New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-11

Moo,ed Questions" His text was Matthew XII L.
Wherefore Il IA Lawful TO do VOL on the SaDDaVn ho
said in part: ,,.,
rvery ouc,tion which involves tho welfare Of human
ity is mooted question. Every law, or code OF "S,
creates two partes one Of defence the other OF aitacK
Tho authority OF tho Bible the value OF pu3hc worship
, rroner o,seryaucs of the sabbath, nay, even the
fundamental doctrines OF Christianity Itself arc
onnosed and defended. II we except q 1t"
whose motives are papaby insinc re- we inu't hun's
,bot most men are sincere the advocacy OF doc
trines that are most violent But the question &" Gun
day Observance ought not % D. argued RON tle Po'
ron of bigots Because are Christians ana IN the
majority we have no right TO insist upon the sabbath OF
,ho low. neither as non-regioIs men should we act
e DOGS I'm the Inanger The two parties ara divided On
this question inio the Nehomiai.tes' VINO seek 10
force upon us the and narrow jewish Sannath VI
,Is and the secularisis who would have us observe
Continental sabblh-a Sunday tina, shall be llke every
Other day. and without rei ions oOiigltion'
For NV part, I favor an ideal Sunday whose three
ripcinaI clements shall consist OF rest home influences
and intelleetual aud religious Improvement Sunday
sbouId he a day OF liberty and OF cheerfulness;
a day TO enIar,s manhood md wonanhood' lpehe'c
that libraries art galleries ana z2pogcai gar,
dens should b. kept opcn on SUNDAY huu iLNS ~ o %
tction 70 popuar lectures. Bat DO not thnk theatres
and concerthas should be kept open Tor tGr PURPOSE
Is smn 10 amusc ami the Ideal sunday should DC u da
Before large daily newspapers issueu
Sunday editions there circulated III TINS Guy on ouhu!
9on 600 COPIES of papers OF low order NOW there lro
crcuIaed 400 OOO copies of respectable newspapers ta
do no harm and are useful tne fen SoHe We b IN
sunday and enforced 1T last Sunday docs not
aid in the establishment OF inc nen 7Gn a. ii U
tt may perhaps do great HARM Sun, OtJcl 10 lne
a' If il the Office of the law 10 protect, and
not tn ednc1te men We must look TO religious teaching
and 10 personal example, rather THAI to llw for tae
crcatton of pnre thought aud upright hNng; AS the
odc was enforced last sunday do not tAk that 1t
Tho Rey Dr. Peck preached yesterday morning upon
the Penal Code in Christ Free Baptist Church, IN
West Twenty -hfth-st, near SeNehthaNe ms TEX a.
~ Iute xvi o. "Then said Jesus unto them, will ask
von one thing Is il lawful the Sabbath day To 90
';ood or to do evil TO save life or destroy IT y
Alter explaining the COde; how 1t came about
ma az what IL consists. the speaker said substantially
that there was complaint raised against any Other
portions the Code except those winch enforced me on
aervsuce of Sunday. Crles heard from ali quar-
fers from the Board OF Aldermen down to the lowest
sus that those provisions wore part oi he Oil DUO
laws and their repeal was dem n1ed SUNDAY was or
dancd by God memorial OF Ills WORK. anu lor rest
God nnd must conform its laws TO His. The State
has no right TO legsae snst tho observance ga
Sunday than it has to leglsate aganst any nlhs tsc
euOlncd b. the DecalCgue TIE observance GA ounuiy
i, am institution which the welfare OF me community
demands and The Lord did not eliminate us observance
rnn te DecalOgue. some assert Inc cry Tor the re-
pea of these laws docs not come IRON the meichahis
ior manufacturers aud respectable cluLens OF
the community but from the rum-seiing Aldermen
who want 10000 front or PACK doors swung freely
open II these laws are repeated ouhuay may just "'
well be abolished, as IN France. , A. ~. -
cry raised that the provisions OF the CODE are
part and parcel OF the Old Purltahc due laws, anu
mat the foreign elements will not submit 10 theiu
should be 10 understand tnal hhu
il not been Puritan blue laws there would Do
no country like this Tor them 10 come to- .
