The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-31
REFUSE TO CONDEMN.
Preachers Have a Field Day on
the Sunday Newspaper.
ORTHODOX VIEW ATA DISCOUNT
A Pioneer Editor Among Them De-
lends Newspapers-Mr.T Temples
Warm Words of Praise.

9ecl OF al animated discussion at the min
listers meeting held in the Y. II. C. A. hall
yesterday morning, and a motion condemn
ing Sunday papers was finally tabled. Rev.
w. T. Ford opened by stating his oppos.-
ton not only 10 receiving the Sunday pa
per in his home, but also to the insertion
or any advertisements relating TO church
work This position was taken, he sad.
because ne did not believe newspaper men
should be compelled to work on the Lord :
day. The matter contained in the Sunday
issue was also objected 10. the speaker cit
ing an Instance where two columns, side
by side. contained church notices and an
account OF a priZe6ght- IT have no use for
the Sunday newspaper" he exclaimed,
land consider it the greatest menace 10
our literature
Rev. ". III. HOWE inaorsed Nr. Fori's
stand and said he had never taken the
Sunday paper nor read the church notices.
lie took radical exceptions, he said, TO the
report IN Mondays Post-Intelllgencer Of
DIR. Temples Sunday sermon, believing the
statements illogical and the comparisons
!napt. he first took the following sentence:
He blew trumpet blast against the vio-
lation OF the Sabbath not so much in the
actual printing Of paper on that day as
the kind Of a paper usually issued Sunday
morning" and said he objected just as
strongly to the work done IN the Issuance
as TO the matter Issued. When he referred
IN a questioning tone to the little paper
published each Saturday in the Congrega-
tional church. Mr.. Temple exclaimed in a
rather sharp tone:
a Religious sunday Paper
Yes. and / have come with me-" taking
as he spoke bundle OF the papers from
his pocket aud distributing them.
Mr.. Howie answered Mr.. Temples state
ment that he could not subscribe for the
daily without including the Sunday issue,
though he never read anything but the
church notices, by saying that II IL was
right 10 take the paper 1t was right TO read
il, and as for the other point, he managed
to take the daily himself without the Sun
day. He closed, exhorting the ministers
TO stand firmly against the EVIL since
its existence would undermine all their en-
deavors at Sunday reform.
Rev. j. ". Smith did not take the Or
thodox view and drew distinction between
the sin Of laboring on Sunday, which IS
the first day Of the week, and Saturday.
which is the seventh. on the technical
ground that the old commandment Thou
shalt not labor. etc." was directed against
the latter, and ~ nowhere changed in the
New Testament. He doubted very mucn
whether their opposition would have much
influence anyway.
Rev NJ A Covington thought the moral
attributes OF the seventh day had been
transferred to the Lords day, which "a
now observed, and was amenabl9 to tho
spirit of the Mosaic law. He said he had
read a 42-page edition OF the Sunday World
and had the trash and useless matter been
eliminated, not more than half page
would have remained. Both the labor done
and the matter issued were Objectionable
to him.
4 Recurring Question.
Rev. Daniel Bagley caused much amuse-
rnent by saving that the discussion of the
Sunday newspaper came UP every ten
years. just as every other question had an
agitation every decade. AS far as the trash
in the papers was concerned, ne SAID X
was no worse than everything else, you
have 10 drink gallon OF water 70 get
mint OF milk" He said he used 10 publish
n religious paper and the ministers were
60 anxious TO have their entire sermons
printed each week that he had TO send
over TO Olympia every Saturday and Dor
row a stock OF 'T's'' and Yves" Hearty
laughter greeted his assertion that he had
'.stolen Brother Davis Sunday paper one
morning and Il wasn't very long before he
made a row about IL
Rev. Clark Davis replied 10 this sally
with a statement that he had not taken
the paper for years. and thought the sun
dav issue detracted from church attend
ance PIE thought Il contrary not only to
2
Ieved the sale Of paper or Sunday could
be prohibited.
4 Few Glass Houses smashed.
Rev. W. IT. C. Temple defended the ar
tscle criticised by Mr.. HOWE, and praised
the representative Of the -Tnte!l-gencer
who vas present at his church Sunday
night for the correctness OF the report.
~ saw him sitting al the table before me"
he said. and as I watched his flying PEN
ell. realized that l was the involuntary
cause Of MS laoo~iuy on the sabbath As
70 the church notices, ne sad ne would
prefer uaysng TO have them N saturday
than get them IN free on Sunday. lie
thought they should Re in some time, Il
only for the purpose Of purifying the char
acter OF the reading matter. lie asked
why II was not just as much Of III 70
take milk on Sunday as the paper, sinfs
the delivering must Re done In the morn
ing. In closing. he referred 70 the element
% antacon{sTn and distrust that had cr-pt
into the discussion and begged that mora
tolerance 10 shown Tor views that might
conflict with ther own.
4 motion that 81 be recorded "a the sense
ot fhe meeting that the Sunday paper.
as Il now exists. meets Win our con-
derr4~atfon" was heartily opposed BY Mr..
DAVIS. who thought X any acton were to
ken AZ al. Il should he against the puoH-
eaton og g paper Of any KIND whatsoever.
The motion vas finally lad on the taa'e
tv a unanimous vote.
A letter received by Chairman g. II. Lee
from tire well-krowD union evangelist,
Mai Hilton. processing 70 hold union ge-
y-ysl meetings here was read. and after
some discussion s. committee vas APPOINTED
70 hives. gate ana formulate reply.
4 number % visiting pastors We're pres
ert Yesterday. among them beng Rev. =.
= Nfls. * me HoQuiam Pres sy-er.l1
ehr-ra. and Dr. sample. e. PORT Towns ~.