The herald., 1896-07-13
It Is . question Of law and princi-

Ice" It isa question Of law ana princi-
The Rev. DR.. next refers to the Son Of
God and the devil, and classes himself
and the wage earners on the one side and
the 'protestants'' on the other side
Lords day." as he calls Sunday. The
REV. Dr." should know that the word
Sunday does not occur in the Bible. nor
is It anywhere called Hts day" by the
Lord. The seventh day is tho Lords
day. az He said, HE is lord of the Sab
bath day. The Seventh Day Adventists
were the originators of the protest, so
they were not doing unworthy work of
their allies but were standing up for
the rights Of all men under the constitu-
tion.
Seventh Day Adventists go even fur
ther than the Methodists on the liquor
and tobacco questions; they would pro-
hibit the sale Of both entirely seven days
a week instead of on only one day.
He said: ION all questions of pro-
tecting the poor mans right to a uniform
day Of rest, these people always stand
cheek by jowl with the vicious, law
breaking and humanity running"
deny this statement, and assert that the
Seventh Day Adventists stand alone as
people in these United States, and the
whole world, for true civil and religious
liberty as guaranteed by the constitu-
not need any more religious protection
than he has; 1t Is the religious charac-
ter the preachers are trying to inject in
to Sunday that needs protection. and
they are using the working man for q
catspaw to cover their chestnut with
protection.
He said: There was preacher back
ed by a company Oh his people to amen
him through, while he pleaded against
any law or ordinance guaranteeing q
uniform day of rest unto those who
without such an ordinance can COM
and who declared openly that these
working people would be better Off with
out any day of rest"
I deny that there are any people who
cannot command day of rest without
a city ordinance to that effect. The sta
working an employe more than six con-
secutive days. eSe statutes 1893, page
54 chapter Al, sections l, 8.
The statement that these people would
be better off without day Of rest should
be prefixed by the word many" as 1t is
well known that many do use Sunday
for day Of pleasures and dissipation,
and they would be better off at work on
Sunday
AS to SeventhDayAdventist demand
ing the privilege Of reforming the earth
they demand no such privilege, but
would persuade men to reform them
The expression the REV. Dr." uses
might be applied more appropriately to
himself and his ministerial crowd than
to any one else. He says: THE early
Christians who made the day of the
kept both Saturday and Sunday" This
l deny. and demand the proof, or that
they had any power or authority to
make sacred days, for themselves or
any one else. They simply apostatized
when they gave up the seventh day.
want to deprive anyone of their day Of
rest" nor could they If they would
and the Rev. Dr's," insinuation that
they do is nearer truN of himself and his
allies than any one Nlse, and as to re-
forming the world, the Seventh Day Ad-
ventists do not expect to do that at this
late date. If they succeed in reforming
themselves they viii do well, as they |
were many Of them Sunday keepers"
themselves, but having become con-
verted to the truth, are trying to live !
up to 1t, and don't want to be harrassed |
by unjust Sunday laws.
When Seventh Day Adventists cry
religious persecution" it is generally
true, as is admitted by many besides
themselves, and the REV. Dr." Wilson
has the presumption to publicly de-
nounce the principle of justice placed |
in every true man as "sickly sentiment
tality." This would, no doubt, be the
proper definition of the spirit of those
who would listen to such talk and try
to fasten upon the public the doctrine Of
Sunday sacredness and ordinances pro-
tecting it.
He says: Let them simply observe
the law set for the protection Of public
morals" Hold on Mr., or rather REV.
Dr." the law has not been set yet. The
1 - C-l g. l.
recently handed down a decision that
the state Sunday law which the preach
ers got through the legislature for the
BARRIERS was unconstitutional, because
1t was "class legislation" This work.
Ing mans Sunday law that you are try
ing to put through the council is but
"a toad out of the same puddle" and !