Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-14

on the Delaware railroad Why should
Il be any more of desecrauon on the
Sabbath day TO use a train TO attend
church than il is TO use horse ana car
riage. We cannot conceive how any
man could better insult the intelligence
Of the people Of this State, no more GER
tainly by the whole question than Judge
Lore does in these statements. Who does
not know that the blue laws, passed in
the early history of our country. have the
same relation TO the laws made for good
government that the traditions and rules
Of the Pharisees had TO the Fourth Com
mandment Will Judge Lore tell u.s. in
good faith. that the laws regulating the
observance Of the Sabbath. founded upon
the Fourth Commandment and printed
in the Delaware Code, are blue laws
Then so are the statutes against larceny
and murder. and to be consistent with
himself the Chief Justice ought never
sentence another man either to the work
house or to the gallows, for the same God
who says "Thou shalt not steal, Thou
shalt not kill still commands " "Remem-
ber the Sabbath day 10 keep 1t holy
| To those who observe the sixth, the
Seventh or the Eighth Commandments
but who trample the Fourth Command
ment under their feet the Saviour says
as He did to the pharisees of old, these
/ ought We TO have done. and not to leave
/ the other undone To listen TO the
sentiments attributed to Judge Lore one
would think that the Pennsylvania Rail
road Co. had been seized with O noble
! impulse to bring the world to Christ, and
I that they were loading their trains every
/ Sabbath with heralds Of the cross 10 60
| up and down the Peninsula publishing
/ the glad tidings of salvation. II the Chief
Justice will take the pains to observe the
/ crowds unloading from the Sunday trains
on the Delaware road and its tributaries,
we think he viii quickly ie.ch the con-
| clusi0r that they are the followers of Mann
mon and Bacchus rather than the followers
Of Jesus, and that God is not in all their
/ thoughts. If the judge cannot discrimi-
] nate AS TO the difference from moral
standpoint. between a soulless corporation
| depriving their hard-worked employees Of
| their divinely commanded rest and haul
| ing for financial gain a crowd OF conscience
| less people up and down our Peninsula on
/ the Sabbath day and a God-iearing man or
woman driving a horse to the Lords house
on His holy day, then we would respect
/ fully suggest that he tender his resigna-
I tion to the governor of Delaware or that
he put himself quickly in The hands of
/ Dr. Osler The Lord provided us with
the good things in life for our use, and
when we use and do not abuse them,
when we learn TO govern ourselves and to
7 love one another, who can say we are not
better for it, These are the beautiful
sentiments and the writer knows Just
/ where to find their Scripture foundation,
/ but for the life Of him he cannot see what
/ these have 10 do with the question at
/ ISSUE St. James says every good gilt
and every perfect gift is from above, and
cometh down from the Father OF lights,
with whom is no variableness neither
shadow OF turning while the Saviour
/ commands us 10 love our neighbOrs as
| ourselves Will the Chief Justice dare
say that the Sunday train, run in violation
Of both Gods law and mans law. is one
| Of Gods good gifts TO which the apostle
refers, and that to love a railroad en-
employe as we do ourselves means that
we deprive him OF his Sabbath rest and
/ privileges II this is the way Judge Lore
| interprets the Scripture we have no hesi-
fancy in saying that the next quarterly
conference Of Grace NJ. +. Church ought
to revoke his license as local preacher
II do not think the blue laws contem-
plated such modern conditions when
trains on Sunday as well as other days
have become a necessary part of our
| civilization" We have not seen the
genial Chief Justice for more than year,
but suppose from his utterances in the
Morning News that he has changed his
glasses, for everything he sees seems to
be blue. We are not advocating blue"
laws, but we do stand for the Observance
OF those righteous enactments which have
their foundations in Gods law II Sab
bath desecration is a necessary part OF
our civilization" 50 is every other crime
in the category, and, to save expenses,
we ought TO sell our criminal court build
ings and discharge all our policemen.
rs IL possible TO stop the great arterial
system OF the world even for a dav l
do not think so" There is a psychology
cal reason for those Of advanced wears
forgetting important things Of compare
tive recent occurrence while recalling
clearly and distinctly the things Of long
ago. This is why Judge Lore could give
you vivid description Of one of his boyish
pranks, but could not recall, without
assistance, an important event that
occurred in our county less than five
years ago. On the 10Th OF September.
1901, the mortal remains of William
Mckinley we're laid 10 rest in Canton. o.
At q certain time on that memorable day
every wheel OF every factory or Of every
car In this nation stopped for a period Of
10 minutes. II we could with impunitv
20 our great commercial system. give 10
minutes to a dead President, Il seems to
me that we could easily, without damage
70 our country's "arterial system" give
at least "a hours 20 our risen Lord Il do
not question the motives of the ministers
who are agitating the movement against
Sunday trains for l know them TO be
sincere, earnest men, but ! cannot follow
Their Judgment in this matter" Those
OF us who are well acquainted with the
Chiei Justice are not surprised at these
kindly utterances, and can exchange
Fluctuations with him in the matter Of
sincerity but no mans sincerity or
earnestness makes his conduct right in
the sight Of God The preachers iudr-
ments are iallible, we win readily admit
but where they lead in the cause al
righteousness and good government. h
seems TO me that the Chief Justice of
Delaware should follow.
MIL. Ralph T coursey.
Milton, Del. June 18th, 1905.
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