The Progress., 1893-04-01
4 DAY OF HOLY REST.
INC &c REV. THOMAS oIxoNS IDEA
OF SUNDAY.

.ss the Antioption Bill In the
,uds-FaIlacies and Arguments on
a.. sunday ouestiOn-In What Sense the
s.,..tb Was Made For Man
y,w YORK March 26.-Rev. Thomas
,;ron. Jr.. preceded the sermon in As
- :.,;or hall by a review of the antiop-
fou bill. He said;
The sntioption bill was defeated in the
q at Washington recently by the fill
Mastering tactics of its enemies.
This bill is sure to pass the national
,.i.lature. It is supported by major
the members of congress and has
sssn y SO supported since its introduction.
Ttis supported by the moral sentiment
kthe nation
n is bitterly opposed by every leading
,.;lv newspaper east of the Rocky noun
hins
This fact is a painful one in many as
..,ts II shows that our newspapers are
,boroughly under the influence of the
y,mbling capital of the great exchanges,
"A that the masses of the people and
us;r representatives in congress know
= The sum total of the influence of the
suressr on the question is therefore less
han nothing.
The people know where the press stand
and why they stand there. Mr.. Hatch's
hort reply to the false statements of the
sl;busters is worth remembering:
"Tbe gentlemen in opposition content
themselves with reiterating what is tele-
cranhed from headquarters on boards of
trade that this is an 'iniquitous' and in
famous MEASURE 1t is a bill that SIM
nly undertakes to suppress transactions
which the courts of every state in the
Union and the United States have pro-
ooupced to be wagering contracts. 1t is
mly infamous in that it seeks to de-
troy the vilest commercial infamy that
Uer oppressed the producer or rested
anon the boards of trade in this or any
uthr country It has been no fault of
lie committee on agriculture that this
Nil has not had time for discussion. 1t
br been due to the fihbustering and dill
sory tactics Of the opponents of the
uessure.
Il have been forced under these tactics
10 take the last chance in the interest of
he farmers of the United States, 95 per
cent of whom are on record by petitions
md memorials on file in our committee
room as favoring this measure, to ask
mspension OF the rules TO pass it, when
trequires two-thirds vote have no
dght to question the motives of any gen
!lsman who votes for or against it. but
surely as the world stands you can
not defeat the bill. You may delay it
Tor few days or weeks or months. but
twill come, as the result of the demand
Of the people, as surely as the sun rises
and sets tomorrow
Gambling is gambling 1t does not
natter where the transaction occurs. 1t
may be at a race track, faro table.
pooIrpom or on the Stock Exchange
The time has come to put stop to
gambling IN the necessities of life. to the
death Of both the producer and consumer.
The man who opposes such measure
% the ground Of too much government
uneonsciously playing into the hands
Of the anarchist and betraying the peo-
pie whom they have sworn to serve
They are plling up wrath against the
lay Of wrath. When the day of the
righteous wrath of the people comes,
hey will be swept before its flood And
Il is coming And may the God of the
People hasten its coming. when shams
and humbugs and lies and swindles shall
be swept into hell by the breath of a
SIMPLER and purer social hfel
The Sabbath was made for man and not man
'f the Sabbath. Mark ii, q.
Ihls Is subject which has been one
continued interest in America for the
pSst TWO years and is likely to be one of
continued interest in the future, for as
snauon we are going through an era of
transition. Of amalgamation of different
races and peoples. with different ideals
.no clvilizations. To the man born in
America and reared under American in
msntlons there should be little need of
,acusslon on such a subject. And yet
eoE'ng the recent discussion there have
s'sn % many points Of view raised that
= n~ alarmed me. as have seen it more
.''o more progress, lest in our attempt
v oe'end the institution we shall use ar
suments 50 utterly untenable that our
POSITION viii hinder instead of help what
We seek to establish.
~ wnen see that distinguished SEN
'sor' distinguished for his career as a
'olrupuonist, reads from the Ten Com
4anaments as the last argument that
I0uld settle, dogmatically settle, the
.no'e question of Sabbath observance, /
q, ~ more and more alarmed at the posi-
~ s's luture OF the Sabbath. 1t is possible
'foy even that which is most sa-
~ the character of its championing
the arguments used in that