The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-16
THE FUTURE SUNDAY
SIGNIFICANCE or THE VICTORY FOs
The DAY AT The FAIR.
Rev Thon4. DiKon. Jr-. Continues Hi.
New series of Sermons on The Proph-
esIe. 81 the World FAir'.-N.n N-~ds
Even More Hour. For Ret.

este. 81 the Worid's FAir''-Nxn Need,
Even More Hour. For Ret.
NEw YORK. Nov. l2.-Rev. Thorna.
Dixon. Jr.. continued in Association
hall this morning the new series Of ser.
mons On The Prophecies of the World 3
FAIR. The subject Of the discourse
today he called The Future If the
: American Sabbath. as indicated BY the
Sunday Opening Fiasco" He declared
that the action of the fair authorities
ON this question was the one fly in the
; ointment OF the great exposition. Their
thimble rigging policy he declared was
disgrace which came near running
the tair at a critical period The work
ing people had repusiated the Sunday
opening when accomplished. and the
public refused to have il. He declared
that this conflict which focused the
national sentiment upon the problem for
the first time had demonstrated some
things pretty early-among them GER
talnly that the great truth of the Chris
tlan Sabbath-one day 5 rest in severr-
has been accomplished rs Il primal or
dlnance of humanity. to whose sanctity
eccleslastlClsm can add nothing and
from whose glory iLidelity can subtract
nothing.
The text chosen was from Mark ii, 81,
The Sabbath was made for man"
Jesus Christ was not orthodox on the
/ Sabbath question. The heresv hunters
We're continuously after him for his
failure to comply with the form of GER
monial and institutional religion. With
special emphasis did the pharsees &C
cuse him of breaking the Sabbath And
| they had good grounds for their charge
from the pharisaic point of view.
Upon this question as upon others he
was reformer. He was the bearer Of
new light He did not destroy. He
fulfilled and eXpOunded. He found a
Sabbath buried beneath dead ceremoni-
alism. He reaffirmed its original divine
purpose. He broke the letter. He
kept the spirit. He lifted the day from
the degradation of pharisaic form and
made it radiant with the beauty and
freedom of love. AS yet, in America,
while as nation we have proved our
reverence and loyalty to the day, we
have not given the unbeliever the true
basis of our faith. We have haggled
over the legalism of a Mosaic statute.
while we professed the fuller revela-
ton of the Christ. The chief source of
conflict upon this question is found in
this confusion.
THE QUESTION AT CHICAGO.
Grave were the fears of the faithful |
what would be the outcome of a ma |
tional struggle on this question at |
Chicago.
At this World s fair, for the first time |
since the republic was founded, the
whole nation came together in one
place with one purpose In the truest
sense of the word this fair was repre-
sentative. Nearly 1000, 600 of peo-
pie, representing every state and district
OF the continent, came to one spot, filled
with the consciousness of a common
national pride in common national
life. The means and the extremes met.
The blood of every nation of earth
mlngles IN our veins or yet floats I'M
observed upon the surface of our life.
We are composite people, with the ele-
ments of composition yet unassimilated
In many states. The amalgam is not
yet made. What we will be when it
is made does not yet appear.
Let us confess that with the reputa-
tlon OF the west for recklessness on the
Sabbath we felt sad over the possible
victory of the lawless element in this |
conflict, coming as it did and when it
did. The verdict would necessarily be
national In its bearing. The way this
question was handled by the directorate
Of the fair forms the one serious blot
upon its history. 1t is the one fly in
the ointment of the greatest exposition
tho civilized world ever saw. Let us
try to remove this in the beginning of
Dur study
The fact is, we have cause for con-
graduation after all, for in the end
tod has taught the nation with new ,
a great and solemn lesson. ,
The directors We're. after all, fallible ,
men, and Ill trying to increase their rev. {
'nue at the expense of the nations con-
science by opening on Sunday they col 7
ided with the nations honor, and in
he hour OF possible peril brought I
lonor and decency to the rescue of a q
poorly enlightened conscience. They +
vent before the nation assembled at G
" Washington and asked for an appropri- i
't1on. The Sunday question was sprung (
md brought to finish in congress.
me Sunday observers won an over Z
vheimlng victory, yoicing the unques-
ioned sentiment OF vast majority of
IL the people. They accepted the ap- y
ropriatiop and promised to close the a
air on Sunday. Il
Then they lied and for the sake of it
money opened it. n
They outraged the sense of honor and p
ecency of the nation. IL
fhe people would not have it-people Il
Tho kneW little or cared little about | b
70 question OF opening or not opening
sunday did care as to whether we
nould exhibit ourselves as nation of til
ars and tricksters. The success of the th
xPosltlon was seriously threatened. Ii
And before the gathering storm of a ic
atoms contempt the managers re- is
'eated and closed their gates. m
Then came the enemy and invoked pc
1e magic jugglery of the law and the or
ersonal equation Of the judiciary.
hronga the legal technicalities of a a
'cai law the gates were again forced ie1
pen and the managers thus relieved Of W
le stain of voluntary dishqnor. But les
70 people did not 60 into the opened hi
aAes. Sunday opening continued to at
to the last week q conspicuous fizzle. tn
The hue and cry raised by a certain av
ass in behalf of the workingmen Oh
toyed by actual demonstration to ba . th,
'ke pure and simple. The working no
en- did not wan. aire fair opened on m
lnday, and they did not go when it ~
as opened. The thimble rigging 70,
etnods OF tho management on this =. ~
lestlon not only failed to deceive, but ~
aied 10 give any advantage in the end -. &c
the performers. The management 10
we been taught valuable lesson ms s
at there Is such thing as being too ~ e
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