New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-22
aEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE PAGES.


! gain accruing from the same act would be avaheu
| Of BY pursuing the honorable line marked ou'
in the resolutions passed yesterday the Directory
won favor.
By all odds the most potent auxiliary power uc-
| rived from the common sense action oil tHe
Directory yesterday is the support which comes
| from the Rev. DR.. John Henry Barrows. pastor
| of the First Presbyterian Church. DIR. lar
rows stands high among Chicago clergymen: IN
| lact, there is one who occupies higher
| place, as measured by the standard of practical
work and influence among all classes. lie mas
never araycd himself heretofore in favor OF the
opening of tie Fair on Sunday. On the con-
trary, he has been dsincncd TO the opening OF
The gates and the buildings on that day, and
has been OutsI oxen in his views on this subject.
Last night he as'onshed his congregation during
PIaycr-mcctES service at his church, and tli'
| morning the people of Chicago generally, by an
Outsp0kon, manly aVOwal of his belief that the
Fair should not he closed TO those who Gc-
sired 10 enter the gates Of the nclosuIc and the
doors of the great buildings on the Sabbath Day
The strength OF this avOwal OF opinion lies III
the recognized qualities OF the man, and tie
spirit of sincerity which anmates all that he
does In fact il only two weeks ago that
the congregation. under the leadership Of Dr.
Earr0ws passed resolutions in favor of closing
the Fair on Sunday. Strangely enough, when
DR.. Barrows last night announced the change
from his previous views, his congregation rushed
forward at the close of his address to express
their absolute approval DIR. Burrows has pre-
sentcd the question in a way that appeals 20 the
Christian instinct Of the individual, a. we'll as
to the oommon-scnsc of all VINO seek the advance
nient of the people generally. For instance. lie
points TO the condition of things in Chicago 10.
day. TO which reference has been made heretofore
in thcse lett lie says:
Lei MS see what is already open on sun
day in ouY cosmopolitan city. six THOUSAND
saloons. The theatres and vie hcn.cs are in
with them. Is the most magnificent Exposition the
world ever Closed and barred. \ noble ciuca
people while the bad places profit by II. What for
eigners cannot understand is that thing they have
cred up Will. the bi scst of thing are allowed 10
be opened outside. We must acknowledge the mcon
We could We have made the Nation declare IN
favor OF sunday We can say to FOREIGNER, that -
far the Nation socs the FalF Is coscd. The
Government building is shut shall Christian stay
away som The Fair because 1t Is open on sundays
educator tie world has ever seen. Four times IN"
space is given education that the Paris Exposition
has been provided. We had great difficulty last year
10 keep the Young PEOPLES society Of Christian En-.
/ dpaNOr.
resolutions asking all members TO stay away Ton
the Fair in case II was opened sundays That Is al
wTchs .@ IN p reH from Ho FAIR rccaS IT : op"n
SUNDAYS You ought not 10 read any daily p"n"r he
the CHICAGO ard Northwestern. or the Michigan Cen
trail or Pennsylvania railways bocIusc they run
sunday trains. ! am afraid good many thousand
church people viii stay away. J shall not "n,ourae
any such unvisr acton: belize thai n the ,, ',t
resolutions passed by certain clerevmcn. 1t has been
sad and pernpN j%sy that Ur"1 o wrT 10"
/ Christian cl,prity Christianity does not consist
alone In Keeping the sabbath
Or. Rarrows's outspokcn words in condemnation
Of any proposed bovcott Of the Fair on account
of opening on the Sabbath day viii have tn
mendons effect in the Northwest. where he j. :,
favorably known as a liberal Christian believer
End preacher. The attraction ~ such man 10
the side of those in favor of Sunday opening i n
triumph of immcasurlhlc advantag'. If tr, far
WA located in a city less cosmopolitan III us
character there would have been lcss just ncation
in che efforts Of the directors - combat III" pro
vision in The Federal sfatut" bearing upon thlS
subject. Touching upon this point Dr. ha i.;.
90 - f;r 20 say. rc'crrln@ 70 IN" vows
entertained by the directory:
The men Of highest standing IN our community are
those who have taken hi action. NJ iginbp'nal,
s. Of the larreshcarcN aud mot publ r., ,p'e e.,
Of cur citizens. Others among ~ BEL" ~ VI" 'li"' ny
are Charles L. Iiutchinson and LYMAN j. Gag. ms
excellent men havr case WORTHY 81 orr con,ie,i,
lion. They say tInt 90 pr cent al oar y pulloh
&c 81 foreign birth or cxtracion These citizens hayr
Ideas entirely different from New En- land, children
Another di.trocting question which II i hoped
will be settled by June j. that relating t. the
position of Theodore Thomas in his professional
relations - the Exposition. The controversy
seems 70 grow more intense but thcrc Is ~ 1ouht
oppressed ;hat the directory will sustain VIZ.
Thomas AMI This will no. b" done simply ,b'rll o
ho il Theodore ThomaS. but b"caHsr unl"riyi z
I'll else. is the principle Of manhood; l. is h"in
tIa. Mr. Thomas has done ncthnne which can call
down upon him Justly the CONFORMATION oi lncn
removed from hi. particular sphere Of actlNi'y'
The principle OF hOycotting is no NOR Nm'rcln
( In In, conduct of tho Columbian Exposition IMAM
il is anywhere else on this continent SIN; cNrrN ,
BODY " shes that tll" controversy wl- en- ~ anu
that the band should proceed 10 play without
further Interruption The discord j. becoming Il
little rasping OH tie scnsbl!iicS.