Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-07-01

To Dse Editor oflae Register:
SIR:-The time has fully come when law
abiding and moral people of this commu-
nifty should assert their rights and com
pel those who break the laws Of the land
to yield to obedience which all good citi-
zens should pay TO statute, which is at
once e,reasonable and benefcent.
beg to copy a short preliminary note
from our State Code, found IN chapter 93.
Besides the religious duty Of obeying the
commands OF God, and the scandslous in
decency of an open disregard Of this duty
by a PROCLAMATION of the Sabbath,
the keeping one day in seven holy,
az time of relaxation and refreshment, az
we'll as OF public worship, il Of admirable
service in a State, considered merely ~
civil institution. II humanizes by the
help Of conversation and society, the man
ners of the people, which wonld degerate
into sordid ferocity and savage selfish
ness Of spirit. II enables the industrious
workman TO pursue mis- occupation In the
ensuing week with health and cheerful
ness; it imprints on the minds OF the peo-
ple that sense Of their duty to God, 40
necessary TO make them good citizens, but
which would be worn out and defaced by
an unremitted continuance OF labor. with
out any stated times OF recalling them 10
the worship OF their Maker"
This is the way the men who founded
the State OF Virginia thought and wrote.
We may we'll ponder their words Of
wisdom.
The country has become great and rich,
because in the past she has, to great e1-
tent, practiced obedience TO the laws oil
God and abstained from Decorating the
Sabbath.
Within a very few years there has been
a sad lapse from this wholesome record OF
the past.
A threatening tide OF foreign population,
differing from any which has heretofore
soupht our shores, is doing "a great in
Jury in their disregard OF our Sabbath,
and its open desecrstion, A. well as in
other directions easily seen by every pa
triotic citizen.
The restion whether our country shall
be forelgnized, or maintain Its national
characteristics OF honor and obedience to
law, is forcing itself to the front, and must
soon be met. God grant that we may pe
true men, who shall nobly meet this great
issue. "
The base ball craze, which is sweeping lne
land like the skating rink epidemic u do-
ing incalculable damage, making Ms.
proportion of our boys and young men %
one bound both gamblers ana oaooA'n
Whs, will the future be, with such hab-
;,s f,Isd on thousands upon thousands oil
the Young men Of this landr livery EN-
nIovs1 % and business man would say these
tbings foretell most unpromising future.
How Mr. Editor, you may say to your
,saders that the writer is not an Ascetic,
uas : ,nmbler. who would laud the past
md M decry the present. Mo- / love sthlet-
;cs. co. oIsd TO see young fellow excel in eK.
src;ses which develop muscle, bring sound
Inngs and a good round heart beat.
would bid glad sdieu to the spin
die shanksr and ''gander necks orna-
mented with q high smelling cigarette.
o, that this generation OF pale lsces,
nerves and conceit may soon pass away 70
be followed by fellows with wen oe'e'
opsd bodies and generous souls INSIDE
PRAY let us have these high endowme1ls
vitho1, the gambling and without DEFY
ipg God in desecratirg His holy oaDos'"'