, 1880-02-28
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.

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nv .oae"'ns "as pflnteo Us IN eoltof1al IN
Mondays Stats 1eftun0:
"There has prcyuilod for some time amor1
the pious English speaking Prptestauts of Chie
cM95 yearning to Gring about a better obsery-
hnce Of the Sabbath
" 1t Is not that Sundays in Chicago hayo of lutte
years been specially noisy and rlotuus. Every
unprajudiccd observer knows that exactly the
opposit is the case. Since the Sctfan defeat
which tho fre nds Of Sunday restriction met in
1873 forced them to keep quiet, yeur by year
Chicago en-. sundnys have become more quiet
which, before that time, were kent omen
upon Sundny merely to spite their
intQlerunt opponents, hnye since then
been voluntarily closed. Thousands of people
haye woanod themselves of riotous and noisy
S'u SSunua5 aln9selnehIs since an opportunity has
@ uGIeu Iaeu4 W utlono :uoutIica1 PeF1orm-
Galy t among tnose elhsses o. tue .spcnk-
.as poPutanuh Wnicu tnr1nerls coilstltu1eu Tue
s!sl'9tS W LUG Wu1sk y-shops or sun worse Places
His s pee. " eaaruorunarF' n n ANY person VINO ue
sircs to conylnee himself OF 1t need only W on
onnuay 70 tno Eng1sh theatres, ana ask himself
waere anu .i now !ne 1na3orily o. ne thousands
Who with chi!ai1ke applause, welcome the vic
uory OF vlrlue a1lu OF Innocence over tho balheu
y xlaln "oula nave speht tnoir sunday evenings
IL INC op4r14hn;aty h; Of obtaining IL tnS way IN
A1nusetnont wnica IS not metGay nar1ntess, out
even e'e'atlng' nad oeen denied them
WHERE! In DN1NkISa PLACES. AND HOW?
With guzziug, smoking, gambling, fighting, and
sitnit.ir nmuse1nents It is not ,ul exupgcrl tion
to assert that tho Sundny thc,Atre HInuseincnLs
and concerts, especially those in the parks, have
M done more to make SUNDAYS in chieago peace
tcnti:tl, and threatening sermons OF alI tho min
listers put together.
hey o 81 h1 OF n
ished their Work tfor thair r. preaching m in work,
and not play, or they certainly would not nsk
and. nerhans. don't wish 10 know how If fs with
others They hold firm to the faith TINT rs lul,x
as anything IS done on sand:ly beside preaching,
Is pr,fn1,ed
s'Hut, to be honest about it, the fact must not
ba concealed that the American ministers who
are ut the head t Of TIE movement positively
They assert that they have nothing to do with
Hnt 1he fry,,,fc s thef they f]nceivn thnn,anlycs
with these nssuranccs,- cs,-unInfentionuily. it is
true. put none tht. less effoctuaIIy: for their
minds are. SO warped that to thom not merely
ti:.nity and docency, synonymous tcrms- This
cxchnngc Of ideas expresses itself IN tho A,ncri-
used as au equivalent for decent, moral, and
respectable. So vice versa, when these gentle
men nsk for decent, quiet Sunday, thoy mean,
f t5ey yyaSay a5 not conscious Of it
ii this were not soft they really only asked
thst the MANY thousands and hundreds of thou
sands If tftixeuS who holds THAR reliviDus meet
inxs on sundars should not be w..ntonly dis
t,,Tfict.-a demind TIC Justice Of which tho Bit
tarest hcnthen n,usr rec.,vnize,-they could not
,assihiv fi1ht asniust Snnd:y thcltrirai per
for.,nnces, for thoy do not disturb the quiet
and TIA nr]1rr 1T fha civil SUNDAY There is
no theatre So: near u church that tho noise
asa,1oJ w. r. d;st,,rhs tha 1nvotinns NJ
cr,,rcbpnnrs The nnrformnnces cnn thorn-
Tasx. "a ar1v a fict'rh"s.e ~ ~ Tho n1-
tent to which they cause pain to those who
consider strict Sunduy observance religious
duty; that Is, awaken in thonl dispicsasure and
wrath ut the ~godlesncss of other people But
the fact that somebody ts fingered by my lack Of
pety doesn't p&e1vn & aE nat d Rdsc n Son'tted IN
oncnse against cl'll oroeF ana oecency-
TIRE RULE COULD uE REVERSED,
md the unconycrtod citizen might say, (ou
Mons folks. with your church-gofnr. singing,
praying. organ playing, and beil- ringing, a1noy
mn. cnnscniicrtly YOU disturb the Quiet and
the he' oI,1er ~ 1hn ciyil SUNDAY
IF the promoters OF a strict Sabbath observ-
thoir nwn nn,ntions nra Impulses, they viii nom
v,t,. Themselves that 1t is not really the civil
t thn ThrisIinm Sunday whi,.l, tf,e, wunt To see
bnnore ns such: IN other words. that they, with
~ hain ~ Tho Sf,tn ,,n1 thn n0Iicn want to
fnrra f fhotr beiiefs IN those Who believe other
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