The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-07-16

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1t has been said that it takes all
kind of people to make world, and
it is to be presumed that it takes all
kinds of church people to make the
Christian world, says the Springfield
Republican.
Religious people differ ae to what
constitute acts that are violations of
the Christian religion the same as
politicians differ as to political meth
DDS. Christian people, like all other
people. are controlled by their con-
science. The man who CANDLES and
does not hesitate to rob his fellow
man by stacking the cards, or by
"holding out" is sometimes too con-
scienlious to refuse or neglect to pay
"debt of honor" as he calls it.
Some church members and perchance
Christians, who would not "pluck
ears of corn on the Sabbath day"
would not hesitate to do other things
more reprehensible and still would
not be troubled with guilty con-
science. In other words each indi-
yidual makes, to a certain extent,
his own conscience.
The most striking illustration of
this self-made conscience comes from
Detroit, where the National Chris
tian Endeavor society is now in ses-
sion. On Sunday, Rev. Charles M.
Shelton, of Topeka, Kan, who was
in attendance, walked three miles to
deliver a sermon rather than ride
upon a street car on Sunday. 1t is
reported that large majority of the
delegates refused to look at a news
paper that bore the Sabbath day date.
Whether Rev. Sheldon has ever rid
den on a street car on Sunday or
whether his Sunday car conscience
came upon him suddenly is not
known, but the presumption is he
has never been guilty of the Sunday
street car crime. The question natur-
ally arises did he not commit
greater sin by the manual labor which
he performed in walking three miles
to church! Here is where this self
made conscience comes in. Ninety
nine per cent of the delegates in at
tendance at Detroit rode to church
on the street cars the same as they
do in Springfield. Are we to infer
that they are not as good Christians
as Rev. Sheldon? Perhaps their con-
science would not let them walk. Is
it also to be inferred that the dele
gates who read Sunday newspapers
we're not good Christians? Either
their conscience or their desire to
know the news would not permit them
to pass the paper by.
The running of street cars on Sun
day and the printing of Sunday morn
ing papers have become necessity.
OF the two evils-if evils they can be
called-the Sunday newspaper is the
lesser. The work on a Sunday morn
ing newspaper is practically all done
on Saturday, besides there is diff
ference of opinion even among reli-
gious people as to the proper day 10
observe. If a printer goes to bed
before daylight Sunday morning and
rests until daylight Monday morning
he observes :: hours or one day in
seven and as rule his conscience
does not trouble him any more than
ministers in Detroit last Sunday who
took the trolley car for church. The
street car conductors have their Sun
day during the week and their con-
more when they pull the bell rope
than it would were they to 90 swim
ming or fishing on Sunday as they
probably would were they not on the
cars. BY the Sunday street car SER
vice hundreds of people attend
church, hear the gospel preached
and Join in the services who would
otherwise not attend. If we had no
Sunday newspapers some men who
now stay at home with their families
and read and discuss the happenings
of the week would be found in the
Sunday parks, at the Sunday races
and st the Sunday saloons. 1t is
safe to say, however, that Rev. Shell
don's standard of Christianity will
hardly become popular in this day
and age of the world
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