The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-20
Prominent Episcopa|ians at the
EIoiss Last Evening.
SOME NOTED DIvINES SPEAK
Interesting ADDRESSES by Rev. Edward VIII
IIams Osborne and Rev. Dr.
Rainsfo!d.

The fall meeting and forty-sixth dinner
of the Churchmen's club was held last
evening at the Eloise. 10 being present,
including number OF invited guests.
Among those present were Rt. Rev. VIII
liam ~ McVickar. Rev. William s.
Bainsford. ID. d.. OF New York, Rev.
Edward Williams Osborne of Boston.
Rev George Mcclellan Fiske Rev. f.
s. Rousmaniere. Rev Francis l.. Whit
temore, Rev. r. b. Parker. Rev. W. A.
Thompson, Rev. Lester Bradner. Jr..
Rev. Levi B. Edwards Rev. F. 7. Col
Inns. Rev. A. NJ. Ancock, Chief Justice
stiness Hon. w. r. c. wardwelI Former
Governor Augustus o. Bourne. Col. r. H.
J. Goddard. Roberi knight, Prof. Will
fred II. Munroe and others.
Previous to the dinner a short business
session was held at which resolutions
were passed upon the death OF the late
treasurer of the club. Charles f. Godfrey
The dinner was an elaborate one OF
dozen courses. President Charles 4.
Mumford OF the club presided
Rev. Edward WILLIAMS Osborne OF Bos-
ton was the first speaker. taking for his
subject the observance or Sunday I'm diff
Sabbath from earliest times down 20 the
present. He said in part:
THE thing OF the most Importance low
Is the passing OF Sunday az more in the
matter OF work than for pleasure" The
speaker illustrated this by telling OF sew
ersl incidents. wherein people staid away
from his church TO learn type writing. TO
assist friend In bookkeeping. do sewing
and even to have dentistry done. as ma o.
OF the dentists once were kept open
Sunday.
so Sunday Is not passing away so
much on account of pleasure. as on ac-
count Of work thus sacrificing both rcft-
gion and pleasure. ANY extra work that
people desire TO do they do on Sunday.
The bicycle also took many away
from church. and nothing had acted to
take away men from morning service "a
the bicycle. The Sabbath was passing
away and the whole tone OF people had
changed on thu question OF the obscr-
vance OF Sunday.
ON WRONG GROUNDS.
when II becomes clear that the
grounds upon which Sunday is kept and
has been kept for the past 400 years is a
wrong one. the reverend gentleman
said. ''he didn't much wonder that Sun
day was not more generally observed.
THE conditions of modern business had
done much 10 destroy faith in God and
the observance OF the Lords day. The
Sabbath was instituted when the children
OF Israel came out OF Egypt. remin-
der OF their release from bondage; II was
day for the Jews. In all the writings OF
Abraham Isaac and Jacob there is no
mention OF the Sabbath. When the Is
raelites came out OF Egypt they did not
know much about the Sabbath. and Mo-
seq found II n very hard task to keep the
people willing 10 observe the Sabbath.
Continuing the speaker spoke OF the
marvellous vigor OF the Jews. and asked
if the Keeping OF the Sabbath was re-
sponsibe for this and the great progress
made by the race. Then he contrasted the
Sabbath with the Lords day, saying they
were totally different. The Sabbath was
made for physical rest and the Lords
day for spiritual rest.
'',rhe first mention OF cessat ton of labor
on the Sabbath was about 200 years after
Christ when II was suggested that the
people should abstain from work so as TO
give more time for worship. For a long
time the services were held only early In
the morning and late in the evening. the
usual avocations being followed during
the cay.
THE Christian church accepted the
Lords day as spiritual day and the one
great sacrament was the communion, and
IL any man was absent from this sacra-
ment IL was considered that he had fal-
len back TO heathenlsm.
"Conatantine WAS the first TO attempt
legislation 10 stop work on the Sabbath
in the city in honor OF Appollo. the god
of tho sun. Three hundred years later
Sunday was taken as the Sabbath. In the
10th century the first appliance or the
Lords day TO the Sabbath was made.
that Is according TO the Fourth COM
mandment.
From the close OF the 18th century down
20 the present day the speaker traced the
his tory of the Sabbath starting from
the 18th century. when the first legal
steps were taken TO force the observance
OF the day. and quoted the penalties I'M
posed for working on the sabbath. u even
going 80 far In New Haven, he said. to
hang men for doing work OF any kind on
the Lords day.
TWO THOUGHTS
There are two thoughts IN the way
the Sabbath should be observed-the rest
thought and the Spiritual thought. Man
must have day 20 rest or he will be-
como exhausted. We cannot AFFORD 20
abandon Sunday and the state should step
In here and prevent work being done on
the Lords day.
''Teh other thought is that Il Is a re-
lirious day 10 show our faith In God: to
give time for prayer and learn more
about God. Ten state can enforce n rest
day. hut cannot force u being kept as a
religious day: but IL would make possible
the religious observance OF the day. giving
more time for attending To the Spiritual
requirements of the day
"rhe ideal Sabbath should be one where
the family begins the day with holy COM
munion. then attend church and end the
day by the head Of the family instructing
his children In the Spiritual side OF the
day"
The next speaker was the Rev. william
q. Rainsford. II. ID. OF 81. Georges church
OF New York lie said there are two
sides 20 life and home There is one sort
Of life. the temporal life. and another side.
the eternal
The speaker told OF The universal sys-
tenn Of truth seeking. The end OF nature
r. TO hnd good things and give them
power. he said. and she gives such power
as she can. As nature hnds a good thing
che gives 10 more power. and continuing
he showed how the order Of animals from
the worm 20 the human being was given
power more and more as the order ad-
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