The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-10
Bah ON SUNDAY.
She Believes II to Be the Best Of All
The Days.

BAt T1NGVs MI EAAhs LLAc spur AANo -
vine-Beb Believes That Sunday
Hospitality and Recreation Should,
by All Means, Be Encouraged.
New York, June 6-WhenI was little
girl was told that it was called First
day because the first was always the
best, and of all the days of the week it
was intended to be the happiest. Later
on was told It was called Sunday fer.
it was duly explained to me, when the
real sun doesn't shine, then the sun Of
goodness must glow in your heart and
everybody must have a good time. D." To me
it has always been a day of enjoyment,
and yet l know Of people who dread it.
know of little children who live in hor-
rorof 1t, and of men who sleep through
it, and wish themselves at their Offices,
whenever they are sufficiently wide
awake. AS the years have gone on have
grown to think about how the day should
be observed, and find myself returning
to first principle and believing that Of all
other times it is the one when there
should be the greater amount of happi-
ness.
.f ABOUT GOING TO CHURCH.
Now that you decide for yourself.
tell nobody how they shalt govern them
selves from religious standpoint; and
yet dc not believe that there is any good
gained in forcing young people TO listen TO
long sermons and tiresome services and
making the going TO church seem a
penance, when it should be a pleasure.
do not believe in forcing small children TO
recite hundreds of verses from the Bible,
which they do not understand, or insist
ing on thoir listening to prayers that are
largely doctrinal, and which only suggest
to them that evidently their Greater
must be very ignorant when the clergy
man is anxious TO teach him 50
much. What do l believe about this
/ think child should be told
what II means to 90 to church; that
the service it attends should be one
which gives it pleasure, and where it will
have an opportunity to praise God in the
fashion most pleasing to all the little peo-
ple-by raisingtheir voices in song. AT
terward, when your little people have
gotten TO be bigger you and they must
decide between yourselves what YOU
think wiseSt; but, my dear people, don't
try and force them to be what you call
religious. Around US every day we see
examples of the folly of this. Men who
lack all belief because when they were
little, religion represented to them weari-
some hours and punishments in the way
OF prayers. that were worse a thousand
times than ali The whippings ever dreamed
OF.
know man who says he has gotten
the faith OF a little child because of his
wife; but who, when he married her, de-
spised everything connected with re
hgion, and believed that preacher and
hypoerite We're synonymous. Do you
know why he had cotton into this frame
OF mind Sunday morning began with
tiresOme service of prayer and preaching
at home; then followed Sunday school;
after this came church with "a long sermon
that never told Of love and kindness, but
ways of justice and birthstone. Then
came a cold dinner. After this an after
noon spent in looking at religious books,
which, regret to say, when they are not
stupid, are too often foolish. Then fol-
lowed bread and tea, and after this
church again with another long sermon.
Ten o'clock saw this boy in bed swearing
that when he was his own master he
would never listen TO q prayer and he
would never 60 10 church.
-. THE ONLY WAY TO SPEND SUNDAY.
1t is true he has changed his mind, but
that is because he married a woman who
knew how TO make religion the beautiful
part of ones life, and how to make Sun
day the happiest day in the week
Nowadays this man goes to church with
his little daughters beside him, and at
terward they come home, all have a
talk together, or a romp, or else rest
awhile. Then come their luncheOns, and
after the great bliss OF the week, the Sun
day afternoon outing. 1t is either orr
10 the country, or down 10 the water
or out for drive with father in the park.
When they come home, after another
rest, the girl who is old enough to come
to dinner with the grown-up people, has
her finest frock put on, and mother is
dressed to look as pretty as possible and
the very best dinner OF the week is
served, because it is Sunday ana be-
cause. as the little girl w.ll tell YOU "yye
always have some pleasant people with
lis on Sunday night If you take a little
trouble, you win discover that these
pleasant people who are asked are nearly
always those. VINO, If they had not
been there, would have been under
going the somewhat doubtful delight of
boarding house supper consisting of
stewed prunes and sponge cake. and
liquid commonly and uhtruthfUlly called
Tea.
In that house Sunday is Gods day. and
yet there are no Sunday books, for the
wise mother says the book which IS
wrong on Sunday Is also wrong. on
Wednesday. But" says Madame
Blue, WHO has cold dinner, what about
the servants? they have TO work" Well
yes, in way; but they are willing
to do il because it is distinctly
thatcach one can invite one Of her own
friends for Sunday evening dinner. and
that this friend can be her young man so
that there is JOY and merrimcnt down
stairs as well as up, and the mistress
knows that as she has demanded for II
good work, she pays them very good
wages, and that loving kindness has
brought willing service.
SURROUNDED BY KINDRED AND FRIENDS
II seems to me that the American man
being away from home so much. ought to
have his Sunday made a day of oy to
him. Go out to the park any Sunday YOU
like and see the men who are boys again.
They are the ones, who ont in the bright
sunshine, have got their sons with them
and are explaining 10 them all about the
animals, or telling them storiea about
when they were bows. They are the
men who, if they are driving. have got Il
carriage load of happy children. or if
they are walking, are leading the+io K.
knowing that the rest will follow. The
man who is going TO stay young is not
that one who is sleeping off the effects of
a two hours sermon.
i do believe that God made this earth
for man, for man to worship him in
1t, to find out how beautiful are His
works, and not for him to be made un
happy and to have the day represent
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