, 1882-09-23
most desr; debarrei from The opprtun.

You 70 AID CE GslVe Us The Sabbaih for
rest after you- week OF iahori1us duties,
and We pledge you, TIA. with system
inylsorsted by season of repcse, BY a
bsa:A essei and cleared by hours ss Tt
lA1stion, We Cal so 10 work with more
energy, more mental and physical force,
and can and xiii accomplish more work,
aud do it het;er, if pussible, IN six days,
th2n We can U0r d. IN seven.
In closing We desire to sly 10 the respect
81 ard honored gentleman, the presiden:
Of this road, ripe in years, with a career
unparalleled in the history Of any country
IS a successful inanc;s! aud business mar
aver, we hope and trus. that the abolition
Of tha freight traffic on the Sabbath, with
The ,Gaumesable blessings and priyi!sges
1t would entail upon his employees, would
DE an event in his lie that would give the
greatest pleasure, aud from THOUSANDS Q!
tongues would ascend an invocation 10
DIVINE Providence to spareior many years,
lhe author of tins iuestInahle boon, the
cessation Of Sunday LABOR These ~ords
give expression TO the feelings OF multi
;udes, Picture to yourself the millions
Of earth, who long for Sabbath aud can
not have it, while countless families la
ment the almcs, continual ahseDce of the
husband AMI father. Says joseph Cook:
III Is nuw 200 years since Great Bii;sin
placed On Lsr statute books, . law provid
Ing that no trsdcsmen. srt;fcrr. work
man, lsborer, or ether person whatsoever,
shall do Or exercise any worldly labor,
business, or woik OF their ordinary cal
linss, upon the LoId's day or any part
thereof, works of necessity and charity
only excepted" :" This is the language of
an enactment of the 29rh OF Charles ii,
1913, II is ye, the bssis OF British and
AMerican Sunday laws The physical
and economical advantages cf weekly day
oirts; snpL ort II asacivil institution among
eighty milhons oi English.speaking peo-
rle, embracing the two most free, veal
.Ly, industrious and powerful nations Of
the giobe. Ii Is 1900 Years since Con
s,antine pot in,o execution, the Law which
brought al unwoujed hush one day in
seven, to al industry III the Roman De-
miuioH. Ten centuries from the time
when Christianity Closed her chief puliti-
cal straggles, The Eait.d a:es. Repub-
lie bu'!: chiefly by Christianity, and gov
erning more square miles than Caesar ev-
er ruled over. calls 7oace to ber continen-
tai donlsiu orc day in seven. aud sends
nine millions Of her population, one i'll
tire, To- = worlds fair, and shuts It's doors
every Sunday. Says Professor Churchell:
q ii, POPULATION which habiiualy neg
lscjs the pulpit, orits equivalent, one day
III seven, can ultimately be led by ehar!a-
jgus aud VIII be Give America the Par
isian Suuday, and in 900 years all our
creates; cities viii be politically under the
heels Of tho festher-hrada, the roughs. the
sl.raks. and the money gripes."
The SsGha'h needs to he gua.ied by
iaw, s, thai ii may not becoiae day OF
,emp:ati 10 neD. Thc salno,.s which
op.h, 10 be closed every day iu the week,
need especially to be closed ia the Sab
bath, The hno for keeping saloon oper
on "a S4bbath, ought t. Dc n5t less than
500 fp- tho tlrst otftrce. AID SIX months
Imprisonment f"r tie sec5nd- II is some
Zines argued that Ne have no r;ghr TO leg
islar, IN regard IT. what man should eat
ur drink; huI We have = righs TO restrain
~. Il the create, er.i- E.: saeIely, and
protect ia. lives and homes Of our ciri-
ms one day IN seven. S,ciety has
right 10 protect itseli and 10 amount o;
sop!IaiTy viii deceive the people.
The wave of temperance which is rob
Ing orer our laId, which began On the
AyIanIc cast Is alieady touching the
shores Of tho Pacific. On its crested wave
sre written prohibition, and from count
less family altars, prayers are going NJ
rha; tod may hl.ss II On its way. The
SUNDAY law needs 10 DC a little stronger
80 that men canno. alf.r,l to break II.
The arsumert from the standpoint,
ina; the Sibiafh IS 4 moral and physi-
cal necessity, i, sulbc;rn, 70 prove that
he SUNDAY law is righ, and ought TO be
enforced
l.av. shown in aadit.cn, that this Sab
bath Reeds 10 NJ, not a holiday, but
Christian Sabbath; he S,hhath that our
ia;h. Is luy,G and cherished. the Sabbath
,aa. hip. riye fiab,lily ard strength to
d. nation. While iEere Is n. mich Of Sab
hath dre-sta,."n, esPe1sally an This c"as.,
i IS ;lr..san. r"no;c ikr Increased interest
thar.. +, III. trkeu III tbs subject il. d:f-
frrruL pats T.! onr ian.!; and not only
aere L.' il Eur. pc. lie public c"bscieilc'',
as h.:n. TT ugel Frnm The Atllrt.c IL
"a. P-c:dc the question Is b-'n5 sgl'a;sd,
i.;t-r- at, .0".Le;s age b-gluuing 10 r.
sl.z. Tia: I l. d.,ss ,ahi ath IS curse I"
::.rir cl.:Iir,n. Ivu l.li-ht Is well try t"
stop tie d,a Of th- "cean, a, TO atienP'
to s.,r -h:s :;5iac ode n favor IF The Sat
bath
With ,he ias, b-hina i, ai.d 'he Hesds
j ;iz untold asas ci the future before 1t,
v.,h humanity rs4I.rng =, ai.d the voice
: C4niJa.eucs demanding 1t, the Sal
hstn ,yanis - nre 4 the eraEs.es; iaohu-
ll E,s n lha shores Of J'n".
no Mora Sick Eea6acha
IL r.-Tsors E delicate health End ari:o'.--
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