The Progress., 1893-11-18

was opened. The thimblc ri,,o,;n,,
hethoGs of the management ON tbis
question not only failed To- deceive but
tailed to give any advantage in tho a,J
10 Vhe performers. The management
nave been taught valuable lesson
that there Is such a thing as being too
smart. In fact. after the fair they find
themselves on this question where "A
very smart couple found themselves
after parade III New York one day.
as reported by one of the papers:
n man and woman found themselves
wedged III a crowd in one of the streets.
Ihey had come out to see the parade.
ana rs things We're they could see
nothing. The man had bright idea.
When | give the word. Julia. YOU
scream and faint"
Julia waited. The signal came, and
she Topped over into her escorts arms
Give me air, she gasped.
Air! air." cried th<man.
The crowd parted, and the man and
woman emerged at the front The
woman revived, and the pair made ready
to enjoy the show.
just then, however. an ambulance
dashed up. Some one had turned in a
signal.
Iou can't he too careful about
these cholera cases, =" said tho surgeon.
I'D better take you both along for in
spection.
And they did not see the parade.
The whol4 truth Is, the course of the
management in this fiasco and the bear
ing of our people toward it at every
stage of development has made clear
one thing nation has rendered n
verdict upon the Sabbath question that
must tell in shaping our future.
ONE DAYS REST IN SEVEN.
In this conflict the people have re
emphasized the truth of the Christian
/ Sabbath namely, that one day rest in
seven is not the invention of priestcraft
/ but is the primal ordinance of human
| ity, to whose sanctity ecclesiasticism
can add nothing. from whose glory in
fidelity can subtract nothing.
First, we say they have reaffirmcd the
! true basis of the Sabbath an ordinance
have said, Moses or no Moses. command
ment or no commandment, Bible or no
Bible, right or wrong, orthodox or heter-
odox. whatever dogs and cats may I've
able to do, as for man, the Sabbath
with its rest is to him an absolute nc
cessity of naturel Such necessity i'll
deed that, if God did not establish q
Sabbath. he surely committed the crime
of creating a being who can not live
without one. And this is but re
affirmation of the unvarying record oi
history. France went mad with rage
once againlt ecclesiasticism. They
mistOok the Sabbath for an invention
of priestcraft to cheat them out of ;
day. They abolished it by law, only
to wake in IA short time from their de
lusion to find that God had founded tin
Sabbath in love for man and had writ
ten it in the red blood OF nature : eter
nal decree. They found the law of tin
Sabbath written on their tired hand
and feet, in quivering muscle and throb
bing nerves.
What any nation of the old world ha
found a necessity for rest to the hu
man body is double necessity to tn
people of America While the oil
world travels one mile we rush owe
two. We are nation of maniacs i
rush and drive. The pressure of lif
with us is becoming more and more ~
insanity. OF all the people God ha
created we should cherish the Sabbath
II Is the one oasis in the desert of our feY
erish host. 1t is our one remaining bul
wark against the greed of the century
Our lust for gold is taking the hear
out of the nation. The Sabbath is tn
one pause in the mad rush. 1t is tn
, one hour left when we may return |
reason for the moment-gain the COZ
sciousness of our humanity. Ever
, effort we have made in our national hi
to drive through this day with tn
, rush and roar of the week has prove
! or is proving a failure. Men who al
, forced TO work on Sundays never Civ
the best service. They break dow
early. Their overwrought nerves an
3 muscles are the cause of many fatal az
cidents in which the nation pays i'll
for taking life.
, NOT THE woRKINGNAN' WISH.
, Every empt to break down u
rest of the Sabbath in the name of I'll
n American workingman is SUFFERING
and a lie. The workingman does N
desire to work seven days in the weei
The hue and cry set up in his name
, the thinly guised hypocrisy OF gree
: crying for the last possible tribute e.
his muscle and his hearts blood. III
: men who seek to break down the Sal
! bath as a day of complete rest are q
enemies of labor; their twaddle ON Il
> subject is but the echo of some capita
istic glutton behind the scene WI
. wishes to work them TO the last drop
blood in their veins. No class OF worl
. ingmen desire to work on Sunday.
fool editor of weekly sheet IN Ne