, 1879-05-05
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.


Tile Rrv. n. +. fsavlin preached last evening
In tho Church at the corner Of Washington street
n1h Ogden avenue frurn the text:
Dnu man cHtct,noth ono day nLore another; an.
other estecntcth every ,!ay alike Let every man
hu inlly persuaded In his own mfnd --]ioinHns,
rir., ..
I!lr sneaker commenced by saying tltnt he did
not know wilctErr t!iere would ever lie my end
to the Sunday controversy. Christ was de-
nDtlncc<l lly thu Jews a8 n ueeeernter 0f tic
Sabbath. From tho Jewish standpoint, lie was
1csccratcr Of TIL. Sabbatll; hut, ucrordlng 10
lila own Interpretation Of the Inv, Ito com-
tuittcd no violation Of It. And, In spcakug
,lpon this subIrct, lie gave yrnt to uttera,sccs,
.aid gave ady!cc, which,. II followed.
would reynlationizc tie world. ihc sprakcr
wished II distinctly ,lndcrhtnod .l4t he 'ur ono
was mt III favor u any 1aw Or legislation srum
II ,I.oral or RELIGIOUS standpoint. lie thought
tint VIZ could nu t..oro cutnprl tr obseEyaucc Of
the Sabbath than We could compel the l,eople to
believe the l}lbIu by 1cglslation This lad been
attempted III rome Eastern CITIES with signal
failure lIc believed It to bo the tIuty ii tic
authurlttcs to cluac up thu, salonna on Sun.
days by civil process; but lie was on.
influence to brins il about. liz thought It was
cunLuriyu to Eoud orlHr mud Protection to 20.
ricty to hayo tic rroE-sllops cl0sea on the
]4orufs ttnH-0r nny ottitr tiay. for that matter,
hut still It was against all the principles Of
ahasl not 10 as hp el.ooses on Sunday.
Regarding the theatres. he had nothing to
say nralnst Tho legitimate. drama, aud hau
osever os ra eeaey is a'y opSss Sss' to n' vn1s %s
shows, md alwars flad BEEN, and for
this reason hc had hcen cnphattcaily opposed
from thu beginning to the Carnival Ut Authors.
This show lIe regarded as t!c most actnofaliz'
cago, nn.l more hartn Ind been wrought 10 tic
young girls, misses, atd youths Ut Tho city from
this source than from any other that he Ind
known: For the reason that l,e had been
prcIudicca against the moycnlGnt from Its Ill
eepuou, ho hAd taken the trouble 10
inauIsu into the subject, and hc was
furry shocked Mt wf1ut lle hull
leurned. II reports wore worth anytllng, there
had been suelt deeds enacted III thu Carnival as
ought 10 make every truc American citizen Of
Chicago blusl With shnme. Yet all tllctc things
were dono under the. auspices anil by i'c
knowledge oi people rlo had lifted up their
drama. Tlese same people Ind urged the young
autl ulire misses iu thle city to dress up iu cos-
TUNES so snanlcful TINT tlleS wouId hot be tol-
GRATED upon the stage Of any respectable thea
trr IN ChcaEo.
Al il,c tins the subject Of concert saloons md
varcty performances "err nEttati,E thu pcoplo
Ut Chicago, lle lnd taken lie trouble to invcsti
gate these places, a,ltl ho. would suy that he
t0,1ud nothing III them thut would equal the
Carnival of Authors for wlcketncss ard stlau,e-
i ile {, lsd understood TINT Mcvlcker hnd me-
Cotiatcu with u German dramatic combination
to give Sunday entertainments ~ his theatre.
far held himself aloof from everything of this
sort. All these things were douc for
gain. and lc believed statute could bc enacted
by evil legislation TINT would make 1t civil Of
Tense to krcp Theatre open on suntay or 10
| sell or give away glass Of liquor OIL tiMt day.
standpoint. tailor would Look at the spray