The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
DON'T KEEP 1T HOLY.
lrAntinued from Eighth rAge.l

- am told that even few
whose names are upon the rolS
In1 ~ churches go in and out or these
OIL '',1 on sunday for the purpose of
pa, such good citizens and such
o. l IN members are a disgrace to any
li-,,1nitv and a hindrance to good
V.-,.nr,ent But for their patronage,
75,ra saw the Sunday saloon would not
and but for their encouragement
~ Iawlessness could be easily stop
inIS Many of these good citizens
aars crying for good government
d" d, ness and fairness in politics and
CT thn same time by their encourage
az If the saloon in it's laWlesSness
~. 5evelop and foster that which has
la, corrupted politics and makes
o'- Government impossible. When
GOOD citizen refuses to patronize
~ IAN who dares to violate law, then
Wv ,,iu help to bring about that Tor
,''nirh he pretends to stand.
"..!.''SSd,rerning the violation of law by
.,-. .i1bs and societies." Mr.. Cook said,
80 must go step further. The Vlo-
lion IF law, in the clubs and other
,,ri,.9te organizations, in selling hquor
-, sunday and in gambling on Sunday
and on week days must be stopped
o. can never develop that respect for
81 ]
,-, 1sn never cultivate that conscience
and ointment among the people that
,..ui insure cleanness in politics,
e+rereth and dignity in the courts and
,,o5 government in the municipality
99,tl the bar-rooms and gambling
tablns in the club houses of this city
are broken up by the authority of the
law and the offenders punished as are
he negroes and poor white trash from
tLair dives and dram-shops, where IL
o1,or is sold on Sunday and the gamb-
Ter throws his card all the week and
sunday too. 1t is bad enough that this
class VIGOROUSLY violate the law in
This city. but it is thousand times
worse when our prosperous and better
classes of citizens will permit in their
social clubs the violation of the laws
nj the land that protect this sacred
institution. dear to every true Ameri-
can heart. My plea to-day is for fidel-
itv TO the state upon the part of every
good citizen and for a consistent
church
MIR. Cook spoke also of the growing
evils of the Sunday excursion train
and needless Sunday travel. He said;
1.-THE railroads have put premium
upon Sunday dissertation by offering
very cheap rates on Sunday inducing
thereby the multitudeS to travel on
that day And these trains, too, not
iUfrequently, are run in violation of
law. Many Christian people compro-
mise conscience for the difference be-
tween the Sunday rate and the regu-
lar fare The only remedy for this evil
is for the Christian people to be true
to conscience and to God. If every
church member in Georgia would re-
fuse to patronize the Sunday trains
believe this evil would stop for want
of sufficient profit" Mr.. Cook spoke
earnestly of the personal influence and
responsibility of the Christian and
made a strong appeal to the conscience
of the church. THE need of the
hour" said he, lis a deep conviction
that comes from intelligent knowledge
of all that Cad has spoken concerning
His day. God. the home, the church,
the state demand that we bodily de-
fend Sunday against invasions and des-
eCratiOnS. There is no time for fruit
less lamentation-Let faith be the
watchwOrd. The time has come for
action Ours is the sacred trust of
the gospel Never let us betray that
trust Ours is the noble heritage of
civil and religious freedom, never let
US prove unworthy "