The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-13

/ Sfest 1acl- Jhat Gods Statute on tn,
/ subject Of Sabbath keeping takes pre-,
) cedenoe, and that our human iau
| should 50 take shape. Believing thi,
| as ne do. we feel thoroughly Jealous
| for the Sabbath, as God gave 1t, and
as Christ interpreted il. We believe it.
| sacred character should be preserved
| We fear the wider open opportunities
| for both labor and ADJUSTMENTS. lest
they prove but letting down of the
| bars" We are apprehensive for the
future, lest there be a greater enter
| ing in sin We regard that il IS en-
tIrely within our recognized prerosa
| tives to eall attention of our law MAX
ers TO the old established fact. that
righteousness ExaIteth a Nation: But
Sin is a Reproach TO Any People" And
we think it right to appeal to every
one, TO stand by and for our old mot
to. The Life OF the Land is Perpetu-
ated in Righteousness
DR.. SCUDDER'S POSITION.
DR.. Doremus Scudder made an ad-
dress full of pith. He introduced one
feature which was somewhat of sur
prise and this was where he discussed
the manner in which Asiatics, and Jap
anese in particular, coming to the shores
OF America, would regard American
institutions judged from the standpoint
OF the American observance of Sunday
Either they would get the worst side,
which was wide-open Sunday. or the
best side, which was a God-like observ-
snce of the Sabbath.
His definition. also, OF what might
constitute game which could be play
ed on Sunday, was UNIQUE The law
as at present enforced said that no pub
lie games should be played By pub
lie, he understood the meaning to be
something which was advertised Games,
however, could be played on Sunday,
if they were played in a manner to an
noy no one. DIR. Scudder said in part
Il am not here this evening to plead
the cause OF the old Jewish Sabbath,
that grand old austere observance re-
yived by our Puritan forefathers-may
God ever bless their memory-because
that Sabbath was ended forever in those
-
bath was made for man and not man
for the Sabbath / am here tonight to
plead the cause of the Christian Sun
day, which came from those same words
of our Master. and will be the inspira-
ton OF the day to the very end of hu-
man time: to plead for Gods gift to
man, humanity's day made for man,
founded upon inviolable law of human.
nature, a guarantee wherever 1t pre-
walls of liberty to individual men and
OF the highest civilization.
1t seems to me strange that there
should be any need TO plead for a rest
day. play day. in this day, when the |
gospel OF the absolute necessity of rec
reation for all men is being preached by
the leading scientific and educational |
opponents all over the world. Our
strenuous life demands this rest day |
Man must not be worked to death.
If either Of the laws now being con-
sidered by those gentlemen of the Leg |
islature, whom l highly respect and |
honor, whom we have lifted TO their |
high position as our public servants, |
should prevail, that law-u1aking body |
will say to our people, y our day must
be surrendered; you may not rest on
Sunday"
OCuQ0GI
Sunday laws. which he said he hao
read only the day before for the first
time He doubted whether more than |
a dozen persons IN the church had read |
the laws. He commented on the law
as he went along, and continued:
when I read these laws it seemed |
to me the Territory of Hawaii Was 70 |
be congratulated upon the sane, lib |
eral and just measures. taken for the |
guidance of the people and this day OF |
rest. 1t guarantees to Worknen gen
orally day of rest.
L am sorry tonight to have TO resort |
to class talk Class does exist here
and I have no hesitation in saying that
the provisions IN the bills now before
the Legislature are class legislation
This proposes to rob whom of his
Sunday? A capitalist Not a bit of
it. 1t does propose to take away the
day OF rest from thousands. and per-
1aps tens OF thousands in time. OF Our
fellow citizens BARRIERS? Don't you
hink that a man who must get shaved
IN Sunday morning should do so before
} o'clock. instead Of requiring man to
stay in the shop until II? Would it not
BE more manly to shave himself that
morning and let the barber have his day
, y 1
oeing benefited by having laundry work
lone on Sunday blush for this Ter
-itory. l read the other day that an
1nwashed tourist. or globe-trotter, who
lid not have enough clean linen to car
v him from Yokohama TO San Francis
o. complained that he could not get
my washing done here on Sunday.
Newspaper printers? | can say to
-ou that one OF the editors OF the pa
,ers here said the present law was suf-
icient for the printing OF the Sunday
newspaper. but this law proposes to
brow open ali printing shops on Sun
lay as well. Perhaps some OF our leg
slators are troubled because they can
lot get their printing done fast enough
nd want to employ men TO get out the
work faster and by working every day.
"The railroad men, Every freight
,andler and worker in the Territory
nav have to work on Sunday under the
lew law. Many stores may be opened,
nd others that are closed at 9 a. m.