The morning times., 1896-07-13
SABBATH OBSERVANCE.
Enforcement OF the Sunday Law Dis
cussed at Central Hall.

| SAB6Afa UbSENV ANNE.
Enforcement of the Sunday Law Dis
cuss6d at Central Hall.
A Sabbath observance meeting was held
| at Central Hall, On Pennsylvania avenue,
! bet tween Seventh, and Ninth streets north
west, yesterday afternoon. 1t began ut
f! $3.50 O'Clock with u praise service, con-
| Quoted by Mr.. Percy q. Foster III TINS
! city land participated in by section ID of the
! big choir.
For two hours the exercises continued, the
program Consisting OF II. isical and oiatcrical
| features, four able speakers appearing to
| plead for tile sanctity Of the Lords Day,
! aud thousands OF yocalists chanting HIS
| praises.
! The proceedings were in charge Of Treas
urer William Shaw OF the United Society
OF Christian Endeavur, resident OF bos-
| ton. who was unexpectedly assig ned To pre-
! side In the absence, caused by illness, OF
| Rev. DR.. Theodore L. Cuyler OF New York.
| 1r. Shaw made brief introductory
address, la which he expressed his regrets
| In respect TO Dr.. Cuyier's Illness, and then
announced the devotional exercises. This
service was led by Rev. j. Z. Gilbert
| OF this city. at the conclusion OF which
| Chairman Sha W introduced the first speaker.
| Mrs. Henry T. McEwen OF New York
| city.
Dissertation Of the Sabbath. whether by
| operating mines Oh that dag or bicycle
| riding for pleasure, OF by attending Sunday
concerts. was strongly condemned by Mrs.
McEwen.
"Or the 100000 who, according TO Il
| daily paper, were out OIL their wheels in
Greater New York on Sunday, June 81"
she asked. do you suppose that all were
Hebrews or that they all belonged to the
so-callcd working classes?
III you Ire Il Hebrew and devoutly keep
| the Jewish Sabbath, we shall not question
| your Sabbath observance; or if you are a
| Christian and keep the first day Of the
| week. we shall be satisfied
WOMAN ITS DEFENDER.
| Mrs. McEwcn said that God had no sooner
| Established tie home than he instituted
| the Sabbath-a significant as well as an
| important fact. The intimate reiati0n fc-
tween the hofne and the Sabbath is
woman's Justification for being the Sab
| baths defender.
That man would fall and that he would
| have 10 earn his bread by the sweat OF his
| brow did not surprise God, for He knew
| mans possibilities and his limitations Six
days Of continue Us toilin theanxious struggle
for bread was all that tie human frame
| could endure. In the battle OF life tie
needs of the body would stifle tie cry of
the soul. The physical would be provided
| for at the expense OF tie spiritual. For
these reasons 0od ordained that the Sab
bath should be Observed. The body Beeded
| 1t for rest. the soul for worship.
| The Fourth Commandments for llraces,
| for all times for the whole man In all the
| centuries since creation mans nature has
| notchanged. Webavc thesame weak bodies
| and tempted souls which were the portion Of
Adam and Eve.
Christian women WELD an influence which
| cannot be weighed or measured and women
| of vast wealth have a great responsibility
| upon them. fIt is to the women we ap-
peal" Mrs. McEwen said, against the con-
| tinentai. in behalf of the Christian Sabbath"
song, and thenext orator Rev. ]. b. Dawson
| of Milwaukee, Wis. was introduced.
| EFFECT OK WAGE FARMERS.
| MIR. Dawson referred to the sabbath as
"00rs bridgeover the cEasm between Christ
| and Christless swdge-earners."
Everybody Knows" he declared, that
| broad chasIn separates 4 large portion or
| the wage ca arIers from Christianity. 1tmay
not be deeper than in former years, but 1t
| is there" and lie advanced wopropositiOns
in reference to this chasn.
| The first was that tie Sabbath has been
made one occasion OF the terrible chasrn;
|
| which wage earDers may be led TO find and
| know Christ.
| He treated tie Sabbath as the most
| prominent outward representative OF Chris
| tianity and said that careless Christians
| often drive men from The Sabbath. Some
| content themselves with merely saying:
| Don't do that upon the Sabbath, because
| it is wicked Others often look or talk
as though the sacred day was a gloomy
| burden: again others have gone TO church
| while their employees in factory or kitchen
| were bound TO ceasc,css toll. Others by
riding on Sunday trains, going to the
! postoffice Sunda vs., asking tina their freight
| be transported ON the Sabbath. and in other
| similar ways have helped 10 hold others
| in bondage.
"Truly, the wage-eurners are crowdiDg
| the end of the bridge, but we must not
! let them stop there. They need Gods
soul rest still more than rest of body. So,
| then. the bridge must reach clear across the
| ciiasm.
I'VE cannot win men over this bridge
| unless they see the Sabbath law domiDat-
| ing our lives. and making the dag to us
| intensely holy and happy"
MADE FOR MAN.
| The other woaddresses were in line with
| the first, DR.. Alexander Alison Of New
| York and DR.. Wilbur F. Crafts OF this city
being the spea kers.
The former said: "n we really appre-
| ciated the force of the fourth Commandment.
| we would be able to decipher the full
| meaning of the saviour's words when he
said: The Sabbath was made for man,
| not man for the Sabbath
| "a healthy arousng on the part of all
who profess to be followers OF the meek
/ and lowiy Jesus will in the next decade
restore our fair Republic to its old-time
| devotion to Sabbath keeping. Then shall
we develop a true and abiding prosperity.
| Sabbath observance is more at the root
| of national prosperity than the questions
| OF tariff or finance. May we never for
| get that God only is the true statesman"
DIR. Crafts said the greatest peril is in
the breaches made by the Sunday papers,
the Sunday cycle and the Sunday trolley.
| The greatest hope in the reinforcements
| the citadel is receivingis from the Endeavor
| Societies who are coming to its defense
| with a shout.
The citadel referred to Is the Christian
| Sabbath citadel of Christian morality.
There was a very large audience, despite
| the heat OF the afternoon, and every good
point brought out by the speakers received
all the applause that the enthusiasm
| OF several THOUSAND people could manifest
| by Christian 'Endeavor methods. -,
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A Marine Sketch.
| Only a little mermaid,
Who perched on a cold, damp rock,
And wept as If her system
Had incurred u dreadful shock.
| "Alasi All, woet'' she blubbered,
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