St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-16
AMERICAS SABBATH.
The Bishops at Omaha in Fa-
vor Of It's Strict ObServ-
anee.
Col. Elliot F. Shepard Takes
d the Same View OF the
vi Matter.
Senator Edwards, OF New
PIE York. Lugs in the Popular
as Song america"
Bishop Ninde Says Christian
? ity Must Win the
,r Masses.

ia OMAHA, Neb., May l5.-Probably the
largest eonc0urse of people that ever
attended religious meeting in Omaha
attended the mass meeting in EXpOsi-
ton hall this afternoon. The special
theme of the meeting was the American
Sabbath, and Col. Elliot f. Shepard, of
New York; Bishop Warren, Bishop
Ninde, Judge Lawrence. OF Ohio. and
other eloquent speakers addressed the
audience. An overflow meeting was
held in the First Baptist church. Bis
hop Newman presided at the hall. and
Chaplain McCabe led the sing
ing. j. ii. Knowles, secretary Of
the American Sabbath union,
read report of the work
of the union and was followed by Col.
Elliott F. Shepard. He read the Ten
Commandments. and confined his re-
marks TO the necessity of having one
day in seven FOR rest. The proper OBJ
servance of the Sabbath, he held, would
keep people out Of crime. He said that
the United States was religious ma
ton, and that all work not absolutely
necessary should be suspended on the
Sabbath. He was heartily applauded.
Bishop Warren followed in very elo
quent speech that seemed to capture the
Methodist hearts before him. He held
that law was the best condition of exist
ence. and 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 q chance to draw the peo
pie to church. Hon. j. +. Edwards,
state senator of New York, made a
brief address. in which he stated
that James G. Blaine was in
favor of closing the centennial
exposition on Sunday and had tele-
graphed that statement from Paris
when consulted about the matter by the
board. Mr.. Edwards thought the Amer
lean people had better quit singing the
patriotic song America" if the worlds
fair was kept open on Sunday. 1t
would be Inconsistent, he thought. 10
sing that song and at the same time
break the commandment to keep the
Sabbath day holy. Dir. Carman, the
fraternal delegate from Canada. made
telling speech, in which he said that
the church people of Canada were with
the people of the United States in this
effort to keep the Sabbath day from be-
ing diSregarded. Bishop Ninde made
the
Speech OF the Day.
+ He held that it was of little use to eX-
pect the people 10 keep the Sabbath
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
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 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 60
after the millions, no matter what their
condition was. The churches of the
present day had gotten into the habit
of shifting along to keep up with the
rich instead of going after the
masses everywhere and under all Cir
cumstanceS. He believed that If the
churches would take hold in earnest,
and work for the salvation and CONVEX
sion of every rank and class OF human
ity, the great Sabbath question would
soon solve itself. The bishop aroused
tremendous enthusiasm, and set several
of the brethren in the conference TO
shouting for more Of the Holy Ghost
religion. The weather was delightful
today. and the attendance at all the
churches was such as to crowd every
house of worship. and many were
obliged to go home without getting into
the churches at all.