The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-05-22
REPLY BY REV. HILBURN.
An Able Article on the Observance of
the Christian Sabbath. The True
Basis of Prosperity.

Basis of Prosperity.
10 the editor of the Star.
While | do not believe i'm post
mortem examination even of
city ordinance, as a general rule,
yet it sometimes becomes neces-
sary. In regard to my remarks
before the city council ON the Sun
day ordinance, wish to say that
in reply to the statement that ice
cream, soda water, cigars and.
newspapers should be sold on Sun
day, that the poor man might
have a chance to enjoy such lux
urles, l said that the gentleman
making such an argument,
seemed to act ON the principle
that if a man could be allowed to
have the luxuries of life, he could
Go without the necessities. Sure
ly the poor man needs food and
clothing more than soda water
and cigars. Therefore, if we
open the places OF business for the
purchase of the luxuries, we ought
to open the store where the poor
may buy food and clothing.
do not deem it necessary to
argue the question as to whether
we should observe the first or
seventh day Of the week. The
conscientious Hebrew, who does
not accept the teachings of Christ
and his apostles would not be con-
vinced by any arguments from
the New Testament. For such as
faithfully observe the seventh
day as their scriptures teach, [
have profouned respect. To those
who say: eve believe in doing
everything that can possibly be
done for the advancement of
: christianity and as it has been the
custom of the Christian church to
keep Sunday as a day of worship,
we believe as strongly rs any one
in keeping it," we deem it su-
perfluous to offer any evidence.
To the above quotation, I add a.
hearty amen. The confession is a.
good one, let us put it into prac-
tice. Suffice it to say that for
more than eighteen hundred years
the great body of Christians with
very few exceptions have observed
the first day of the week as the
Lords day and the wisest and
best teachers among us have re-.
garded the evidence as sufficient
to warrant this uniform practice
''Moral Law" is defined as fol-
lows: 'The laws which lay down
to men, their duties to God and
each other, applied particularly
to the ten commandments" Can
any one who does not keep these
COlIlllduOlliCuUo UC liIoI c0I. Olh
any one who seeks to enact law
authorizing men to break these
commandments, truly claim to be
in favor of morality? Who can
read the fourth of these command
ments, written by the finger of
God upon the tables Of stone and
say that such unnecessary work
as selling soda water, cigars etc,
is not prohibited by the great
moral code?
It is urged that the disciples Of
Jesus were allowed to ''pluck the
ears of corn and to eat on the Sab
bath day" and that Jesus healed
the sick on this holy day. But
, It does not appear that Jesus
; authorized his disciples to sell or
buy soda water, cigars, newspa-
Ders and other such luxuries on
the Sabbath. But such acts do
Justify works of necessity and
mercy, such as preparing neces-
sary food for the body and ad-
ministering to the sick on the
Lords day.
But it is again argued that al
lowing the sale of such luSurles
on Sunday makes city prosper
Gus and Jacksonville, Tampa and
PonSacnla are nninted out as