The sun., 1891-10-15
AGAINST A FAIR ON SUNDAY.
THE ECUMENICAJ CONFERENCE ADOPTS
A PETITION TO CHICAGO MANAGERS.

WARRINGTON, Oct 14.-Tho Ecumenica
!: Methodist Conference this morning adoptc,
unanimously the following petition protestin,
against the proposed opening OF tho World
Fair on Sunday:
To he United State. oDmm,.tore. ofne World. E,po~o,:
| The Ecumenicai Methodist Conference, composed o
600 ministers and laymsn and representing the Meth
odist churches throughout the world. respectfully pet
ton honorable body to prevent the proposed
ing Of the Worlds Columbian Exposition on the Lord
day We make this petition for the following reasons
l. tho religious conviction of the great majorit,
| Of Christian people that needs and God command
| the observance OF Sabbath.
2. The opening OF tho Exposition Sunday woult
violate the snbbathkeepins traditions Of the American
people and their Anglo.Saxon ancestry and also tht
laws Of tho United States and Of Illinois.
8. The Columbian Exposition ought to exhibit to Wis
itors from other lands characteristic Christian Amer
lean sunday rather than weekly secular holiday
4. The proposed opening Sunday would deprive the
thousands Of employees in tho service OF the Expos
tion of their right TO day In for and
ship The same injustice would be done to the many
thousands In the service OF the transportation com
panies It would also furnish excuse to employers
refusing to grant holidays for the purpose Of visit
ing the Exposition which would otherwise be given to
| their employees
g. The spirit OF the TO open the Ex xpostion
Sunday is not philanthropic, but mercenary 10
not primarily to give the workngmen chance to visit
the Expedition but to increase the gains Of the trans.
holders in the Exposition.
As Offset to the plea that the will
| lose money II the Exposition is not open Sunday
We beg leave to remind you that the Centennial Expo
stion at Philadelphia financial success with tho
gates closed on Sunday.
We have to believe that many Of the exhibi.
tors from Great Britain and other Christian lands will
refuse to expose their exhibits Sunday thus render
ing the Sunday exhibit very unsatisfactory to visitors
and Mt the same time silently rebuking the mercenary
| spirit that would open the gates on that day.
Resore That copy Of this petition duly certified bo
forwarded by the Secretaries Of this Conference to tho
| Secretary of tho United States Commission Of the
| Worlds Columbian Exposition.
The Rev. ]. D. Murray OF the Methodist Epis-
| copal Church, Baltimore. presided over the
seventh days session. The Rev. DR.. Curtis OF
Chicago. ofthe Committee on the Sunday Clos
ing ofthe Exposition. presented the resolutions
against the opening on Sunday He said that
the local directory Of the Fair was under the
control OF the large stockholders These stock
holders were the railroads. the street car COM
panies. and tho brewers. All Of these corpora
tions were clamoring to have the Exposition
open on sundayN,eyerybody knew why. .
M Hss h. Nj % hSged the
financial loss from closing the Exposition, on
Sunday and the church people Of Europe had
Several delegates from other countries OBJ
t9 th9 term
Wseky hoi day sc@e "ss oSieston was IS also also
55Siidtusy 5i upon he English Sunday.
The Business Committee next reported back
a resolution on the subject Of Methodist feder-
ases tho dees desire or & chrstan
and
Shile the tme % for orsanic union might mot mot
possible. Therefore it was recommended that
fhl al fnH I'm nfnrn
possible. and. II so by what means and ways:
copies Of the resolution to the senior BISHOPS
and Presidents OF the Conferences represented
The topic Of the morning session was "Edu-
3 Esy " X fitsSsts S&&SstSSs &stS
Training and Culture Of the Young" He said
that when the State entered the field Of
ss Sss danger Hna shssss
s nss o %hs TGS Ss nS
aant ah adfres .ba Ss OF the ss
said that Methodsm has always BEEN house. e
the knee Of his mother.
speak upon upon SUNDAY @ % H. AND f the SUBJ
q q / London from tho English point q SieS: Hs
S1s together % N and nd s
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What was to be done with them He would
n hC S MI sbH aa
to prevent the children from knowing the hor-
rors Of the slums than to reclaim them after
The Rev Dr. Frank ballard Of England re-
minded his brethren that the Sunday, school
during the week. while Q much larger part Of
the time was consumed IN modern environ
ns ho
proposed competitive examination Of candi-
dates for teacherships and been roundly
fhe key d. %sller q England ssId the BiIc
was being driven out Of the public schools IN
Effort to reach @ the young in other ways ''' 10
The Key. Joseph Ferguson Of the Primitive
sassSh caa fsaRRa Rev. at the
England read the first essay on Elementary |
HSM ssa the hay oymsson 81 Best Is tdS p
g. Hs Sss BE Tn view
Gsy ssHpety thy saS nS
Of eG"h0s GuiG5s and their effects
bacoo on the human eS,S9nomyl It was
Gharshes g yet the iisSfs Sattis was stiii being
should should be freed from ali religious h domination.
and. as they were sustained by the people.
they, should be kept In the peoples hands.
- Nfke Rev. J. D. Hammond of the NJ. F. Church
s. II Coytngton: Ky; SPOKE upon The he Ethics
learned more in the first three years OF child
than as sasss tEs Shs c@sS
to the Rev Dr. 4. Holliday Of Ehig. Eng
land, but as he, was III. Alderman J. II. Cros-