The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-11-07

Remember the sabbath day to keep 1T
holy. Six days thou shalt labor aud
do all thy work: but the seventh day is
the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in 1t
thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man
servant nor thy maidservant, nor thy
cattle, mr. thy stranger, that is within
thy gates. For in six days the Lord
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all
that in them is, and rested on the
seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed
the sabbath day, and hallowed Tx
odus 2O.Sl1. Thus speaks the law of
God.
Act of Assembly.
''If any person shall do, or perform
any worldly employment or business
whatsoever on the Lords Day common
ly called Sunday. works of a necessity
or charity only excepted, or shall use or
practice any unlawful game, hunting,
shooting, sport or diversion whatsoever
on the same day, and be convicted there
of, every such person so offending for
such offence shall forfeit and pay four
dollars to be levied by distress" Thus
speaks the laws OF the Commonwealth
OF Pennsylvania.
Chief Justice Gordon of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, October 4, 1856,
said:-There are but few OF our statutes
which in principle are of more import
ance than this act commonly called
"The Sunday Act" In that it recog-
nizes the first day Of the week as a day
of rest for the we'll disposed and relig-
ious people OF our Commonwealth and
we can entertain but little respect for
those who w~ilfully and persistently vio-
late its prescriptions. Against all such
its penalty should be enforced until they
are taught that a respect for its pro-
visions may at least be profitable from a
~pecuniary point of view. The fine i'm
posed is but light, far too light indeed
to prevent the violation of the Statute
by great Corporations aud capitalists
who regard their own profit rather han
the public welfare"
1t seems to us that this nation is at
this hour passing through a grave
crisis, when a most fearful conflict is on
between law and liberty n one side
and lawbreakers on the other. The
world has %applauded our W brave and
wise national President, Theodore
Roosevelt for the courageous stand he
has taken ia face Of great odds and
strong public sentiment, and has stood
like a giant rock against ~lawbreakers
in high places. Every person in this
community commends him and will
support him in this laudable enterprise.
Wherefore we, as a Ministerial AS
ISOLATION hereby most earnestly plead
will all our citizens to respect and
obey the divine laws and Statutary
ensctments of our own Common
wealth, believing the greatest good will
come to the individual and to the COM
munity by a strict observance OF their
provisions. They are not grievous and
will deprive nc one of any good. On
the other hand a disregard to this
divine and human precepts can only
issue in loss to the individual
and community. We also commend
our county and borough officials in
their honest endeavor to keep sacred
their oaths of Office. And we urge all
citizens to join us in their support.
A. J. Meek Pastor Baptist church,
Reynoldsville.
A. D. Mckay, pastor Presbyterian
church, Reynoldsville.
j. A. Parsons, pastor Methodist
church, Reynoldsville.
j. w. Crawford, pastor Baptist
church, Sykesville.
r. G. McMipn, pastor NJ. E. church
Sykesville.