Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-16
REST ONE DAY IN SEVEN.

Sunday the American Sabbath-The
 American sabbath Union Urge $
 That tho Worlds Fair be Closed on
 Sunday James G. Blaine, in
 Favor of 1t.
 OMAHA, Neb., May 15.-Probably the largest concourse of people that ever at tended religious meeting in Omaha at tended the mass meeting in Exposition hall this afternoon. The special theme of the meeting was the American Sabbath. An overflow meeting was held in the First Baptist church. Bishop Newman presided at the hall and Chaplain McCabe led the singing. J. H. Knowles, secretary of the American Sabbath union, read a report of the work of the union. Col. E. F. Shepard of New York read the ten commandments and confined his remarks to the necessity of having one day in seven for rest.
 The proper observance of the Sabbath, he held, would keep people out of crime. The United States was religious nation and all work absolutely necessary should be suspended on the Sabbath. He was ap- plauded.
 Bishop Warren followed in an eloquent speech. He held that when a nation fell out with the idea of regulation by law there was danger in the immediate future. God had said that one day in seven should be set aside for rest and human law should correspond with the laws of God.
 Judge Lawrence maintained that it was the duty of the state to provide that all unnecessary work should be discontinued on Sunday, so the churches might have 8 chance to draw the people to church. J. T. Edwards, state senator of New York, stated that James G. Blaine was in favor of closing the centennial exposition on Sunday, and had telegraphed that state ment from Paris when consulted about the matter by the board. MT. Edwards thought the American people had better quit singing the patriotic song, "America,' '' l if the worlds fair was kept open Sunday. l It would be inconsistent, he thought, to l sing that song and at the same time break l the commandment to keep the Sabbath | day holy.
 Dr. Carman, the fraternal delegate from Canada, made telling speech, in which he l said the church people of Canada were
 with the people of the United States in \ this effort to keep the Sabbath day from I being disregarded.
 Bishop Ninde made the speech of the day. He held that there was little use to expect the people to keep the Sabbath 1 holy until the church had won the masses to Christianity. He wanted to see the
 ministers get hold of the masses. There
 were people who made light of popular
 preachers, but he was ready at all times to
 take off his hat to the man who could draw the masses to hear the word of God.
 The church should go after the millions,
 no matter what their condition was. The churches of the present day had gotten in
 to the habit of shifting along to keep ul
 with the rich instead of going after the masses everywhere and under all circuni
 stances. He believed that if the churches
 would take hold in earnest and work fs, the salvation and conversion of every raul and class of humanity the great Sabba u l question would soon solve itself. Tn, bishop aroused tremendous enthusiasm l and set several brethren of the conference
 to shouting for more of the holy ghost re ! liCion