The Progress., 1893-11-18
|raE FUTURE SUNDAY
,.cF OF THE VICTORY FOR
'S''e rue DAY AT THE FAIR

More Hours For Rest
,ru yoGK, Nov. is.-ReV. Thomas
N" = continued i'll Association
p,Oah, ~. morning the new series of ser
p 1 "The Prophecies Of the Worlds
par,, The subject of the discourse
IaL hs called "The Future of the
dS an sabbath. as indicated by the
olaSar Opening Fiasco. y He declared
snp% action of the fair authorities
nS ~ ,uestion was the one fly in the
2 ~0nt of the great exposition. Their
aD'uS -;ooing policy he declared was
p'% ,;srrace which came near running
ot a critical period. The work
% rlaorlo l~~ had repudiatcd the Sunday
% .1 when accomplished, and the
,EI al;e refused to have it. He declared
,ba conflict which focused the
~ al sentiment upon the problem for
''st "a time had demonstrated some
a;.rs pretty clearly-among them Ger
n IL that the great truth of the Chris
p. sabbath-one day : rest in seven
y" ~ toon CON re-enphasized as primal or
80 of humanity, to whose sanctity
Iss;ssticism can add nothing and
mwbose glory infidelity can subtract
vthi1g. ..
Tho sabbath was made for man."
ms Christ was not orthodox on the
s.slath ouestion. The hercsy hunters
20 continuously after him for his
,.;lure TO comply with the form of GER
~.n;al and institutional religion. With
,;,l emphasis did the pharisees ac-
him of breaking the Sabbath. And
,1.y had good grounds for their charge
,r@ the pharisaic point of view.
r,m this question as upon others he
:. reformer. He was the bearer of
now light. He did not destroy. He
T6lled and expounded. Ho found a
s,bbath buried beneath dead ceremoni-
,rsm. reaffirmed its original divine
-nypose. He broke the letter. He
tsut the spirit. He lifted the day from
A. degradation of pharisaic form and
m,le il radiant with the beauty and
hralom of love- As yet, in America,
vbile as a nation we have proved our
vercnce and loyalty to the day, we
aare not given the unbeliever the true
! asis of our faith. We have haggled
oyer the legalism of a Mosaic statute.
while we professed the fuller revela-
inn of the Christ. The chief source of
conflict upon this question is found III
this confusion.
THE QUESTION AT CHICAGO.
Grave were the fears of the faithful
what would be the outcome of ma
tnual struggle on this question at
Chicago.
Atthis World fair. for the first time
suce the republic was founded, the
whole nation came together i'll one
| place with one purpose. In the truest
| snse of the word this fair was repre-
sntative. Nearly 1000, 900 of peO.
| pie, representing every state and district
| dthe continent, came to one spot, filled
| with the consciousness of common
NATIONAL pride in a common natiOna
. life The means and the extremes met
The blood of every nation of eartf
mingles in our veins or yet floats un
Observed upon the surface of our life
Weare composite people, with the ele
nents Of composition yet unassimilatet
IN many states. The amalgam is no
YET made. What we will I've when i
kmade does not yet appear.
Let rs confess that with the reputa
hon Of the west for recklessness on TIN
Sabbath we felt sad over the possible
victory of the lawless element in thi
cnfict, coming as it did and when |
6d The verdict would necessarily b
NATIONAL in its bearing. The way thi
question was handled by the directorat
VI the fair forms the one serious bio
upon its history II is the one fly II
The ointment of the greatest exposition
the civilized world ever saw. Let II
Try to remove this in the beginning o
our study.
The fact is, we have cause for con
gratulation after all, for in the EN-
tod has taught the nation with ney
emphasis great and solemn lesson
The directors were. after all, fallibl
men. and in trying to increase their rev
snue at the expense of the nation s con
uence by opening on Sunday they col
hoed with the nations honor, and i
ne hour OF a possible peril brough
a'nor and decency to the rescue of
poorly enlightened conscience. The
vent before the nation assembled a
Washington and asked for an appropr1
anon The Sunday question was sprun
ana brought to a finish in congress
Inc Sunday observers won an ovel
nnelning victory, voicing the unque'
uoned sentiment of a vast majority
~ the people. They accepted the nj
ropriation and promised to close tn
hlr on Sunday.
Then they lied and for the sake {
money opened it.
they outraged the sense of honor an
aeceney of the nation.
ihe people would not have it-peopl
sao knew little or cared little abor