The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-01-16
Petition Regarding Sunday
Mails.


ship. Already the International Sab
bath Association has succeeded in arous-
ing much interest in this very important
matter, aad the prospects for united
and successful movement by the friends
of the Sabbath are daily growing bright
-er.
They are working in all directions, but
the Sunday mails, being a legalized
dissertation of the Sabbath, are believed
to be especially dangerous and objection
able. In order to draw general atten-
ton to this subject and get prompt &C
ton, we have prepared the following
card, which we propose to hang up in
twenty thousand post-ofices, sending with
1t two petitions to each postmaster
To All Who Love the Right, GreetingI
Your attention is respectfully asked to
the following petition, which will be
presented to Congress at the earliest date
deemed advisable:
To the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States. Of America, in Congress
assembled:
We, the undersigned, citizens of -
hereby respectfully petition your
Honorable bodies to pass law instruct
ing the Postmaster General to make no
futher contracts which shall include the
carriage of the mails on the Sabbath, and
to provide that hereafter no mail matter
shall be collected or distributed on that
day"
Sunday mails are by no means neces-
slty, yet they are working widespread
destruction of the Sabbath. A telegram
on Saturday night or Monday morning
would meet any case of urgent necessity
more quickly than letter sent on Sun
day.
To help save our Sabbath you are earn
'estly requested to aid in the circulation
'of this petition, to petition against Sun
day mails in your own town or city, and
to refrain from getting your own mail on
Sunday, and from sending any that will
be transported or delivered on that day.
Mail clerks need rest on Sunday as we'll
as other people.
Don't use the Sunday mail and there
will be none.
Copies of the above petition, and other
documents, will be furnished upon ap-
plication to the Secretary of the Inter
national Sabbath Association, 1912
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
To THE POSTMASTER, Dear aSir,-In
common with all your fellow-officers, we
send you this card and copies of the petit
ton, feeling assured that from many
weighty considerations in its favor, to
which no solid objection can be made.
you will be glad to further this movement
for Sabbath Observance, by any proper
effort. This has been submitted to the
Postmaster General, who said you were
at liberty to cooperate in this movement
if you saw fit to do so.
Please put this in favorable place,
and report to US promptly the result of
any canvass that may be made.
Please try to secure at least 100 adult
names on each petition, and as many bus
iness names as possible.
On all grounds the canvass for sigma
lures to the petition should be vigorously
pushed forward till there are enough to
be heard at Washington. There is good
hope of success if all who can will help
in every way and report as soon as the
results OF your canvass are in. Some in
the highest positions are ready to help,
and the number is increasing.
To do this work, the printing and post
age will cost about 5000. Can't you aid
US, and get your friends to Join you in
helping US to raise this amount at once ?
Money may be sent to Yates Hickey,
Secretary, 1912 Chestnut street, Phila-
delphia, Pa. We will send our treasur-
er's receipt Also any documents de-
sired, free.
Religious and secular papers will please
publish this card and the annexed en-
dorsement. Very respectfully,
j. McC. DUCKwALL,
Associate Secretary 1. S. Association.
We approve of the above plan, and re-
commend it to the consideration and
prompt action of all good citizens: B. M.
Smith, ]. L. NJ. Curry, Moses D. Hoge,
II. @. Alexander, F. M. White, Thos.
E. Peck, w. w. Moore, r. McIlwaine.
PETITION TO CLOSE LOCAL PosT-oFF1cEs
ON SUNDAY:
We, the undersigned citizens Of -,
believing that the practice of receiving
mail matter on the Sabbath is unnecessa-
ny and undesirable, respectfully petition
the Post Office Department to close our
Post-ofice from Saturday night to Mon
day morning, as is the case in London /,
and to omit any collection or distribution
OF mail matter on Sunday.
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