Butte record., 1856-03-01
Observance OF the Sabbath.

stores, saloons ana business houses.
We should be pleased to see our bust
ness men enter into such an arrange
ment. 1t would not only be a credit to
the town, but would result to the moral
dan intellectual advantage eofeveryperson
concerned, by af'ordIng them relief for
one day in the week, from the cares and
perplexities of business. As commu-
nifty of Christians, we owe it to our
selves, and more than all other consiuer-
ations, we owe it to the young and rising
generation in our midst, to abate this
crying sin against morality and christian
ity, ere their minds become familiar will
the immortality of deseclating the holy
Sabbath day.
We have all been taught to 'Remem-
Der the Sabbath day and keep it Holy"
and why should not we not impart like
influence i: We doubt il there is ira
der in Bidwell who would not be glad to
close his store on Sunday, would Others
DO likewise. IF there be any such in
town, let them proceed with the violation
Of the day on which "Chfist arose from
t e dad" VI til advancing civilization,
and the law compel them to it.
1t is not the miners wi o co npel the
merchants to open their stores on Sun
day. We are satisfied th"t the Miners
would soon find some other day on which
10 make their purchases and dispose of
their gold dust, if they did not find the
Stores open IN Sunday. And we also
bell V. that traders keep that day mere
ly because it was Gus omary to do so in
the early settlement of the country
when the State was fill4d with advcntu-
rers on y, and not surrou DID by the
homrs md comforts of civilization which
we now ENJOY. Times have changed
since the days of 10. Every hamlet
and Gulch can boast its families, and is
rendered cheerful by the joyous song
and sports of youth. School houses are
around US. Sabbath Schools have sprung
up in our midst. Let US carry the un-
holy desecration of the day no farther.
Miners and traders agree that it is
wrong, and it only requires an eff4rt to
accomplish great good
Some two years since, like effort was
made, and one or two houses closed.
Others refused to close, and it failed
We then commended the effort, and en-
deavorcd to encourage our business men
to close their establishments on Sunday.
Nearly every business man in Bilwell,
and many of the miners in this vicinity,
are members Of the different benevolent
and temperance societies, and they all
know that these societies inculcatc les
sons of morality, prudence, temperance
and justice. Is there a member of any
of these societies, who has not been
taught to reverence and adore their
Great Creator These men, and we
believe every citizen of the county, knows
that "God created the Heavens and the
earth in six days, and rested on the sev>
enth, and still they continue to violate
the Sabbath. Men who do this, are not
good men they are not moral men
they do not live up to their professions.
They know their duty, and yet do it not.
We doubt whether there is another
county in tie State where less attention
is paid to the Sabbath, than in Butte.
In casting around over the county, we
do not now remember single mining
town in which the business houses are
closed on Sunday. We acknowledge
this with reluctance, and shall be pleas.
ed to make the correction if We are in
error.
This Sunday Trade is al wrong, gen.
tlemen miners and traders, and we pray
you commune one with another, and
Tree your consciences from the guilt of
having violated the fourth command,
ment.