Connecticut western news., 1894-06-28

OOu Almighty Ot HIS SdDDdtu WOulu rop me of my wages if he got chance "
 Suppose you were poor, and you came to dry goods merchant and asked for some cloth for garments, and he should say, "I'll give you six yards. and while he was of from the counter and binding up the six yards you should go behind the counter and steal one addi tional yard. That is what every man does when he breaks the Lord Sabbath God gives us six days out of seven, re- serving 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 ments because it is a war on the statutes of most of the states The law in New York state says:
 ''It shall not be lawful to exhibit on the first day of the week. commonly called Sunday, to the public in any building, garden, grounds, concert room or other room or place within the city and county of New York, any inter Jude, tragedy, comedy, opera, ballet, play, farce, negro minstrelsy, negro or other dancing, or any other entertain ment of the stage, or any part or parts therein, or any equestrian, circus or dramatic performance, or any perform ance of jugglers, acrobats or rope danc- ing"
 Was there ever a plainer enactment than that? Who made the law? You who at the ballot boxes decided who should go to Albany and sit in the leg islature; you who in any region exer- else the right of suffrage They made the law for you and for your families, and now l say that any man who at tempts to override that law insults you and me and every man who has the right of suffrage.
 A Foreign War.
 Still further, protest against the in- vasion of the Sabbath because it Is a foreign war. Now, if you heard at this moment the booming of gun in the harbor, or if shell from some foreign frigate should drop into your street, would you keep your seats in churchf You would want to face the foe, and every gun that could be managed would lubO uIt0 pfCI1 Sll1p buab could be 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 l have to tell you that this invasion of Gods holy day is 8 foreign war.
 As among our own native born popu- lation there are two classes-the good and 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 it. But let not the lawless come from other shores ex- pecting to break down our Sabbath and institute in the place of it foreign Sabbath.
 How do you feel, ye who have been brought up amid the hills of New Eng land, about giving up the American Sab bath? Ye who spent your childhood un- der the shadow of the Adirondacks or the CatskilLs, ye who were born on the banks of the Savannah or Ohio or Ore gon, how do you feel about giving up the American Sabbath? You say: "We shall not give it up. We mean to defend it as long as there is left any strength in our arm or blood in our hearti 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. It shall be for us and for our children forever a pure, consecrated, Christian, American Sabbath.
 Twill make a comparison between the American Sabbath, as some of you have known it, and the Parisian Sabbath. I speak from observation. On Sabbath morning was aroused in Paris by great sound in the street. Isaid, What is this?" "Oh, they said, "this is Sum- day." An unusual rattle of vehicles of all sorts. Thevoices seemed more bolster ous than on other days. People running to and fro, with baskets or bundles, to get to the rail trains or gardens. It seemed as if all the vehicles in Paris of whatever sort, had turned out for the holiday. The Champs Elysees one great mob of pleasure seeking people Bal looms flying. Parrots chattering. Foot balls rolling. Peddlers hawking their knickknacks through the streets Punch and Judy shows in score of places, each one with shouting audience. Hand organs, cymbals and every kind of racket, musical and unmusical When the evening came down, all the rheaters were in full blaze of music and full blaze of light. The wine stores and saloons were thronged with an unusual number of customers. At eventide I stood and watched the excursionists coming home, Jagged out men, women and children, gulf stream of fatigue, irritability and wretched- ness, for I should think it would take three or four days to get over that mis- erable way of Sundaying. It seemed more like an American Fourth of July than Christian Sabbath.
 The Puritanio Sabbath.
 Now, in contrast, present one of the Sabbaths In one of our best American cities. Holy silence coming down with the day dawn. Business men more de- nberately looking into the faces of their children and talking to them about their present and future welfare. Men sit longer at the table in the morning, because the stores are not to be opened, and the mechanical tools are not to be taken up. A hymn Is sung There are congratulations and good cheer all through the house. The street silent until 10 o'clock, when there is regu- lar, orderly tramp churchward. Houses of God, vocal with thanksgiving for mercies received, with prayer for com fort, with charities for the poor. Rest for the body. Rest for the soul The nerves quieted, the temples cooled, the mind cleared, the soul strengthened, and our entire population turned out on Monday morning 10 years younger, bet ter prepared for the duties of the life, better prepared for the life that is to come.
 Which do you like best-the Ameri- can Sabbath or the Parisian Sabbath? Do you know in what boat the Sabbath came across the seas and landed on our obpraco IF uac In tho MorAox-or Do