Telegram-herald., 1886-05-03
As Preached About From the
Pulpirs Yesterday
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Rev - z k.st 41ttlsJA ffc1-ileI II the
Church III Christ sunday nlgrniag ga sun
day Desecralioa. taxing for his text
Timothy, 10 The "a is nst alzde Tor q
religious man. baE for shs i4sless and dis
o5esiient" Ia brief he said --fhe saBctily
of The hrst iay of The ~ssk niay bee coDsid-
cred from ta0 staadpoiuts, the religious and
Tie secular Prom the former lJ ~ouid be-
properly Contemplated az day Of ~. ship
The Lords Day Prom The latter, -
rest-day only a kind IL secular sabbath
TO the Christian Il Is primarily dAy Tor
worship and religious work. 70 The citizen.
A. such. h - a day II cessation ir)m t0h or
business cares. Ia IL t5rmer character 40
rests On Nes Testament doctrine and prae
tice Ia the latter 10 rests On civil ias. IL
3 ia this latter phase that / nil consider
the question today The need OF q weekly
rest day = established by the dictates 0f rea-
son aud experience. IL would hardly seem
necessary - argue that the man
Who rests one day ia seven will.
other things being equal. live longer,
De healthier and happier than the one wiO
t.dls every day ia the year. Tue Jews IA
Europe live, on tie average. ten years longer
than the rest OF the population The for
mer Ob.crve cOnscientiOusly thelrNNeekly
sabbath. The latter have practically 40
rest day, a. Sunday IS With the masses
iay OF revelry and dissipation. oar sunday
laws, Whatever their origin. now rest On the
recognized need Of the people OF a weekly
DAY of rest. Their purpose Is nos ecclesias
tical but moral The same principles that
underlie ali restrictive laws are under these
Ia The interest OF good order and the public
morals We close saloons az fixed hours and
ou certain special occasions: We forbid the
printing and circulating Of obscene lltera-
ture, We Il Oil certain Industries belns pur-
sued within the city limits On these same
grounds do our statutes forbid the prOsecu-
tiOn OF business or the furnishing OF secular
sports on that day. some DO not need such
laws OF restraint, but many do. and for
their sake the laws are enacted and should
be enforced. What are the facts as regards
these laws They are violated 30 an alarm
ing extent in all our large and growing
cities.
cigar shops confectioneries meat mark
ets. clothing stores and many other places
Of business are open every day. Many
railroads increase, rather than diminish
their traffic on that day. The great dallies
Hood their land with their Sunday issues
Sacred concerts steamboat excursions,
beer gardens, dancing grounds, and count
less places of resort. all competing for public
patronage. threaten 10 make Sunday mere
day of revelrY and lust Such dissertations
Is both needless, hurtful and wrong. With
very few exceptions. all branches OF busl-
ness could be suspended one day in the
week without injury 10 any one. Trans
psrtatiOn could be- confined TO very small
proportions. and the people could live as
happily. and certainly a healthfuliy. with
out daily paper from Saturday 10 Monday
The New York Journal Of Commerce. the
leading commercial paper OF America
never issued Sunday edi-
tiOn. It's Off e is closed by
IL o'clock Saturday night and not re opened
till late hour Sunday hight. All its en-
ployes have their Sunday for rest or wor-
ship. as they may choose 70 use it. And II
all the wheels OF industry can stop on this
day without evil results, it cannot be sup
posed that there exists 4ny need for the
raising the Hood gates OF dissipation on the
people rightful day of rest. IL II common
To say that these Sunday resorts must be
opened for the benefit OF the working
classes, and that an effort 10 enforce Sunday
laws is an attempt To Oppress the working
man. But this assertion is libel on tue
friends Of sunday laws and on the la5oring
men as well. The truth Is that the working
classes do not want be Sunday laws abol
ished or violated. \ thorough canvass OF
English wOrkingmen societies was made
in lss3, on the question of opening the Eng
lish museums on Sunday. and only sixty
two out Of ,, 80 such organizations favored
IL Their answer was, We have amuse-
msnts enough through the week. Ga
SUNDAY we want rest believe that a can
yass OF American laborers would bring a
ike reply. WOrkingmen DO not forget that
when tho Sunday laws of France were
abolished during the Revolution. and
atheism ruled supreme, the rest day was
showing what inhdelity would do for them.
could il drive out the Christian religion and
destroy the Christian Sabbath. That some
honest laoOring men do mistakenly oppose
Sunday laws. Is true. bnt the major part of
the opposition comes from the lOafers, the
lepers and the leeches OF society. Those
who spend their time in idleness, those
whose hearts are fall OF the leprOsy ot lust
and those who, ike le schss, hang uIOn the
vices Of society and fatten on human shame
these are the classes who. with one voice
protest against the sunday laws. We need
not be in ignorance OF the results
Of this Sunday desecraii0n. Il
the Puritan Sunday shows us the
ludicrous add slsvish results Of q wrong in
ierpretstiOn Of the Scriptural doctrine Of the
Lord day the European sunday. which -
fAsJ becoming the American Sunday. will
show rs the sad results Of license m the
matter Of ifs deseCraflOn. II - a sufficient
answer 20 the man who praises the German
sunday. with its beer garden and sceuu-
panYing sports. to remind him that - per
cent. Of ali the crimes Of violence ia Ger
many occur during DAYLIGHT Of Sunday and
thst So l.sr cent OcCur between dark on sat
uriaY evening and dsyii-ht Monday morn
ing God forbid that our American san
dav slreadv see ng its undue proportion %
crime. should he 81 pr0fsaed by our people
a. 20 receive the stain II halt OHr murders
and deeds of violence. How shsll this b.
pseventesi2 only by the united protest of
al law loving and las-sbidiHg citizens
Whsn snv man or any corporation seeks 70
override the laws nf aur state or citv. ief
suca vigorous snd frm protest be made
that orr public officials shall be enanied t0
emf RE the iaw If ie<irons q a. doing or
eonpeilei 70 do 81. II not willing Let
Christians svoid such places Il resort a. ara
given over p the prostitution of ear Lord =
asr and the fostering II unholy sports and
isf al good citizens uifte 20 make effective
The avs upon our statute books. laying
heavy hand mon any man Or corporation
shat iefies the expressed VII ef the peoQe
Thus. and thus 0nlv can ~ secure % our
selves and fn cur hiiirsn the frBits ~ our
free Institutions NOT the leks ~ which .
0nr veekv sabbath.
OBSERVANCE 90 sENOAY
Rev. Charles Fiahr-r D~fen u sandsy
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