The morning call., 1891-03-25
KEEP THE SABBATH.
Mass. Meeting of Christian En-
deay0r Societies
To Protest Against the Worlds Fair Keeping
Open on Sunday-Stirring Addresses
and Resolutions.

Calvary Church was comfortably filed
last night by the mass-meeting Of Golden
Gate Union of Christian EndeavOr Societies,
the purpose of which was to protest against
the opening of the Worlds Fair in 1898 on
Sunday. A praise-service, scriptural read
ing and prayer composed the opening exer-
cises, after which Rev. t. C. Easton deliv-
cred short address on THE Sabbath as an
American Institution"
AN AMERICAN INSTITUTION.
ave have come here" said he, mot to
apologize for the existence of the ten COM
mandments. but to help maintain them. We
feel that an offense against any one of these
laws will jeopardize them all; that they
must stand or fall together.
every country has its distinctive pecu-
lisrity; Russia its despotism, Germany its
letters, England its sciences. America her
liberty. The Sabbath has been peculiarly
an American institution. Now comes the
specious plea of liberty to test her republic
can principles; it is proposed to set aside
the teachings of nearly five centuries and
open the proposed Columbian Exposition
on the Sabbath day. The sheet anchor of
our liberty is the Bible and the Sabbath
day. Is it wise, then. to listen to this
plea? The American Sabbath Is essential
to the success of American Institutions. 1t
should be preserved"
A HOLY DAY.
"Holy Day or Holi-day-Which" was
the subject of DR.. Z. L. Dille's remarks.
The basis of all human laws is the deca-
logue," said lie. "Make the law of God a
dead-lettrr and all human obligations will
pass away with it. Some call the Sabbath
law a relic of Purltanism. 1t is not
so; it was established in Eden and has
never been repealed. Fortunately it has
not been subjected to the weaknesses OF
our statute-making institutions, otherwise
1t might have been repealed long ago.
The movement to open the Columbian EX-
hibition on the Sabbath day is ostensibly in
the interest Of the labOrlng classes. But it
is a snare; its real purpose is gain. con-
ceiyed by the soulleSs, avaricious business
man, the saloon, tue Sunday excursion, the
playhouse and all the other numberless
seekers after gain, and they are making the
innocent workingman and his family their
unholy prey.
at will be sad day for america when
the holy day Sunday is made as in Cont
mental Europe, holiday where Satan in
every guise has limitless sway, and every
nations stronghold is trembling. If tile
Sabbath day goes down in America" he
exclaimed, "the red flag of the commune
will float over nation of carnage. May
the God of Gettysburg and Bunker Hill, the
God of Lexington and Shiloh, avert such an
awful calamity"
THE LABoRING MAN.
"Wil Sunday closing exclude the laboring
man?" was discussed by Rev. E. McCish.
A peculiar circumstance i'll connection with
this question, lie said, is that it would
never have been asked IN any other age or
century of the world This he declared
to be an age of labor. He favored going in
a h.f Ia "a 81 m u
ing an appeal, first in the name of states
manShip, then in the name of experience
and observation, that the great fair be
closed on Sunday. If the Commissioners
hesitate ask them to listen to the words of
the anarchists now speaking in Chicago.
"Al government is bad, all churches are
bad; there is no God" America does not
want German Sabbath. The laboring
ma IS demands will be heard. Ii he desires
to attend the exhibition evenings or week
days he will not be hindered. Capital Will
listen to and grant his wishes. The labor
ing man will not be excluded.
THE CITY OF SPORTS.
Rev. S. NJ. Freeland was glad to be in San
Francisco, city that lie had frequently
heard called the city of spDrts-the city
where less than . per cent attend church on
Sunday. He had curiosity to know what
such a place could be like. He said that a
little way from the great park, where the
Columbian Exhibition is to be built, is the
little city of Pullman. ln one of its shops
is the great engine that moved all the ma
chinery of the Centennial in 1876 When
the question Of Sunday exhibitions was then
discussed, Mr.. Corliss declared, with en-
phasis, ''That engine don't know how to run
on Sunday" So the manufacturers and ex-
hibitors in the great Columbian Exhibition
should settle the question now by saying.
with equal emphasis, Our machinery and
our EXHIBITS do not know how to run and
be shown on Sunday" Americas future
and the safeguard of her institutions depend
upon this stand 4
The meeting closed by adopting unani-
mOusly an appeal to the Commission of
MANAGEMENT of the Columbian Exposition
to close tue Worlds Fair on the Christian
Sabbath.