Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-08

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n,,"r Il, roodf'I eor thn nro,or ana
hoa1+hfr, roo,,nar,tiar ~ oia,. nhrsin
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faT, w., niia ti,n .o,,,, ri,rht 49, r,st on
tho nort If tho rcnoirdor nr tbo com.
,,,,,it,. 1-u1o,. t,,, lad Of ,,.or,l,;,,
,n.,,, ~, ,r,tt,.,od an t,,y, f,cts which
ojthor ,l,ron,th diytirr, ro,igio,s eor,.'
Ia. IN, u.,r,, ~. ,I,ouoht to,L - h,.ir,
mon into closer and dcar,r rclntiou to
spirituul life. to teach mon larger.
svnetor Truths of oxistonce and of God
and leave them better fitted tu take I'M
tho duties of everyday busiuess
"Now. il is plain TO me that if Christ
wore hero today and uo4tor of Calvary
church ne would feel coupelled TO saw
some very plain words nho,t the dose
,iItiuu ur Sunday in Million Tnkn
for cxomplc lin, oreniur of tho frutt
stands and cieal stores and meat mar.
I;ets every Sunday morning Whot is
tbr ono rpason why thr,.r ul,cns ara
omen this very minutc white am
speakinry There is ONLY one rnason--
,o thai the owners of fine ulncrs ,nnv
sell their goods and make money.
They urn moi satisfied with what thnv
can make six DAYS in the week. THOR
creed Scizcs ON thr one duv which
ought to be uscd fo, the rest ana wo,-
shin mon urpd and uIns.thot nlso into
n dav of mcrchandisc DO we need
any other fact To convince MS of tha
terrible seltshuess of the hunan
hoartt
"or to1,o ,,n CASA of t,o ..,loous
What ,i,,ht horo thov ia amor, ,,otr
doors I'm Iirc,.t cnnt,,di,.tion tn tina
town o,dfnon.o for,,i11iu., IT,. Ava
vot hi. or1in,u.n is bold IN, ,ho,, IN
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I,or b,tr =. I,,ou az thos, ..,,,,i.,,.. 90
bou v.iJo o,or to .uv noo,. .irri,,
.o,l tbot uirht bo orticod ,ho,..,i,,
Citiycns Of Ntihon v.brro don. tho ro-
.norsibili,v royt fo, mi, ,.iol,tinu ~
law D,os :, ,ou, ,.ith uo ,1,,,.,l, ~,
ana tho nrnnchers to 500 tbot rho f, -,
Sunday law. wa havoc ,ro onr,,,.,I ! -
thnn vhi1o tbo b,yino.. r,,, ami ~
nolicn 1ozilv dod.ro tho i.,uo and .,,,
no, how tho m,ttnr moo. .,vin,r II =,
mono of ,hni, businossp
"Eu, sunncso vou say tbn ,,1non,
nrc hnvond vour novor That doo. M,
rnIn,sr Won from doir,, ,,l,nt +. i, ,.o,,-
novor e,silv ia nrnvrnt thie 1o,- f,o,~
hnin~ tr,mn1od rndcr foot and ,noda
like every other dav in its scronIt.,
aftor NANCY and nlrnsuro N.ho avn
these fruit stands and .cioo, .torov
and meat markets and who natrouiz.
them? Is if NOT truo that cburc;,
members cncouraro ar tbcsc nl,ros I,y
purchnsinr of tbcm on tho Iord.s d,vq
| have been told hy one of these rrui,
lealcrs with whom have toll;nd lately
that anon. his hest customers ON SIM.
dnv are solpc of fine most rnsnertod
members of this church. If has also
nccn told me that in the summer time
HE heaviest patron1pn of thn Sunday
cp cream businrss * from tbn church
members of Milton. or what v,lun is
II thot we MACE On our ordiuoncn ,.rIr,
rorbiddinr the sale Of those things
covered Inv the Ioyy9 How far AFRO wa
rcsnonsiblc for our ov,mnln for an.
rorraginr tba brcol,iuo or tho do, an
fine part of those who Womb lind II
rnnrotitahlo to konn thoir l,usipo.s co.
inc if we did moi nurrhosc of thcr, ON
This day?
"It is nossihlo thora oro worry r,o,r
pcrsons here in this bouso tbis morn.
me- who are ready to eyclajm. This is
! ntolprnblo birotrv and nuritanic,l mar.
.ovnnss This * NOT tbn ottituIo Chris,
Would tal,c on this question IJn ,vos
TOO lorrn niindnd ITc was too f,r nd.
ranced in thoupht to mako tbo lov to
moan anvthino of thar sort,
/ >"Rut Int no consider what "a moan,
by tI,. Suud.v of o,,r madam Iif. q.
christ wou,d view if Thoro is no dis
: ,.ntino fin. fact thot tho ,r. is ma.
toriol mercantile NANCY maxine En-,
/ siv aoror r,,sIiug DAYS II i absorbed
| in the pursuit OF money or fame Oh
pleasure. Chen God strikes The note OF
his silence in among the claShin.
sounds Oh earth SoRabcl and calls man
days. 1t is his morciful thoughtfulnes.
for the race which has created thi,
special day for men. Is il too much I,
ask thai on this one day men thiul
of something else besides politics
stocks. business. amusement? Is Goo
erudginr the man the pleasure of lif,
whom h.ra bo oi,,oS tho man six da,-