The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-19

a physical necessity. Man cannot live
his allotted time without it. 1t is a
crime against nature to deny it. The
French nation in it's rebound from re-
ligious institutions tried to live with
out it and utterly failed. The man
who tolls increasingly every day in the
week will soon lose the power to toll.
This rest is a necessity of the industrial
world.
THE 81" lends
There + thousands of men and wo-
men in this great city who are forced,
to work every day in the week. The
elevated railroad men are amongthem.
Five thousand men are employed to
pack the citizens of New York into
Mr.. GOuld's carriages. They work
every day and Sunday, too. That is
why they I SO Grabbed and mean.
Put an angel in such a position and
work him day and night, every day in
the week, winter and summer-yOur
angel would soon be a fit subject for
hell. There is no reason under heaven,
except the greed and brutality Of the
owners in control, why these men and
| all others who do work Of neces sity on
| Sunday should not have one days rest
in seven. Col. Hahn, the Superintend-
ent, is reported to have said recently
that there was no prospect of relief be-
ing given his men. Because" said
he, "yOu know sentiment has changed
very much on this subject within re-
cent years" No, Colonel, you were
never worse mistaken. Sentiment is
only seeking its proper adjustment on
the foundations of truth instead of ira
dition. 1t is disgrace that your men
can have no rest. 1t is a brutal use of
power to grind them in their necessity.
To run your roads on Sunday is a pub
lie necessity, but it is not necessary,
nor has it ever been, to work the same
men every day in the week on IS. rs
wages per week. This is a swindle.
The same might be said Of many other
public works.
4. The workingman should have this
day also for domestic and moral rea-
sons. Sunday is the home day-the
one day in which man, however hard
may be his toll in the week, may have
a home. The man who has 10 home,
but merely a shelter where he sleeps,
is certain, sooner or later, to meet
temptation that will attack the founda-
| tiO0S of moral cbaractnr
NOT BY BREAD ALONE.
s. 1t should be his because then he
could attend divine worship. He needs
this for the conflict of the coming
week. He needs to have the soul led
up from the baser world of matter into
that Of spirit. The man who does not
feed his spiritual nature is certain to
lose his hold on the fundamentals of
life. A mans life does not consist in
the abundance of the things that he
possesseth. More than that-man can
not live by bread alone. Life cannot
be. reduced to a mechanical process,
nor man man be reduced to his chemi-
| cal constituents. The man who lives
only in the realm Of matter does not
live; he only exists. Existence is one
thing-life another.
CHURCHES, MUSEUMS, SALOONS.
6. He should have this day sacred to
opportunities to cultivate the higher
faculties of his being. It should be
the punctuation point in the round of
| Iifo'S n then he CbOu16 na11co
take his breath, take in the meaning
of life, take his bearings for the NOR
row.
All those influences that minister to
mans spiritual, intellectual and moral
nature should be brought to bear upon
him. Work, as far as possible, should
cease, and those who do work then
should rest another day. Churches
should swing wipe open. Saloons
should be closed. The museums of
art and libraries and reading rooms
should be open. These are the avenues
of divine influences. The gambling
bells should be closed.
Let this mighty Christian Nation as
a Christian Nation arouse to the i'm
portance of establishing this day on
the basis Christ our Master laid down
FOR MAN Let us make it in deed
and truth 1.-THE Lords Day"
ALLIANCE AND DEMOCRACY.
A Definition of the True Principles of