Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-03-29
Eos Sugelss Aerald.
SUNDAY Law.

eernsn BY an Adventist-He Discusses the
Position Of the Advocates Of the Law-The
Saloon Feature Of the Argumsnt-H 1t is
Moral to Olsss Them One Day, 1t is to Close
Them Every Day-Far-fetchsd Application
Of the Symbols Of Revelations.
We give some Of the points made
by Elder Healey in hls discussion
last Sabbath upon the Sunday law,
at the Adventist church. He said;
uIsToRICAL ORIGIN OF SUNDAY,
In the past the great majority OF
Christians honestly believed thai
sunday was OF Divine origin, and
commanded in the Bible. But the
time has come when few believe
this. Men do not like to confess
that they are wrong; all prefer to
have It appear that they are right;
and this is one reason why many
Sunday keepers are so eager to
have . law to compel men to OBJ.
serve that day and crush out all
opposition to 1t. as thereby they
hopo to make 1t appear that they
have the truth; at any rate they
get rid Of that which shows up
their errors. A similar spirit
prompted Cain to kill Abel. The
Scriptures nowhere give so much
~ . hint Of any sacrednsss being
attached to the first day Sunday,
but positively command the keep
Ing Of the seventh Saturday,
History shows us that in the third
century some began TO attach q
degree OF sacrednsss to Sunday, a
day on which the Pagsns wor-
shipped their principal God, the
Sun, and from this fact it was
called "6un Day." or DAY of the
6un." After the conversion of
Constantine to Christianity In A.
d. 1923, the Christian religion was
made popular and Paganism flowed
into the Church, and carried along
with her many OF her customs and
Institutions. among them the "Day
Of the SUM- which was converted
by the Church OF Rome into an in.
stitution for the Christian Church,
80 they took the Pantheon, the
greatest Heathen temple in the
world, and dedicated it to the
Popish saints. They even took
tho image that the Psgans wor.
shipped for Jupiter and dedicated II
to Saint Peter.
rALsITY OF THE TEMPERANCE
PLEA.
Many are aware OF the above and
similar facts, and hence in advo-
eating the "Sunday Law" are try
ing hard to find other than Bible
reasons for 1t. The advocates oi
temperance are informed that the
object 10 to close up the saloons.
This IL only blind, for the law ia
no more against them than 1t is
against the banks or other places
Of business. Butwe are told that
Il is the intention mainly to close
saloons. Here we see the lack Of
true principle. For If the law is
just, 1t ought to be enforced fully.
There Is little honor in seiziDg
upon law and enforcing it upon
= foe and at the same time shield
ing frien< who is an equal trans
gressor. Honor would compel q
man to deal fairly with Satan him.
self; otherwise he puts himself on
the same level with him. We are
opposed to the liquor business, and
as people, the Seventh Day Ad-
ventists are the strongest advocates
Of temperance in the world; but
why liquor selling is worse on
Sunday than any other day we
cannot see, unless Sunday is better
than other days, which it is not.
Let US have q law against the bus
iness, prohibiting it entirely.
THE DAY.oF-REsT PLEA ooNsID.
ERED.
We are told that man needs a
day Of rest. It is by no means cer-
tain that all men need one day out
Of each seven for rest, for many
work continually day after day and
year after year. 1t 10 true men
need some rest, but it is not yet
proven but that labor every day
and less hours each day can be as
easily endured las to work six days
OF more hours and then take q full
day for rest. Most persons require
about eight hours sleep In each
twenty.four. Why not pass law
to compel men To take certain
hours Of each day for that purpose?
1t is not the object of the law to
give men . physical rest, but to
compel them TO respect sunday.
Otherwise provision would be
made for those who from conscien-
ti0us motives observe the true Sab
bath and get their day Of rest. The
sabbath IL based upon moral moi
physical needs, preventing those
who observe 1t from forgetting the
true God, by pointing out continu.
ally the fact that the true God is
the One who made the heavens and
the earth. But az Sunday has nc
moral foundation upon which to
stand, and is built upon the quick
sands of the Roman Church, hav.
Ing no other authority for it, and
- Protestants are not willing to
grant the right to that church to
command religious precepts, they
must needs seek other props to sus.
tain their tottering institution.
A LIVE, BURNING ISSUE.
Looking at the matter as 1t ap'
pears from political standpoint
we can easily see in the near future
that this issue is to be the great is.
sue of the day. The advocates, a.
well a. the opponents, of the Law
cannot retrace their steps, aud each
party has gone SO far that to cease
che contest Is to acknowledge de-
feat. And from the stbad bi0odii