The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-26
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
STRONG ADDRESS ON SABBATH
 OBSERVANCE BY

OBSERVANCE BY
 Rev. Dr. KneeIand-"Practical Christi-
 anity" the Subject of Rev. Mir. Smiths
 Series of SermOns-Special Lenten
 Services at Grace P. E. Church.
 Church Fair Nets S5O0--Other Per-
 sOnaI Items.
 At the Grand avenue Congregational church yesterday morning Rev. Martin ID. Kneeland, D. D., of Boston, secre- tary of the New England Sabbath Pro- tective league, spoke on the objects of that organization and at the close Of the servicea collection was taken for this work. Dr. Kneeland said that the late Senator HaWley was the vice presl- dent in this state of the society for eight years; later Senator Platt hlled the position, and now Judge J. Il. Per ny is the vice president. Dr. Kneeland said in part:
 IL SG6IllS SlIduSt llcll III SAlAo tAtNAS VI Sabbath dissertation, so many of us are descendants of the Pilgrim fathers, There is a tendency to leave the first principles and to drift with the tide In the Bible there are 170 passages refer ring to the Sabbath. To remove lands marks in the old Jewish times in some cases merited capital punishment. The ancient in- stitutions, and are so intertWined that they have never been separated and they have gone on and on singing throughout the ages.
 we find that the Sabbath was part of humanity. Man cannot do without its worship and rest. It is not only command: it is a demand. Every fibre of man is craving for this rest A record of those who have been sent to the concord reformatory shows that 90 per cent. started wrong as result of Sabbath breaking. A prominent man. ufacturer told me that his help who desecrated the Sabbath were good for very little work on Monday. Where there is no Sabbath, there is barbarian. IIOAO eAlO BUY OllbOCAA lNAAlPCAoAANN OA 0eeAA izations in New England, and I wish there were fifty. But there is only one organization for the protection of the Sabbath. Our work is legal, legislative and educational. I do not say that all the blue laws of this state that were f1ctitiously published should be insisted upon. Those were laws for occasions. nIin " I1Ot 5riun nnXEhn1U to church. It does not seek to relate the church to the state But it seeks to let the working man escape from the bondage of toll on day in a week. The laborer is entitled to one day in seven, just as much as he is entitled to air and sunshine. We have stopped hun dreds of miles which were run on Sun day; and have stopped sports and gambling. There was mill building in Lawrence on which 800 men were em- ployed and the work went on for sever al Sundays until this society stepped in and threatening suit, this work was stopped. For three years this society has done work in trying to prevent Sunday dissertation. where they are try ing to make second Coney Island. We have the names of 10000 people on the list of our society"
 Rev. Charles G. Smith at the Grand avenue Baptist church will preach a series of Sunday evening sermons on the epistle of James entitld: Practical Christianity" with topics as follows: March 4, Pure Religion;" March Il, Good Works" March IS, "The Use and Misuse of the Tongue" March 20, ''The Consecrated Life;" April 1, r'Wealth and Health"
 A series of special Lenten services will be held at Grace P. F. church as follows:
 Ash Wednesday,, service and sermon, 9:3O a. m., and 4:SO p. m.; Tuesday, service and institution. 7:SO D. m.; Thursdays, evening prayer at 4:S0 o'clock; Fridays, holy communion, 9:90 a. m.
 March 2--st. James, Rev. Franklin Knight, New Haven.
 March 9-Grace Rev. J. Frederick Sexton, New Haven,
 March 16-St James, Rev, William T. Brewster, Warehouse Point.
 March 2S-Grace, Rev. E. B. schmitt, Ansonia.
 March 3O-st, James, Rev George H. Buck, Derby
 April 6--Grace, Rev. c. T. Linsley, Hartford.
 Holy week-service daily except Sat urday, 9:S0 a. m. Thursday, holy con- munion, 9:SO a. m.
 Good Friday-Service and sermon, 9:30 a, m. and 7:30 p. m
 Easter Even-Holy baptist, o'clock.
 Services and sermon at East Haven, Fridays, 4:3O p. m. Offerings Friday evenings for general missions. Special