St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-20
SUNDAY MADE FOR MAN.
Rev. W. j. Lham0m Makes = StronG
Plea for It's Observance.

Rev. W. j. Lhan0n Makes = StroHg
Plea for It's Observance.
Rev. w. J. I.hamon, of Jhe Church of
Christ, chose for his [, X yesterday norm
ing: The Sabbath was made for man."
During the course Of his remarks he
said;
lin view Of the fact that we have no
Sabbath in the Jewish senses and that
we could not use it Il we had it, aud
that therefore We 90 not want it, and
are not likely to be troubled wi5h it,
paraphrase Of this text VIII bet
ter express nay meaning. namely,
The Sunday was made fer man.
As Christians, or ecclesiaStics, We have
no business with this day except for
ourselves PcOEiS who are net Chris
tians are no mere bound TO the Chris
tian's DAY Of worship than they are to
his commu lion table. 1t is our duty to
first to ChrstiasG1e the people and then
the Sunday question Will settle itself.
As a citizen the Christian has afflght to
his voice and 3aiS ballot on this.as on
other questions OF society and state. 1t
is as Il man. assd H0t as an ecclesiastic,
Protestant. Catholic Jesuit, or MOham-
medan, or eVea is "a Sectarian secular
ist, that one has a night TO cast hisWOte,
or TO utter his VGkce0n such questions.
There are Sunday laws and there is
Sunday laWieSS3Aess We think the laws
are right and che tawiesSnesS wrong
Man needs rest and recreation. ami
chance for wOrshiD il he will. Seaen
days in the week city D weeks in tile
year, make the mafl st the throttle or
the composing stick a Shave. Many men
feel it so, but their bread Is at the mercy
of corporations whose DIN IdendS are at
stake. The preacher 15Hds thousands Of
men who plainly tell bin that they have
no time to 20 to heaveIs- The mill must
grind. even though il griRds men to
9erdition; the car must Fa4M, though
10 carries at the lever the moral
and physical wreck Of 4 man: the
s<4Ven-day pager must appear though
the editors br2Iu reels for rest. and his
kIs3es ache to pgay (?), and though the
cOn@Ositor's heart is as hard as his
stick for the WaaE Of Worship. Sunday
for Dsan means Sunday in when one
half OF the cOm@unitv will not be
forced ialt0 slavery for tile greed. or 4he
pleasure. or the pres4diccs OF the otter
half. We repeat. the greed: for the
corporations have tiiSt: the pleasure.
for the isseOnsldeTate seek that: the
prejudice. f0r the religious people have
that. If it Es2re not f0r our denOmna-
ti0naiism We could have Beighb0rhoOd
churches. located much as school houses
are. But with our prPyndice we must
carry our cOnScienceS SIX miles across
the city TO hear our fayOritS Methodist,
or EpiscOpalian, or Baptist, Or Presby-
terrain pastor pray. and the car con-
ductOr must keep at his post ali day
Sunday to accommodate rs, though he
never hears prayer till the crack of
doom. Until Christian people can forrgO
their prcjudices they have poor grounds
for grumbling at Sunday papers and
railroad corporations. Nothing but
united church can ever touch this and
many such like problems. Carroll d.
Wright. of the bureau of statistics of
labor in Massachusetts. says: Briefly
stated, church-going people. for church.
going purposes, are the prime cause of
the running of horse cars on Sunday in
this commonwealth
Sunday work is not necessary to sue
cess IN any business. Facts of history
prove this. II may lead Ito demuralIZa-
tIoE ana failure in any business. and
ulti matelY Of the state, History warns
us here.
That men. and animals. and even ma
chinery, need such rest as one dav in
seven can give, needs not to be proved
at this late day. When the brother
hood of man becomes a fact. anu no
mere sentiment as now, this needed
rest will be somehow granted. 1t
is a manifest injustice for the
grocer TO close one day in
seven, while the salo0nist is permitted
to keep open. 1t is a manifest Injustice
for the sanctified railroad president to
attend prayers while a thousand men
are hauling coal at his command. There
is no brotherhood in that it was not
for such regeneration that Jesus died.
When the masters permit the slaves to
go TO church we will have a Christian
Sunday. When the people who ride
permit the people who drive to pray
with them we will have "A Christian Sun
day. When the plethoric purse recog-
niZes the pinehed one as brother we
will have Christianity seven days in the
week