The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-07-09
tempt at their mendacity. The croaking
of the crane this time is but repetition
Of "grcat cry and little WOOL
Sunday laws.

The opening of the Worlds Fair on
Sundays has not attracted as many people
as was anticipated. Nor has it occasioned
any show of disrespect for the day as
some Sabbatarians predicted. People
who chose to visit the fair and were able
to do SO have had the opportunity of
looking upon the wonderful things it
contains, and most OF them perhaps did
so at the only time at their disposal. No
body has been harmed. No religious
person has been compelled to ssbreak the
Sabbath or TO see it broken. No ire
ligious person has been deprived of the
right of entry. The churches have not
been injureds The beer gardens and low
places of resort have suffered the greatest
loss.
We do not think the most liberal
minded of the advocates of opening
parks, museums, libraries and art gal
leries on Sunday wish to destroy the
"American Sabbath as soma folks
describe it. One days rest in seven is
believed to be law of nature. Its viola
ton brings its own penalty. 1t would
not be good thing for labor if the OBJ
More can be accomplished in year by
taking the seventh part of the time for
rest than by every days work without
cessation. All creation requires rest and
recreation. Even machinery will wear
longer by one days repose in seven than
if kept continuously in motion. The
laws enacted for the observance of the
Sunday are not intended as ''an estab-
lishment of religion' but as wholesome
if not essential public regulation.
Religious people who desire to spend
their Sunday in devotional ceremonies,
ought to be protected IN the right to do
so, unmolested. They ought to refrain
from restraining other people who wish
to observe the day in different manner.
Neither class should be permitted to in
fringe upon the rights of others.
If the legal safeguards that are placed
around the Sabbath were thrown down,
it would not be long before factories and
workshops as well as stores and theatres
would be in operation every day in the
week. Some people would earn little
more wages. Many others would have
continuous toll without any increase of
payment. The result would be evil. and
the toiling classes would get the worst of
it. Apart from any religious considera-
ton the Sunday laws ought to be pre-
served intact. except where they en- :
croach upon the rights of individuals.
There are public conveniences which
some people regard as kept up in viola
ton of the Sunday but which. If sup
pressed, would cause much greater dIsre-
gard OF Sabbath rules. Ii the street cars
were to stop running. for instance, peo-
pie would have to walk long distances.
The work of few men comparatively
will help thousands to keep the day OF
rest. There would be little to say against
Sunday public conveyances if the men
employed upon them were not required
to work every day in the week. All en-
ployes should be protected in the right to
one days rest in seven; it need not be the
same day for all OF them.
| The observance of Sunday is national
restful, peaceable day with as little labor
as possible and a due regard for the differ
ent tastes and customs of the different
people. is an excellent institution which
ought to be preserved for the common
good, and it is as much to the interest o
non-religionists to maintain it as for tn
most devotional believer in a religious
Sabbath