THE MELBOURNE CUP
ARCHDEACON JOLIUV VIEWS. Van. ArahdeiGcm Jaliad preaohed In the Pro-Cathedral, Bdllacat, on fiuuday, November lOsh. Hl« text was taken from xvi Deuteronomy, 16th verne— "Three tlniea a year ch*li all thy males appear before the Lard thy God m the place whloh he shall choose," The Acohdeacon said '—That complex play of soolal forces that we call modern oooloty had maoh to learn from the liws of Mosea. Whether as regards the burniag questions of hnd tenure, of labor, or ot festivals, tha Mosaic legislation contrasted f avnrtbly with what had hitherto been accepted as a modern goapal — the scienoa of polltioal eoonomy. Aftec referring to the Jewish and early Ohttetlan featlvalß, their joyoaanesa and advantages, he directed apeoial attention to the great carnival of the coming woek, comprising amongst ' its days that known as "Cup Day," Now, taken per se, Gap Day, The gaid, (a no:, eusdalialiy ou evil d»y, a day of nipiul fully. It ia the aooesßories — the batting, the extravagant expendltara m aeifi h p'nasures that readers it bo productive of harm to our social or m.Uonai life, As he(;ho Arcbdaaoon) had oof ore pointed out;, it w«uthe pumbliug Bpirit of the ago, not by any means con flood to horse racing, '.hi-. v.\n to ba dread-id, and m the apir;t oi (Jt.riat. encountered aud overcome. Thuro »h»b hudya fibre of our social nnMouul llfo that was uot tainted with this aocarsiid opirlt of lait of gsin. An apprentice enters v chop, and unless he j Ijs m a Is or 2s 6d Bweep be (b oistraoised and raade to naffer foe his fiißlity to coarclarce. The first stop to vice la tbou taken, and all know how easy add rap'd tha desoont into the abyaa of sin and sh&me booomes. It ia uo good to denounoo our great natloanl feetlv»l m a Phadra'c spirit. We ahoald not forget that nndorlylog all oub life, whether aa Individuals of sooioty or aa a nation, there should be tha spirit of religion. Taia spirit ahoald be tha aoul of every aatlon of nur dailj lives. You aanno'c separate, snulyse, or Bpllt up life, and nay this la God'o and that is tbe devil'a. We are "bought with a price," and all oar being 1b God'd, He (the Arobdeaooo) did net mem that "Cap cUy " ahoald be prefaced byaOommunioa servlao hold m the oathedtala of Melbourne* Thle, to aay the least, would be inconvenient, if not rather luoonpruoua, but theta w«a nothing to prevent tha observance ol " Onp day " by Übristian men In an Innocent manner. Such a day was a groat national festiva', and should be ktpt la accordance with itui principle of istbnal am:iau<n«9nt. What were *heso principles t They woro these. Tho amusement ahoald bo recreative, innocent, anselnih, and prod active of good rather than harm to . one'a neighbor. The almost universal diff aslon of the abominable gambling spirit; deprived our great noli 3ay of the blessing tbat It held, for m bo far as it wai recreative, innocent, and unsoifiah, it, like all amuaemanta, had its bleastng for ua . A ball was In its way a good thing. D»nclng was for young people as good ; but, carried on as it bo often is to esceio inlo the early morniuß, it bears evil fruits In conclusion, ho would ootroat his peoplo earnestly to lock the quoetioo of amuse mentfl full m tho face, and iv tlioir pmctioa be guided by tho prinoiplea of rational amusement, romembering tbat this, as well as every other aotion of life should bo dictated by the spirit of righteousness. Tuay would then become all the better for their amusement* i£ purity and unselfishness were their characteristics:
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2287, 22 November 1889, Page 2
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618THE MELBOURNE CUP Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2287, 22 November 1889, Page 2
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