The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-27

in New York state says:
1T 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
lude, 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 dra-
matte performance, or any performance
OF jugglers. acrobats or rope dancing"
Was there ever a planer enactment
than that? Who made the law? You
who at the bollot boxes decided who
should go TO Albany and sit In the-legis-
lature; you who in any region exercise
the right Of suffrage. They made the
law for you and for your families, and
now / say that any man who attempts
to override that law insults you and me
and every man who has the right of
suffrage.
4 Foreign Invasion.
Still further. / protest against the in
vasion of the Sabbath because it Is for
eign war. Now, If you heard at this
moment the booming Of a gun in the
harbor, or If shell from some foreign
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
not want a foreign war and yet 1 have
20 tell you that this invasion of Gods
holy day is a foreign war.
As among our own native-born popu-
lation there are two classes-the good
| and the bad-so 1t 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 1t. But let not
| the lawless come from other shores ex-
pecting TO break down our Sabbath and
Institute in the place Of II foreign Sab
| bath.
How do YOU feel, We who have been
brought up amid the hills Of New En-
gland. about giving up the American
| Sabbath; We who spent your childhood
| under the shadow OF the AdirOndecSs or
| the Catskills; We 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: I'VE shall
not give il up. We mean 10 defend ii as
| long as there is left any strength in our
| arm or blood i'm 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 1t
! shall be for us and our children forever
a pure. consecrated, Christian, American
| Sabbath
Contrasts.
I will make a comparison between the
American Sabbath. as some of you have
known it, and the Partisan Sabbath.
speak from observation. On a Sabbath
morning / was aroused in Paris by a
| great sound in the street. 1 said, What
is this?" oh" they said, this is Sun
day" An unusual rattle 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
| gardens. 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.
| Foot balls rolling. Peddlers hawking
| their knick-knacks through the streets.
Punch and Judy shows in a score Of
places, each one with a shouting audi
ence. Hand organs, cymbals and every
| kind Of racket, musical and unmusical.
When the evening came down all the
| theaters were i'm 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, tagged out men, women
| and children, gulf stream Of fatigue,
| irritability and wretchedness, for
should think it would take three or four
| days 10 get over that miserable way OF
Sundaying. Ii seemed more like an
American Fourth of July than a Chris
| tian Sabbath.
Now, in contrast, 1 present one Of the
Sabbaths in one Of our best American
cities. Holy silence coming down with
the day dawn. Business men more de-
| liberately looking into the faces Of their
oh nd 10 70 he,
present and future welfare Men sit
longer at the table in the morning be-
cause the stores are not TO be opened,
and the mechanical tools are not 10 be
taken up. \ hymn is sung. There are
congratulations and good cheer all
through the house. The street silent un-
til 10 O'Clock. when there is a regular,
! orderly tramp churchward. Houses Of
God, vocal with Thanksgiving for mer-
| cies received with prayers for comfort.
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 ten years younger. better pre-
pared for the duties OF this life, better
prepared for the life that is to come.
Wrong to Employees.
Which do you like best-the American
Sabbath or the Partisan Sabbath? Do
| you know in what boat the Sabbath
| came across the seas and landed on our
shores? 1t was the Mayfiower. Do you
! know In what boat the Sabbath will
leave US If 1t ever goes. 1t will be in the
| ark that floats over deluge Of national
| destruction.
Still further. | protest against the in
| vasion Of the Lords day because il
| wrongs vast multitude of employees of
| their rest. The play actors and actresses
| can have their rest between their engage
ments, but how about the scene shifters
| Vulnerable attendants and supernumer-
| aries OF the American theater? Where
| is their Sunday TO come from? They are
| paid small salaries at the best. Alas for
| them! They appear on the stage In tin
| sci and tassel, with halberds. or in gauze
| whirling in toe tortures. and they might
be mistaken for fairies or queens, but
after II o'clock at night you may see
| them trudging through the streets in
| faded dresses, shivertng and tired a
| bundle under their arms. seeking their
| homes in the garrets and cellars OF the
1 city. Now, you propose to take from
| thousands Of these employees throughout
| this country, not only all opportunity OF
| moral culture, but all opportunity of
| physical rest. For heavens sake, let the
| crushing juggernaut stop at least one
| day i'm seven.
War on Spiritual Welfare.
Again. l oppose this modern invasion
of the Christian Sabbath because IL is
a war the spiritual welfare of the