The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-08
"A. H. |. T." Who is Not a
Minister or Church
Member, Tells Why
There Should Not be
Sunday Baseball.
SUNDAY BASE BALL.

! | am not minister, not even a
member of any church, but | want TO
! tell your readers why the ministers
do not favor base ball. Because the
Lord, our God hath said-"Remember
the Sabbath Day to Keep it Holy.
| The Sabbath Day is one out of seven
| set apart for the Lord. 1t is the
Lords day. A day of rest from care
and labor, day of reverence for the
great Creator, day set apart for the
praise and alteration of him who gave
his life for us, day set apart by
him who is the ruler of us ALL The
Sabbath of the Lord, and it should be
willingly observed as such by us who
are his own handiwork.
In times of old it was even N
some foreign countries today. it is,
compulsory to bow the knee and in
extreme instances prostration is re-
CURED before the throne, or upon the
passing of the ruler
How little does our Lord require of
us. Six days hath he given us I'M
questioned for our amusement, the
seventh he requires for his own.
l ask with A. NJ. l. S. Can it be that
religion is becoming so frail that it
needs the law to support its institu-
tions?" / fear as nation it is. if
things have gone so far that we must
legislate for Holy Sabbath Day! IF
our consciences have so for deteriorat-
ed that we must be hemmed in by re-
strictions from the house, and the sen
ate, how far We must be from the
straight and narrow way
There was a day before the fall of
Babylon, when life was given over to
pleasure and amusement. And Baby
Ion is falleni Likewise the cities of
Sodom and Gomarrah were seekers
after pleasure, and with turn of his
hand the Lord removed them as a
blot from the face of the earth.
We have builded as a nation on
of Christianity, and to that
alone do we owe our high standing
among the nations of the earth today.
Those same Pilgrim Fathers. whose
memory we revere, laid broad |
enough foundation. on the shores of |
old Atlantic, for the religion of al |
people, for all times. They took the |
ten commandments, laid their lives |
to fit their teachings and their simple |
human courage was sublime
We hear frequently various arerI. |
ments advanced for more liberty (?) |
Of the people. Sunday base ball. Sur |
lay theatres, Sunday picnics and we
hear the Holy Sabbath called old |
fashioned, and out of date, and some |
20 so far as to say that we as a PEG
pie have progressed beyond the mar
'ow limits of the days of our fore
athers. That such things are toe
narrow for the present day and gen
Grafton. Would it not be we'll TO re
that We can never advance |
II all our boosted progress or civi.
ization. any father than the covers of
he Holy Bible. Before all creation
vas Godfather all Eternity will He
'e. We and our progress and civil
alton, and the earth today is but .
rifle in His Hand. With breath We
re gone. We do not like to hear
hese things. We try to forget them |
We place our inclinations first. and
hen call it the dictates of our con |
cience.
Six days have we for our amuse
lent. Let us give up the seventh viii
ngly to our Creator for it is His ,
ay. Holy unto him. and. remember |
we have not time enough on the |
Their six days for our pleasure, that | :
he remedy lies in our own hands.
We have a ballot to cast and
trough it there is a way to shorter
ours, without encroachment on the
ords Day.
Let us have a Holy Sabbath day
nd If we cannot have it without leg
lation, then let us have it with leg
lation so we may have a Sabbat'
oily unto the Lord :
y. II. /. T I