Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-03
MUST BE KEPT OPEN
Mrs. L. n. Stone Delivers a
Powerful Appeal.
FOR The SUNDAY OPENING


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dressed large audience at the temple
Emanuel last evening and IN clear
and concise lecture gave her reasons
Why the worlds fair should, 10 tue in-
Ierest of humanity, education aud
temperance be kept open Sunday.
In opening the service the Rev. Miss
upper read the words Of the gospel
according TO st. Matthew, in which the
statement 10 made that the Sabbath
was made for man and not man for
Sabbath. She then introduced Mrs.
Stone, who spoke as follows
Mrs. stones Address
In the Interests of education, human
ity, morality and religion, | would
vote, If l could vote, 20 open the
worlds fsir on sunday, and most en-
phatlcally IN the interests oil temper
ance, Il seems TO me that every w. G.
| L. Il. woman IN the world should vote
with me.
But alas, the greater part of poor
humanity have been educated or have
educated themselves TO see things with
the beam of their own interests, their
| own party, and IN this matter, above
all other things, the beam of their
own church IN their eye. Not long
since a minister wanting q call and =
| pulpit, and III the mean time hired by
= sunday closing interest to 90 about
pleading for public sentiment IN its
| favor came to see me. He had heard
| of me, he said, as one interested in all
| good causes and he had called TO
on me about the object of his mission.
"But oh, ," | sad, "the good cause here
! Is, in my opinion, just on the opposite
side OF the one you are sent here to ad-
vocate," and | even presented the good
man some of my reasons for believing
| In Sunday opening, TO every ono Of
which he agreed. He saw it ali, he
SAID. He believed, ON the whole, he
presumed, much as l did, but the
church could never be brought no to
that standard; people were not ready
for 1t; they are not ready to take the
broad views that you do.
The sabbath's .sanctity."
"And so. my brother, said, "you
| are going about preaching and present
ing false arguments to prevent them
from unlearning their errors and ever
coming up to the standard of true
righteousness or rightness on this SUBJ
| iect."
al might look at it So" he said ."but,
but" he stammered," 1t is not wholly
so; we must guard the sanctities of the
Sabbath, or we should be whore the
European people ana the Germans in
our country are today, with their beer
| gardens and dance houses in fullest
blast on Sunday Of all the days of the
Il 10 Dt,t
FRIEND" l said, that you are working
to the very end of overtilling them,
making them run riot and debauchery
on Sunday, instead of educating, up
lifting them and filling them with
plays of science and art within the
closed gates of the fair grounds on that
day? Do you realize that all
he churches in Chicago could
not seat one hundredth part of
the people you would force or hope to
lead to 60 to church by closing the
gates of the fair grounds on that day,
while, it is said, ten miles of saloons if
they were stretched along one line will
be open to receive them? And with
these same and yet differing opinions
we parted, he to proceed on his mis-
sion, which was, at bottom, to find
some remuneratlve employment where
by be could support himself and fam.
| lily while he waited "a call" to new
settlement, while nomenally his mis-
sion was to persuade men to what he
himself did not believe. And yet this
man was a good man, half blinded by
his interests TO what he was doing.
Truly, We are many of us like the man
of whom Clarence King speaks in a
remarkable article in late number of
The Forum. on the New Education,
with half his brain unborn. We look
only on one side of thing. A woman
of renown In the w. C. T. u. associa-
ton, and famed as public speaker
made very eloquent speech not long
since, on platform, in favor of clos
ing the fair on Sunday. Soon after an
other. equally renowned. made one on
the opposite side, taking into consider.
alton what would be the consequences
of closing IN filing the saloons, and all
places OF vicious entertainment, if the
fair grounds were closed. When this
speaker sat down the former whispered
to her. 81 believe as you do. but II
| wouldn't do for me to say it." Shall
We ever dare to say IN sincerity whai
we believe? la the interests of the
largest and truest education, believe
that the worlds fair should be opened
on Sunday.
A Grand University.
There was never in the worlds his
tory opened such an institution for the
educauon of the people of the whole
world "a will be opened in this Column,
hisn exposition IN Chicago IN 1898. II
will he a temporary worlds university
equipped by all the world for the use
and instruction of all the world. Al
are teachers and all are learners. Th,
Is the modern Pentecost, calling 90.
ge.her, as in the story told IN the Act,
of the Apostles. literally, Partheans and
Medes ana Elsmites and the jewellers in
Mesopotsmis and hundred nation
sliiiss unborn in the days of the ADos
ties, TO witness. no iees than on ths
day OF Pentecpst, II not in the same
way, yet, ali the same, what are the
wonderful works OF God. wrought
through man. his highest instrument
atty on earth. 10 do lis will and know
what. in these latter times. Ia. heer
lad Up for man TO know And surely
~ day can be too sacred for sucn an
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