The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-12
on THE SUNDAY QUESTION.
Rev. Henry TatIOck Addressed Epis-
cOPaIians at ~. Paul.

cOpaIians at -. Paul.
So. Paul, Oct. 1.-THE sunday question
was the topic for the second session of the
Protestant Episcopal Church Nineteenth
Congress, n this city to-day. Rev. Camp
bell Fair OF Omaha and Rev. Henry Tat
lock Ann Arbor, Mich. opened the dis
cussion with formal prayers.
Rev. Tatlock said in part: THE Sunday
question is not simple but compound
question. There is the question concern
ing the origin and authority of Sunday and
the question as to the proper mode of
keeping the day. If there were no ques-
tons but these concerning Sunday to claim
our attention we should be in happier
state then we are. For us in this country
at the present time, unfortunately there
is another We are confronted with the
question, not why We should keep Sunday
or how we should keep it, but whether for
long we are to have any Sunday TO keep
at all. The institution is openly essailed
by greed, by pleasure. and by irrelision;
and the question of the hour is, How shall
we ward off these assaults and preserve
for ourselves aud the generations TO come
after us this costly franchise and ancient
charter of our religion?
at is patent 10 all that within the last
generally been losing its character and
there is little doubt that il the forces now
undermining and asSaultng il are allowed
to maintain their operations without re-
sistance in another half-centurY ii will
he trans formed into continental Sunday.
The problem is 10 stop this scculariZatiOn
of Sunday and to restore to the day the
character which properly belongs TO it as
the Lords day. And, after all, che prob
lem is simple one Ii is a question of
what we want aud how many of us want
it and how much we want; it is a quc9-
lion of influence.
The ground upon which all the friends
of Sunday may thus unite in common eG-
fort for IT'S defense contains four impreg
nable positions;
First. Sunday is needed as day of
rest. The weekly day of release from la
Dor is required for mans physi-
cal health; for his mental eff
icency; for his social develop
ment; for the realiza ton of his personal
liberty and for the maintenance of family
life.
Second. Sunday is needed as a day of reli-
gi0us observance.A wesk ky day set free for
religious uses as demand for mans moral
health. and for his spiritual growth. With
out Sunday kept as a holy day, neither
virtue or religion can be maintained.
Third. Sunday as a day of resi- and as
the welfare of the state. What affects the
physical, mental social moral and spirit
ual condition of the ndiViduaf affects So
ciety affects the commonwealth. The sta
billy of the state rests upon the capacity
and virtue of its citizens. Sunday properly
kept gives play TO the highest powers of
mans constitution and e'evates his whole
manhood; il increases his efficiency as
worker and supplies his with the motive
and the power of government. Salus
popuh sUpremalex.
Fourth. Sunday as a day of rest and as
day of religious observance is an American
institute. 1t is here. 1t was introduced by
the fathers of our political existence and
it has been maintained through all the
changes of our his DRY. 1t is recognized by
the laws of the nation and by the laws of
every state. 1t is a custom of the people,
and the people have a right to demand
that their customs shah be protected.
Rev. W. S. Rainsford, d. D., of New
York: Rev Ernest NJ. Stires of Chicago.
and Rev b. E. Warner. d. D.. of New
Orleans led in the further discussion on
the same subject.
This afternoon the delegates were given
a trolley car ride.
The general topic of to-nights session
was THE Battering Effect of the News
papers on Intellectual and Moral Life"
The "Writers," as those who open the dis
cussions are called, were Rev. Cameron
Mann d. D., of Kansas City, and Rev.
Alexander MacKay Smith, D. D., of Wash
ington, D. c.
A more informal discussion of the gen.
eraI topic occupied the balance of the even
ing's sessions.