THE LORD’S DAY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 December 1928, Page 8

THE LORD’S DAY.

PLEA FOR NEW CONCEPTION

JLJISHOP CHEER jl N GTON' S VIEW

A good deal of perturbation lias been experienced in the Waikato dio--1 cese during the past month as a result of a" long article written InBisliop Cherrington appearing in the November issue of the diocesan magazine. The article was entitled “Lord's Day or Sabbath?” At least two country vicars on reading the article returned their bundles of magazines to the diocesan office, while another vicar recalled those magazines he had distributed before reading the views of the Bishop on Sunday observance. In the article Bishop Cherrington said that for many years it had been claimed by many Christian teachers that in some indirect fashion authority for the Lord’s Day was given by the Fourth Commandment, and by the custom of the Jews to observe, in a peculiar and rigid manlier one day in seven. For years it had been supposed to bo un-Christian to do many tilings on the first clay of the, week—things that were perfectly legitimate on the other six. The fallacy of this method of teaching of late years had been, and was still, being exposed, but unfortunately many people, although discovering that the teaching about the Sabbatical observance of the Lord s Day was fallacious, had not been taught to grasp the true value and meaning of the weekly feast, and therefore they marked it in no way wlmtever. Truth would prevail, and those who now bemoan the neglect of the Lord's Day had only themselves to blame for not'having in the past, and largely in the present, been able to think'clearly and teach correctly. DAY OF HAPPINESS AND JOY. The article went on to discuss the history and early observance of the Jewish Sabbath, and added that the Lord’s Day was a day of happiness, joy and thanksgiving. In all liturgies every Lord’s Day was a feast. From a truly Christian point of view there would always on the Lord’s Day be a gathering of the Lord’s people round the Lord’s table. Alter laying stress on the importance of Christian people attending the Holy Communion on the morning of the Lord’s Day, the article asked: “How shall, we spend the rest of the day?” Tlie reply was: “Exactly as we please, with the" proviso that a spirit of joy and happiness shall prevail in us and through us in others throughout tin? clay.” “Excursions may be made,- friends may be visited, gardens cared for, young people growing up will sing and dance or engage in other amusements each in accordance with his best. A spirit of joyous freedom should pervade the day. A brief message will have been given at Communion with a note of fresh inspiration for the week. There will be no other sermons, nor need there be any other services other than the daily office winch is said on a Sunday bv 'hose a hose obligation it is to say it exactly as on a week day.” ONLY ONE SERMON. Continuing, the article stated that clergymen would not lie expected to preach more than one sermon on Sunday. As a rule, Sunday schools and instruction of children, except pevnaps on special occasions and lor special reasons, on a Sunday would cease. “Why should the Lord’s Day be marked for children by lessons?” it asked. “No one else does them.” If the clergy could not yet have the right of entry into all schools, as in New South \Yfales, instruction should be given first thing on Saturday morning or anv other time as convenient.

Cone hiding, the Bishop’s article stated that by observance of the Lord’s Day as* lie bad outlined, the happy freedom regarding the use of the day would be fully recognised, and the truth would be more apparent that Christian religion, so lar from being a tedious, gloomy, and often wearisome affair, as lar as Sunday was concerned, was a glad and happy recognition of the goodness of God. in his letter to the church people in the December issue of the maagzine Bishop Cherrington said lie understood some people had been disturbed in mind by some of liis statements in the article refererd to. If this was soi be would be glad if they would write to him on the subject, or, if they preferred it, if they would write to- the magazine. Discussion amicably ’'carried on did good, and it was not possible that everyone's interpretation of the Scriptures was always the same. All he could say about what lie wrote was that jt was what he had taught for 3() years, and that his chief point was the importance of making the Lord’s Day testify to what he stood for. That was the truth of the Resur- j lection with all that it meant. i TICKLING IN THE THROAT. j Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy hits I that tickling spot in your throat every time. You feel its soothing, quieting and healing powers at once. No guess work about it —no experimenting. If you take •Chamberlain’s 'Cough Remedy for a cough you know the cough will disappear. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy relieves coughs and relieves them-' quickly. Sold everywhere.—Advt.