The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-12-19
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OF tho Sabbath Resolution
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At tho meetng Ia theassemhly room on
! Saturday last "a form q County Sabbath
Association, the following resolutions
! wore AdnpiDdi
Tho STARK County Sabbath Convention
assembled 40 Caution, Ohio, on December
/ llth, recognizing The inesilmnhe lrrYlnt
Of the Christian Sabbath tO th0 individual
| church aud nation, asa beUeilcenl1 l1uaeiull
| aud diylnely authorized Institution, and
| Of the necessity for personal associated
effort by tho Christian phllnnthrpplHl, and
! patriotic citizen, 10 preserve The hapbpli
! From deaecraton aud destructive perllH,
| do aillrml
First Our intelligent conviction that
| the fourth commandment, "iememhNr
| the Sabbath day 10 keep Il h0ly' like
other commands Of tle decalOgne, ie 0i
perpetual and universal validity aud obll-
| CATION,
Second While appreoIailng the eco
| nOmlcal value nf the Sabbath 10 tho
| physical aud industrial life Of man, aud
Of the duty of the State protect u, yet 10
moral and spiritual benefits, which arc
beyond estimate, should DO deeply I'm.
pressed upon all under the influence Of
The gospel
Third The preservation of the Sabbath
Involving the protection of our Christian
houses, churches and republican inhiiiu-
tlona leads uH "a ontreht all Christians 10
hnntllly this day 20 themselves, by care
fully avoiding such acts na glye occasion
for OliouCe, aud make uh bold 10 request
all worthy cltlgena 10 give neither cpunte'
nance or patronage 10 any form OF Sum
day RmusemenL entertainment, or OK
curalon whereby the good order aud sane.
wy OF the Sabbath day arc disturbed nnd
broken,
Fourth We expect tho Christian minis.
tcrH 10 dcClalm The truth Oi God concern
Ing the claims aud objects Of Sabbath, and
cordially Invites this and every Christian
community 70 unite with ua In yigIlNnt
aud courageous effort, that our Sunday
laws b0 not violated with impuniN nor
their violation encouraged hy ncgleCitul
and unduilful officers OF the land, We
also enter our protest against any c0nlem-
plated state legislative action looking 10
q change In our present Sunday laws, un'
less i he 70 make them more stringent
Flfth-We endorse all petitions request
Ing the National Government 10 abolish
all unnecessary departments Of Sunday
work, such 90 the running OF mail trains,
distributing of mails, and public pnradoa
aud reviews Of the army.
Sixth Regarding the work u the Amer
lean Sabbath Union aa important, and on,
couragcd by the good results secured
through lia agency, we promise u our 60.
operation, and record our qualification OF
the presence and lahOra Of itA State Sec
rotary, Rev James +, Mills at our meot-
Ing
The officers elected for the ensuing year
aroi Roy, j. n, Field, president, All
pastors Of churches IN the county co-opo-
rating In the work 20 bo recognized Ra
vice presldentaj j, j., Aahmhurst, CORES.
pondlng secretary J0hn Dnnncr record
Ing aocrcthryi A, KIT, Treasurer; John
n, Clark j. NJ, Snryer, Mr.. StrauHBer, j,
X, Brown, and n, T.. Crowl, executive
committee,
The meeting yesterday afternoon az
o'clock In the Baptist church was quite
well attended The address Of Rev. J, T..
Mills, "Our National Responsibility
Touching the Sabbath was very lnatruc-
tive, oloquentnnd truthful, nll our order
loving citizens Hnould have heard H.
Many became mcmhem Of this new or
gnullQtion, and others will be solicited
hprpnftgr.