St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-28
THE SUNDAY "WE."
Sabbath Publications Denounced
by the Presbyterian Alliance.

Sabbath Publications Denounced
by the Presbyterian Alliance.
There was large attendance at the
meeting of the Presbyterian alliance at
Westminster church last evening, and a
vast amount of interest was taken i'll the
proceedings. The topic under discus
sion was "The Christian Sabbath" and
it was discussed in all its phases by
a number of laymen and reverend gem
tlemen. The discussion was opened by
a paper on The Legal Basis for the
Civil Sabl ath," which was touched
upon by Charles T. Thompson in an
interesting manner.
John S. McLain, of the Evening Jour
nal, presented paper on The Daily
Paper Without the Sunday Edition"
THE Sunday newspaper as we have to
deal with it," he said, lis a compare
lively new thing, and as it now stands
it is the most valuable paper issued
during the week. The publisher is not
alone responsible for publishing it, for
if his subscribers did not demand the
paper it would not be published. The
way to solve the difficulty is to have
only evening papers. The main queS-
ton is what effect the Sunday paper has
upon its readers. AS rule it has de-
moralizing effect upon the average
reader. There are many men in this
city who can read none but the
Sunday papers, and it does not
seem to me that it would be good plan
to take the Sunday paper away from
such men until we can place something
better in their hands. Many men have
an idea that newspaper men are an IL
religious class, but from my own eX-
perience, can say that this is not true.
There is no body OF men that take a
deeper interest in religious matters.
You never heard of newspaper falling
because it neglected to put its religious
news in prominent place"
''The Sunday Paper and the Weekly
Papers was discussed by Rev. John B.
Donaldson. He said that he did not be-
lieve that the church to-day could get
along without the papers. He had moth
ing to say against the Sunday newspa-
perS, but he did not think that the church
had any business with them, for they
did it no good, He had, he said,
looked through all the Sunday papers
published in the Twin Cities, and had
found sixteen columns of religious news
out of 1,12O. The religious tone of the
papers here and in st. Paul is much
higher than in Chicago OF in any other
big city, and am glad to see it. The
Sunday paper can do the church
no good, as it places us last
on its list of articles of i'm
portance. The editors tell us we
don't know how to run newspapers
well, editors don't know how to run a
church. l believe that if all church peo-
pie would refuse to have anything to do
with the Sunday newspapers it would
soon he better. Let business men be-
longing to the church take out their adj
vertisements on Sunday. That is the
only way to settle the question.
Charles ID. Meyer talked on Sunday
Theaters and the Law" He cited mod
ern and divine law to show that rum
ming theater on Sunday was wrong,
and held that those who went there were
just as bad as the men who ran the the
aters. He was opposed to Sunday
theaters, he said, because the best ladies
and gentlemen in the profession
were opposed to it. The closing address
was made by }. p. Wallace, on "a Sab
bath for Workingmen." He held that
the day should be set apart as one on