Arizona republican., 1903-07-31
SABBATH oBSERvANCES
Sermon by Rev. Lewis Kalsey D. D.,
at Union Services in Pres. Church


Luke 6: lis it lawful on the Sab
bath days to do good or to do evil; to
save life or to destroy it,
The people who are trying to secure
in Phoenix more general observance
OF our national rest day. are not seek
ing their own advantage, are not work
ing 70: themselves, or to advance their
body's burden. and to give cheer to
somebody's home without the slightest
thought of or reference to religious
opinions or dogmas.
Charity is better than Christianity
Christlikeness is better than profess
ing Christ.
Sunday is a day in which we should
learn to love our neighbors, to do kind
" deeds. to think loving thoughts.
We are told that Christians keep
Sunday, Greeks Monday, Persians
Tuesday. Assyrians Wednesday, Egyp-
tians Thursday, Turks Friday, Jews
Saturday.
The following brief utterances of
wise men may be of interest:
"A corruption of morals usually fol-
lows proclamation of the Sabbath
Blackstone.
The Sabbath as political institu-
ton is of inestimable value. independ-
emily of its claim to divine authority"
Adam Smith.
Where there is no Christian Sab
and without this. free institutions can.
No
Lean.
The longer | live the more highly do
/ estimate the Christian Sabbath, and
the more grateful do l feel toward
those who impress its Importance on
the community. "-Daniel Webster.
This is a Christian nation. l do not
need to prove it. No one denies it.
Shall we have a Sabbath, or shall
Sunday be as other days? Shall We
be more or less CT Christian nation
because of the acts and influence of
the city of Phoenix?
Shall we have any Sunday laws? We
have them already, on our statute
books and by common observance
Our courts are closed on Sunday:
the banks are closed the stores are
closed; the schools are closed
Only few years ago the stores of
Phoenix were open on Sunday. Who
would like to go back TO that time?
But we cannot stand still. Shall we
go backward or forward. toward a
closed or toward an open Sunday?
In this country law is the will of the
people defined III statute by their rep
resentatives. 1t is difficult to frame
any law which will be equally just to
all Members of the water users asso-
citation realize that fact.
We need TO learn. line upon line, tina
| liberty is not license. \ few Ameri-
/ cans. and many foreigners. cannot o:
will not recognize the distinction.
A man has Il right to do as hc
pleases-as long as he pleases to dC
right. When he attempts to do wrong
| or to interfere with the rights o.
| others. your sons enlist in the United
States army OF the National Guard t.
| compel him to respect the rights of hi.
neighbors.
Liberty does not mean that a maj
has right TO ride a BICYCLE on tn,
/ sidewalk, does not mean that enc ha
right to carry a pistol on a picni
excursion: and when there is Il fire
no man must drive over the hose.
Organized society requires mutua
| concessions from its members. A fire.
| government exists by the consent o
the governed. When the people believ
that the greatest good of the creates
number requires that one day be Sc
! apart as a day of rest, the nation ha
a right to safeguard that day. A
when the president comes to visi
Phoenix. thu streets are patrolled. car
riages are ordered off them, and the
are kept open and quiet for his prog
ress. so when the United States wishe
to enjoy holiday or a holy day. it ha
Il right to protect itself in so doing
This it does in accordance with tn
voice of its citizens. and when il cease
to desire such protection it will with
draw it.
During the six working days ever
man is free to work and l., or Shout
be, protected in so doing. Men VIII
forget this in Arizona may remembe
Morenci and the National Guard.
On the seventh day. on whatever da
of the week that day may come (for
a citizen enlists in the NAVY and sail
around the world it will come on Mon
| day or on Saturday, on the sevent