The morning news., 1889-02-06
KEEP ONE DAY IN SEVEN.
TIE SUNDAY REST MOVEMENT IN
THE SOUTH.

National Recognition Of the Sebbetl
es a Day OF Rest-Rev. Wilbur ?
Crafts Aission-Eis Address a. The
First Presbyterian Church Las
Night-He Explains the Movement
and the Unions Plans aud Purpose
The First Presbyterian church was com
fortably iIled last night with people 70 bear
Rev. Wilbur P. Crafts. field secretary Of
the American SABBATH Union. speak On the
Sunday rest bill On the rostrum and
occupying the front seats we're Rev J. ".
Rogan, pastor Of ths First church. Pev. A
II. Wynn Of Wesley Monumental church,
Rev. J. r. McClaskey Of Triai:y church,
Rev. J.E.L l. Homes Of tho Firs. Baptist
and Rev ". s RoYsI x tbe Duffy Street
Baptist churches, Rev. K . Way II the Ar
derson Street Presbyterian church, and
Messrs. r. B. Reppard, s B. Adams, C.ena-
ent Saussy and James Faris Jr.
Rev. A II Wynn opened the s=rvic 3
with praye-, after which Mr. Farie intro
duced the speaker, Rev. Hr. Crafts. who
Epoks for over an ho1r On the subject Of his
lIfe-work, the making Of Sunday day u
rest iu the United STATES Nr Crafts began
bv saving that he did not come south r.
would be bringing Goals 70 Nevc ssle
You have the best Sabbath keeping district
in the Unitsi States Therefore, i1s-ezd Of
bringing Goals To New Castle / bring Goals
from New Castle You have in the south
the best Sabbath observance, tie most
nearly perfect ke-ping Jf TIC Lords Day
that l have found Il is unlike toe north.
from here came. There. the Sabbath
has been seriously threatened here the Law
is more respected
SAVASNAHS LARGEST ROOM.
The speaker said, however, thar while
this Is the case in the nth, hs found upon
reaching Savannah that the largest room in
tie city is roo for Improvement, room
altogether too large, in reference 70 the
question OF Sunday rs-t Re spoke u the
saloon traffic on Sunday That be said, is
perhaps SavanIah's most serious violation
Of the holy day. B7sites. be understood,
that there l. Otner t0lling done here on sun
day. tie gave g sketch Of the American
Sabbath Union. the N 81 truly national If
any IN the country, embracing leading men
OF all denominations. In the unions ft5c.al
Endorsement are the Presbyterian churche
north and south, the Methodist
church north and south, Reform church
Of the north aud the signature
and Endorsement Of Cardinal Gibbons,
which, be said, is Indirectly the Indorse-
Endorsement Of the Ca bolic church swelled
tue number f signatures 70 about IA, ,0J0.-
600. The Sabbath Union, lie said, nee IS
70 be natlOnalized, il needs
to be more c9ncentrated. A na-
tionaI evil needed a national remedy
The SUNDAY NAILS
"As % Sunday mails, ," be went on, "what
we ask is a law instruc.ilg the Postmaster
General 10 make nofurther contracts which
shall include the carriage Of tie mails
on the Sabbath. and to provide tlat
hereafter no mail matter shall Le collected
or distributed on that day"
What il a letter calling a son TO the bed
side # his dying mother should be delayed
twenty-fOnrsF you ask. Did you ever hear
Of the telegraph, coon to be the nations
fast Daiii To use the telegraph for such
letters Bee1 not increase the Sunday work
OF telegraphers. for letter that would have
been delivered on the Sabbath must have
been mailed not later than Satlr-
day. when a telegram would have
carried the message before the Sab
bath; aud q letter mailed on SUNDAY will
not reach Its de tinatIon any sooner than
a Monday telegram. You say, ITO stop
the mails twenty-fOur hours ia these days
would cause congestion of busins g. The
answer to this prophecy is not q counter
prophecy, but facts. Toronto the Queen
City Of the world in Sabbath observance,
and hardly second to any in its rapid
growth and solid prosperity, q city Of 140,-
900 population, allows its postal servants TO
share tie general rest, closing its postoffice
70 the public from Z p. m. OF Saturday to
a. m, of Monday, and stopping all work
except that of tie watchmen through the
entire twenty-four hours Of the sabbath.
and finds that this gain TO the post office
employees results IN 40 loss 10 any one.
TIE WAY LONDON DOES
''If a larger city is wanted take this;
"Within a radius Of five miles from tho
general post office, London, no i land let-
ters are collected, carried. sorted or dis.
patched on the Lords day" If all mail
trains stopped over the Sabbath. and the
day were made in fact dies non, it would
be equally fair TO all competitors, ana give
q man the same average mail on Monday
morning as on Saturday, instead Of food
ing him with a double portion. The
watchman is the only postal servant whose
Sunday work caa be justified either by
divine or American law.
The argument against interstate Sunday
trains, a & eater evil born of the Sunday
mail, is short and conclusive. After so mucn !
recent interstate legislation, it is hardly |
necessary TO say that train which crosses |
a state line enters national jurisdiction. At |
the time OF our hearing in Washington the |
ADoNo&7 was utDdtluR AT great IeDKbD an IN |
terstate commerce bill to protect tue health |
OF cattle in transit We suggested that it |
would be fitting to give as much attention |
70 our proposed interstate commerce law to |
protect tue health of 5000 Saba tnless |
railroad men.
IL THE NUTMEG STATE.
"ln working out the recent railroad |
reforms in Connecticut which leads |
ell he states in this matter, for
bidding all excursion ard freight trains
for the whole Of Sunday, and all
Others also except such morning a.d even.
ing trains as the railroad comm ssioners
think are required by law OF necessity and
mercy, reforms by which 10000 men have
been ancipatei from Sunday toll. in
working out these great reforms the inter
state difficulty OF natioaal jurisdiction was
encountered at every point. Some
railroad managers claim that they
cannot refuse to hurry on
freight and passengers received SUNDAY
without being liable for IMAGES, uulsss
protected by a national law against inter.
state Sunday trains. This would pro ect
them against competitors also. al1 enable
all 70 rest without loss. ExcUB. them how
you will, these trains are run simply aud
only to make m ney 20 fatten the
bank accounts Of milliouaires already
too much favored by our laws II
any work for gain, not also IA work OF
necessity OF mercy, is ~ be allowed on the
Sabbath, all such work should be equitably
allowed.
WHEN LAW IL A CprNrp