Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-13

ALL NECESSARY WORK CAN B1 DONE IN SIX DAYS,
and if man can do all the work in six days he
should get all the pay"
DR.. Herrick johnson, of Chicago. said he
thought it would be impossible 70 give every
day in seven. and il is agreed small faction
to the contrary. that the first day Of the week
10 the day. DIR. Lewis, said he. sis making
fetch Of the letter" CTo Senator Blair)
''You zee the point9" ILaughter.l
DIR. suNDERLAND's APPEAL.
Rev. DR.. Sunderland called the tttent'on Of
the committee to the records Of American his
tory, and appealed for perpetuation in eli it,
purity of the Sabbath Of the forefathers. The
doctor answered the question propounded by
Senator Blair az to where could be found the
scr;ptural law for the establishment Of day of
rest on the first day Of the week. The doctor
declared himself as great q stickler As any man
In the country for personal liberty Of con-
science, but he did not want that liberty to de-
generate into such licentiousness as that which
marked the time Of Charles II. tApplause.]
DENoUHcINo THE PERSONAL LEAGUE
Rev. c. H. Payne. Of New York, argued
against the personal liberty leagues now in ex-
istence throughout the country. The influence
OF the leagues was said to be great, and espe-
cially oppressive on the nottingham Their
power in politics was noted, and the speaker
said that nothing but legal restriction can pre-
vent the seculariziAg Of the Sabbath. Nothing
but the angel of law. standing at the gate Of
the Sabbatic Eden, with flaming sword in hand,
can protect the sacred day. In all history no
such demand was ever made upon a people as
that now made BY so-called personal leag uers.
OPPOSED TO THE BILL.
Mr.. John B. Wolf, representing anti-ecclesi-
astical associations, and opposed to the bill,
was the next speaker. He said that ambiguity
OF constitutional compacts and strained con-
struction OF those ambiguous compacts were
the two great dangers that threatened republics
and society. He claimed that no one had any
right to interfere with the personal belief Of
any other individual.
mot even if he is Mormon?" queried Sem
ator Blair
Not even if he is Mormon" replied Mr..
Wolff: He has right to freedom Of worship
II he is devil-worshiper."
Mr.. Wolff then commenced to criticise the
course Of action taken by some of those present
who had banded with the Roman Catholic
church to insist on religious day of the week
when the Catholic church in countries which
it controlled did not enforce the Sabbath.
SENATOR BLAIR STOPPED HIM
and requested him to confine himself to the
subject at issue. IAN you can do to establish
a Christian Sabbath" said Mr. Wolff, sis to set
apart certain portion Of the week as theory
and then adjust that theory to the conditions
of the time and locality. Ecclesiasticalism, he
said, was a tyrant more despotic than any
other; it had drenched the earth with blood and
would do it again if conditions were favorable
DIR. Stevenson maintained, in q brief speech,
that the individual was free to believe as he
pleased. but the nation had, at the same time,
the right to recognize God in whatever way it
saw fit.
Mrs. Bateman, Rev. d. B. Wilson and Rev.
DR.. Stearns made brief addresses.
REV. DR. SUNDERLAND SURPRISED.
A number Of the delegates present desiring
to leave the room to keep an appointment with
President Cleveland the hearing ceased for Q
few minutes, but before the crowd left Rev. DIR.
Sunderland took advantage Of an opportunity
to express his surprise at the speech made bv
Mr.. Wolff, and especially at Mr.. VOLTS refer
ences to ecclesiasticism. To these remarks Mr.
Wolff responded, IN surprise you more than
that, doctor"
NOT AN ECCLESIASTICAL MOVEMENT.
Mrs. Bateman secured the floor for second
time to explain that this was not an ecclesiasti-
cal movement. The bill originated among the
workers Of the Woman's Christian Temperance
union, and was designed solely to give the
working people Of the land day of rest. Mrs.
Bateman said the factory hands, the railroad
people, the farmers. signed the petition pre-
sented in behalf of the bill. The only active
opposition had come from those who wanted to
mdhc SATURDAY tue uuN OI rest.
Rev. c. r. Hunt, representing the Sabbath
association of Iowa, spoke Of the interest that
was felt in the measure in that state. In Iowa
alone there were $4,000 railroad employees who
had to work on the Sabbath.
TUE sEvENTH-DAY ADvENTIsTs.
Prof. Alonzo T. Jones, Of Battle Creek uni
versity, Michigan, was then granted one hour
in which to place before the committee the
views of the Seventh-Day Adventists on the
bill. He covered one end of the committee
table with formidable array of books and
ment. The professor defined the principle
upon which his sect stood as to the proper day
of the week on which to rest. Taking for his
text Render unto Cesar the things which are
Caesars and unto God the things which are
Gods" he claimed that the operation Of the
religious with the secular.
The professor said that if this bill was for the
purpose OF enforcing the observance of the
seventh day instead of the first, he and the
sect to which he belonged would oppose it
just as strenuously as they oppose the measure
self
OPPOSED TO ALL SUNDAY LAWS,
because the civil law had no right to compel
the observance of any day or festival. The law
could only interfere when man in the prac-
tice Of his religion jeopardized the life or
liberty of another individual He was opposed
to laws against blasphemy because blasphemy
was an offense not against man but against
God.
Senators Blair and Palmer argued with the
professor on what they evidently believed was
an error, and the fine distinctions between
what was proper subject for human law were
drawn out at considerable length. "If civil
legislation has any right to control religious
matters" said the professor, 'then there never
was Christian persecuted for the punishment
OF people because Of their religious practices
was in conformity with law. The law was
wrong, but it was law"
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