The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-18
SUNDAY PAPER
Rev. W. R. Livingstone
Upon 1t.
episcopaIian Clergyman Writ to
the Advertiser on the
Subject.

The following communication was hand
ed to the editor of the Advertiser by Rev
Mr.. Livingstone, an EpIscopalian clergy
man, who is a Master OF Arts of oxford
and Melbourne Universities and now Wis
Ting Honolulu on his way to England:
Honolulu. LIST Sunday after Trinity.
June nth, 1900
Editor Advertiser: The devil is always
busy. I am surprised and saddened to
see a Sunday paper issued today. Pray,
what is the reason of this? Does the
newspaper company think We are so hun
cry for news that we need 1t on Sunday ?
OR are they SO greedy of gain that they
will not rest from their sore labor even
on the Lords Day? Are we not to be
allowed one day as sacred from the
katzen-J TANNER concerning politics. sugar
and rice?
Let me courteously say to the gentle
men making this rash experiment:
Cd There Ia no real demand for "A Sun
day paper.
C2) You tend to rob men of the rest
which God has Through His church,
CD The results of Sunday dissertation
are pittable. Look at the numbers of
idle cynics and gossipers in San Fran
cisco on Sundays. These cynicS and gos-
sipers are encouraged i'm their bad ways
ny Sunday paper. II there is no Sun
uay paper NItN can, ana perhaps Will.
attend church and gain refreshment for
their lives; for as a reflective American
says, An that some people do is to stay
at home and read the papers"
(D DO the Christians OF Honolulu de-
sire TO sink TO the level of Parisians?
know Par.s well, and l know what a
day Of toll Sunday is for those who
serve with newspapers. trains and the
aters TO satisfy the mere butterflies.
90 Gods law is clear-Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
railway was opened, those who Travelled
across with wagons aud rested on Sun
day reached their destination long be-
ca We snan of course be told that a
Sunday paper is produced on Saturday.
In reply to this casuistical argument, let
ing to God. and that this secular cation
OF the Lords Day must be opposed by all
who have The Divine glory at heart.
CS) In London there ~ not a single de-
cent paper published on Sunday few
months ago the Telegraph and Daily Mail
proposed TO publish. but the cutlery Of
Christian people was so strong that they
soon yielded. THIS was a triumph r
the faith, and the faith will always tri-
umph, though mot without dust and
1 write these lines in the hope that
some ADLER man will take the matter up
N the church can conquer i'm modern
Babylon surely the church can con0uer
In Honolulu. which is simply infested
with m ssiOnaries.
CO.. The church has always taught that
Sunday should be In reality a holy day
ever since the days when Apostles pro-
claimed their Risen Master and changed
the Sabbath. over and beyond the in
suit offered to God In the secularizatfon
OF the Lords Day, there is the fact
that secular Sunday is injurious both
to our health and wealth. We do not
want the hard Journalism and straw
splitting Casuistry OF the Jewish Rabbis
nor the harsh and narrow bigotry of New
England Purttanism, nor the gloom of
Scofch Sabbatarianism
What we do want is a healthy well
Informed feeling among Christians that
the Lords Day shall be a day of re,ig-
ion, rest and recreation, from the ordi-
nary work OF the six days of the week
Every right-minded person will agree
that Sunday ought to he sanctified as
day TO worship TO Him who gives us both
the power TO work and the right TO rest
OO) Sir. ! am IAN Innocent Abroad" on
pilgrimage through your land of never
ending summer. IN which I find so many
coed and sensible people. a leading
clergyman here tells me that the press
OF Honolulu Is remarkable for its high
endeavors. From the bottom of nv
heart ! hope that as we have prayed in
cathedral today "all who profess and
call themselves Christians NAV he Id
into the way OF truth" to cppose fsIsa
hood and smash this heathenisb attennt
to infringe the sacred quiet of SUNDAY I
heartily agree with an American yb,,
said today, In a place like this where
there's never been a SUNDAY naner 7 he
lieve In doing all we can to stop it.n In