Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-20

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otuer quarters. The anarchist argues tn1s
laws have oppressed nen in past ages and,
therefore. we shoaA have 20 law. Bat -
fact the people under TIE most cruel Nero
that ever rsigned were better eli than they
woud haze been urdsr no government n
all. The advocates Of ''gsersoaAl Liberty
do not distiaguish besse liberty and law-
I lessaess Lecturers who have denounced
the marriage relation ard ~ho have sdyo-
Gated the abolition Of all legal relation Of
the sexes have found spplaanisg Audiences
| Ia America. The rsvisbsr. the saloonist,
| and the thief want personal liberty Wow
| this is shat the advocates OF an unre-
strained Sabbath want. tlgise gneon-
seiously On their part they are Shouting
with the same crowd. Those best people
tha, we hear something about can be sure
that on this question they have the support
Of the unzodly money sharks, the SALOON
| lists, the infdeIs, the aynamirers. the keep
ers Of every hrothei and Of every gambling
den in the land.
The so-ealled demand for more liberty on
Sunday does not come from the people. Ii
is the voice Of greed. and it puts on the
| mask Of 'the people" TO gaia an audience
and respectability. f. Is the voice OF the
same evil that has so many victims Il the
world. What is ig that has trampled upon
the slave, the toiler. the poor, and the un-
sortunatas # Is greed. The CONCERT that
vas advertised for Sunday evening sas for
the sole purpose Of making gain out OF the
Sabbath The people of our city are 10 DE-
commended for the spirit they manifested
! toss ard this innovation on Sunday evening
The young men and yoasg women among
whom the opposition TO this concert hrst
manifested itself showed their sterling
character by Aliing the churches and
for the most part voting 10 sugtsin the min
isters IN the controversy thin going on
There is no doubt but that II We codli have
weak city government, A muzzled pulpit
and a snbservient press, demand for Sun
day shows could be created. These thi0gs
create most Of the demand there is FOR
them. Like whiskey and morphine, they
first create the appetite and then els n they
must exist to crafty il.
It IS said by certain class Of people that
the ministry are behind the times" Ii Is
not the province OF the Christian ministry
TO feel the public pulse to know what Is
right. Let the demsgogue 10 that If he
wishes. Ii is not the business Of the pulpit
to reile ct the sentiment Of the pew nor OF
the community. Il i their business TO make
sentiment. A time serving ministry is not
Christian ministry. The heroic history
of the early chnrcb shows what may be
done when men stand for night and truth
though the world is against them.
The advocates Of an gnrc strained Sunday
have mi.intt rpreted the spirit Of the Amerl-
can people. Much of the press of the codn-
try characterized the ministry and the
church as marrow" AMI 'bigoted because
they opposed the opening Of the Chicago
Fair on Sundtty. Il Twas imed tina. 1.-THE
vorkingn demand It, But when thu
workingmsn on the grounds demanded rest
and the public dil not att snd IN sufficient
numbers to make i. 4 tin1ucl i success, the
eyes Of the manage were opened 10
great truth. They mstook their own
voice for the voice Of the people
The openiag of the Metropolitan museum
On Sundays brought the institution financial
distress, because the Sunday visitors did
not contribute to !ts funis and tie Ssbbsih
keepers would got. Esau got his pottase
bat lost bis hirthri2ht When real Christi
anity is dfietu 0at OF tie hearts OF men the
springs Of public and private charity are
dried up. SIN Is shortsit I'D. If one had
Judged from the talk on Water street he
might have conclu led that there was pop
ulsr demsni for this concert. But there
was no tide in its favor If thss was an Of
fort to ex' llds al Srih entertainments
from our city "onlt De- on t'e othtr Size
Of the question B4. 1t IS not. Six-sev-
tnths Of the time may be devoted to these
things. We are Only defending the Sab
bath
The folies OF men b come 30 unbeara-
bic that they heal themselves after while
There is . reaction already IN many parts
Of the world in favor OF q better oosvryance
of the Sabbath. Why il this: Because
the experience Of men and nations has con-
vinced them that Sunday rests necessity
The same experience Is convincing them
that it will not long be rest day unless
men Remember the Sabbath day to keep
it holy" Tim. demonstrates all things
Onr nervous aud shly developed cisitiH'-
ton is making the gospel of the Saviour
social necessity. Germany has had gay
Sunday for century. Less than ! per
cent of the people of that empire attend
church on SUNDAY. although nearly all are
members Df the state church What are
the results? Sunday has become work
day for the mary specially TOR those who
most need rest. Their cry for relief has
reached the ear of the Emperor and meas
ures have been taken to reform
sabbath ahusts Besides work, gross
immortality prevails. Drunkenness is com
mon even among Young men studying for
the ministry. Social uncleanines5 is
everywhere. In France the same candi
tions exist. Thirty-fOur per cent of the
births in Paris are out OF wedlock. The
remblic il rctch.ng out after better Sun
day because in A republic men must govern
themselves. The Sabbath kee ping jews
are taking the lead physically intellectually,
spci div and Financially on the continent.
We know that many workinzmen favor
CAV Sunday. But a Sunday given to pleas
ure in sos Nv means the starting up of the
wheels Of business and in the end the
sorklngmsn are the greatest sufferers
Would these men be- willing to live where
there is no SUNDAY? But the churches
have been the defenders of Sunday and
t %l' W. ..trnceo If Cod the Ssbbth
is in the midst of social strife and greed.
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