The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-06-24

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| ofisccial reform, q work which never
touches religious questions az all, and
saw the statement written shere that
economically the Sunday is . neoessi-5
y. .ssaa n support Of this posi!!cs. i.
gave the interesting feet II eli ;f Z ms.
BON. orlcarpenter takes q contract in
Paris he gets the work done quicker,
cheaper and better by employing Eng-
lish labor, because English persons
work six days. wEise French workmen
work seven dsysin the week. One Of
the fVaiest public men Of tho last
century-,he late Mr.. Gladstone e-said
| in q very remarkable letter, which ap. ;lI,.
peared some years ago in the press,
that he had always kept the day Of
| rest as scrupulonsly as possible.
now" he add %, sda, Fl 81 I tine sud OF
q laboriops public career Of nearly
ffty-seven years I attribute in great
partsto that cause the prolongation Of
my life and the preservation Of the
faculties Imay still possess. = And
listen to the testimony Of Lord Ma
;cauley To the economic value Of the,
Sunday: while industry is suspend
ed, while the plough lies in the fur
row. While the xchangs is silent,
%Aiis no smoke ascends from che FAD
tory, . PROCESS is going ! on quite as
important 20 the wealth Of the nation
as any process whichgis performed On
more busy days. Man, the machine
of machinery, is repairing and Wind )
ing up, SO that he returns to his labor
on Monday with olearer /; elliot, with
liyelier spirits, With renewed corpore-
al yigor. And SO, my friends, you
see something Of thsgvalue oe the Sum
day viewed simply al q physical hane !.
Ifit. II would be impossible, I think
to over-estimate that value. Apart
altogether from les religious benefits
the observance Of the Sunday length
ems life, improves york, increases hap.
piness and enricheb the home, which,
after all, is the ultimate spring Of ma,
terial welfare. Upon every loyal oiti-.
zen, then, (and lam not asking you,
whether he be member Of the church
or not,) upon every lover of mankind
there.devolves the solemn obligation
Of throwing the whole weight Of his.
Influence in favor Of the preservation
3of che Sunday as a rest day. The
man who viii not do this, but who,
from greed Of gain, will turn his rsst,
into q sork day is d traitor 10 his
race. And 3 the corporation which,
from greeisof gain; will compel whole
multitudes of employees to work on
thia day of rest is a traitor. 4 care
not who the men be, who ssss 4. :.,
they are helping 20 undermine the
very pillar Of our national sesurity,
and 7 unhesitatingly place them among
our country e enemies. Unless there
comes = stifening Of the public oon-
acience in this respect we are going to.
lose. our Sunday as q rest day. This
ia the danger which threatens us az
the pre1snt time not that we shall
lose il as aS t5of spiritual opportpni-
ty merely, but that we shall lose ii as
q rest day. I saw the statement made 8
on! the authority Of one who knew that
in the city and county oee oe London,
England, there are hale q lnillioa of
people employed on ssnnd days id con-
naction with public amusaments alone.
Add TO sshese the army off railway
workmen and the like, most of whom
are practically the slaves Of employ
ers, and you will see the necessity
there is forever patriosic, loyal oiti.
zen Of this great coun ntIsy to come to
THE defenoe Of those whose needed
rest day is being quietly flched away.
am well aware that in this conpli-
GATED social life of ours, and especial.
tly in crowded cities, there must nacea-
|aarily be exceptions; but these ought
Ito be- reduced to y minimum, while
Hose v Who are compe pelled TO work on
lISlnday ought TO be given 4 day for
rest during the week The question
So TO what constitutes the proper OBJ.
faerssuce6 6f the Sabbath may bo .
difficult one 10 answer, bat this much
is cleaa must observe il as day
ofrest from ~ toll and We must
dosour utmost TO secure 10 others she
privilege of a rest day. III, our own
homes and business We muss lessen
tod aa far 10 possibl ble. We must BY
onr example. discourage All forms 81
sseerasion of the deis, such ss Sun