Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-26
PRECEPT IND PRACTICE.
Sunday Work Done on "A building Owne
by a Great Sabbatarian.

by a Great Sabbatarian.
New York sun. May lGth.
A small group Of wonder-stricken people
stood in front Of Col, Elliott +. shepards
new building in Fulton street, near Broad
way, yesterday morning. watching NUM-
of workmen who were laying tiles and
polishing marble.
Remember the Sabbath day to keep II holy.
Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work.
| Fourth commandment.
rs it dream 2" the beholders asked
| themselves. M there could be no mis-
take about it. It twas the Mail and Express
| Building, and while its proprietor was in
church in Omaha, here IN Fulton street
the sounds Of scraping and hammering
| grated harshly on the quiet Sunday air.
| All trades, manufactures nnd mechanical
cmploymenis upon the first day OF the wees
| arc prohibted.--S'ctiun2 D6, Penat Code.
And this group stood and looked on
and wondered and the marble polishers
| polished and the tile layers laid, and while
they worked they whistled an air that was
never heard in church, Then mn elderly
man advanced, smiling curiously, and said
| to one of the men
'Does Col. Shepard of the American
Sabbath Committe know you're working
| to-day?'
"'Teher life answered the man, with
grin. Hes payiii' for it.n
The group laughed, and another man
| asked.
How many are there of your
"Oh, bout twenty There's six NV us
marble workers, nd then there's u lot o.
plumbers nd steamiitters This is the
sx; sunday we're at ii. Shops in a sweat
q let the oifces.n
"But don't you think it's wrong to work
on sundays the first man asked, grayely.
Well, we get double pay for it. Y see
ole Shep wants tho btildli' up y soon y
he kin. He's got Il lot o tenants in already,
nd we can't work in the corrid' rs except
on Sundays. See ~
One Of the men in the group happened
TO have Il copy of Saturdays HdH and Er
press in his pocket. He opened it TO the
editorial page, and then he read
IT Is LAWFUL TO Do COOP ON THE SAB
BATH.
The workman, who seemed to be a com
municative chap, Went on
'Shep, y know, only pays half the ext
time. The contract'r pays the other half Z
just then there burst from the organ Of
st. Pauls Church, Oh the other side Of thu
street food of sweet harmony tia
sounded soft and infinitely beautiful TIN
workmen stopped to liston and the grntl
vas hushed, Louder came the strains
vibrant and clear, and then a sweete
melody as the choir began to sing IN
music rose and fell and stopped
"Phot the divvil r yez loaiin there
for came voice from the other end oi
the corridor. The workmcu picked III
, their tools, the polishcrs polished, the iii
ters fitted, the layers laid, and they wins
tied merrily.
Colonel shepard started for Portland
Oregon, on Wednesday last to attend til
session Of the general assembly OF tn,
Presbyterian Church Of the United state
to be held there, lie had a whole drawing
: room car to himself The colonel il not,
delegate this year, but last year lie wa
, chairman OF Especial committee of the rs
scmbly on Sabbath observance. That com
, miitcc passed and had the general as
sembly adopt u red hot resolution dc
noGnGlng the proposition to keep tn
Worlds Fair open on Sunday and pro
] testing against il us u dissertation of til
sabbath. In q report made to the genera
assembly on May 10Th, 1891, the colont
e said;
A The almo't universal greed Tor gain cont!I
, nally inveals new forms OF Sabbath despcrn
tlon, compelling thou ands 10 Toll ON the wecLl
. rost uay ON pain of siniss,Il, when no publ
or private necessity demands IT,