The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-06

erty, undue freedom, freedom abused. q.
contempt OF and deviation from stand
Inc austere Puritanism Of fifty years
Az A5,1 ana us consequent reaction, the
american Sabbath, are the extremes. And
, 1mere Is tendency among some today
VINO wish to pose as popular and broad
minded, and as being gifted with a clear
more orthodoxs r Brethren To eRa a e
the popular side of the observance of Sun
Gay. While many are quite willing to adj
OF rest. they are frequently not so ready
TO grow enthusiastic over the more i'm
portant principle of Gods requirement Of
AS to DR.. Savage's assertion that there
is no one in heaven who will be angry
with anything we do on earth, the state
mean the world to come, for in that bles
sed state, as there will be no sin, there
could not possibly be any cause for an
ger.
Rev. n. F. stIIweIi.
Rev. H. F. Stilwell, Pastor of the First
Baptist Church, think the use OF the
word amusement in the sermon by DIR.
Savage. to which you have called my at
tention, is unfortunate. L think we, as
human beings, should be above being
simply amused
The PuritanicaI and the ordinary Amer
lean Sunday bear no resemblance to each
other. The ordinary American Sabbath
is free liberty-lov1ng day, inclined too
often to license.
In regard to the statement that no one
in heaven is going to be "angry with
you for doing on Sunday anything that it
week, there is a failure to distinguish
between Sunday and any other day Of
lay down any specific prohibitory laws
| there is general principle throughout
| the Bible differentiating the Sabbath from
| DR.. Savage does attempt to do what
the Bible does not when he says: set
apart a Sunday y, morning, for communion
| for recreation, walking, sailing driving,
playing golf or anything that will make
you better physically. Do not dissipate.
however, for that is not recreation"
DR.. Savage seems to indicate that the
Sabbath day is pre- emnently fitted for
physical recreation. In this he is not who'll
physical recreation if this were the I'LL
| terror object of the day. But 1t is not;
mans nature has not simply a physical
or Godward side.
The Sabbath day, or Sunday through
out the teachings of the Bible, is a day
| separate, set apart, and especially devoted
spiritual nature. While no laws can be
made that shall apply to every man, it
that day should hinder the cultivation of
the spiritual life. Six days in the ordinary
pursuits of life deprive him of vigorous
religious meditation necessary to soul life
4 Herein things that are right in the
pursuance of mans vocation for six
days may not be right on the Sabbath
day.
One great need for every man is a bet
ter acquaintance with his Maker and
the enjoyment of communion with Him
For this the Sabbath day was instituted
as necessary to mans happiness.
l. Conditions of obtaining this are is sec
essary to be observed as those underiy-
ing the highest physical conditions. Jesus
said the Sabbath was made for man
Whatever conduces to the rounding out
OF full man-his social, moral and spir-
Sabbath day, For this, however, ne
needs a break rather than a continuity
of those exercises, mental or physical or
| social TO which he is most accustomed
Activity is not always recreative, man
needs a silent hour and meditation and
for these the Sabbath is beneficently de-
of soul life. and the Sabbath day is es-
pecially ordained for this.
The tendency unfortunately of tie
American Sabbath is toward those forms
of recreation that distract from fruitful
cultivation of worship, meditation and
communion with God
Rev. Richard w. Boynton.
Richard w. Boyton, Pastor Of Unity
pathy with what DR.. Savage is quoted as
+ saying on the subject of Sunday amuse-
ments, though his view is one tl4at needs
to be stated with careful qualifca ilon
and with reference to the general p4 Incl
pie involved. The question is not wheth.
er the Jewish or Puritan Sabbath viii
disappeared from our city life if not Il on
most of the country districts. We have
however, as part of our heritage ron
the past, this tradition of a seventh day
OF rest. 1t has behind it the sanction
through many centuries of a considera
bic part OF the human race. The prin-
clple that is to determine our use OF it is
IN my belief, that of Ininistering to the
fullest and highest human life. Jesu:
stated this principle when he said: "'Tht
Sabbath was made for man, and MT mar
for the Sabbath
From long custom, Sunday has beer
given to the cultivation OF one of the per.
i"anent ano. nrof:ini interests of man
ms interest in religion. 1t has been ,ded-
lcated to the worship of God and the
service Of humanity: It has lifted mer
vided interests and united them in as
piration toward the divine and eternal
Now this is an element which cannot bt
spared from human life without Workinf
great INJURY. Those who never steI
aside from their daily tasks to join theil
fellows in worship may not be punished
for neglect in a world to come Blu
they bear the punishment now, in the
Slow whitening of that better and deeper
nature in which we find life becoming rich
ana satisfying or else empty and mean
ingleSs.
Any use of Sunday that involves the ne
. eject OF the opportunity to worship is a
mistaken use of it, and the real issue is
not often whether one shall participate
IN Sunday amusements after he has been
to church, but whether he shall choose
,
sentially safeguarding. Is it, then for
the highest good Of the man himself and
OF the community that, after he has been
looking out for himself all the week. and
for his lower self at that, he shall con
tinue to care only for himself on Sun
day? Or are there other possible inter
ests that claim him, for his own and all
mems highest good?
Rev. II. 3. SteeIman.
w Rey II. 3. steeIman, pastor of
woodland Park Baptist Church
proceeds on the supposition that our hour
OF communion with God on this day of
rest, from secular business, is quite suf-
hc1ent spiritual exercise for the souls
health, and that the rest Of the day there
fore may be profitably given over to any
proper holiday recreation. But Mr. Saw
age loses sight of the fact that the peo-
PIE who seriously care for communion with
God desire more time than the ordinary
day affords for devoting themselves to
| religious exercises, to personal deeds of
brotherly love and to planning the world
simple matter of experience with spir-
ltually minded people who have their
loins girded for the doing of these Christ
like deeds that it is altogether important
to hedge about the whole of Sunday.
1t is not fear of Gods anger that leads
them to refrain from making Sunday a
simple holiday; it is because they have
| learned that "they that wait upon the
Lord shall renew their strength" and
| they are eager to be of the highest serv-
ice On the other hand, it is true that
for them to devote a part of Sunday to
a mere round of what is called pleasure
would be essentially selfish and unchris-
tan; and to the neglect of urgent duties
and high privileges. and so would needs be
displeasing to the God in heaven.
When Christians think Of others, they
| upon every secularization of Sunday for
| this reason, among Others that it tends