, 1892-10-18
SUNDAY CLOSING.
The Worlds Fair, as Viewed by D.
R. Bigelow.

He Argues strongly on strict OBJ
servance of the sabbath, by the
Closing OF the Gates of the
WORLDS Fair at Chicago.
Editor Tribune:
1t would:be Just in line, for the state OF
Washington to petition the national legis-
lature to show at the worlds fair, in addi-
tion to our other national achievements,
the abolition of the Sabbath Our republi-
can constitutional convention, as inter
preted by a republican legislature, ignored
all power higher than human. Such are
not the opinions Of our nations great bene-
factors, both living and dead. However
high our nation may stand on the roll Of
fame, by its exhibit at the worlds fair, the
fact that we are christian nation is the
brightest gem of them all.
When Columbus discovered America, his
first act was to consecrate it to God. The
deck of the Mayhower, "was an alter to
God" When the pilgrims landed on the
eastern. shore, their first act was, on bended
knee, to consecrate the new domain to God
as Columbus had before done. And the
imploring Divine help by our illustrious
warriors and statesman, through the
trying times Of our colonial and revolutions
ary history, and humble dependence upon
His will, running through all our papers
colonial, state and national, constitutes the
pure gold of our history. If we mistake
not, all the North American colonies were
founded on the conviction that religion is
the only true basis of civil government
History shows us that that nations like
have thnir birth fhpir ft
and death. The debris of centuries has Sc
deeply covered some of the greatest cities
the world has ever known, that it is like
digging for lost treasures to even find
where they stood. The names of some,
once powerful nations, have disappeared
from the map. Others have passed their
zenith, ana are on the downward grade
All nations have been kept together by
religion, whatever 1t was. And their de
cay has always been cOeval and parallel
with the decay of public virtue,
Our land is pre-eminently Bible ma
ton. The ten commandments are not sus
ceptible of comparison, but certainly the
command to deep the Sabbath holy has nc
minor place.
Washington said it was impossible tC
govern the universe without the aid of a
Supreme being" The necessity of a Sab
bath has been proved to be a necessity fol
our physical we'll being and those who real
nc bAdl tltl nave Souls ma IL equally
necessary tor their spiritual welfare
Webster pronounced the Sabbath "the
moral cOnservator of nations" He said
you might as well put out the sun and
think TO tighten the world with tapers-
destroy the attraction of gravitatiOn and
think to WELD the universe by human
power as to extinguish the moralillumina
ton of the Sabbath and break the glori
GUS handspring of the moral government
of God. Again Webster says: 1.-The Sab
bath arrests the stream of worldly
thoughts, stops the din of business, while
God speaks to men and they hear and
learn to do his will"
For the nation to ignore the Sabbath al
the worlds fair would be an objective les
son up so high, and in letters so large that
the whole world could read it. The Hin
doc, the Mohammedan, the heather, the
Sabbath breakers of all lands would read
America has no Sabbath and logically
they might add, no religion and no God
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