Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-11
'OUTSlDE POINT OF VIEW.
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Written for the Times Repoucli
just al this season of the year, when
the minister takes his vacation, when
church aaivlceS are reduced to one on
Sunday, III many localities, and in some
of the larger cities to none. wher the
audiences even ON Sunday morning are
about half in numbers TO those of the
tall and winter months, when the sun
day railroad excursion is regular fea-
tire, when the Sunday base bah game
ia being played, when Sunday golf play
ing is on the increase, when fishing is a
common amusement on Sunday. in Il
word when Sunday nom observance is
very much in evidence. just now, thu
conscientious christian has pessmist:c
tendencies. He notices now that even
as good christians as he esteems him
self to be. actually ride for pleasure on
sunday. They even allow their sons
| aud daughters TO ride a bicycle on Sum
day. And on the farms these hot sum
mer evenings. even the christian en-
deavorers gather together after their
particular service visit and have So
cial time Even in this best class of
our young people there seems to be a
growing habit on Sunday evening of
christian young men Visiting christian
young women. And judging from the
good time, a passer by witnesses to
their having the entire converse ton is
not on the subject of justification by
faith
And Deacon snodgrass walking by
sees, all of these things. He reme,n-
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east" they had three church services.
three sermons and Sunday school at
noon, all these every Sunday all thru
the hot weather in fact every Sunday in
the year. In addition two prayer meet
no vacations. And he remembers the
/ soel,s straight. hell fire doctrine of tn os,
days. There was no higher criticism.
every word of it. Many times was that
chapter quoted from in regard to taking
from or adding to the words in this
book, And If the young people got to-
sether Sunday nights, it was only III
rare cases. and they we're quiet and
subdued in word and action. Sunday
excursions Why it was only last year
the Law was changed in Connecticut al
ilow ing the running OF passenger trains
And this vas brought about because
when the trolley lines We're built they
ran their cars on Sunday. and it seemed
inconsistent to allow the electric cars to
run on sunday and prevent those oper-
ated by steam. Somehow ii has never
occurred TO our good yankee cousins TO
legislate against the running of electric
cars on the sabbath. Base ball on sun
day? Why If ths. boys IN old Gonnec-
tcut forty years ago had INDUCED in
game of two old cat" on SUNDAY
they would have been taken before the
esquire on Monday morning. Fishing on
| Sunday Deacon Snodgrass remembers
that only the disreputable went to pie
| MICS on sunday, and fishing and boat
riding We're not only punishable but
such deSaecrat.ves of the Sabbath We're
punished by fines and costs.
/ Now this screcG is not 10 discuss the
Sunday question. Conditions confront
us, theories are much the same as fifty
years ago. This hot weather lay SER
\ mon is TO cheer up the deacon and his
Xix. Brother, whether you realize 1t or
mot. this world as whole and the peo-
pie in ii are as full OF faith love and
| charity as ever they We're since the days
lof Adam. The golden rule rules the
world today as whole. more than it
did lsoe years ago. The evil that ex-
}3ista today Genes out in much bolder
relief, from the contrast With the gen
eral good prevalent and common. In
this business World thsre never was
sucii q volume of trading done on
honor as a; present The word chris
3tian has its highest Significance in 1901
! Never before We're such vast sumo & ivefi
for religious. educational and charitable
purposes. our enforced lawe and GUS
toms in the treatment Of the insane
1 the crippled, the unfortunate, and the
poor are almost perfection In conpar-
icon with a thousand years ago And
4 deacon. while fifty years has Witnessed
great changes in the outward FORMS of
religious Observance. during these
same fifty years there has been the
creates, Of these changes, in the real
i appreciation of the law Of loving one $
ireishbor. Yes Brother snodgrass. we
4 may break the Sabbath but JUST now
we are everlastinsy taking care of the
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