The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-06-27

Still further, protest against the inyasior
| OF the Sabbath because IL isa foreign war
Now, II you heard at this moment the boom
ing oil n gun in the harbor. or If n shell from
some foreign frlgate should dron into Won,
street, would you keep your seats In church;
| You would want TO face tho foe and eyer,
gun that could be managed would be brough,
into use, and every shin that could b,
brought out OF the navy yard would swing
from her anchorage, and the question would
be decided. You do not want a foreign war
and yet have to tell you that this invasion
As among our own native born population
there are two classss-the good ami the bad
so It Is with the people who come from other
shores-there are the law abiding and the
| lawless. The former are welcome here The
more OF them the better we like II. But let
not the lawless come from other shores ex-
pecting TO break down our Sabbath and in
stitute In the place OF II foreign Sabbath.
How do you feel, ye who have been
brought up amid the hills OF New England,
about giving up the American Sabbath2 Ye
who spent your childhood under the shadow
OF the Adirondacks or the Cstskills, We who
were born on the banks OF tho Savannah or
Ohio or Oregon. how do you feel about Civ
Ing up the American Sabbath2 You saw
"We shall not give II up. We mean to de-
fend II rs long as there Is left anv strength
In our arm or blood in our heart Do not
bring your Spanish Sabbath here. Do not
bring your Italian Sabbath here. Do not
bring your French Sabbath here. Do not
bring your foreign Sabbath here. IL shall be
for us and for our children forever a
pure, consecrated, Christian, American Sab
BATH"
I will make comparison between the
American Sthbath, as some OF you have
known II, AMI the Parisian Sabbath. Ispeak
from observation. On n Sabbath morning I
was aroused In Paris by a great sound in the
street. I said. "What is thisp" ooh" they
said, "this Ia Sunday" An unusual rattle
OF vehicles Of all sorts. The voices seemed
more bo 'sterous than on other days. People
running to and fro with baskets or bundles.
to get to the rail trains or gar lens. II seemed
as II all the vehicles in Paris, Of whatever
Sort had turned out for the holiday. The
Champs Elysees one great mob OF pleasure
seeking people. Balloons flying. Pirrots
chatterlng. Footballs rolling Psddlers
hawking their knickknacks through the
streets. Punch and Judy shows in a score Of
places, each one with a shouting audience.
Hand organs, oymbals and every kind OF
racket, musical and unmusical. When the
evening came down, all the theaters were in
full blaze OF music and full blaze OF light
The wine stores AMI saloons were throngei
with an unusual number OF customers. At
eventlde stood and watched the excursion
lists coming home, tagged out men, women
and children, gulf stream OF fatigue, irrita-
bility and wretchedness, for should think
1t would take three or four days to get over
that miserable wayoi Sundaying. IL seemed
mora like an American Fourth OF July than
Christian Sabbath.
Now, In contrast. present one OF the Sab
baths in one OF our best American cities.
Holy silence coming down with the day
dawn. Business men more deliberately look
Ing into the faces OF their children and talk
ing to them about their present and future
welfare. Men sit longer at the table In the
morning, bec1use the stores ara not TO be
opened, and the mechanical tools are not to
be taken up. A hymn IS sung. Tlers are
congratulations and good cheer all through
the house. The street silent until 10 o'clock,
when there Is regular, or iery tramp
churchward Houses OF Col. vocal with
Thanksgiving for mercies received, with
prayer Tor comfort, with chartiss Tor the
poor Rest for the holy Rest forth soul.
The nerves quieted, the temples cooled, the
mind cleared, the soul strengthened, an
our entire population turned out on Monday
morning ten years younger. better prepared
for the duties OF the life, better prepared for
the life that Is to come.
Which do you like best-the American
Sabbath or the Parlsian Sabbathp Do you
know In what boat the Sabbath cane across
the seas and landed on our shoresf Ii was
In the Mayfower. Do you know In what
boat the Sabbath will leave u, II 1t ever
goes 1t will he In the ark that hoats over
deluge OF national destruction.
Still further, protest against the invasion
OF the Lords day because 1t wrongs vast
multitude OF employees OF their rest. The
play actors and actresses can have their rest
between their engagements, but how about
the scene shifters, the ballet dancers, the
callboys, the innumerahe attendants and
supsrnune OF the American theatre2
Where is their Sun lay to come fromP They
are pail small salaries at the best. Alas.
for them They appear on the stage In tinsal
and tassel with halber IS, or in gauze whirl-
ing In toe tortures and they might be mis-
taken for fairies or queens, but after o. clock
Mt night you may see them truiging throu yh
the streets in faded dresses. shivering ani
tired. bundle under their arms, seeking
their homes In the garrets AMI cellars OF the
city. Now. you propose TO take from thou
sands OF these employees throughout this
country not only all opportunity oi moral
culture, but all opportunity OF physical rest
For heavens sake, let the crushing jugger-
naut stop at least one day in seven.
Again. oppose this modern invasion OF
the Christian Sabbath because it is war on
the spiritual welfare OF the people. You
have a body? Yes. You have mini? Yes.
You have a soul2 Yes. Which Of the secular
halls on the Sabbath day will give that soul