The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-07-11

diamond is the soul. For the two former
you propose six days OF opportunity, while
you offer no opportunity at all for the last.
which is in value as compared with the
others like S100, 900, 900, 900 to one farthiog
Besides you must not forget that ntns-tenths
AYE, ninety-nine one-hun1re1tts-of all
the Christian efforts Of this country are put
forth on the Lords day. Sunday Is the day
on which the asylums and hospitals an l ths
prisons are visited by Christian men. Taat
Is the day when the youth Of our country
get their religious inform ltion in Suntay
schools. That Is the day when ths most OF
the charities are collected. That ls the day
when, under the blast OF $4,000 American
pulpits. the sin OF the lani Is assaulted and
men are summoned to repent. Waen you
make war upon any part OF Go Is day, you
make war upon the asy!u MS, AMI the psni-
tentaries. AMI the hospitals, and the reform
associations, and the homes OF the destitute.
and the church OF the living God, which is
the pillar and the groun1 Of the truth.
am opposed to the invasion OF the Sab
bath because 1t Is a war Oh our political tu-
stitutions. When the Sabbath goes down,
the republic goes down. Men who a7e no:
willing to obey Gods Law in regar1 to Sab
bath observance are not tit to govern them
selves. Sabbath breaking means dissoIute-
ness, and disso!uteness is Incompatible with
France. After awhile they got e republic,
but one day Napoleon ILL.,, with his cavalry.
rode through the streets, and down wsattha
republic under the Gathering hoofs. They
have a republic there again, but France
never will have O permanent republic until
she quits her roistering Sabbaths and devotes
one day In every week to the recognition OF
God aud sacred institutions. Abolish the
Sabbath, and you abolish your religious
privileges. Let the bad work 90 on, and you
have 'the commune" and you have 1.-THE
revolution" and you have the sun ofnational
prosperity going down in darkness and
blood. From that reign OF terror may the
God of peace deliver US.
Still further, am opposed to this Invasion
OF the Sabbath because 1t Is unfair and 1t Is
partial. While secular amusenents in dif-
ferent cities are allowed to ba open on the
Sabbath day, dry goods establishments must
be closed, aud plumbing establishments. and
the butchers. and the bakers. and the shoe
makers. and the hardware stores. Now, tell
me by what law OF Justice you can compel a
man to shut the door Of his store while you
keep open the door of your worldly estao-
lishment. May 1t please your honors,
judges OF the supreme court. II you give to
secular places the right to be open on the
Sabbath day, you have to give, at the same
time, the right to all commercial establish
ments to be open, and to all mechanical es-
Establishments to be open. If 1t is right In the
one case, it is right in all the cases.
But we are told that they must get money
on Sabbath nights in order to pay the deficits
OF the other nights OF the week. Now. ip
answer to that say that II the men cannot
manage their amusements without breaking
the Lords day they had better all go into
bankruptcy together. We will never surren-
der our Christian Sabbath for the purpose OF
helping these violators to paytheir expenses.