The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-02
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Mr.. sTANsFIELD OPPOSES TREND
TOWARD SUNDAY BASEBALL.
Merfdfan-street Church Pastor Tacks
. ssRider'' to HIS Sunday Sermon
Ministerial Arguments.

At the Meridian-street NJ. f. Church yes
terday morning the Rev. Joshua Stansfield
delivered sermon on the Sunday baseball
question, prefacing his remarks with a
short sermon on the text from / Corinth-
fans ID 2: IT am determined not to know
anything among you. save Jesus Christ and
Him crucihed-" In part he said:
Our text is one Of the much-misinter
preted portions of Scripture. Paul is here
giving not the subject, but the power of
his ministry. There are many who seem to
fhink that for Paul or any other to preach
Christ and Him crucified means that ne
must speak ever and only of the great fact
that He died for our offenses.' This, in
deed, IL the sublmest fact in history. but 1t
q so because It is the elimination in act of
the subiimest principle Of life.
ct does not mean the citing and reitera-
t;on Of one text merely. but the application
Of the principle Of the text to all life's rela-
ffonships- Note how in his letters to the
Corinthians he touches almost every ques-
t1on of life-parents. children, husbands.
wives. masters, servants, preacher, people
and even how they should dress or wear
their hair. The Christ crucihed principle is
everything with Paul. There is no secular
and sacred but The preacher must apply
this principle as the gospel does to men, in
situations politics, government.
I'VE are told that religion is personal
experience and should deal with the indi-
vidual only; true. but with the individual
Ss is IL So
ing TO the Wilderness OF a persons relation
ehip IL becomes az extended personal ques-
ton covering and governing all lifes con-
duct. You say the preacher shall not touch
politics or statet:raft; the great preachers
CT the past have, for where can man go
that the principle of the gospel shall not
7 obtain?
THE LABOR PROBLEM
This principle of Christ crucifed is the
only one that can solve the labor problem
Permeated by It, labor shall be less AFRO
giant Tn the day OF it's power. When capt.
tai, nay. capitalists. shall know it's spirit
they shall move from the standpoint of men,
net the market of men. Christ cruciied.
seif-giving and suffering for service and
for saving Is the only hope. This alone
establishes right by conceding rights. So
also In the family circle, with its minute
exactions and claims; ln the social world.
with its piques and sights and slurs, its
slandeT and it's slavery. There are two
ways 10 meet IL all; one the way of mas
tery and OF murder, self-assertion. self
vindicatIon. self-aggrandizement; the pen
atty enforced and the dust licked by ev-
cry offender. That is the way of murder.
TO know nothing amongst men but Christ
and Him crucified, bearing lfe's burden
and sin even to Calvary. TO death;
principle that the churches of city
are to-day called upon to stand for the
DEFENSE OF GODS holy day. We have
Legisiature, touching our Christian day.
The demand is being made for law to
admit of professional ball games in In
dianapolis on the Lords day and thus
without question to open up the city TO
many OF the forms of Sabbath dissertation.
BY some this Is demanded I'm the name of
! morality. the plea being advanced that
would draw men from the roadhouses and
open saloons rather serious charge
aRains< the city Is enseonced in such state
menfs. for II Is stating pretty emphatical-
y what the administration has so vigor-
saloons on the Sabbath.
THE RELIGIOUS VIEW.
but viii IL draw from these? VIII the
fifteen TO thirty thousand persons coming
into our city be help to moral life? And
win II be easier then than now to keer
saloons closed? No sane can think
90. The saloon keepers and brewers know
better: and II they should sign a petition
IN body you would refuse to believe their
protestations and hold that their action
was for counter effect And then are you
leeislating for these outsiders and Sunday
| excursionists and number who have moi
the opportunity TO the game any
| other day oaly?' Think you that these vii
be allf assure you nay. but you will of
| fer TO thousands of your own boys anC
girls Incentives and temptations for Sun
day desecrasion they will not long with
stand. Your high school boys and girl.
will be there by TIE hundreds. But is thi.
really for the We kingman, and have they
IN some cases asked for IL? Then all W,
lay Is. shortsighted workingmen, who ha,
thus bewitched your
II IL be true that Sunday afternoon II
the only time they have. IL Is certainly no
true that IL Is the only time they ough
20 nave. With the increased facilities 70
production and the strain upon employs
which comes from specialization OF labor
the Saturday or some other day half-holi
day Is within reasonable reach for many o
our States II they only press it, But [,
misuse the Sabbath thus is to rob them
selves Of one OF the strongest reasons nov
&c be used. And why such a measure 70
Indianapolis alone?
With from ten 20 thirty thousand per
sons IN the city on any Sunday when pro
<eslonal ball is played there surely can
not be n man among but who know
= Will be f0regone conclusion that the sa
looms and drinking places OF the city will no
BE- kept closed with seething crowds o
such a character within our midst. NJ
man dreams OF such a thing. neither coul
he We pleased that Mayor BookwaI
ter refused TO sign as citizen along wit
many others in and around the city hall
VINO were sought. for with his estimat
fof the present Inability OF the city TO cop
may well hesitate TO bring such an in
creased burden On the police force OF tn