Smyrna times., 1906-04-04
WALTER FORD ON SABBATH DISSERTATION
Gives His Views0n Delivering Sunday News.
papers and Milk On the Sabbath Day.


papers and Milk On the Sabbath Day.
Mr.. Editor:-I am aware that this is
not a very popular subject, as there
are so many who directly or indirectly
break the Sabbath in many and var
ious ways. 1t is Gods law that we are
disobeying, and we shall be called to
an account for every violation that we
make or cause to be made. We may
break the State or National law and es-
cape the penalty, as is often the case,
because of bribery or lack of evidence,
but God will receive no bride and He
needs no witnes, for His eye is ever on
us. He will call us to an account for
every evil act, word or thought, and
will reward us for all the good we do
in deed, word or thought. 1t IS true,
Christ modified this command when he
said, (Which of you shall have an OK
fallen into pit and will not straight
way pull him out on the Sabbath day."
duke 14-5, and again Matt. 1919 J
"Wherefore il is lawful to do we'll on
the Sabbath days"
Now just let me ask, "Who is the OK
in the pit? The man who delivers the
milk, or the one who receives it, on
the Sabbath? The same question may
be asked as to Sunday newspapers. 1t
| if plain to be seen that the man who
delivers milk or papers on the Sabbath
is working and God says: "Six days
thou shalt labor and do all thy work:
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of
the Lord thy God, in it thou shalt not
do any work" Deuteronomy 9Th
18th and part of 14th verse; Well, il
is my opinion, that the OK is out of the
pit when the milking is done on Sun
day morning. AS to the Sunday news.
papers there never has been an OK in
the pit. 1t is my opinion that the mo-
tive and object of milk and paper de-
livery is the revenue it brings into the
pocket. have talked with some of
the milk dealers and they said: "Wt
have so many babies on our route
that we must deliver it." I followed
wagon and counted five persons t.
whom milk was delivered and there
was not one baby under 10 years o
age. Much has been said about tax
ing milk and papers on Sunday. 1t is
not work to receive milk or papers
and the commandments of God do not
mention what we shall read or no
read. 1 contend that the grocerymeI
have the same lawful right to sell an
deliver goods on Sunday that tn
it all. We have raised baby on tn
bottle and we took no milk from tn
milk dealers. We used the best cor
deDsed milk and he is as hearty as an
child in town. The doctors say cor
, densed milk is the best for babies.
! would advise the milk dealers to de
liver milk Saturday night and then de-
: liver no more until Monday morning
Now they will ask what will be don
with Sunday mornings milking Wei
do the best you can with that. ]
O would be better to lose it.
T do not blame the stockholders VIII
, control railroads ETC., for having the
! men work on Sunday. The necessit
y of such labor is misrepresented to the
: by the leading laboring men. If a
4 the labOring men of .this countI
would organize, and then stril
o against working on Sundays I am SUI
. that would stop Sunday work for I'll
! capitalists would not work on Sunday
Some people have petitioned the Del,
ware Railroad Company to give the
o a Sunday passenger train. 1 will vel
q ture to say that ninety-nine signers
= one hundred are laboring men WI
g want chance to visit. They do n,
: care if the engineer, fireman, brak
man, and conductors break Gods lay
= 4 tell you, it is my opinion that the
men who are compelled to work on I'll
! Sabbath, will rise up against the sig
! ers in the Judgment and conden
them. If the laboring people won
. go to church on Sundays and do the
! visiting on holidays their friends woa
like them better and they would stal
: a better show at the Judgment bar
God. [ am not in sympathy with Il
= Sunday freight because men haye
work who run the train. Now G.
" says 'Six days shalt thou labor and
all thy work" They say, theSund
freight is on account OF perishat
fruit. have seen carloads of pill
and lumber going up the railroads
SUNDAYS. 1 believe somebody W
as be required. to give an account for su
IN work. God knows whether it is pr
=, ishable fruit or the revenue viii