Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-09

Waco, Tex, Dec. S.-Tho sermons OF
Rev, Dr. b. II. Carroll Of the FIRST
BAPTIST church against sunday opening
of The Cotton Palace have led 20 coa-
trOyersy between him ana Mlilalll ~
monds. OF this city, on the QUESTION
AZ me Observance OF sunday, wnlch 10
en- ing much interest. MIR. Edmonds
RENTED 10 DIT. CAROLS sermon OF last
sunday today. lie rays.
,,f,et no man, therefore. Judge you In
regnsct Of a holiday. or OF the new
moon. or OF the sabbath days."-Col'
ii:i6 n
Last Sunday morning DR.. u. II.
Carroll preached a sermon, contenalhs
mai the fourth commandment applies
- ,he f1rst day OF the wcek--to Sunday
instead OF Saturday. l was not pres
emf but ut Workman on Monday
i,oueht a copy of the Dallas News,
yvhlch contained report of 1t. nave
aiso inc Telephones report OF the same
sermon before me. From the report IN
Inc News | make this excerpt;
II will give the position OF the Chris
lions. not as taught by my friend MT
William Edmonds, but as taught In
standard authorities and declarations
adopted by Christians"
read through the report expecting
To ind some citation Of standard au-
| ,horlties 10 oontrovert the position
taken by Smiths Dictionary OF the BE-
hle which quoted In my communica-
! ,ion published some days ago In the
| Telephone; but | found nothing. but a
| morn or less fiorid paraphraae OF scrip
| lures that were not eonRldefel apgn-
cable 70 the case until after the IT,
| ntation. and then only by the Eng
| ian Puritans and Scotch Preahyter-
ians among the former OF which may
~ ciassed the Baptista. About one
bundrea az the nblest divinea and pro-
sassors in Great Britain and the Unit
| "a States contributed to Smiths Die
! tionary OF the Bible, but they must go
10 The left with the goats on the ipse
| dlxit Of DR.. y. II. Carroll, student
~ naylor university and resident
~ waco, Texas place unknown out
siae ~ The state but for the boyootted
Cotton Palace. ,
pr Carroll aiiudes 10 personal lib
o.,y', as a thing we have heard OF be-
,ore SO we have, along with Ice, 'thal
dread constfdctor," and billed vine.
I, suggests the dust or y arena W
which the warrior priest >as tnmbied
Sor is he more felicitous In claiming
,hat resting steam engines on SUNDAY
benedis those machines. am IN
ssrrned by practical men that the pr1c
49, conforms to the theory. ana th'
,.a-o yearly boilers ana engines can b
nnain,ained at uniform Temperature
.re hetter Il "a for them. And u M
non.obseryance Of Sunday results y
a,helsm. how curious Il Is that IN
s.reelxa and Romans. who had NJ
,raets and no Sabbath nor any LORD
nav had more gods than any othc
neonie have had either before OF since.
DR.. Carroll seems 10 attribute N.
o,,ndav opcninR Of ihe Cotton Palace Z
syar,re HE'S now getting on Chris
ian ground. II such openinS wef'
~ an the outcome OF svarice. J wenls
b. the last in the world 20 dsfen1 Il.
syafice T. defined as the insauapl'
asssre III gain. The cou0n Palace VIA
nroiected Tor the public good. paid 70
~ nnyste subscription. and WAS epen
~ an sunday Tor the benefit % IN
working people, and II may be isqn
nat unnatural fear u lohs. Luz
those .ablects like avarice. ceur.
ava Inc like, which were - ienoanre
~ Christ DR.. Carroll VIII preach