Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-23
SUNDAY READING.

The discussion over the Centennia
Sunday Question-ths opening Of th
Exhibition ct Philadelphia on that day
prompts the Methodist" to say thu
the discrimination to .'obssrve" tn
Christian Sabbath will "demonstrat
that Sunday has = warmer place in tn
affections Of the American people thai
ever the ministers and the religion
press have heretofore supposed" 1,
answer to this rather self-complacen
and somewhat patronizing way of put
ting the case, one might. e1cusably
enough, make the turn that. At any rat.
it was evident that Philadelphia, if no
Sunday. has "a warmer place., in tn,
physical experience Of the people of thu
sightseeing universe than any Fair city
in tho whole wide world.
Now We like Sunday better than any
day of the week. just as we like Satu-.
DAY better than any other week day AID
Monday less than all. We like Sunday
because j: is to NJ . day of mental and
physical recreation and rest; we like
Saturday because it is the last day of q
week Of hard work; and We entertain q
lazy dislike for Monday because it begins
the six days of toll and brain-cudgeling.
But W do not like to have even that
which We most prefer served up to us
after another's cooking and Aavoring,
and thrust upon our tastes. whether or
no. A holiday ought to BE- day of lib
erty ~ we'll Is day Of rest; and while
We are free to admit that all who have
anything to do with tho Centennial,
natives or foreigners. visitors or en-
ployss, need the one day of rest in
seven, that day of rest is quite as accept
able. q such, ~ when invested with the
character Of churchinsss and hanpered
by the seventies of religious require
mont. Men iriR rebel whenever an At
tempt - made to legislate for their con-
sciences or enact rules for their moral
conduct. Tho man who goes from the
free Far West into an Eastern commu-
nifty finds himself among people where
the churehy class. independent of, OF,
rather, aggregated in. the various creeds,
dominate with no very generous hand,
public opinion and public usage. He is
. social Pariah who holds aloot from re-
ligious otservances and tales the liberty
of the road or the fishing stream on
Sunday. The DULLES Of humility are
not as few nor as far between as ono
might imagine. The Pharisee snd
Hypocrits stand at the church door and !
frown at gay humanity on pleasure.
seeking jaunt intent. Sslf-seeking hu-
manity shows an over-zeal in complying
with what wealth and station and |
society" insist upon. Fashion in
and sour visage, rules. where
it does rule, with quite As infe1ibls
hand a. whore il dons laces and sets the
styles and keeps its rstinus in livery.
And this breeds rebellien-open rebel
lion with the careless and tho unre-
false pretence Of acquies-
csnce, sometimes bland and suave, often
surly and bitter at heart, with too many.
And it is the cold. carefully calculated
effects and profits Of maintaining this
outward appearance of religious zeal;
The ostentatious dragging of a sanc.i-
dsmeanor into the shop and
Office and counting room; this mixing OF
Gsdliness and the ways of Mammon; the
Iens of grace and the sordid reach of
greed, that shocks the sense OF the indie
pendent observer. Hypocriey and pre-
.ense arc hated of men who are born free
md bred in an atmosphere that rises
Abovs what is merely artificial and fac.
Iitious.
Thus have W limited at what is to the
'rsethinksr the offensive side of this de-
:srmination to make the Worlds Fair
remember the Sabbath day and keep it
holy" The better side-the better be-
,ause the honester, franksr snd lsss pre-
sntious-is that which shows us the
Board Of Managers wisely and humanely
Idopting rules, the observance of which
will give one day Of rest in every seven
o all the multitude Of attendants, watch.
men. policemen, exhibitors, chairmsn.
ar conductors, horses. rocuss and visit
ng strangers vhom this monster Fair
risgs together. There is . strong phys
cal necessity for this weekly holiday.
I the wsarsrs of broadeloth and silk
hosss to improve the opportunity for
Ding to church. very we'll; if those who
70 more coarsely clad prefer to rest
themselves under green vines and beside
rawling brooks or in the woods which,
, the poet tells US, were Gods first
.mples;" il the German prefers his beer
arden or the son of France his social
lass and song; if the Egyptian chooses