Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-02
VIGOROUS SUPPORT
FOR SU DAY
CLOSING
Correspondent Quotes Scrip
ture to Prove That New Mex
ico'S Blue Law is Step in the
Right Direction.
Editor Morning Journal.

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la Albuquerque on the preceding Sab
bath. | a. not know what motive led
the officers to resurrect the "old blue"
Sunday law, as some have STYLED il, but
suppose they had come to the same
conclusion as many others that the
time a arrived to call a halt. For
a long time there has been almost no
Sabbath i'm Albuquerque. Some bust
ness houses have been closed, but
many have been open and those who
are not entirely adrift from God and
the Old-time religion have been
greatly grieved. Not only so, but it
has been made exceedingly difficult
to do ones duty spiritually. How can
we go To the place of prayer In the
spirit of true worshippcrs or return
and keep our minds on the things
which we have heard in the sanctuary,
and how can W. train our children to
continue 70 think of the Lords day
as different from other days, when al
most at every step through the busi-
ness section of our city someone is
Haunting his merchandise in 0ur
faces?
The Sunday law Is indeed an "old
blue" law, as blue as the sky. and for
the same reason. viz. because the dis
tance from which 1t comes defies our
vision. 1t was not given first at ST.
mai. but away back when God said.
Lei US MAKE man. Ntlllti WAS IL
first broken when Moses let 1t fall at
the foot of the mountain, but back in
Eden when Adam fell himself. Many
make the mistake of thinking the
fourth commandment a Jewish re-
quirement simply. They would have
us believe the law was fulfilled by
Christ and for that reason has passed
away with the whole Jewish dispersal
ton. But such Is not the case, The
commandment to Remember the
sabbath day to keep it holy" belongs
to the legal code that came into the
world with the creation. and is in
tended for all time. The moral law
and the ceremonial law were two diff
ferent things. II was the latter that
tached TO this law now. It Is not
even a rule Of life either for Jew or
Gentle. The effect OF Jesus life and
death on the moral law was this: II
took away the penalty for all who ac-
cept him as savior and emphasized
the law as a rule of life. The moral
law was written at first on mans
heart. The writing having become
blurred and dimmed through disobedi-
ence. God carved 1t on slabs of stone,
teaching us thereby that Il is to re-
main the rule of conduct as long as
h hills from which the rocky tablets
were %quarried endure. The Sabbath
hht 80 NAN - III ~ III Atl
commandments. AID Is the only law
of the ten prefaced with the words.
Remember" If IL IS wrong to kill
or steal. much more then is il wrong
TO break this command which God has
80 particularly emphasized and care
fully guarded.
When we want license to do evil 1t
Is easy to twist a verse of-Scripture.
Jesus said: The Sabbath day vas
made for man, not man for the Sab
bath" That means, according TO
some. that the Sabbath was made for
man to sell whiskey n tobacco. to
hand out beef steak, gaia shine or a
hair cut, or do any other little harm !
less thing" we rave a mind To. This
Will do if we wan to make light Uf
scripture, but not If We are really Sc
rious. What Is the right in~terpreta-
ton of this little statement of the
Master? We know well enough. II it
not that the Sabbath vas made for
mans business interests. his onven
fence, pleasure, etc, but for man him
self, hat is, for mans good. his real, !
chief and highest good, That which
lifts man up We say Is for man. BY
foolish requirements and false inter
pretations. the Jews were making the
Sabbath burdensome and oppressive,
and thus making 1t a hindrance in
stead of help In mans spiritual de-
Velopment. God a Il hat we
might have a ladder by which once a
week we might climb out of our ply /
steal WEAKNESS and spiritual indiffer-
ence and up to heights where renewed
energies would make our daily toll
a delight and where quickcncd hearts
would give US n taste of heaven on
earth. 10 will serve this purpose whCr
we remember TO keep Il holy.
The Man Of Galilee gave the Sab
bath law his strongest approval. Fol-
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viii find him a strict sabbath keeper. l
II was in his conduct la going over
to the synagogue or temple on the
sabbath day. In preaching the word
and healing the sick. that the old di-
vines got their explanation Of the
Fourth commandment. when they
said: THE Sabbath day is TO be n
tilted by "A holy resting an that day,
even from such worldly employments
and ~recreations as are lawful on other
days and In spending the whole time
tn the public and private exercises OF
Gods worship. except as much as is
to be taken up In the works Of neces-
sity n mercy
When our legislators were framing
this "old blue" law, the law that
makes the nation blue and everybody
blue when IL isn't kept they were
only rewriting and emphasizing the
law Of God.
II has been dead FOR many years;
let US not blame the officers Of our
county for resurrecting 1t. II is the
fashion nowadays to resurrect dead
laws. II Is expected that those who
have been gathering in their pieces Of
silver during the long silence OF the
buried corpses will object To- the stir
ring Of the dry bones.
All honor to the officers who last
sabbath determined to do their sworn
duty. Il j. hoped We have made but
"a beginning In Kidding our city Of the
host Of things that have been a sore
grievance TO the best Of her citizens
and that for long have tempted the
righteous judgments Of God. The
brave officers who saw NO" to the
opening Of the postOfhce. to the run
ming Of the street cars. 90. pool play
ing. 20 t~rafhcking IN immOrals and to
the publishing and selling Of the sun
day newspaper-in other words. who
give NJ a clean sweep. will find W.
with them from start to finish.
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