The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-11


OBSERVANCE ~ TN sA1oA11.
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g IN rocsnt saauaoa 70 . 1lspusu1oa -
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In o. asAAss "a H. oa1AasA rsDslutioas
alnoUt svssy Dsakse save evidences q
seing inossl With The feeling sxprssssd h
- wse1D e Tie comn1tfeA -ths Axana-
en- CAS1selnn 0G1Da4h - d tmm1nent
pss1l: IN fae4. h many q our large cat,ss
Ana - esAer Parts = sar land Il = ~
ssAAy nsAxiy lsG 1Ais nsAns tAAx
American rIberty an. Am9ican institu-
tseas ere In p~sl. foe>sf these IL Anssi-
can 1Aboa1h has ITEM 10th the fonndar
tion and The Srotsetton-"
1hs sunday proslem u undoubtedly one
q IL most ,asricus that the ehureAss
have - eoatsnd With. Il mast sssn fuzzy
- sseisos . matter - tAe resolution IN
dteaasA The observance of H. 6Ahhath
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religion. not only Ia The CAEistiaa church.
but b almost I'll othsrs. and - Il has
- I'll ptouo minds . soasnn siEnlnoaace
Apart from tn holiday character. the DE-
parturs q . great pseple from the old
erstom must seem . step toward aban6en-
msnt a wAAk = regarded - . day -
aside hy the Almighty Tor spiritual pur-
possaL
e - . ssslsus matter. Yet such = u
tendency o. the whole world that the day
has no longer The character stiu preserved
70 q BY pious usage. There are several
reasons for this tendency. The CHIEF d
eAat men do not lead the easy lives OF
earlier timeA Thsy devote scarcely any
time to recreation during the week and on
the nrst day. - Il II now calculated and
not the seventh ~ In Biblical times. they
seek 70 recuperaae thar energies by relax
Ing the tired mind and limbs In various
forms Of recreAtion-
The Observance OF Eunday has not al
ways been such In Christian countries. a.
the Preabyterians regard It. In the middle
VA limited to early mass at the morning
service and che afternoon vas devoted to
opsn air games and sports on the village
common. Il was not until long after the
reformation that the new sects. and par
ticularly the Caivinishs, tAbooed Ill pleas
urss on that day and made It . day Of
gloom. forbldding as strictly ~ the Jews
once did not only pleasures but any other
than tasks Of the strictest necessity. 1t
was thu kind Of sunday with which Pres
byterianism b Identified IN Scotland and
was enforced In New England under the
sigorous blue lava
1t seems hspeless task to rs-endow the
day with that character. ana II would
| not be wise to permit It. The best course
| for the churches to adopt II to temper
their seal. and seek u conduct It upon
the same moral plane lthaxs sahoHid b
reached by al pleasures Any other course
| viii only result In . Determined resistance.
| Whatever 10 to be said ~ to the sanctity
| ct the day. the tone Of the age u to de-
vote It to rest. and. In some degree, to
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| could. of course. be done on another. but
| men have not time for two holidays .
| week. and they insist upon onA
We regard II n going to an undue ex-
| trems to say that American institutions
are In peril because the Sabbath OF the
| Puritan il no longer recognised. There
may be less church going-and We do not
| say that less church going Is desirable
| but there 10 more intelligence. more mo-
| rality, better health than in the days when
| people spent most Of the day on hard
| wooden benches. bemoaning their spiritual
| depravity and predicting perdltion Tor
those who even whistled on the Sabbath.
/ THIS - not orthodox. but the tide OF
! human tastes cannot be turned back. Good
| counseis and healthy public spirit will
| insure temperance In the pleasures Of the
| day The churches can exercise . power
| fui influence In that direction, and they
l win be more respected and more Do
tent II they limit their efforts TO that end.
| instead Of seeking 10 re-impose laws with
| the object OF depr!ving the people OF ail
! their accustomed advantages In the hope
/ OF driving them to church.
More Diplomacy.
New Arrfval-Thts IL the first boarding
i house I ever struck where they asked q
/ blessing al every meal
/ Star Boarder--Oh they don't ask enc at
every meal Occasionally some fellow pays
II hfr AMI her II tns3U