Telegram-herald., 1890-07-21
cAUsq1c caIFIcIsh


Il Has nay privilege - as-e1-1 t-N
nlAss meeting held a. HartAaA hsiis
some three weeks s.nce. n the interest
oi Sabbath OossrYsles." l Listened
- TIE beautiful musc, 80 e4qals.teiy
rendered under the masteFiy oiFectioA
q Prof. sAeperd, and - tie pstne-ic
prayer OF Rev. A. z. Norman. Vas
witness % the enthusiasm manifested
blythe speakers, etc. Bot 10 none 1as
my attent.oa more particularly direct
ed than = that OF Mayor 4. +. l ni.
As | <ieaed ~ nls Iogcelul words iand
none oOald naye done bettsEl thought,
Does ne mean what AS : saying lne
Arst AID leading speaker II TIE evening,
called IgF tie esp sss purpose 81 giving
Tie tue rag u sae OCCASION az occ4s-
lOn TOO, tu4g was 10 determine - some
extent ~ least A 10 hOK tie so-ealled
"LOTds Day" should De observed ~
the future IA this our beautIu! city, a
speaker that Vas expected - glSe tone;
and slin, and power, 10 the occasion,
and yet what does he cay Tor the cause
that las selected him - an expoaent
Ot the unheAFd masses. Here han and
then Judge.
Upon taking the chair, he spoke
substantially As follows. Aiter relat-
lng the circumstances VI the invitation
u BE- present, extended by the COM
mittee OF arrangements 10 the mayor
and Common Council, he said.
A" In accordance with that invitation,
arm here 10 preside over this meeting.
can not say that ! ara here for the
purpose oil making i speech; certainly
/ am not come prepared wltu any elab-
oIate speech. But IN taking tins chair,
am deslrOus TO say that am ia hearty
accord and cooperation with any
movement that has Tor us OBJECT the
preservation of the American sabbath,
and tor the relief OF poor ured nature.
Whatever may be the duty OF u public
Official, / feel hound 10 this duty my
SELF"
VIII the honorable mayor be 20 kind
as u favor the people OF tins city with
the authority TOR the Observance OF the
the American Sabbath|' Where IA the
Bible does II say, remember the Amer
lean Sabbath 70 keep II hOlyY-ls the
american Sabbath" for Americans
onlyg Why wish 10 compel a foreign
population 10 the observance or an
American institution? Is this "Ameri-
can Sabbath" protected by letters
patent? Will the mayor please explain?
He no doubt has reference 10 the
fourth commandment" as the follow
ing will show:
First, because | recognize IN IL the
voice Of God, speaking u Moses III the
distant past, and through hIm TO the
generations still 70 come. Remember
that thou keep the holy Sabbath day.
SIX DAYS shalt thou labor and do all
that thou hast 10 do, but the seventh
day is the sabbath of the Lord thy
God. In it thou shalt do no manner of
work. thou and thy son and thy
daughter, thy man servant, and thy
maid servant, thy cattle, and the
stranger that is withing thy gates. For
IN six days the Lord maze Heaven
and earth, the sea. and ali that in them
is, and rested the seventh day. Where
! fore, the Lord blessed the seventh day,
and hsllowed it,"
This quotation is Bible; therefore
true. One would infer from these
words of the mayor that he was a
"Sabbatarian" of the most pronounced
stamp. The seventh day is the Sab
Dsllu VI llst LOIu tllS uOu. % SGll
the mayor; and so says the Bible.
But did the ministerial Conference"
call u mass meeting to promote the
better observance OF the Seventh Day
Sabbath?' We think not, as but few of
these have any faith IN its binding
claims, and more, the advertisement"
that were circulated IN the audience
read as follows; MASS meeting
III favor of Sunday rs a day OF
rest" ETC., nowwe know taat Sunday is
not the Sabbath, never has been, simply
the first day of the week, the "SOlar
holiday of pagan times" However,
we viii have charity 10 believe that the
mayor did not intend thus to ''go back"
on his friends. Simply an error OF the
head and not of the heart. hope that
Mr.. Uhl may zee that what he said in
his quotation of the Sabbath command
ment was simply "fhe truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth" The
Sunday-SGbbath IS q contradiction, Sab
bath meaning rest and Sunday quite
the opposlte-The first day OF Earth
building" Baal worship and sun wor-
ship are identical. Asa pagan institu-
ton Sunday is Older than the Christian
religion, was adopted and christened
by the papal church in the Fourth CEN
tury; and, although venerable" mas no
CLAIMS upon Christians as a sacred in
stltutlon which they are bound to res
pcct. As there - no law commanding
sunday rest, none Will be condemned
for not resting upon It, for the Bible
| plainly says that where no law Is there
| is no transgression," Rom. 4-l5-"That
sin is not imputed when there is no
law" Rom. 5-l3. The clergy OF this
/ city are as we'll aware as myself that
! these things are true, the leading
/ writer's OF the churches which they SO
ably represent having stated these facts
/ again and again IN their works on
/ church polity. X the american Sab
/ bath" and the fourth commandment
are identical, and u seems that the
mayor 50 considers them. he having
quoted that c0mmandmeflt entire, it IS
no doubt evident % those who were
/ present that the mayor publicly com
Z mittad himself to the Observance Of IL
/ IN very strong language. lie NAV not
I have so REGARDED It at the time, vet
Z think that uOOn Que reflection he, with
I others, must so conclude. "The seventh
I day is the Sabbath" So said the mayor.
aud as proof ne quoted the fourth com.
I ma rdmeut entire. some very forclble
remarks were made by the speakers
7 present. especially those Of Rev. !. ".
I Reid, OF the Methodist Church, West
7 SIDE. He said that nothing was more
beautiful than Gods placing between
the past SIX Gavs Of toll and sweat and
{ WEAKNESS. aud the coming SIX DAYS OF
toll and sweat and nope. His blessed
Sabbath. Paraiyzed be the arm and
/ slienced the tongue that would presume
90 desecrsts it.' lam hardly prepared
% think that Elder Reid really meant
T what be sad IN the last part OF tas
quotation. I should nope rot. for b !