The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-31
FAVOR EARLY CLOSING.
Two Prominent Clergymen
Strongly Advocate the
Clerks Demands.
REV. DR. AcKsoN'S REASONS
lie Says the Law Of Self Preserva-
tion Urges Our support
Rev. Mr.. Miichell's
Discourse.


The movement of the clerks of the city
for enrly closing is gaining many advo-
Gates among the clergymen Of this city.
Yesterday TWO of the most prominent
spoke strongly In favor of the movement.
aud advanced many reasons why the re-
quest of the clerks should be complied
with. Hedding NJ. F. Church was
crowded last evening when the Pastor.
the Rev. DR.. Jackson. aseeuded the pull
pit. The subject of his discourse was:-
"Wny l believe IN Early Closing Of the
Stores"
His text was from Phil. H.. 4;-"Leok
not every maa on his own things, but
every man also OF the things or others"
He said 10 part:-"phe plain meaning of
these words is that we are not TO De sell
fish in our conduct of life. but are also to
have regard for the rights OF others. We
advance our w happiness by this. 1t ls
impossible for any rightly constituted
human being TO be pei fectiy happy when
he realizes that others are suffering pri-
walton and wrong, especially when he
has had 1t in his own power to prevent IL.
We advance our own Interest also by
caring for the interests or Others. 1t is a
totally mistaken notion that We can he
prosperous in apy high or true sense,
~Bile others are unprospAFous, especially
when their i'll success Is the result OF our
mistreatmeDu of them. The old maxim
says.-"Every mRn for himself aud Satan
for us all. That is a perfectly safe state
ment; wnep every Que is for himself
tnen Satan will be for us all, and will get
us al. To care for others at the same
time, we care for ourselves 10 really the
law Of self preservation. II / do not care
for my brothers financial welfare, he Will
soon nave no money to bny of me. Ii l
do not care for his health. he WILL soon
have no strength to work for me. il | do
DOT care for the morals, ne contain mates
me aud ruins my family, We are all
bound together IN the eternal framework
of the universe, aud out OF 1t we cannot
stir.
THEREFORE INTERESTED IN EARLY CLOSING.
II am interested, then, in The early
closing movement because my religion
commands me TO be aud because my own
welfare demands that | should be. | am
q member of society, and the welfare OF
the people vino work in the stores and
shops is iDextrieably mixed up with my
own, On grounds Of pure philanthropy,
also, apart from aHy motives of self ill.,
tefest | am concerned. | believe in carly
closing because | desire tha physical well
fare of clerks and employes. | have
been a dry goods clerk myself. aud
know what a tremendous strain upon
ones vitality the long. hours
are. Look at the pale facss
and dropping forms of many
especially among the women, and most
of all among the young girls. Tne
a~ysiologists tell us there are 1000. COZ
GLANDS in these bodies OF ours from which
strength may ooZe out. and every one OF
these glands is ut work In these young
girls. In the retina of tile eye there are
thirty million rods, and under the hot
glare OF the lights in the evening, after a
day of hard LABOR, every one of them is a
highway for the feet of pain to travel in
to The BRAIN 10 the Drain itself there
are 800, 600, 900 cells, aud every one of
them can ache at once. tell you, every
human being has a right to . little or the
bright sunshine aud the fresh air of
heaven and the green grass OF
the earth in Gods daylight ont
of doors aud thera Is sun lyiug at the
door somewhere where he doesn't get it.
I believe that by s~horseniag the hours
employers and the public woald get
better service. Blu whether true or not,
it is contrary to what lawyers aud iagis-
lators call public policy to work part of
our population so hard, aad legislation
ought TO be invoked II nothing else will
answer TO stop it. We have a society for
the prevention OF cruelty to animals in
our city; | would welcome tbs organlZl-
tiun of a society for the prevention Of
cruelty to CLERKS.
OPPORTUNITY FoR MENTAL DEVELOPMENT.
II favor early closing also because it
will give clerks more time for thu deFel-
opment of their intellectual natures,
believe in putting more emphasis upon
that part of u in which we are above
the dumb brutes, Some meu nowadays
put all the stress upoa the training and
Development of the body. But thu body
is that Wherein we stand upon 4 level
with the lower animals. and while We
ought TO take care TO have good sound
bodies, l believe the emphasis ought to
be put a little higher up. Sons men
glory a great deal in their running; hi a
dog can beat q man running ami /
wouldn't glory much in something That
a dog would beat me in, Some take
pride in their striking; but a
mule can strike hurJer thaa
any pugilist. and l would not
be the proudest of something that IA mule
could excel me in. Lsb US put tue EN-
phasis upon that wherein we can go
ahead of the brutes, on the mind / do
not plead for early closing in favor of
dissipation aud d~euancuery; better Keep
on at WORK than get III that; u for tue
sake of mental developments. Ispsut the