The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-16
TALKED ON TIMELY SUBJECTS.
REV. A. VI. WILLIAMS ON SUNDAY
REST, ARMENIANs AND THE
JEWS.

He Gives f. HOpISinsOn Smith n Dig
on His Armenian Views-He Be
Iieves in One Day Out of Seven for
Rest From WOrk-He Does Not
Fear Any Danger From the Re-
vivaI of the Anti-Semitic Qucs-
ton.
Rev. A. NJ. Williams, at Wesley Monu-
mental church, presented some thoughts
last night on three interesting topics, the
Sunday question, the Armenian question
and the Jewish question. His text was
from Matthew, 1921: 'In Christ Shall the
Nations Hope"
The central thought of the universe is
Christ, he said. In him is the fitness of
God. All Gods plan, thought, love and
direction are summed up in Jesus and
condensed in him.
mo question is settled to the Christian
till it is compared with the thought of
Jesus and the clear light of his love illu-
inmates it. The firm faith of his follower
is that the righteousness and love of Je-
sus must pervade all life. That it must
ultimately transfuse and transform life
until it becomes Christian. I hold this po-
sition in no technical sense and make no
party claim for him, but look upon it in
the moral world like do on the chemical
rays of the sun on the maiden's cheek or
the violet bud.
My attention has been directed to three
subjects that 1 desire to illuminate with
this light They are different. but their
unity is in the oneness of human justice
and love as inspired by Jesus. The first
one is the invasion of the workingman's
Sunday. There was a sheer of a certain
state in certain newspaper last week
for interfering with the transportation Of
freight through that state on Sunday.
friend on the Bay tells me that along the
entire river front all the labor of the week
is not suspended. Now, Christ saws the
Sabbath is made for man. The laboring
man needs a rest day.
L DO not ask for a Jewish Sabbath
DO not ask for Puritan Sabbath I do
not contend for a Christian Sabbath. That
must come from the individuals choice
and demands, positive rather Than mega
tive offices. But 1 do believe that human
greed should pause one day and give
every man possible a day of quiet; a day
Wnen he can worship God, if he CLOSES.
without loss; day when he can belong
TO his Wife and children.
Inc growing encroachment on that day
IS one OF the dangerous drifts of the
times. The Christian must not surrender
Let no mystifcation or excuse cause him
60 compromise. Let us reduce to the least
possible extent the labor performed Let
US demand a careful execution of all the
laws.
The next question that engages our
attention is the relation of the American
Christian to the oppressed Armenian The
question has aroused new interest by
Gladstone's speech and the article of Mr.
f. Hopkinson Smith. The latter desires
TO advertise hiself as of that class that
beneve in the redemption of the devil
the Vindication of Judas Iscariot. the as
persion of George Washington and Inc
making hero of Benedict Arnold. He
is the man that calls our missionaries an
drchlsts ana throws contempt over the
unseitish heroism of Clara Barton.
Mr.. Smith nny furnish food to cynics,
but he will not stay the augmenting Chris
tan sentiment that demands the relief of
Armenia and the putting of these people
on basis where such atrocities will be
forever again impossible
The facts are clearly established. the
Armenians have suffered in a way to cloud
the closing years of this nineteenth CEN
tury. The duty of the Christian American
is relief of immediate necessities coon
Grafton in such a settlement of theNTurlx-
ish question as is possible, and will place
the government on just basis for all fu-
ture time.
The last question is the revival of the
anti-Semetic agitation, the growth of
recent organization, the development of
sentiment and the growth of antagonisms
in our own midst. There is no danger of
any real injury to the Jews, but a man has
a right to the good opinion of his fellow
citizens as well as proper treatment
Jesus teaches that man should be dealt
with in love. The law of love- which he
personified. and taught, demands that he
should love the Jews as well as Chris
tians.
THE evils charged against the Jews are
not Jewish, but human; they are Adamic.
not Semitic. Concentrate your thought
on any people, and you can make a bad
showing and impart truthful one These
movements are all unwise. They concen-
trate the Jews and delay the era of uni
versal fraternity and the blessings that
come from this brotherhood"