The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-04-14
SUNDAY ADvaRg1sxNa.
What is Thought of the Chicago Movement
Against 1t.

What is Thought of the Chicago Movement
Against 1t.
From the indianapolis News.
Ninety three real estate firms in Chicago
have, as we learn from card published IL
the papers of Saturday, agreed to discoD
time advertising on Sunday, In the belief
that it tends to prevent the proper observ-
snce of the Christian Sabbath, and that the
moral religious, and business interests OF
the city demand its discontinusnce." They
not only agree TO stop this themselves, but
urge al other business men to 90 the same,
and 10 the same papers 1t is stated that the
dry goods dealers will follow in their path.
IL the community takes this sort of stand,
the sunday editions of the daily papers will
soon have to be stopped for the want Of
support Now, they are probably the most
profitable of the weeks issue. There can
be no question that Sunday papers, by keep
ing up the excitement and unrest of the
week, do great deal of harm. Laying
aslde all Sabbatsriau scruples, and saying
nothing OF the inconsistency of men who
profess 10 observe the Sabbath prosecuting
business on that day, this new Chicago de-
pArture is to be commended on purely natu-
raj grounds. Nature demands rest period
icaliy. About one day in seven has been
found necessary to the majority Of the hu-
man kind, and the Sabbath is the da7 gen
orally agreed upon by custom and By law.
Whatever tends, therefore, to take Rwsy this
day OF rest, to make it day in which the
pursuits of the week are only to be eontin,
ued, perhaps increased, does harm to the
race. Sunday papers do this, when they
come fresh, full OF news, market reports and
advertisements calculated to keep the read
or thinking of business schemes and enter.
prises. Further than this, such papers ex-
ert q peculiar and demoralizing influence,
which cannot perhaps be explained upon
scientific principles, but exists none the less.
They tend to do away with the regard for
the natural uses of the Sabbath, leaving the
religious entirely out of view, and there is
nothing which saps a community as rapidly
as the absence of that regard. Paris is q
very good instance of this. There they
know no Sunday, and have no restraints
other than those demanded in the interest
of order, and if careful, conscientious OBJ
servers are to be believed, great deal OF
the wiokedness Of that city is to be ascribed
to this Gauge. Blackstone said, in effect
that the nation or individual having no Sab.
bath would be immoral. This is sweeping
perhaps, but there is much truth in it.
Chicago has set good example, and we
shall watch it's effect with g good deal Of
interest.
From the Peoria Transcript
We do not well see how men, claiming to
recognize the Sabbath as day of rest and
holiness, could do otherwise. We can per
ceive only little difference between the man
who keeps his store open and sells goods Oh
Sunday and him who employs others to
blazon forth the merits of his goods on that
day. If this system Of Sunday advertising
should continue to increase as rapidly az il
has recently, we should not be surprised II
some entefprising shopkeeper should sta
ton boy at the door of each of the
churches to give to the worshipers as they
come out baud bill setting forth the
advantages to be gained in dealing with the
enterprising merchant aforesaid. The next
step would be to keep the stores open on
sunday and the next tic abolish the Sabbath
altogether. We are glad to see that this
tendency toward heathenism is meeting with
protest and rebuke