Smyrna times., 1893-01-11
The Question of Sunday Closing at the
Worlds Fair.

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A mass meeting to take actor
against the Sunday opening of the
Worlds Fair was held in Smyrna
Opera House, at p. NJ. on Sunday
the 9TH inst. On the passage of the
proper motions the meeting was or
ganized with Mr.. J. II. Hoffecker as
chairman, and A. Duncan Yocum, sec.
retary. Mr.. Hoffecker, after express
ing his appreciation of the honor con.
ferred upon him, stated the object of
the meeting and showed why he SYM
pathized with that object.
DIR. Tullidge was then asked to make
the opening prayer. Mr.. YOcum was
first called upon. While he hoped that
worklngmen would attend the fair, if
Sabbath breaking was a necessary con.
ditlon to such attendance, he could not
feel that the end justified the means.
In concluding his remarks he expressed
the hope that the seal of popular ap-
proVal would not he placed upon tho
formal breaking of the fourth Com
mandment by this Christian nation.
Rev. w, w. w. Wilson, who next
spoke, took as his subject the question,
'Wlll it Pay? By drawing a vivid
picture OF the Sabbath breakers, and
| showing the effects of their practice
upon the nation and the individual, he
proved conclusive!y that it would not.
Rev. e. C.. Adams charged the
Worlds Fair Commissioners with hav-
ing obtained money under false pre-
tence, and exposed the absurdity of
the plea that foreigners should not be
insulted by being forced to conform to
the manners and customs of their
American host.
A series of resolutions were then Of
fered by Mr.. Gilbert Taylor He said
that the idea that in the last few
months the 35,OOO,OO0 people who had
petitioned against Sunday opening had
changed their opinion, had been in
spired by the evil one.
The resolutions were az follows:
To The Coa2,css nj he LaRcd States:
WHEREAS, The prosperity of our land is largely
due To the general observance of the sabbath
among the people. and
WHEREAS, The efforts to secure an open sun
gay at me worlds Fair i'll Chicago are largely
que 10 those who Sre AS un-AmeTican i'm their
principles as III their parentage and
WHEREAS. We are convinced tha. sunday
opening would be Il national disaster Ms well as n
cause of much private loss
heS0tttd That we. citizens of smyrna Del in
mass meeting assembled endorse the sunday
closing clause of the Fair Bill. and deprecate the
effort n"w being maze for its repeal chiefly by
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Re00trcd, That in case the fair is thrown opon
on sunday we must in conscience and patriot.
Ism, refuse our patronage; and,
ReSoted, That III accordance with the call of
the American Sabbath Union, we send repre-
sentative to Washington this week to cooperate
IN the defence of the sunday Clause before the
Congressional Committee
On motions to adopt the vote stood.
81 for the first, Al for the second. 40
for the third.
Rev. c. G. Adams was nominated
and unanimously elected delegate to
Washington. He left yesterday SO as
to be present at the opening of the
National Sabbath Union, who are fight
ing the effort to have the gates opened
on Sunday.
AT the ~ +. Church at night, at the
close OF the sermon, the pastor took
vote, or asked those who felt free TO
give expression to their views on the
subject of closing the Worlds Fair on
Sunday, and 80 stood up to be coun-
ted in the affirmative