, 1876-03-05

orderly. welI-meaains people, as wisa AZ owls
Ind Jealous as magp!ea in the propagation OF
a.the faith handed down to thcm from the
fathers" But what. ask, is the opinion of
erch men upon theological subjects worth unless
it is among men similarly brought up or utterly
ignorant? l have been through it all myself,
nnd, Is look back upon my experience. regard
the system as eimply gigantic crime against
the race, deliberate attempt to nssassinate
hrmsa thought in its budding life, to stsang1e
reason in its swaddGpg clothes.
Had / time, and considered it worth While,
caold Rhov that nearly eyary ete.e-
ment made bv Puritan" is incorrect.
Ho ssys If people abould ..he allowed to do 81
they ohooss IN this respect {to-uit enjoy amuse-
ments which do not interiors wlth the rights
OF otLe1s) it would, If generally carried into eff
feet prove dangerous, and even fatal, in its
consequence" Who told him 60? Let uA
have The sundsy-school teachor's name. I
don't believe it.
10 ssys: t.Knov, Q cadmus, tha+ tho cfv,l
laws OF or land are founded on tha moral law, :"
Go, dear ''Pur1tan+" and tell yonr Sunday
school teacher that ho ia mistaken. The civil
law laws are for poiee paFposss nd for pzotec~
punish dellnquenciea Of morals, it is be-
cauee such dalingnences, as. for instance
Ihoft, murder, etc, threaten these interests Of
society, not because they are violations Of moral
lau. Have WI laws sgalnat lying, against image
wotshio against dlshonof OF parents agaiust
violation Of the Golden Rnle? On what lofty
moral law VAS the Fugi1ve-Slaro law found cd?
= Puritan thinks that, "Were the wrecks of
manhood and wonauhood known "a condemn
cd cunainAla questioned ns 70 their first down.
ward step, they would tell you that
6Aobath-breading VAS tho first sin."
Horrible as tho thought j.,
WAS most likely one OF the earliest acts Of these
unfortunates. and probably was OF every one Of
us evan - Puritan included. Theodore 1ilton
aays that his pious wife avoided this danger to
her children by carefully removing from tits pos
session OF her babies on Sunday s0 the rattIes,
dolls and other toys OF the nursery. Perhaps
xbe felons referred 10 BY "P1H:an got discout-
aged morally upon learning how much sin they
had committed By broaking the Sabbath in their
cradles sud. believing that they would have to
their conduct: Puritan ought to establish q
rouge for er1ing S2bbath-brcak,nr babies.
As tn bis lament that -.Cadmus," descended
from PmltAn stock. has $50 departed from tbs
faith Of tie fathers, reply that, while I re-
spect the many sterling TRAITS Of character
cf our stern Puritan foreia.Eers, I do not care
to look for cay ideas OF duty. OF morality, or of
imprisoned citizens as criminals for pleasure
xiding or for kissing their wives on the Sabbath
day. while all the week they worked or sold for
gold their felow-men rs chattel Hlayes. 4 deli
cate moral sense such people must have had.
There ara plenty Of the same kind among rs to-
day They arc pious stlcklcss for this moral ob-
legation Of the Fourth Commandment. IS we'll us
10: its statutory enforcement, but very uncer-
tain IN their pracsce OF several OF tho other pre-
cepts Of the Dccalo.ue, whi;e tho grea. moral
law enunciatcd by Jesus is deemed . pretty
thco1y for dress parade on Sunday, but OF no
account for actual weekday service.
CADICs.