The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-22

A,Tf these garnes are tolerated, the
moral sense Of the community will
be weakened the more reckless ele-
ment OF the city and county Will have
full swing, and other evils Will rush
in.
Eyes, there may be greater evils
under the sun, but now is the time to
fight this one. SO let us not he side
tracked"
At Epworth M. f.. church, Sun.
lay evening, Rev. D. II. Bailey
spoke %, the subject, "I'he Ameri.
can Sabbath. - He spo';e of the
fact that Ohio has laws whi,ll
stand out rplainly against I'll furn4s
of Sabbath desecration, AMI As de-
clared that no man can be good
citizen and disobey these laws.
"a Marion business ;hal wlo
favois Sunday baseball says that
the laws against Sabbath desccra.
ticn aIes dead issues" said the
Epworth pastor. "Let any man
como up for office on the plitform
that he believes in the opal viola
tion uf these laws; then we would
see how near TO being dead they
are"
The mayor and the police are
having enough trouble nos trying
to keep the saloons closed on
Sunday" said Rev. Mr., Bailey.
"If we pea'mdt Sunday baseball, 1t
will not be long until th. Sabbath
IS the same as any other day in
Marion. ~
At the First Presbyterian church
Sunday evening, Rev. Georys M.
Rourke took as his subject "The
Dissertation of the Sabbath. The
text, taken from Nehemiah 1921
reads, From that time forth came
they no more on the sabbath. I"
The pastor said that SUNDAY
baseball " against the Biblical law
and Of the laws of Ohio.
Sunday morning Rev.. Rourke
spoke OH the subject, "The Temp.
tation Of Christ, taking as his
text, the words of the tempter "Ir
thou therefore shall WORSHIP me.
all shall be thine" found in Luke
| AT the close OF the discourse,
Rev. Mr.. Rou rke spoke of tho
Sunday baseball agitation and said
that he was grleved to notice
that some of his members had sign.
ed a petition in favor of Sunday
ball. "'
AT the Sunday morning servlce
N. Il. Arnold and George Salmon
were ordained as elders and John
Landon was installed.
/ FIX. ~: S-11.-Remember the sab-
oath day to keep 1t holy. Sly davs
sna't thou labor and do all thy work !.
put the seventh day is the Sabbath of
Tue Lord thy God. in 1t thou shalt not
uo any work, thou, nor thy son. nor
my daughter, nor thu man servant
nor thy cattle. nor thy stranger thai
rs within thy gates. For in six davs
.he Lord made heaven and earth
tne sea and all that in them is, and
rested on the seventh day; where
tore' the Lord rested on the sevent,
day and hallowed It
Nenemiah 13:15-22. I'm thpse davs
saw In Judah some treadine wine
PRESSES on the Sabbath, and brIngin,
IN sneaves. and lading asses there
WIN; as also wine. grapes and flgs
anu all manner of burdens. whicl
they brought into Jerusalem on tb
sabbath day; and l testified arajns
them In the day whereby thew sol
victuals. There dwelt men of Tvr
therein, which brought In fish, an,
an manner of ware. and sold on tn
oappatn unto the children of Judaf
!and In Jerusalem. Then 7 contenda
with the. mobiles of Judah. and sal
unto them, what evil thing Is mi
mat ye do, and profane the sabbat
aay? Did not your fathers thus, an
did not our God bring all this ev
} upon us and upon this city? Yet '
pring more wrath upon Israel
a lprofaning the Sabbath. And n cor
4 TO pass that when the gates of .Jeru,
alem began to be dark before m
Sabbath. I commanded that the rats
SHOULD be shut, and commanded thu
a they should mot be opened till aftt
+ the Sabbath; pnf some of NV ser,
ants set over the gates, that the,
4 Fhould be no burden brought in q
n the Sabbath day. SO the merchant
Rnd sellers of all kind OF ware lodge
: without Jerusalem once or twice
tlfhengI testified against them, an
a said unto them; why lodge We abo,
; the wall? II ye do so again, / wi
lay hands on you. From that tin
i forth came they no more or he Sal
!. bath.
! Ezek. 20; 12. 13, 16.--Moreover
i gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sia
q between me and them, that thu
might know an, the Lord that san
ls tify them. But. the house of Isra
? rebelled against me In the wilderness
,s they walked not in my statutes. al
T. they despised my judgments. which
i. 1 q man dO he shaI1 ovau Iivo In thor