The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-29

family. the governor rules The state,
the President rules the whole land; /
wonder If the Lord has a right to rule
the nations and make the enactment.
Remember the Sabbath day to keep
it holy" and if there is n appeal
to a higher court from that de-
cision, and if the men who are
warning against the enactment are
not guilty of high treason against the
maker of heaven and earth. They
have in our cities put God on trial. 1t
has been the theaters and the opera
houses, plaintiffs, VS.. the Lord Al
mighty, defendant; the suit has been
begun. and who shall come out ahe;e..
you know. VI her it be popular or
unpopular. l now u it as my
opinion that the people have no rights
save those which the great Jehovah
gives them. He has never given the
right to man to break his holy Sab
bath, and as long as his throne stands.
he never will give that right.
The prophet asks a question which
/ can easily answer, "Will a man rob
God?" Yes. They robbed him last
Sunday night at the theaters and the
opera houses. and ] charge upon them
the infamous and Ii u-han6~d larceny,
| hold the same opinion as a sailor l
have heard of. The crew had been
discharged from the vessel because
they would not work while they were
in port on the Lords day. The cap
tain went out to get sailors. He found
one man and he said to him, will
you serve me on the Sabbath?" No"
why not?" WELL" replied the old
sailor, "a man who will rob God Al
mighty of his Sabbath would rob me
of my wages if he got a chance"
Suppose you were poor, and you
came to a dry goods merchant and
asked for some cloth for garments,
and he should say. "rl give you six
yards" and while he was Off from the
counter binding up the six yards you
should go behind the counter and
steal one additional yard. That is
what every man does when he breaks
the Lords Sabbath God gives us six
days out of seven, reserving one for
himself, and if you will not let him
have it. it is mean beyond all compu-
tation.
Again: am opposed to this desc
Grafton of the Sabbath by secular en-
tertainments because it is a war on
the sta tutes of most of the states.
The law in New York state says:
sit shall not be lawful to exhibit, on
the first day of the week, commonly
called Sunday, to the public, in any
building, garden, grounds, court room
or other roo or place within the city
and county of New York, any inter-
lude. tragedy, comedy, opera, ballet.
play, farce, negro minstrelsy, ne rro
or other dancing, or any other enter
tainment of the stage, or any part or
parts therein, or any equestrian, cir
Gus, or dramatic performance, Or any
performance of Jugglers, acrobats or
rope-dancing."
than that? Who made the law? You.
who at the ballot boxes decided
who should go to Albany and sit in
the legislature. You who in any region
exercise the right of suffrage. They
made the law for you and for your fam
lilies and now l say that any man who
attempts to override hat law insults
you and me and every man who has
the right of suffrage.
Still further: 1 protest against the
invasion of the Sabbath, because it is
a foreign war. Now, if you hear at
this moment the booming of a gun in
the harbor, or if a shell from some for
eign frigate should drop into your
street. would you keep your seats in
church? You would want to face the foe
and every gun that could be managed
would be brought into use, and every
ship that could be brought out of the
navy yard would swing from her
anchorage, and the question would be
decided. You do o want a foreign
war. and yet I have to tell you that
this invasion of Gods holy day is a
foreign war.
AS among our own native-born pop
ulation there are two classes-the
good and the bad; so it is with
the people who com 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 expecting to
break down our Sabbath and institute
in the place of it a foreign Sabbath.
I will make a comparison between
the American Sabbath, as some of you
have known it, and the Partisan Sab
bath. 1 speak from observation. On
a Sabbath morning l was aroused in
Paris by a great sound in the street,
l said: What is this?' 90" they
said, this is Sunday" An unusual
rettle of vehicles of all sorts. The
voices seemed more boisterous than
on other DAYS People running to
and fro, with baskets or bundles,
to get to the rail trains or gar
dens 1t 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. Balloons flying.
Parrots chattering. Footballs rolling.
Peddlers hawking their knick-knacks