The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
DEACON LAWRENCE.

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 Last Friday. Mir. Isaac Lawrence oami nte the ARKANsAw TRAyEIER office. an13 requested lhat the paper be dated zri other day but Sunday He thought ths te date the paper Sunday. esen though the work were done on the preceding daI would eNeE-an immoral influence. delivered long honily that would 5 doub, appear well in fanarieal liierasuf but which to libe-al mind would seed Iil-rIned and altogether out of place N
 The ARKaNsAw TRavEIER proposes q be paper of the people; of advance ment. There IS no needed reform whic II IS no, willing to advance Anythinl for the good of the masses will meet vii lts hears cooperation. But there 1 | phases of assumed religion which il q | nc, tolerate: nor through iii vii. pur ! cause of a liberal idea of every day Il
 EAery sensible man respects the d which all true men owe to the Diytr | Creator. No truly sensible man q
 NH drny thai we are indebiei 10 supr, Ruler for OUT vel- existence But
 Lawrence. IT his endeavo. to proms
 the cause of Gsod. rctards the cause lafl true rciigion. True religion is the essene{ If light: Mr. Lawrence would make itI tne embodiment af darkness. The llber,yl which true religion gives. he would mskeI the slavery af cant and moderation. If Al people were like Mr. Lawrence. the Rerd advaneemen, would be plotted cut In describing Godlincss. Paul said. that without charity. all these ayaileth nothingl Paal was a hberal-minded man. lid would nnt have objected to the jsvnsat t1nl foAyE4l. published on Sunday Paul -raferset the country on Sunday. obeyl las the iR5unotions Of our Saviour. he would pull an ASS ar an oN out of the ditch ar sunday. Paai ~as d good man: probably as good as you, Mr Lawrence. Fanatieism is no; religion. 4 man may insIst spon q strict enforcement of the sunday law. and vet be a siglator of the Ian himself The Bible IS intended to ..dTanee the world. not to reiard if. People who tafnk as you do, Mir Law renee. would smother liberaiity and foster ignorance. Nou may be sincere. but you are wrong. Aou arc setting an example for senerlf .on tha; is gradually arising! - isT seur influence goes. you are reSIeg>=eIie. The fnerican govern Tneny ,s founded upon opposition ta yoy 1heay. Freedom $ what first prompted people -o cross the Allan 'ie. Gan you. a- this late day. revive the old spiri: If moderation: Has your walk through tfe ncri,ed imitation: Some men say ;ha, you have relieved the dis tressed. Ina, is Go6-'ike: bu, is il rel !ea'IHg distress. $ r promoting the chari Y of which Paul spoke 10 object to the publication. on Sunday of useful news paper: Mf Lawrence. a, night when the business houses are closed. and when the mosquito huns around the head of the beia;ed toper. do YOU think of the great machinery that moves the world! Do you reflect tha, your influence assisss in making the world hypocritical and dark: You may De sincere. Ignorance of progression may excuse you. but intel iigence, like morning-giory sets upon the brow of ;he world and laughs with intellectual ..haw haw at the weakness which you are attempting 10 promulgaie. Ii you sincere son of sophisiy's school, never do anything worse than dating a newspaper Sunday you will sail into the new Jerusalem ~Ith velocity that will as,onish the old inhabitants of that divine ciy. You are not a subscriber to the ARKaSsA1 TRAyELER. Mir. Lawrence. No one in authority has ever asked your support. Nothing IS wanted from yoa-, rses even your advice. Every day is tie Lords day. Do right on other days and yeur Sunday record wiil be clean Ar tend to your o~n business. old gentle man. and you ~if scre the God whom you propose in public to worship Th< class which YOU represent has shed more blood than the combined heathen nations of the world. If you had your way no lberal-minded man could live in this country. The propnesors of this paPex, 50 far as they know, have never ~ronged . human being. Can you say as much. 4y. Lawrcnces What right have you, sir, an obstacle to progression, to ask that fhe ARKaxsAw TsAvEIER be dzfed 41y sekS~ day exoep, Sunday: You Ae quhe sn old man. Mir. Lawrence. and by thisfine should have learned that the nshaef commercial quality of a man IS to aaenk so his own business-