The Baptist headlight., 1894-07-11

!! Ihe Lord has right to rula tba 10
Lions and make the enactment stPa 1,a
member the Sabbath dav to kean !,
nolY, and if there is anv annea1 r. . .
!n.lgher court from that decision anG
4 i Cne men VINO are warrinp apainst
1hat enactment are not guilty Of hi1h
treason against the Maker of heaven
and earth They have in our cities
puI 1Od on trial 1t has been the
1heaters and the opera houses. nlain-
Tits, versus the Lord Almighty, de-
lenoant. The suit has been begun.
ana VINO shall come out ahead Won
AnoM. Whether 1T be popular or un-
popular, now announce it as nv onin-
aon tnaI the people have no rights
saye those WHICH the great Jehovah
[lgnG " man to break his holy Sab
path, and as long as his throne Stands
he never Will give that RIGHT.
Mean Thing.
Ihe prophet asks question which T
can easily answer, "Will a man rob
God:" 4es. They robbed him last
Sunday night at the theaters and the
opera houses, and [ charge upon them
the infamous and high handed larceny
| holQ the same opinion as sailor T
nave heard of. The crew had been
discharged from the vessel because
they would not work while they were
IA port on the Lords day The cap
caln went out to get sailors. He found
one man, and he said to him, ",Nill
you serve me on the Sabbath:" NO"
'Wh ny 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 chance"
suppose you were poor, and you came
70 dry goods merchant and asked
hlm for some cloth for garments, and
he should say, Fiji give YOU six wards ,
and while he was off from the counter
binding up the six yards you should 90
behind the counter and steal one ad-
dltlonal yard. That is what everv
man does when he breaks the Lords
Sabbath. God gives us six days out of
seven, reserving one for himself. and
II you Will not let him have it it is
mean beyond all computation. .aesas
Again, | am opposed to this desecra-
tlon Of the Sabbath by secular enter
talnments because it is war on the
statutes OF most Of the States. The law
ln 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. anv
interlude, tragedy, comedy, opera,
ballet. play, farce, negro minstrelsy.
negro or other dancing, or any other |
entertainment Of the stage, or any part
or parts therein, or any equestrian.
circus, or dramatic performance, or anv
performance Of jugglers, acrobats, or
rope dancing"
was there ever palmer enactment
than that? Who made the law? You
who at the ballot boxes decided who
should 60 to Albany and sit in the
you who in any region
the right of suffrage. They
made the law for YOU and your fam
lies, and now say that any man who
attempts to override that law insults
you and me and every man who has
5he right Of suffrage.
Foreign Invasion.
Still further, | protest against the
INVASION of the Sabbath because it is a
oreign war. Now, if you heard at
his moment the booming of gun in
he harbOr, or if a shell from some
oreign frigate should drop into your
street, would you keep your seats in
'hurch? You would want to face the
oe, and every gun that could be man
Iged would be brought into use, and
very ship that could be brought out
# the navy yard would swing from her
anchorage, and the question would be
ecided. You do not want foreign I
var, and yet have to tell YOU that !
his invasion Of Gods holy day is a !
Oreign war. |
AS among Oul own native born pOpu-
alton there are two classes-the good {
nd the bad-so it is with people who |,
ONE from other shores there are the l
NV abiding and the lawless. The /
Drmer are welcome here. The more
| them the better we like it. But let |
OF the lawless come from 9th er shores h
XDecting to break down our Sabbath \
nd institute in the place Of it a foreign :
abbath. a
How do you feel, We who have been il
rOught up amid the hills of New Eng p
nd, about giving up the American y
abbath: We who spent your childhood |;
nder the shadow Of the Adirondacks "
the Catskills; We who were born on o
le banks of the Savannah or Ohio or Il
RECON, how do YOU feel about giving n
B the American Sabbath: You say: Ia
We shall not give it up. We mean o.
defend it as long as there is left any o.
rengtn in our arm or blood in our al
cart. Do not bring your Spanish Ia
lbbath here. DO not bring your "
allan Sabbath mere. Do not bring rt
Dur French Sabbath here. Do not sc
ing your foreign Sabbath here. 1t m
all be for Us and our children for /
Ter pure. consecrated, Christian, OF
merican Sabbath. III
Contrasts III
| will make a comparison between ~ ~
3 American Sabbath. as some of you u
- l-rau-, /. ana ~ po,;s;o, El re