New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-30

THE REV DR.. WILLIAM r. HUNTINGTON
on THE SUNDAY QUESTION.


| Church took the topic OF his sermon last night
Ought cities TO Make Sunday Laws" This subject
was chosen at the request OF the New-Nork SAD
bath Committee and attracted large NUMBER OF
people the church At o'clock the centre OF inc
church was nsd and soon afterward people were
unable 10 obtain any more seats Or. Huntingtons
text was Proverbs xxi. q, Remove not the ancient
I landmark which thy fathers have set" lie said In
part
! That this mandate has its limitations Is no res-
son for our refusing to give heed 10 H. Doubtless
! there do come times when ancient landmark have
! TO be removed. former prccedents reversed estap-
| but the wise and prudent are slow about affirming
| IN any given instance that the moment for change
The man with the sponge mus, make out his case
with the hammer may be right. but let him show
that he IL before he strikes. To preserve ancient
once wiped out or battered down and those to whom
threatened fabric Is dear can saw tsancs
| There exists among us venerable social lnsrn-
tuition known as th1 Weeky he esIrsra ue arcen,ed
modern name is sunday; The essence OF ne h
home OF God OF one-seventh portion OF time, as
time IL reckoned by days for absolute lmi n l
shs s to aensd sth the first or the last day
Inc week ~ a subordinate question. The discovery OF
the phsry g OF i asS Ga" Wsehe the me thus
| narfitIoned or and sheltered shall be devoted TO
commonly called going TO church. Is another SUD
ordinate question. important ] grant YOU I'M
the comparative Sunday. 50 long as men refrain
from toll make 10 consasIf Of ne spyentS dav
not OF day number seven, The great rac, ! am
asking you TO observe Is the existence OF the INST.
tut- Of the Weekly Rest as such the SUNDAY Here
is. a most noteworthy feature o. modern ne an an
actual present possession 4 thing in hand on
what principle by what methods ought we az Ies
sonable men. TO deal with - - such Dus,ness -
notice as the following. for instance good way OF
Until further notice these works will run from
Refusal to comply with this request VIII be ground
| for immediate discharge.
TIE rssr.E CONFRONTING WORKERS.
| have said this much with view TO helping. II
can 10 clear the issue which Just is confront
! ing the people Of New-York. That the issue has
| become very badly ohscursd there can be no man
! ner OF doubt some under the impression natu-
| rally enough that It ia the so-called Temperance
| question with which are called 20 deal. others
persuaded that the principle at STAKE is the AM all
| important one OF the supremacy 81 la" ths uuy
OF sworn officers OF the State 20 enforce the STATE
sp at sny r rns hank God been SCI at rest We
| are no longer pestered by the vicious proposition
| that laws are enacted rather with view OF snenc-
| Ing the murmurs OF the good than for the purpose
| of restraining the passions Of the pad we now
| sure o. that municipal law, where there is VIII
| behind IT. be- made almost az effective as the
Equally evident is II when We look facts in the face
thai - not the tenpeFancs gue.noh s he con
pete suppression OF the sale Of intoxcants II con
! Temperance legislation. II II would be properly so
! called must aim at covering all days.
No the question really at the fore Is the sunday
question An attack X making upon the Immunities
OF the weekly rest as those Tnmunities nave peeh
defined by usage and by law II so happens thai IN IN
sprung Up In the al3rteF known as me liquor IN.
! but there other points from which the assault
| might just as naturally come
The speaker said that Sunday was much Ike be-
eaguered fortress with the giants OF eeishness and
the gaunt one who swears by money and the
| b,oated one who swears by measure" con-
federated enemies He said the points he proposed
making were that Sunday Observance was no mere
speciality OF the Hebrew code. survival OF dis
credited Puritansm. but essential and per
manent feature OF Christian morality The people
OF New-York living under Christian morality.
! Therefore legislation which infringes i'm
pnges upon the weekly rest. he said. should only
ernanate from the body with which sovereignty is
! lodged and never become subject 10 purely munich
pal control or what is popularity known local
option"
He then defined VIVA; Christian morality is accord
ing to the holy writer's The protected rest day IL
as essential a part Of that morality as the law OF
monogamy or the NV OF property ne said and
cited the story % Jesus Christ rebuking the men
who by hair-splitting and pettifoggng turned the
day from blessing into curse.
Or Huntington said further.
give hopeless the OF those who vii
never be convinced that this Republic IL chris,
nave to be recognized in an amendment to the
Constitution II ANYBODY is convinced that 1,, al,
states OF America under existing conditions. let
other sort Of morally than the Christian. and he
will presently discover his error few years ago
OF noon. for few days. In Union Square. the
disturbed and the tratic o. the square went on as
b haq Mos4 Standard Of iC b
rity az II IL understood in Constantnope. a
Moslem standard Of justice az ii is understood in
ne discovered
the standard OF morals IN this State is the Chris
tian standard and none other.
A WARNING AGAINST PARTISAN WAR CRIES
Much dust has been thrown in our eyes by talk
about home rule for cities taking phrase but
which under system o; government Ike
is fun OF peril Municipal ordinances bearing upon
the details OF civic administration may properly
enough be- l,ft 10 The municipalities themselves 10
make and to execute bat ONLY the people in their
Ian take IN hand great moral law and say
that he application OF SUNDAY law 70 great cities In
contrast with small towns and villages admits Of
tight to ADAPT the power to noiify lies where ths
sovereignty lies. and nowhere else That right. that
Syn' u Vr Ycr n, morn III r,l Sor 81 ' ~
give us Continental Sunday In New YORK., a
in Rochester and Buffalo why not by parity OF
Utica and another IN Syracuse one law OF divorce
Let beware OF allowing ourselves to be either
csjoled scared by the war cries OF political par
tlsanship when great moral principles at stake.
Just now IT is the fashion 10 hout the opinion
OF the rural portion o. the Commonwealth N Ques-
lions where tho interests OF cities are involved.
But what reason is there for thinking that the
jewellers In streets eth.cally much more
highly cultured than the dwel.ers farms? For
my par confess that ! would rather entrust the
DOS TIMES o. the city % New-YOrk 10 the ycOmanry
OF the State ~ New York than to leave IL In the
hands OF constituency which is sad % contain
compact body OF 5000 men, who can counted
nan RuJ mi. is neifher here nor there have
not been arguing the question upon basis %
political expedlencF. or With View 10 electoral
proba, tes To one who is trying 10 he preacher
OF righteousness for righteousness sake. II ought
matter whether the reasons he urges make In
favor OF party another. Are they sound
they not? Tina, is the main point.
nay. II - the on.y point.
Mr. DIXON on THE SYRACUSE PLATFORM