Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-02
REMEMBER THE SABBATH

The season of outdoor sports ami
amusements is again approaching and
word Of warning against the growing
practice OF appropnating the sabbath
day for such purposes, is timely No
one, with an eye open to the needs Of
the age, win feel inclined to, in any
way, discourage wholesome sports, or
athletic exercises, that tend TO strength
en- the body. thus making It more NJ
for a tabernacle in which a pure spirit
may dwell but the dissertation Of the
Sabbath for the sake OF such exercises
must be matter Of grave concern 10
Z MI who give the subject serious
thought
The tendency to disregard the Lords
day is becoming general throughout the
country. In many places Sunday Is
the busiest day Of the week a great
many Americans travel and live abroad
and then come back crowned with the
distinction Of having gained social hon
ors in Europe. Their French and Ger
man habits are initiated with haste and
eagerness by others who have not been
30 fortunate. or unfortunate, as TO ac-
quire, them on the other side Of the
rbcean, but are anxious TO show that
they know something OF the world And
so II happens that people crowd the
churches IN the morning, and go to
musical performances IN the afternoon
and to dinner parties In the evening,
either at the fashionable hotels and res
taurants or at the houses OF their
friends. Or, they rush of to pleasure
resorts and stay perhaps TIL midnight,
Sunday concerts" are commencing to
become popular, probably as a prelude
70 Sunday theaters. In fact, IN some
nj our cities, Sunday theaters are al
ready In vogue. Sunday baseballs and
other sports are becoming the rule,
rather than the exception.
All this shc<id be matter Of concern
70 the leaders OF public thought and
sentiment In the common schools and
the Higher Institutions OF learning
correct principles on this yubiect should
be inculcated; for the question OF a
weekly holiday is OF vital Importance
to the nation. without reference to any
religious considerations. Ministers Of
the Gospel might unite IN an effort for
the Sabbath. The heads Of the Y NJ c.
A. and in fact, all who take any In
terest In the welfare Of the public.
should exercise a wholesome influence
for the sacredness Of the Lords day,
This Is a platform broad enough for all
good men aud women 10 stand on, no
matter what their creeds may be. 9th
erwise, 1t Is platform on which all
could join hands in brotherly love and
Fellowship, for the welfare Of their fell
1owmen Here IS a field opened that de-
mands the best thought. the most earn
est effort, the most sacred devotion. II
invites all to forget their little dlffer-
ences, their petty jealousles, their
small work for sectional interest and
to unite for great object Of universal
Importance.
The Latter-day Saints should es-
pecially be reminded that the keeping
OF the Sabbath day is as much obliga-
tory ON them as the fulfilling Of other
religious duties. When these valleys
were consecrated TO dwelling-place
for them. Il was specially pointed out
that unless they would Keep the Sab
bath holy, and serve the Lord who had
led them 20 this land 1t would not be
Zion 70 them. Remember the Sab.
bath day" The need Of mankind Of
such day e. as great as It ever was
and viii be so TO the end Of time. The
people OF Utah have learnt correct prin.
cIpIes on this subject. Is there any rea.
son why a glorious example should not
shine before all the world from these
valleys OF the mountalnsY Why should
not the sacredness Of the Sabbath day
here as the glory OF the Lord over the
Tabernaele in the wilderness be an
ensign to all the world Of the divine
presence here? Remember the Sab
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