The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-19
BREAKERS OF The SABBATH.
ElcQuent Sermon Of Dr.. Crafts at Broad
Street Church Sunday.
SALOONS AND SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS.
DR.. Crafts Denounced the Sunday Trains
and Papers as utterly Unnecessary, and
Also scored sellers Of Tobacco on sun
day- Gov. O'FerrAn Compiimenled.

| teudent OF the National Bureau or Re
| form, at Washington, 10 large congreSa-
ton. Or. Crafts suoJeSt was Inc
| Lords Day and the Rest Day.
DIR. starr introduced DR.. Crafts In a
few remarks. in which he paid the Doctor
| a graceful tribute ana heartily commend
~ 40 An ANCIENT SAW.
DR.. Crafts took bis text from Reveal
| ton. first chapter and tenth verse as
| follows: II was IN the spirit Of the Lord 5
| day" Holding in his hand a saw. v hich
| he had procured in Palestine, he explained
| that II was similar 10 the kind used IN
| the days Of the Carpenter or Nazareth,
| the founder OF the Church. lie explained
/ that 1t worked backwards, only cutting
! as IL was drawn towards the operator.
it's teeth pointing In but one direction.
Referring 10 his visit TO a knights OF
Labor convention, several yenrs ago, ne
took occasion to say that the lowest work
should not be desplsed and said that he
was never out " sympathy with the
workingman.
Continuing, the speaker said: THE
Lord day Is double star IN the
heavens. IL affords light Tor the weary
ana light for the sinful. In that grand
constellation there are four stars, namely.
the Lords day. the rest day. the home
day. and tho weekly Independence day.
Dr. Crafts SAID mat the differences
between capital and labor must be set
by revolution. He continued:
ANNUAL LABOR DAYS.
There are two annual labor days. one
in May and another In September, that
are the holidays OF the Workingman. Far
more important than these are the weekly
labor-dsys. the Ssbbaths
we have an annual indcpendence-day
1t would soon disappear but for the week
ly iudependonceday. when people meet to-
gether recognizing one Father.
The first star In this sabbath constel-
latiOn Is the Lords day. The second.
the North star, shines for the adjustment
OF Sunday slavery. The third. let me
again impress upon you, Is the home-day,
and the fourth. the highest VI all, is the
weekly indcpendence-day.
An invisible Lord calls n halt every
week for twenty-four hours Business.
politics. search for knowledge and pleas
ure are laid aside. Millions halt al the
command Of tbs Invisible King There is
nothing that 50 strongly shows the faith
IN Him as this.
THE Lords day IS the sign and en-
sign Of the Lord Jesus Christ and It's
Observance shows the love of Christ.
The sun, its color-bearer. waves over
every land. and people everywhere salute
It and lay aside toll To break the Sab
bath is to trample on this flag and on
Christ.
SALOON MANS TEMPTATION.
Many think that the saloon-keeDer
NAD Dptl4s llt DICK QoaI on the Clbbatl
IS the worst OF Sabbath breakers. lie IS
much less 20 blame than numbers who
talk about him. His temptation is the
strongest. He Is the only one who can
make money on the Sabbath day, while
tradesmen can make lust as much i'm
81 Shdays as In seven. and gain almost two
months Of rest days In year. The liquor
dealer by Sunday selling may increase his
income quarter more. ] have statistics
TO bear out this statement
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mischief"
The speaker next showed how the work
ingman VINO had 4 fondness for drink
curbed his appetite 10 save his position.
ana there being no restraint Saturday
evenings ana Sundays. he drank TO bis
hearts content In Scotland saloons were
now closed Saturday evenings and Sun
days. ana statistics showed that the con
sumption OF liquors had fallen of one
tourtn. lie considered three-fOurths OF n
poisoned loar better than a whole loaf
I'm scotland. under the new regime. crime
had fallen or seven-cighths.
LlQuOR-SELLERS GREED.
Reierrins to the sunday nQuOr-seller
again, Or. Crafts said that greed made
his temptation so great. Here he scored
the patron. saying that the buyer. who
entered the back door knowing IL 10 be
"a violation OF the law was like the bur-
glar who entered the house az midnight
by the means OF a jimmy.
DR.. Crafts next dealt with the sale OF
tobacco on sundays. lie stated that i'm
Piusburg, Pa, tobacco and cigar stores
had been closed on Sundays long enough
for the owners 10 find that they were
not losing anything, and now they were
opposed TO Sunday selling
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Next the Doctor dealt with the break
ing Of the Sabbath by the running OF
trains on sundays. the publication OF sun
day newspapers, and the Sunday mail
service.
DR. Crafts said that the want Of thought
was largely responsible for sabbath
breaking. He told a story OF a California
business man whom he interested I'm the
WORK OF reform 10 such an extent that
ne became president OF the State Reform
ASSOCIATION. When he visited this gen
tleman. on Sunday morning. the FIRST
thing that was banded him was q Sunday
paper. Later the son came I'm with the
man. Thls son was a leader IN Christian
EndcaVOr work
Continuing. the Doctor said zone hun
dred dollars expended for reform will ac-
compiish as much as $1,000 spent in
charity"
SUNDAY PAPERS.
He discussed the recent National Board
OF Trade meeting. al which the liquor
question was considered. Then he also
spoke Of the newsboys who cry their
papers on Sunday. This was not allowed
here some years ago" said he. Now
their cry Is to be heard everywhere. And
Virginia has laws against the Offering for
sale OF everything that Is not q neces-
s!ty or for mercy and milk and medi-
cine"
Dr. Crafts sad that he was frequently
met with the remark that times had
changed since the Divine law was handed
down, and the Sunday laws should be
changed Did Adam need the law more
than we do" he asked. Did the Sinai
stockInen need 1t more than the farmers
OF to-day Did Boaz. standing in all his
dignity greeting his servants. require the
law more than IL is now needed? Did
the early settlers need It more than we
OF the nineteenth century, No. and there
Is every reason why tho laws should he
strengthened and maintained rather than
released. Down 10 this day We need a
religious Sabbath-the right TO worship
and the right 10 rest So We say OF the
Sabbath made moro than 600 years ago
that II is a left-hGnd blessing 10 the body
and rlght-hand blessing TO the soul.
And now are appropriate the Biblical
words Esther. thou has come 10 a crisis
at such time az this"
CRUSADE AGAINST GAMBLERS.
CRUSADE AGAINST GAMBLERS.
Dr. Crafts at the conclusion OF the SER
mon, urged the congregation 10 Identify
themselves with the reform movement.
lie highly complimented Governor o Fer
rail- for his crusade against gamblers
He said that the most courageous Gov
errors were O'Ferrall, Of Virginia. and
Matthews. of Indiana. As the latter had
been mentioned for the Presidency, it
would not surprise him 10 hear Of the
other spoken OF in the same connection.
The Doctor also asked his hearers TO
write 10 Congressman Elicit and Senators
Daniel and Martin, asking them 10 sup
port the bin preventing gambling by tele-
graph now pending before Congress- lie
expressed fears that II IL was not passed
that gambling by horse-racing would be