The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-26

constitution OF the brain IL such hat IL
must have Its time for repose. Period
lefty is stamped upon II. The nights rest
is not enough One day in 10. pre-
scribed by revolutionary France. vas
actually pronounced by psychologists
insufficient for the necessities OF man.
There r. no question but that the
Sabbath day OF rest Ii necessary to the
full development OF u physical pow
ers and TO the longest co%ntinuances OF
health. Careful examination at a Dub
lie Institution in London. employing ov-
er two thousand men. proved that more
work was performed in a year. when
the Sabbath was faithfully kept. than
during the same period Of time when
the men were required TO b every
day.
planters I'm the West Indies some
years ago worked their slaves on the
Sabbath Till they became satisfied that
this practice was a pecuniary loss. IL
produced feebled constitutions and
premature death.
Eternal as the constitution Of man
Is the necessity for the existence of a
day of rest. The Sabbath-breaker is
a slow suicide
1T Is at least a strange coincidence.
that Is sustained by observation and
history. that prosperity and disaster in
both Individual and national life y
CiOrtlN lutilNllith VIII Gil OpoNh e"e
deseciated sabbath.
1T surely cannot be accidental that
as we look abroad over the map OF pop
ular freedom In the world, we find that
Switzerland. Scotland, England and the
United States. the countries which bcst
observe Sunday. constitute almost the
entire map of safe popular government.
The Sabbath Is recognized In the
constitution and laws of strong civiliz-
ed nations as a permanent institution.
appointing one day In seven, to be sep
arated from ordinary business, and de-
voted TO rest and worship.
wilbur Craft says: There Is not a
Observation-Disclosures nation on Earth
that is not abjectly poor
History most clearly proves that ma
tons and communities have been pros
pered while they have honored Gods
Sabbath. and that social order and the
supremacy Of the law have not been
maintained where the Sabbath has Leen
trampled upon. The loftiest achieve
ments in literature and science. in phil
anthropy. i'm missionary enterprise. and
social advancement. belong to the An
glo-Saxon people. whose observance of
Sunday Is proverb,al. Ancient Israel
is also a signal proof Of this fact.
But what can we do To stem the tide
that Is swelling with such velocity to-
ward the ungodly continental Sabbath?
Three things we can do:
First, we can throw around the Sab
bath the safeguards of adequate leg
islatlon. Questions Of conscience are
of Individual concern. but there "a a linn
Il. beyond which individual liberty can
not go with impunity. when the inter-
ests of the state are imperiled.
Second we can sustain the law with
an awakened and enlightened public
sentiment. Laws of reform are dead
letters, unless they are backed up by
moral convictions. In reply to the cir
cular letter that I addressed TO the bus
mess men in Missoula a few months
ago, asking questions relative to Sab
bath observance. I was pleased to find
that out of the so replies there were
less than a half dozen who did not
speak I'm the most positive terms. dis
approving OF Sunday games and races.
and other 1 X forms of dissertation.
There Is a better sentiment, smoth-
cred though II may be. in our great
West, that will more and more assert
itself. insisting upon a more christian
lied and consistent observance of the
day.
Third. We can at least consider the
questions OF the Saturday ~half-holiday.
From every quarter come testimonials
of the fact that this custom IL growinR
I'm favor. In most OF the cities banks
are closed at 10 or 10 O'Clock on Satur-
day, and in many of the cities the
wholesale houses that remain open are
the exception. The testimony from the
shops and factories where the expert
ment has been tried is quite unani-
nous that there has been no loss in
the actual production OF labor, n that
the men have been i'm much better Wig
or n spirits. The half or the quarter
holiday that Is thus granted the en-
ploye Is a wonderful boon to the hard
working laborer, either with brains or
muscle. and the employer receives in
return a more willing and cheerful scr
vice. With the Saturday afternoon at
his disposal. IL becomes possible for tie
laboring man to get ready for the sab
bath. and to enter with it's spirit of
rest and worship.
Another has said. The Sabbath Is
the dividing line etween Christianity
and heathenism. II is the bulwark that
shields our Christian civilization
Those Sabbaths are the happiest and
the purest and the most rich In bless
ing, in which the spiritual element has
been most regarded.
These in which. as In the example
OF Solomon. the sound of the earthly
hammer has not been heard in the tenn
pie of the sou
"Ah, yes. The Sabbath was made
for man. The day in which his weary
brain and body can have refreshment
and rest. The day when the cares OF
life can he laid aside and the soul a
with O