The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-07-05

| Iuems lilo mas never glVeH tuo AiS"' W.
break his holy Sabbath, and as long as
his throne stands he never Will give thas
right. .,:., r
can oasilv answer, "Will a man rob
GodpV Yes. They robbed him last Sun.
dav night at the theaters and the opera
houses, and 1 charge upon them the in
famous aud high handed larceny, hold
the Same high handed larceny. hold
the same opinion 0s q eailOr have. heard
Of. Tho crow had been discharged from
tho vessel because they would not work
while they were in port on The LORDS day.
Tho captain went out to get sailors. lie
found one man and ho said to him "Will
YOU serve me on the SabbaLb?' "NO."
l"Why nOt?' "Well," replied tho old
lse,lor, "a man who will rob God Al
mighty of his Sabbath would rob me OF
my wages if he got chance"
suppose you were poor, and you
, came to dry goods merchant and
rs ked him Tor some cloth for garments,
f and no should say, "I'l give you six
Yards" and while he WAS of from the
|cornter binding up tho Blk yards you
should 90 behind the counter and steal
ono additional yard. That is what
every mau does when he breaks the
| Lords Sabbath. God gives us six days
out OF seven, reservlng one for himself,
and If you Will not let him have it it is
mean beyond all computation.
Again, | am opposed TO this desecra-
tion OF the Sabbath by secular entertain.
menls because IL ls II war on the statutes
! OF most OF the states. The law in New
York state says:
ut shall not bo lawful TO exhibit on
the first day OF the week, commonly
called Sunday, to the public, in any
building, garden, grounds, concert room
or othor room or place within the city
and county OF New York, any intorlude,
tragedy, comedy, opera, ballet, play,
farce, negro minstrclsy, negro or other
dancing, or auy other entertainment Of
the stage,or any part or parts therein, or
any equestrian, circus or drematic per
lormance. or any performance of jug
glors, acrobats or rope dancing."
Was there ever q palmer enactment
than that? Who made the law?
You who at the ballot boxes de.
cided who should 60 TO Albany and SIT
in the legislature; you who in any region
exercise tho right of suffrage. They
made tho law for you and TOR your fami.
attempts TO override the law insults you
right Of suffrage.
vasion Of the Sabbath because il is a
foreign war. Now, if you heard at this
moment tho booming Of gun in the
harbor, or if a shell from some foreign
irigate should drop into your street,
fu In, 01,t 10
You would want to face the foe, and
,very gun that could be managed would
be brought into use, and every ship that
could be Wrought out of the navy yard
would swing from her anchorage, and
the question would be decided. You dc
not want foreign war, and yet l have
TO tell you that this invasion OF Gods
holy day ia foreign war.
AS among cur own native born pOpu
latiop there are two classes-the goo(
and the bad-so it is with the people
who como from other shores-there are
the law abiding and the lawless. The
former are welcome hore. The more O
} them the better we like it. But let no
the laWless come from other shores eX.
4 pecting TO break down our Sabbath anG
0 Institute in the place Of il foreign
. Sabbath.
+ How do, you feel, We who have been
brought up amid the hills Of New Eng.
land, about giving up the American
} Sabbath; ye who spent your childhood
} under the shadow Of the Adirondacks or
the Catskllls; ye who were born on The
banks OF the Savannah or Ohio or
Oregon, how do you feel about giving ur
the American sabbath? You say: 1--WE
shall mot give itup. We mean to dc
lend 1T as long as there is left any
strength in our arm or blood III oul
heart! DO not bring your Spanish Sab
bath here. DO not bring your Italian
Sabbath here. DO not bring you
: French Sabbath here. DO not bring
: your foreign Sabbath here. IL shall b.
} for us and our children forever pure
consecrated, Christian, American Sab
= Dath."
l will make comparison between th
| American Sabbath, as some OF YOU hav
. known it, and the Parisian Sabbath.
b. speak from observation. On n Sabb2t
= morning l was accused in Paris by
o greot sound IN the street. / All,
Q "What is that?" "Oh," they said, 9TH
q is Sunday" An unusual rattle {
o vehicles OF all sorts. The voices SCENE
" pOl5ISIOuS GlUu OH OLtlcc uuYs
People running to and fro, with basket
Q or bundles, to get TO the rail trans {
o gardens. 1t seemed rs if all the vehicle
4 III Paris, of whatever SOFT, had turne
y out for tho holiday. The Champs Ely
y sees one great mob of pleasure seekir
people. Balloons flying. Parrots chatte
2 ing, Footballs rolling. peddlers hawl
/ ing their knickknacks through tho streets
l Punch and JUDY shows in acore {
; places, each one with shouting aud
ence. Hand organs, cymbals and ever
kind Of racket, musical and upmuslca
When the evening camo down. all tn
J theaters were in Mil blaze ofmusic ali
full blaze Of light. The wine stores an
saloons were. throDged with al unusua
number OF customers. At eventlde
stood and watched the eXcursiOnlst
coming homo, tagged out mon, womel
and children, gulf stream Of tatiguet
lrritabillty and wretchedness, for
should think it would take three or fou
1RVa to oct OVer that miserobie woy n