The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-11-04
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miScalls himself freeman has gather ed
himself together again, and boasts Of
having survived" his many Como.
nents," especially what he is pleased 70
term my lawful yarn" as to the latter
will only refer him &, the enrren.
news items Of the day, here similar
yarns are reported again and again
ana AS ii's boast Of having survived. 7
can appreciate better when / read
Proverbs ~ % aud also 2G-lI "a,
though be has NOT seen ct TO answer a,,v
of fhe questions sstrd in my f,n.,
~f''clr. i'e i,ss the f.lls again start
out 10 ths s'yls cnil,I nrean,,,, a
muck, = and 81 .shes around with I'D
names and statements. not one Of wbicI,
viii stand when single ray Of the
truth which he speaks oG is turned ON
them. Now as he at once boldly t,k4s
the Scriptures for his BACKING. / sbsII
hoid HIM to bis own authority, and feel
perfectly free to use the passa0es "a
above given and others which NAV
follow, nor will allow him to dodoe
them for Paul uses the Old Testam.n.
freely in all his writings. Therefore
let me earnestly request him and anv
one else who may read bis quotations
too closely study the balance Of the
chapters from which he quotes viz
h0Hans IL, and COLLISIONS 2, bis posi-
tior then stands that Paul p,eacbed
the non-observance Of the Sabbath.
Perhaps he had better read Paurs
letter to the Galations again, and he
VIII see what the Apostle is writing to
them a6ont. The same Paul says that
"the Law Is only terror 10 evil doors /"
and as laws seem TO be his especial ter
ror' let me commend to him Galations
o-le to the close Of the e,.istle. and
especially verse %, (the same letter
Of Paul when be finds bis anathema)
and ask him 10 bear some Of the fruits
there specified, when pcrhaps bis cheek
VIII blush not for the law, but that IL
Is not better observed and enforced. as
mentioned by Prohibition. Now as
to the "bigots," and fanatics" in this
connection what does the faithful
Sunday school workers of Oregon.
think of his utterancesl and / know
Albany has many Of them; when every
Sunday large number of good chris
ain men and women give their time
aud best eiiTts in teaching what any,
th'ng thas will make your chill l-
h'sing, l,,ss o'r,asut aud less qualified
I" su cess, in III. IA aiy 1ra,;a vo-
cati"s less able to withstand say of
d"""'aiizins influences which it is the
host "f some Who call uiem selves free
10 advance, among which is the object
ing u observe and honor a christian
Sabbath ! besides is not everything II at
Is worth anything to us secured and
guarded to Us b. law, even to the very
air we breath, which you csnnot in
feet without being liable at law. how
then can we have the cheek to state
that tho Sunday law is "relic of
PFiest-eraft." la my ignorance /
thought that history with all practical
people to-day decide that securing the
Sabbath to man was great blessing,
and just In proportion as people OBJ
served the same so were they prosper
Gus free and happy. In the first code
OF lew of which we have any record of
It occurs, "Romember the Sabbath to
keep it holy" aud ''God blessed the
Sabbath day and hallowel it." Nav
tie bless those who keep and honor it is
what l say, and AS he has seen fit to at
tack temperance people aud the Sunda Y
law II he will just show me where tenn
Perance ever hurt any, or who praetieed
1t, or where observing and obeying the
Sunday law ever wrought injury to any.
will subside, but feel Justly indignant
that my neighbors should be attacked
snd sneered ut in this manner, and ,m-
just IN ptiVes assigned which he dare
not openly anl personally advance.
suspect that the general tone of indie
pendence and shading of party times
observed among the people lately is
distasteful to him, and no doubt is the
motive for this abuse, but temperance
people and Sunday keepers know what
they are about aud will repeat one Of
his sentences passing it around, s'let
none be deceived" nor yet scared with
imaginary bugaboos such as are used by
some weak minds to alright children
with sm, Mr.. E litor, Very Truly
Yours, PETER HUME.
mrs OF wIsDoM.