, 1879-03-31
sense 10 q better basis OF lax than accin.lau


ee.satio sE E"snyu5 ~ "eor q On lint a y. a dsas x
this civil Buntay would have to he found ou. hy
should 10 carried On that day. Of rest, md
whether q Mundav paper should ho nrlntc,1,
ard ard whother any tnnn h!osild dig. or i,iow, OF
Or hvH not very o9'Gns w"
be Obvious duties enough TO keep Legislature,
nMd Cou1cii and executive officers busy for tla
ttnc needed for tie discussion Of less obvious
day Tor the people, Il would be Inc first aud
greatest duty Of the law to krcp closed nj. tho
lrink!liE.saoons a'"l sporting.saloons. To
Is uot Only 10 rob ,hs day ot il
prime qualify, Of 4. physical snd men,
tnl rest, but Il le to transform the day into .
positive evil. Az Sunday now exists Ia
made Tor man II is mado nhd sustained against
man. nt,d Is ono Of his most marked cnem!cs
As th!ngs now arc tho Chicago Sunday Is a po-
ised as b @ oSserve Is 10 ,asnntagu Il ma ~ 20 % t1s
common people To hive day OF rest from COM
mon labor II tho day Is to bring an unusual ont.
ley 81 money aud On i19anny Of .hc passions.
ara closed, md tho spade and pick ate put nsdo
for twcnty.iour hours only that glasses and bot.
Tics may rattle, and cards bo slul'lel, nnl dice
1t wouls! bettor tlat industry ehoulh rulo oil tic
soscn days OF tho week. Regular labor all
through tie yca, wonld not nlnre laborng
s sys "se % ha s' ssesss s w4o Ds 9Fs s9 Sh
shuts up factory nnl whlcl, upcns n saloon is
au absurdtty. Tho theory uf closed
business aud an open wiisky;.shop would
wero tic Victims of drink md Of evil sssoca. so
tlons, for then tho Stnto would bo compelled
to proscct It's Sunday because It must work for
tl.e many aud not for the few: but It boing tho
fact tl,at, perhaps, 1nrge majority OF the n-
haAltants Of city arc too weak In lcarulng or ia
witl-power to resist temptation would make It
the probabtO duty Of the civil power to abolish
day which tt,at power Is unable to sivcst Of ita
sulIls. 10 part Of tho human family Sunday
u q most prccous boom. II cornca in ult the
benuty OF release. As this tironE. moves to
fresh air, or friends hotsc, or as these por-
suns alt at homo With the loved members Of the
house, or with q delightful book ~ hnnd, or
pears In It's rcal dlyiuo excellence; but, wblio
this limited number Is thus extracting from tho
day its great worth, there is mncl, largcr null
tttudo which is parting With money g,n!
s,h %sP'a' ana with ssfG ii possible sa rssS gsySi'fas as
the counter. OF the open saloons or in dcns
Of Vice. We who sec TIC supany In few
real quality. That Ia the Chuscl,'s Picture and
It Is quite beautiful; but, stepping cut OF tho
lttlc church world, Just walk up md down the
whisky avenues unu the beer avenues, where
the sunday Of the State Is being celebrated, aud
| all admiration Of the day Will be enlptcd out
Of Tie soul. You Will wish Monday would hasten
Its coming to deliver 2 hundred thousand poUr
| men from the power OF temptation. The Sun
day OF the civil power Is simply a monster.
! Thousands OF poor mons wiyes and tens of
thousands OF children arc full Of iorebodlngs
| on tile morning Of tits so-called day OF rest,
| and pray and hope that tho father may piss over
| It in safety; md these hearts grow happier when
Monday morning returns and sees tho head OF
tho house Resume his teyular work again,
Sath. Witt @ sarcasm % tiat lie lie Sa s.ato " sunday Si
Is blessing which fesculbled destruction 50
closely.
thls day If rest las shown Itself to b. sucl i
sweeping evil that the proprlctors OF factories
hnye changed their payday from Saturday 70
Monday, because the religious Sabbath was ot
such d character TINT thousands OF men nltl
women, and Of boys mud girls, DID not return to
thelr Iabora bctore Tuesday. aud theu they
came ponniiess, with both body u'ui soul nearer
to an unworthy grnve. What q swcot day tllut
whe.hcr those vino arc to enjoy It will live over
It, 4 broken hcnl is more probable than
snvcd soul. In our land the Sunday IL not quito
80 nerlloIs, but yct Il Is day whose evils many
years ago ono Of the grcat coal-miainE towns ot
tlis State paid out to work1ncn SIS 900 on
Saturday night; a,.l BY Monday morning;
the laborcrs TO the saloon men aud
tho influence of the precious rest OF the Sabbath,
J I1G lnlHGFd 1lAaHG4 Ill LHG WlhuuWH Ok LIe Qnly
sunday-achool room 10 tho township Thus the
Sunday Of our councilmcn, nilh OF our 1cEIsln-
tors, and Of our politicians IL period whirh
mothers and wives often st up In tears al1 night
! to mark 70 by, Anl whose lust hour Is blessed
not because tho day brought Jog, but bccnuso
they and uieirs havo had the good fortune to
outlivo 1t.
Its reported tl.at 1900 Catholics havc eont
would close all the saoons on Sunday. honu
thls is true. But What we need moro than pct!-
tons from Catholics md protcstauts, Is petl-
tions from human beings who avo Of oil crecds
Of no crccd In making . state Sunday we want
tho help even Of tho l1tllcs. It docs. not pro-
supposo religion TO petition for Sup.
sy @salS "s Il 4 s eso s a. ss isss III i @
tend 10 bo humane. l'oy call tho Christians
cruel because they hold to the idea Of a he'll
hereafter. These !nGde!s, therefore, should In
that might he'p abolish the ilell on earth. And
1t Is qulto certain tint for tliu establishment Of
day Of reat fos tho people and for scpusattug
s y Gn no os ha hos4 a 1s. Ts
ovon VI no religion whatever would cotn6lnu.
But 50 lung as this day Ia tAken under tho pro-
tect!on OF the churct.golng fragment of So
c!cty It can mayer attack the plAccs OF tompta-
tfon With much hupe OF succcss. Even The Hi
loon.keepers themselves would respect tnuru u
law which should not seem to clnnnate from tho
religious classcs, but froul the general reasoning
classcs,-1 luw which, like the nbolltion OF tho
slavc-tIade or tbs law preventing cruelty to ami
mails, should como up not from chapel or q
cathedral, but out Of the very busvln Of civill1a-
tlon.
Tho Efforts Of the Church aro directed 80 much
agauat tic use OF malt md distilled drinks, mud
aEaiust Sunday walks anl talxs, aud against all
non-occi that the Germans nna also al Free.
thinkers arc hostile to the laws OF even physical
: mud mental and social Hsll.hc!ng that descend
from theological orgay. Pnrtly because It Is
feared tint scycFer laws arc to come. y seems
probable, therefore, TINT the peoples Sunday
must be reforned by the public ndlnisslon Of =
t,,nrkcd difference between thu rest day of Oov-
orunscnt AMI the rcst day Of Christianity.
ln caring for It's tmnlcnsu multitude 1t might
bo necessary Tor llu Cltv or Htalu puwcrs which
close al satuous uIsa gambling deDs mud hotel-
: bars ou that one lido day of te week tU bo
active und generous In openIIiE parks for the
: people, uGd III making them accessible cI,caply
Aiul easlly, aud In opening Hrga FREQ reading
roons alld libraries Iii aach ward; foE The powGr
| which rlnaeA all tia snlnnis Ahat1lh on.u