Eye Lotion. There is no other eye rerfiedy so soothing, healing, prompt and effective. It makes strong eyes. Guaranteed or money refunded. Druggists sell it at 25 cts. or forwarded prepaid on receipt of price by S. B. Leonardi A Co.,Tampa,FJa. > The longer a man livis the surer he is that force is something more than a breakfast food. There is nothing more dainty for a picnic or luncheon than Argo Red Salmon sandwiches or salad. The Cook Book tells you how to prepare them. Ask your grocer. The value of a dream depends on how hard you try to make it come true. * / WET WEATHER WORK | HEALTHFUL j .--r'TrSvfr^j AND / '&WV- r PLEASANT iP\'\W,/j IF YOU WEAR //W ji\ \.ff /M'l Kill Afl V 1/ - W I WATERPROOF j , ,f \= OILED CLOTHING ! y f' L l~> BLACK OR YELLOW /\ 'j P' Perfect Protection / ,/ ? Longest Service | J'TllK. Low in Price I Sold Every where co eo^Tc- xj ?.a. ^{ ClwO^W *9?^'OC*? r Humor is truth smiling at you as itj talks to you. Every lady should have a copy of j the Argo "Red Salmon Cook Book. It j tells you thirty-nine different ways of | preparing Salmon. Ask your grocer I for it. Love is that species of dementia | that makes a man honestly believe he i is a poet. ' ttecaude of tho / ?}: V-" [ Cures Woman's Weaknesses. '? We refer to that boon to wea?, nervous, j suffering women known as Dr. Pierce's : Favorite Prescription. Dr. John Fyfe one of the Editorial Staff 1 of The Eclectic Medical Review says I of Unicorn root (Hclon'uis Diotea) which j" is one of the chief ingredients of the "Fa--''] vorito Prescription ": "A remedy which invariably acts as a uter- j ine inviporator * * % makes for normal ac- t tivity of the entire reproductive system." I He continues "in Helonias we have a medica- j ment which more fully" answers the above [ purposes than any other drug rcith ichich I am i acquainted. In tlie treatment of diseases pe- j culiar to women it is seldom that a case is i seen which does not present some indication j for this remedial apent." Dr. Fyfe further says: "The following are amonp the leadiup ! indications for Helonias (Unicorn root).. Pain j or acfclnp in the back, with leucorrhcea: j atonic (weak) conditiof\of the reproductive ! orpans of *omen. mental depression and ir- I ratability, associated wittfehronic diseases of f the reproductive ofpans of women; constant I sensation at heat in the repion of the kid- I neys: men&rrhapia (floodinp). due to a weak- { er.ed condition of/the reproductive system; amenoM^QeaAsur^ressed or absent monthly ; Deriod/.AMslnSrrrom or accompanyinp an | abnoafyO condition of the digestive organs i and Anaemic (thin blood) habit; dragging I sensijrtons in the extreme lower part of the ! abdomen." _If more or less of the above symptoms ' aPfl'Br&frit. no invaiiq womp can \ better "than take i)r. Pierced Favorite | rrgscnptioii. one'oi'T.ne leading ingredi- \ entsof wnicii is Unicorn root, or Helonias. ' and the medical properties of which it most faithfully represents. Of Golden Seal root, another prominent ingredient of "Favorite Prescription," Prof. Finley Ellingwood, M. D., of Bennett Medical College, Chicago, says: "It is an important remedy in disorders of the womb. In all catarrhal conditions * * and general enfeebloment. it is useful." Prof. John M. Scudder, M. I)., late of Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root: "In relation *to its general effects on the system, there is no medicine in use about which there if such general unanimity of opinion. It is universally regarded as the tonic useful In all debilitated states." Prof. R. Bartholow, M. D.. of Jefferson Medical College, says of Golden Seal: j "Valuable in uterine hemorrhage, menorrt*ogia (flooding) and congestive dysmenorrhoea (painful menstruation).'"' Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription faithfully represents all the above named ingredients and cures the diseases for which they are recommended. HICKS' IJMCAPJJNE gsfflSf ALL ACHES And Ntrvmsuss Trial battle Mc Aldro<>tsr?a They have^a new verb In London? to suffrage. "She was arrested while suffragiog." ' A WONDERFUL GAIN. 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