SUNDAY SPORTS AT FEILDING.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 13, 14 December 1878, Page 3

SUNDAY SPORTS AT FEILDING.

- TO, Ms/ipsro|t. S»,— The principle,; invoked, m, ". Sometjhingarian't'?- .oove^ an.d\ --cuift way "of ! »ns^ering hiß.pw» ques^ipn^reflpcts but very §ttlo i|pon, % judgment," Th» jjrinciplp.Jip Ijereiappts^ is ttfgfco^ieitiijg plain and evident passages aside, andj & ing interpretations' p-f !£ biassed; or; preconceived liud, :uppi£ eljipJ.ipali'pwisagjß .ioi-. passages that refer,, tp pqly one phase.of the subject. The boolt qf.P^f erpnomy is a.repetitjibjp of t^ielaw,; p^igipally gijen^bj Gpd' to, Moies. Ofce.f ourte^n -ver,; of tlie.fif tb^cliap,, which he oyaotea, rjefers; to, "ope phase.in. the' obi$ the Sii|)bt.^i, viz,, cessation frqin ■11 kinds <$ bqdilv tqjJi The fifteenth/verse if something, elliptical, it ip t^Ttep *for grafted that* »s the. S^bbuth'ic law. had. been &d :^^.B.q.cle.aVil: tffld.empliat^ally, that file inipprjb of t t he ph^se'Megp theSabbath 4 a 7» ' l T ol #i be unde^topjd at ; qja.ce v^thput Rehearsing all; the vrprdi|.of the. command eve ( ry v ialfusion, an^' i^tlie,^ tban tbj*defrpnv Egyptian, bon^age^ con•touting t . reason for tlie ( .instij;tjfion of l^io S»sli»t^i f i^ ia. here ; evideuj if urgent as W,add^jpijpl, x^Bpn^ 'for. it^eacred] obser-* The^hpdiboen.undpr. sexej^e. aerjitHde.ih,Egypt;, where, such. pri7ilege,3 were denied there, and npw, they ,w x ere delivered were to;,fullyappjeeiate them, and:ei.« t^end them to, "their subordinates. In the t^welft^xerse of this' §atue chapter, the <$ t>,e.Sabbatii wjsjtrjctlj enforce 4 ftcc6rdiT<g to the, original, qqmnianda :^his fitter .passage teemed to. escape, the', nqtice of li Sometlijngarian,"- He'Qbjeets' t,q'my interpretations of Christ's, words r<? the Sabbath being made, for, man,, bi(t he does treat jus tb one of liis : 6wjn definifi^s, -but iimb|y'tells.iiVljis own way the.cnarabter of- t)ie persona to, wliom Christ, spoke: Xet me inform ".apmqthingarian,"- that the Sabbath is a positive institution based upon an exterpaT- coniniaiid ,'qf Gp^ ■$.: should its •'trict observance." clash" wjth fhe perforxnwnce 6f.inorj!iVdu w J.ie.s 1 t^enth,^ pre.feren.ee »,hould be given to tjie latter, * Hence it is 4Uow.able'a^itighfc.to w perform real: works of mercy or. provide, fo.f.qaturaj', aq^of an urgent apd pressin.g kind, This branch of phristian ethics is reasoned; put m a clea,r *nd masterly way by Bishop, Butler, " in Bis jnalpgy. But, Sir, Supda/ t "s'pprtsj can Barely be included inthe category of moral Thus the Sobbath.was^ made for man— ».e. intended tp^bq a period fqr bodily rjsit, and/a means of spiritual good, "Somethingnnan " in j ake,s twp inipQrtanf cpneeseiona m ' his last "lett er + '^ii«st, h'^ .teUs' us tiiathe i .d.idnofc, rpally approve Qf "Uiese Sunday sports, &o, Not^l, fuil. to. see the consistency of this sjaiement w?th what he •aidiin hi? first letter, forjjie^ he intimated 1 (Jiat he h^d np^hing" to say. against these yo^g men andi boys being thus" employed, providing thejr dq^ot, proceed,, tp 'anything worse, aecon^y, he : adpits.. that there., is ipom for;a d}ffei^nee of qpinip t^pqij the ! snbjMt xp l^and, where. vjew^d from. a. Bib^e suppose, this-' is; true % ihqwjß,Y.er; I F tliinkV h»s .b,een, slipwn to be 'otherwise), it will, come, to this, that /wtaehev*r t .qjjiniqn is embrace^, there,, will oc a danger of embracing"an, incorrect one. r* w *fl ™*f * c . r . -if BUe^ S^' iwpqrfance, .if Vfi. mijst, act. m a.manner,.Bq aVltq .befupw^hejhe/ ,ire apt, right*or.wTP.ng, '. iroul| >t ijgt .b,e better to err ont he safe side ? «f BoTncithingarjan,-" talks abpiu). the fire and brimiton^.sg.mnph that, one.is. tempted : to thmjc that hare fire a^ndj b,rimstone on hiß^brfti^ if spflet us. hope that- H may ■ get, ife re^n,ove,di and- bs. relfewditroja, the : t P rt . u Tethafc.he,.musjb b,e existing, under,. I " would m conclusion kindly urge uppq "^pruethingarian."-- the. adfrisabi^J j. : Qf,'teipg, : cw : ful what,he. write^ aho^t m fq^re, if he s"* .o^7- T?P le . approvingly; qf, sgqlV, aptij Chn|tian,dngracef^ practices^ ajid,the.re i by •how his desire ~ to. perpetyate^them, be.wiil manifest more wisdom and a greater solicitude for the ( , geoerpL good of: the com,munity by remaining ip Qbscurity^ IJp.aßpear as a.champion for. vice is taßbQ.w..himeelf to. be. bereft p| ali, that is good an.d noble m humanity,"' andj nuisance to. the qoaimpni^y to whieh.he.'belbngs,— l : ajn, &c. ■ SABBAXp,OB.?E»V,B?. tThe matter having been now thorqughly ventilated, an,d,both; sio^s heardj tb^e cqrreß•jjpiide,nqemqst.ec^Be,.—J^lJ,!,], ' " **