Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-06-30


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A Robber of Wages.
The prophet asks question which l
can easily answer, will man rob
God?" Yes They robbed him last Sun
day night at the theaters and the opera
houses, and I charge upon them the in
famous and high handed larceny. hold
the same opinion us sailor I have heard
of. Tho crew had been discharged from
the vessel because they would not work
while they were in port on the Lords
day. The captain went out to get sailors.
Ho found one man, and he said to him,
"Will you serve me on the Sabbath?'
mo. "Why not?" We'll. F" replied
tho old sailor, "a man who will rob
God Almighty of his Sabbath would rob
me of my wages if he got chance. "
Suppose you were poor, and you came
to q dry goods merchant and asked for
some cloth for garments, and he should
say, "I'll give you six yards, and
while he was off from the counter and
binding up tho six yards you should go
behind tho counter and steal one add1-
tional yard That is what every man
does when he breaks the Lords 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 dcsecra-
ton of the Sabbath by secular entertain
mcnts because it is 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
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
dramatic performance or any perform
ance of jugglers acrobats or rope dane
ing.
Was there ever a palmer enactment
than that? Who made the law? You
who at tho ballot boxes decided who
should go to Albany and sit in the leg
islaturo; you who in any region exer-
else the right of suffrage. They made
the law for you and for your families,
and now I say that any man who at
tempts to override that law insults you
and mo and every man who has tho
right of suffrage
4 Foreign War.
Still further, protest against the In
yasion 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 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 foreign war, and yet l
have to tell yousthat this invasion Of
God S holy fs.ssy L d Foreign war
AS among our own native born popu-
iation 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 I'M
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: I'VE
shall not give it up We mean to defend
it rs long as there is left any strength
in our arm or blood i'll 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 for our children
forever q pure, consecrated, Christian,
American Sabbath.
Twill make comparison between the
American Sabbath, as some of you have
known it, and the Partisan Sabbath. 1
speak from observation. On Sabbath
morning 1 was aroused in Paris by q
great sound in the street. Isaid, What
is this?" "Oh," they said 'this is Sum
day" An unusual rattle OF vehicles Of
all sorts. Theyoices seemed more bolster
Gus than Oh other days. Peoplerunning
to and fro, with baskets or bundles, to
get to the rail trains or gardens. 1t
seemed as if all the vehicles i'll Paris, OF
whatever sort, had turned ont for the
holiday. The Champs Elysees one great
mob of pleasure seeking people. Bal
looms flying Parrots chattering. Foot
balls rolling. Peddlers hawking their
knicklmacks 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
theaters 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 l stood and watched the
excursionists coming home tagged out
men, women and children, a gulf stream
of fatigue, irritability and wretched-
ness, for 1 should think it would take
three or four days to get over that mis-
cradle way of Sundaying. 1t seemed
more like an Americana Fourth of July
than Christian Sabbath.
The Puritanic Sabbath.