There are many who are inclined to use the sabbath in order to make
money faster. This is no new sin. The prophet Amos hurled his
invectives against oppressors who said, "When will the new moon be
gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth
wheat?"
Covetous men have always chafed under the restraint, but not until the
present time do we find that they have openly counted on sabbath trade
to make money. We are told that many street car companies would not
pay if it were not for the sabbath traffic, and the sabbath edition of
newspapers is also counted upon as the most profitable.
The railroad men of this country are breaking down with softening of
the brain, and die at the age of fifty or sixty. They think their
business is so important that they must run their trains seven days in
the week. Business men travel on the sabbath so as to be on hand for
business Monday morning. But if they do so God will not prosper them.
Work is good for man and is commanded, "Six days shalt thou labor;"
but overwork and work on the sabbath takes away the best thing he has.