Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-20
SUNDAY AND THE FAIR.
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rwRrrTEN FOR THE DrsPArcR.,
| "A GOOD man from neighboring town,
| who came here the other day as O delegate
| to the Episcopal Convention, listened to
Bishop Whitehead's remarks about the
! opening of the Columbian Exposition on
Sunday, and thereupon took his hat and
| sought the railway station and departed,
| sndder If not wiser. The subsequent pro-
ceedings interested him no more.
| Whoever speaks his mind on the Sunday
| question is bound to offend somebody.
| People think SO seriously and feel SO deeply
upon this subject that disinterested debate
is almost impossible. We can easily discuss
| problems with which we are not very
closely concerned, or whose solution does
not greatly matter to us, but this is not one
of them. A debate on the Sunday opening
of the Worlds Fair is not like game which
is played with counters. It is more like q
| game where the stakes on each side are
piled up heavy and high. Defeat means
lamentable loss. Principles are involved.
| have little doubt but that the Columbian
Exposition will run at full blast every Sun
| day in the session, from early morn till
| dewy eve. There is money in It. And money,
| in this present state of standardization In
which we live, is of more value to q good
many people than morals. The Chicago in
| vestors who are financially interested are
| intent upon making the thing pay. II it is
| open on Sunday it will pay better. Without
doubt. Sunday will be the best day in the
! week.
! 70, p-,v. Tb.,. s,r,.-,.v
| Ibis talk ABOUT tne poor "orkihghah'
| anu the shame OF snuttlng the gates IN MS
race on tne only aay IN the week wneh he
coulo atteno the Fall' ID hihe'Sehths IL IL
sheer hypocrisy. II the managers of the
great industries of Chicago and its vicinity
are really very sohcftons ABOUT the intel
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HOLIDAYS. That is a good thing to do any-
way. And lust now it would strengthen
public confidence in the sincerity of some
professions of interest in the working
classes. If the managers of the Fair are so
intent upon Sunday opening lust for the
sake of the down.trodden laborer. If the real
motive ia pitv for the moor people who have
to say like the little girl in Faith Gartney's
Girlhood," "There's lots of good times in the
world. but amt never in 'em"-why. then.
let them set the gates wide omen every Sun.
day without any entrance fee. That ia what
they do in the great picture galleries on the
Continent On other days YOU nav your
money, but on SUNDAYS the artisan and his
wife go free. And the halls are filed with
appreciative people. who look at the beauti-
full pictures with real interest and get
genuine good from them. and nobody makes
any money out of it.
One would think that If the workingman
wants the Fair open ON Sunday he would be
the first to say so. Perhaps he has said so
If he has, his voice has not been loud enough
to attract the notice of the papers In some
instances, notably in England, the opening OF
the gates on Sunday has been denounced by
labor unions as an attempt on the part of
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man has.
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test of the right or wrong of the matter.
That is right, in the keeping of the Christian
oay. whlch Will help men TO De better men;
ana Whatever Will n1nder them Is wrong.
volved.
For, If we are to go back to the Fourth
Commandment, 1t is evident upon an atten-
tive reading that this is a social command
ment There is nothing in it about religion.
II DID not contemplate church attendance.
was never meant to touch society on the
eccleslast1cai side 1t was altogether con-
cerned with man In his industrial relations.
Keep day molly, the commandment said
ana the wofo "hoiy" meant separate-noth-
ing more than tha'; not q suggestion OF re-
iigious sacreuness In IT, SET apart one day
IN every seven' sald the commandment.
wna1 1or! FOR rest Goo rested on that
oay' SAID Moses ana all Gods people snail
nave an opportunity TO follow that divine
example. lou were slaves IN Egypt, SAID
the la"giver' you know "hat nara work
means; no" you are 10 oe man masters, Dut
uoh lorse5 the lessons Oh your bondage.
never "ork men as your were WORKED In
Esypt. once every week let the wnole ma
tion take universal monday. Let nothing
De done on that DAY whlch does not 1mpera-
tiVeiy neeo 70 Dc done. Lot on all the peo-
PIE IN 5our employ. Let all men take rest.
SUNDAY Meant for Uplifting Rest.
THE Fourth Commandment ia one of