The labor world., 1899-05-20

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MlNNE:AI'uLlS, May 19.-s''n'lay OBJ
:..,, ;'H'." WI. tine question thH. took Ne
M! iur par. Of the Presbyterian aSStm
ly's time l"'iny. Most Of the forenoon
session was devoted 20 an earnest ln'
often excited discussion Of the report Of
The special committee on Sabbath OBJ,
SrrVancr. In the end tn" commute" :
eight resolutions were adopted, witt
slsh- amendments. and two more were
:.I,lrd In Ike uisrIssiOn, The Sunday
street car ;hr Sunday train and railroad
excursion, the Sunday newspaper, lhn
Sunday working Presbyterian, and every
form of ;:rivit% that l. not in harmony
with the literal meaning Of inH fourth
comma n,imrn;. WIS condemned. ThOS'
thu: IL sired Il sensation had To get along
with this i:llk ami 1ll, indignant COM
mrnts tl,,l were mad" when another spec
ilI committee reported that 1t had not
been able 10 keep congress and the pres
i.Icnt from granting The Roman Catholics
permission to erect Il chapel on HI" West
Point military academy reservation were
numerous.
In The debate on the Sabbath rosnl,-
tinns almost every speaker gave "vi-
lrncr Of being imhu"'l with the feeling
expressed in the words Of tn" committee:
'"rhe American Christian Sabbath is in
imminent peril; in fact. in many OF our
larger cities and in other parts Of our
no,.J1-
means that American liberty and Ameri-
can Institutions are in peril for Of these
the American Sabbath has been both the
foundat ion and the protectlon.'
DIR. Hathaway. secretary Of the Ameri-
can Sabbath union. led in The discussion,
and Alexander Dixon Of Scranton, Pa.
Elder John GilclriSt Of EoslOn, Dr. r. e.
Wright Of Austin, Tex, and many others
spoke in favor Of literal observance Of the
fourth commandment. Rev. Frederick a.
Doane of California testified that he
never rode in 4 street car on Sunday. and
that he stopped over Sunday on his way
TO the assembly. ID. W. Glass of Halti-
more deplore1 Sabbath violation by Pres
hyterians, and remarked that President
Cowen of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
which discrminatcs in favor of Sunday
travel, is 4 Presbyterian. On the other
hand, it was pointed out that many down
town churches would have TO be closed II
church members never rode to church.
An attempt to get the phrase "Chris-
tian Sabbath" substituted for the phrase
"American Sabbath in the resolutions
was defeated.
+o1 !, r1p,a t- r
the secularizing of the Sabbath, urge
members and young people of the church
10 realize The Importance of Sabbath OBJ
servance. legislatures and congress are
urged to protect the American Sabbath,
the American Sabbath union and the
Women's National Sabbath alliance are
commended, every pastor is recommend
cd to preach on Sabbath observance on
some Sabbath of next October and to
take up collection for the Sabbath
union, the board of publication is re-
quested to prepare and Sabbath school
supcriMtendents to use, a specific Sab
bath observance 1eaflet. Sympathy is eX-
pressed with 3,00O,O00 Americans that, be-
cause of Sabbath desecration, are COM
PEELED to do secular work on the Sab
bath. President McKinleys attention is
respectfully called to the fact that EN-
ployes Of the postoffice and many other
departments of the government are COM
PEELED to work on Sunday.
The McGlffert case, contrary to expec-
tations was not reached today. 1t is
likely to come up through The reading of
DR. McGiffert's letter tomorrow morn
ing.
DR.. Sample, the moderator. was pre-
sented with another gavel, Dr.. Radcliffe
presenting it. It is made of wood from
the old Jerusalem Theological seminary
of Cannonsburg and from the old MILAN
college building, and was given by JEFF
ferson college friends of The moderal or.
Tonight the commissioners attended a
great public Sabbath observance meeting
in Westminster church.
The various auxiliary boards, societies
and committees are holding numerous
meetings during the assembly. Among
others. the Woman's Board of Home Mis-
sions held its Goth annual convention in
Wesley church today.
ST. Louis, Cincinnati Topeka, San An
tonic, Tex, and Winona Lake, Ind, are
the places that are desrous of having
the mex assembly, but it Is understood
that st. Louis will withdraw, because it
wishes to have the convention in 1908.
when the Louisiana purchase centennial
is to be celebrated.
The moderator Of the general assembly
issues the following appeal to all Presby-
terian churches in the United States:
"Inasmuch as all the boards of our
church have closed the year without any
save the Freelman's board.
T. Robert +. Sample. moderator Of the
general assembly in session at Mnneap-
oils, do hereby appeal 20 all Presbyterian
churches throughout the United States
t. make an offering for lnis cause on the
Sabbath Of May q. and report the SAM
to me by telegram Monday morning. This
appeal IS made. that. for the first time in
. years. our assembly may conclude IS
sessions free from the burden Of debt.
which amounts to S4h0on.
"ROHERT F. SAMPLE.
"Molrrat or"