New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-18
AGAINST SUNDAY OPENING.
THE LIQUOR QUESTION DISCUSSED FROM
MANY PULPITS
THE REV Or HALL EX-JUDGE NOAH DAVIS. THE
REV r. G. fGLEHART. JOHN +. PARSONS.
THE REV. DIR. ArrERBURY AND
OTHERS SPEAK.

THE REV. DR. ATrERBURY AND
OTHERS SPEAK.
The Rev John Hall Ex-Judge Noah Davis. the
Rev. Or. James VI. King. \. j. Palmer and the Kew
Ferdinand G. Igehar;. pastor OF the Eighy-siXth-st
Methodist Episcopal Church, took part last evening
In a meeting at that church IN the interests OF
Sunday closing. The church crowded.
Dr. Hall said. among other things: Intelligence
Is greater in the rural districts than In the cities
You can get more work out of a man and beast By
working six than by working seven days II Is bet
ter for the physical well as the mental health
to observe the Sabbath Day. The most intelligent
people arc those who keep this day holy the
proper oh. ervancc Of the day strengthens ard en-
Ughtens 4 people. As TO the saloons being opened
in the interests 81 the working people. cannot
bring nay mind 10 believe that this would be an
advantage"
Referring to the charge that the present excise
laws kept poor people from enjoying the advan-
tages accorded 70 the rich. DR.. Hall said:
Suppose the A0OOoG0 or &O0O0.00O used in build
ing saloons and consumed in the saloons were used
In building homes, would IT not prove more 81 al
advantage 10 the poor
Said ex-Judge Davis:
felt that the last election was great t
triumph of virtue. justice and truth then n Iett
down upon the saloon. From my thirty years OF
judicial experience | pronounce that eIghtitentns
something which virtue must make eternal
warfare. What was my astonishment to mn IN, Inc
more liberal excise laws BY what right have the
liquor Interests Of al ayocau 9 TO AK 6 nG rss s
when il applies equally J read OF a mass-heeS-
dressed bv two cIergymen. Ny Cod What reason
can these people give for advocating open saloons
on Sunday?
THE Latest Bid for Sunday Saloon Patronage"
was the title which the Rev J. V. Saunders OF the
Seventh Street Methodist Episcopal Church, gave
to his sermon OF last night at that chnrch. lie ex-
pressed his surprise at and condemnation of Thurs
day nights Cooper Union meeting, when Sunday
opening was favored and the appearance there or
two clergymen lie said in part;
We have lived - see and hear something that
must put blush on every Christian cheek ana
bring sadness 10 every Christian near evor attended
was on last Thursday evening In the large haH OF
few women nearly ali Of whom were evidently
I'm favor Of an open saloon on Sunday. me meeuHs
ing the saloons on sunday ana IN IaVor ot oie,ns
them, and srAngest OF AL two prominent ctIEEs
this city. the chief speakers ana advocates oi
this so-caled reform. .,., anal. that
could not believe the announcement that they were
10 sneak 50 ! determined go and near t)r my
one OF tho reverend gentlemen was INTRODUCED;
and declared himself "a opposed 20 All WRONG anu
an open sunday saloon. After him. the Reverend
Doctor spoke in the same strain ana IN ABOUT 'ng
u" Putting The speakers and the audience together
Conduit help thinking Of the condition of lsr9 81
i,,e, hefora rs doom: a wonderful and horrible
thing is committed in the land the prophets
I know what came OF Jerusalem-national ruin.
disgrace and overthrow-and the same would como
to-day In his land if the clerical speakers OF
Coopsr Institute last Thursday night represented
the Christian ministry Of our city or country; but
thank Col. they do not. only two OF them joining
hands with the Sahbath-breaklng' hquoF-IoNlhS
am keenly panied to realize that any, minister
Of any honored church IN the city saop o SO i ar
for moment to clasp hands with the aiders ana
abettors of 50 great an iniqui'y as the irluo'
traffic.
The Sunday liquor question was the topic for
discussion last evening at the Church of the Divine
Paternity Forty-hfth-st. and Fifth-ave the SPEAK
ers were John r. Parsons, the weh-kno"n lawyer
| ana the Rev DR. Atterbury. secretary Of the Sab
| bath Commission OF NeV-York Mr.. Parsons was
| the first speaker He called attention first 10 the
| law covering the Sabbath. 1t had been law FOR
| ages and was established in England years ago
! The seventh day was essentially a day for rest
The persons who came TO church were not the ones
who hed the prisons or almshouSeS, ana thsreiore
their wishes In the community shouid nave IesPS,I
Whether the day should be spent religfously. MI
Parsons contended, was not the question:, II 49,
whether the good Of the community demanded rest
The Rev Dr. Atterbury followed Mr. Parsons,
and he conended that the right for quiet S2bbatn
se1f 8 mans rights in community depended
upon the rights of the community IN which ne lived
rihces for the benefit Of the many: He stated that
those in favor of the SUNDAY opening Saye as heia
stood ready 10 stand or fall upon it. Merely be
cause those who resided in the First Ward wanteC
The sabbath open and a day Of worldly enjoyment
was not A sufficient that other portions or
the city should be compelled to submit 10 it, whether
they wished not.
In c.osing Or At,erbury soundly scored the Rev
Drs Ransford and Rylance for the statements at
trlbuted to them at meeting in Cooper Union or
Thursday NIGHT last He said they had not lived
no TO their early teachings. He was surprised 10
think that minister OF the Gospel would be guilty
of such remarks. How they could stand and sup
port the saloon man was more than he cou.d
athOm. -,
Eighteenth Street Methodist Church. yesterday also
ATTACHED the Rev DR.. Rainsford and the Rev. Dr..
R,.,ance for speaking at the Cooper Union mass
meeting in favor Of sunday opening lie was
loudly appauded when he closed his sermon with
the Statement that If he had money he would es-
tab!ish a cub for women. where they could escape
from household cares. -
The Roy Or Louis \. Banks Of the Hanson
Plac. Methodist Episcopal Church. Brooklyn. also
preachcd against the sunday opening Of the liquor