The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-05-30

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pers gave altogether too much promi-
nence concerning the violation of the
| Sabbath and he pointed the finger of
| shame at them for their course when
the reverse should be followed. He
| thought it was not asking too much
to give one day in seven unto the
Lord and render Unto Him the praise
and prayer on the day set aside. In
these days Of picnics and Sunday ex-
cursions he said the people ought to
stop and think where they are drift
ing by the encouragement of these
| things. Civilization will lose much
by permitting these violations to
take up so much of the time. He
was strongly opposed to the Sunday
excursion as the influence tended to
| lead to things worse.
Mr.. Weeks, a University student,
in speaking of the desecration. said
it was so commonplace in these days
| that it was overlooked to a great
extent, due he believed. to the indiff-
erence and tnoughtlessness on the
part of the Christian people. The
Sabbath brings its esponisblities
to those who enjoy its privileges.
The principle of the Sabbath is the
main thing and the day should be
kept with that idea in view. In ask
ing how to keep the Sabbath day. he
said that there was no specific rule,
but would suggest that the day be
kept as Jesus would keep it. and as
He kept it, we, His followers. should
follow in His footsteps. The Sabbath
is day OF rest, he said, and those
who do not observe it in this manner
are taking back seat in the devel-
opment OF civilization. If we could
realize that something depended on
the way we recognized the day he
| thought that many of us would put
the day to an entirely different use
than we do. 1t seemed to Mr.. Weeks
| that we were going backward in the
matter of Sabbath desecration. as
was noticeable in the many Sunday
excursions, and he made strong
plea to do away with this and all
kinds of violations of the Sabbath
aw
DIR E. F. Reamer read an interest
ing paper on the subject in which
said it was readily recognized that
there is much need of a closer obser-
vatlOn Of the Sabbath. Commercial
ism was taking too much prominence
on the Sabbath day. which was more
noticeable in the larger cities, where
| the great corporations as well as the
smaller firms were much inclined to
transgress the Sunday law, due. per-
haps. to the fact that competition
forced this condition of things. He
thought it was lack of appreciation
of the Sabbath day that lead people
up to the point of desecration. The
tendency OF the age is to respect the
day less and when we violate the day
we take it from the pedestal to
which it has been raised and make it
equal to one of the seven. The
speaker referred to the.Sunday news
paper as not being particularly es-
sential to the necessity OF mankind
in the present day, for one got but
little.if, any, help by reading the
paper just before going to church.
He was very much opposed to the
Sunday excursion and picnic as an
aggravated violation and trusted that
something would be done that would
result in having them stopped.
| Dr.. r. ]. Lamme read paper on
this subject that contained some
very Interesting thoughts and sug-
gestions. Christianity, he declared,
was the greatest civilizing factor the
world ever has known, and this fact
is shown by the great work accom-
plished by the missionaries. The
Sabbath day sets standard for NOR
! ality that requires every person to