The Rev W. ". Page, pastor OF the hcw-HOrk Presby-
terrain Church in West EleYenthst. near SiXthave.,
preached yesterday morning on tue merits OF The Penal
Code Among other things he sall: ,,
The Sabbath Is "a day Or rest Tor wOrkingmen There
are countless corporations that are ayarclous and
aggrandzng, VINO would compel tnelt epoyeo TO laVr
seven days III The week. And what Is the result An
increase OF production. dlhhhullon OF Consumption
and decrease Of wages Inc sanitary enecd OF lns oao
bath u important factor TO Dc taken INTO cOhsdtrd
ton The Sabbath lycs the aDoing man an opportunity
10 wash himself put on MS line clothes ana clean men,
aud you the moral influence oI clean shF
there is only one class Of people VINO do not require
the sabbath, ana they are inc lazy men ana gIoes VI
society TO wAOm every day is one OF rest Their only
aUor is III seekins for pleasure IhS renal Coue Is no,
Il summary Of ro-aailcd bIie laws nor the result OF
gory aud religions intolerance TIE laws were maze
m project the Of the WOrkngmcn, 10 insure FOR
them day OF rest ana ieifeshnehl' ana peuOoNS5 Us
as citizens think sOCcry aud Onatey OF thci
We mus bc ND Icnccd by the corporations OF wealth
ana power. They would destroy mentally and physi-
cally the workingnen. ,,- -. , :, a.,
skin street Baptist Church said, III speaking OF tue
Penal Code: GnOw tie needs OF the workluspeOpe
and the wishes of the workins-people' nave proved
tia IN ed in them. But IL Is no, always that
wIc the worsi GpcOpc VISA Tor INA, i best ior tien
try's ci.iIztiOn aid believe that blood was rhed
for these principle. 1t is win doubtful propriety
new 10 these shores should ind fault with the customs
that grew founders q: tie country Ils Is the
must question ttat been discussed IN "a
century. If II Is allowed to 70 by II VIII not cOne up
again for century sunday Is the Chinese wall between
capital ANA labor, huiWark between working
men and perpetual slavery. We all need rcst.
lac sunlight wieh leaves the earih - ever very
F The rohbaIG We d" not wish to compel beopie TO g
TO church The enforcement OF tie code Is not Upheld
b. any particular body oil men, Christians, or OtLei wise
would ~ explicitly that do believe ,hese enac.
men;s saOulG b. enforced 10 the ttcr IAey made
m another age some things are necessary to tie LIFE OF
me civ am willing there shJula be concessions, but
co 'i from ire re A,,sIcn size OF Tie Guestion
A laflre listened
II ;ius sermon on inc enforcement, OF tne Code Alter
speaking the need OF day Oh rest a. necessity o.
al WORKERS, and aracieTzlnS sunday a. mans day"
as well as cod day tne preacher referred the pc
ttiun once ~ ide by about 400 engineers III the employ
Il ihe NeNYorA Central Railroad Company, asking Tor
SUNDAY a res ana promising To 40 ten days
WORK in they could be allowed 10 look forward to
repose sunday. The sgedH said that more rains
airNc over the New IUik CeIra road Oh sunday tnIn
Oh any other day n The week.
"Mlcauay" DID sp .akcr, gave 1t a. his opinion
tat England WOIid have KEPT present prcn-
acy been Tor her ODserv Ince OF sunday Burke
sad il easy nave freedom AM to have govern
cut DuL 10 nave Zee Government very difficult.
The people VINO against ehOrcing these laws The
preservation OF sunday day Oi rest are tins keepers
0. nquol saloons and low PAGES o. amusement Aud
some places o. amusement OF a higher kind may be
clcu VITA the low a. the concert II te Academy
VI two weeks Last , day " the first sab
ba on which nave been abic - pass low theatre ia
fgbth-st. without seeing Suhda performance
thrse Laws by their results. When have had
two such quiet SUNDAY brforei We're there many
crimes commi.tedt ell Tor statisteS certain
Police captain sad he WOJld by enforcing
the laws make them ussnd vt Lc would allow liquor
store keepers TO keep their SIDE doors open such are
tine men wish the repeal OF tnc laws. But you may
class every honest and WOnau every who lives
TO make world DottoT, every minister aud all tho
churches with those who wish the spirit Of these
laws carried out. | respect the Hebrew race
i,ut there IN Its lower class
have no conscieucss beyond the almighty
dollar We should teach them that it Is bee use
a SUNDAY keeping nation. because We are III many
specs different European countries, that they
lind here America privileges tlat they nave nowhere
else
In a sermon at the Association Hall last night the
Rev H. . HscOx urged ali Chris 1au people tn support
the Penal Code. not because II was per
feet, for IL not; Dut because IL
was a step in the night direction !;
not from religious only, but also from political
All human laws. he sad, have been bude1 ON Divine
law and their mperfcctiOns have been because OF two
things First, tuey tue outcome of interpretations
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