Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-19
wv. C. T. U.
Sabbath Observance.
BY THE ". Q. =. U. OF HOT SPRINGS.

BY THE ". Q. =. U. OF HOT SPRINGS.
Sabbath Observance.
CONTINUED from last week.
Our reports this year, while not SO
complete on account of being called
for a month earlier than usual, are
very encouraging. One OF the most
encouraging features is the work of
the T.. T. L. of Pennsylvania.
Theyhave thirty Eve superintendents
have secured one hundred 81 gnatures
to the Sabbath pledge, one hundred
and seventy five sermons and distribut-
edten thousand pages of literature.
Through the efforts of the w. g. 7. U.
every saloon in Louisville, KY, was
closed for a time. The White ribbon
ers of a town in Washington compelled
a reluctant prosecuting attorney to en-
force the Sunday law and SO close the
saloons. In several states the unions,
working with the churches, have stop
ped Sunday base ball games. The
superintendent of Tennessee present.
eda memorial to several religious bod
les which elected discussion that did
much good. At the request of the
superintendent of Kentucky several
religious assemblies passed strong Sab
bath observance resolutions.
The superintendent of Indiana has
done such excellent work and shown SO
much originality and capability that 1
hope to see her where she may have a
wider sphere of influence. The daily
press of her home city gave cuts of her
charts and copious extracts from her
talk at her county conventions. When
an amendment was proposed to the
Sunday law of New York which would
allow the saloonstob be open, the women
all over the state responded to the
call of the president and superintend-
ent and set themselves to defeat it and
it was defeated.
The superintendent of Nebraska re-
ports better work done by the locals
than ever before. She says "women
are showing their interest by asking
questions"
In New Jersey an effort has been
made to create sentiment in favor of
early closing on Saturday. I would
recommend that in all the states a like
effort be made. The Jews had their
day of preparation why not we? 1.-THE
Outlook" has been:.publishing a series
of very interesting articles by Charles
B. Spahr on "America's Working
People," In the issue of September Cd,
writing of the industrial conditions in
Western Pennsylvania, he says: What
the men complain of most bitterly is
Sunday labor" One of the most in
telligent of the men said, "Even the
blast furnaces could be cooked down if
the managers wished it; and if the
mills would close at I o'clock on Sat.
urday, as they do in England there
would be no need of Sunday repairing.
I don't believe in Sunday work. It is
against the law of God and against the
law of the land, and the man who gives
the people libraries and compels them
to work Sundays is false" Let the
women who live in these industrial
centers try to help the people to get
their Sundays for rest. Mrs. Fields
distributed $500 pages Of Sabbath lit
erature in Bermuda last winter and
gave several talks. l sent her over
5000 pages for use at Chautauqua
Mrs. Addition secured seventy sigma
lures to the Sabbath pledge, distribut-
ed 500 pages, made addresses and help
ed the work along in various ways
Mrs. Moots, the lecturer for this de-
partment, spent two months lecturine
IN two states. While we have not 8
full statistical report we know that
more than half a million pages have
been distributed and nearly 1000 have
taken the Sabbath pledge. Hoping to
induce more of the locals to take ul
this department, I offered Crafts
Sabbath for Man. to the state super
intendent reporting the largest proper
tiopate number of local superintend-
ents. Mrs. s. j. Blanchard, of Georgia
is the winner, having a superintendent
for every union but two and in those
two the work is done by the presidents
VARILA f. Cox,
National Superintendent