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

"u"i"S'i r liiI,1'tEsrfT'TS y9t4yYSEs.'il
tcrs Of the eitY,IacHng ms aecSfd- = i
anse with an agseSment intoS whiali
they entered last week, preached
sermons cn Sabbath dissertation,
Sunday. These disconses, they
says were the opening shots Of
fight wlfelsthey intend to wage
against Sunday baseball this year.
Those ministers who spoke
against Sunday ball games at
either, the morning or evening SER
vice, Were Rev. ID. II. Bailey, pas
tor Of Epworth M. Il. churcn,
Rev. George NJ. Rourke Of the
First Presbyterian, Rev. A.. w.
Settlage, of the First Reformed
Rev. 3. G.. Piatt of the Central
Christian, Rev. L. G. Reed Of the
tinted Brethren; Rev. G.. L.
Barnard, of the Free Baptist, Rev.
C% w. Hensel of. Calvary and
Rev. G. r. Rowley of Wesley
NJ. II. 81 Iie
In the majority of these churches
notably Calvary Evangelical, Ep-
worth NJ. T.. and the First Pres
byterian, the pastors took arising
vote of the;f congregations on She
Sunday baseball question. In near
ly every instance, all but a few
people arose as an expression Of
their disapprOval of Sabbath desc
cration. The ministers w:ll use
tins fact as argument against the
claim that the majority of Marion
people want Sunday games.
Our Sabbath" was the theme of
the discourse at Calvary Church. Sun
day morning. The text was Exodus
20:8. Said the pastor,
For our Sabbath, we 90 back not
to. the Puritanism OF New England OF
Old England; not to the Reformation;
not to Apostolic days. nor to Sinai;
but through the nations pf antiquity
ito God. The Sabbath is In mod
err, law. In history. in legend, in
Scripture, and mans very nature--re-
ligious, Intellectual.
1T 10 proposed by a stock COM
pa1y Of Marion citizens to have a
sertss of GMn<,ax base ball games this
summer. The law of God says, No,
The law State OF Ohio .(Section
70S3 A)rsays No - 1t Is further pro-
posed to aucid Sunday games. by the
shops Of the city closing Saturday
noon. Whether this is accomplished
pr not. Sunday ball games are still
against right and law.
But II is said these games will
keep men out of the saloons. Are
saloons open in Marion on Sunday?
Why don't these stockholders, 80 con-
siderate OF these other men who
frequent the saloons. and thus keep
men out the whole Sabbath through? =?
Again. II has been urged, the Sun
day game will keep people from the
Sunday excursion. 1t Is never advis-
able nor right to fight one evil with
another. Anyway, II the excursion
ist is to be kept out of saloons, the
rides on the train will keep him out
of them longer than a base ball
game would. x
II Is asserted, "Three-fOurhts al
Marion's citizens want Sunday
games" AS a counter assertion, 1T
isn't So. "The Sabbath law is q
dead letter." so declares one of Ma.
rion's prominent citizens. There are
dead" laws on the states statute
books, but the one that helps to pre-
serve for us our American Sabbath Il
not one Of them. II had life enough
to save Cleveland from the Sunda,
games OF the American League. And
by the way, the sheriff Of Cuyahog,
county. who SO -fearlessly did his dut!
At that time, was reelected sool
thereafter by the biggest majorit.
ever given a sheriff In that county
and there was but one other candidate
Of the sherif's political party success
full In that election! Furthermore
the Supreme Court of our common
wealth has SO recently as April 1!
1898, declared the law against Sun
day base ball.to be alive. We hav
not heard of It's dying since.
And. In addition, our last stat
Assembly did not regard II as
dead letter. but when It was viz
orously assailed, the legislature stoo
"pat" In It's protection. n
SIT is not bigotry to uphold tn
sanctity Of the Sabbath. 1t is nj
tenaticismr to oppose the desecratio
Of the Sabbath. .la @ ssGch
The ,Rrohibltipns 2of, Sunday . ha
gamAs makes for better morals. grea'
er -brospSflty, 4 greater Marion, For
Of the.Fnisx.-sgslI league won
tolerate Sunday games. but they con
to Marion! clexeland hasn't deterio
steds since debarring Sunday bal
When the fight was on. Cincinna
was held up as model OF what
large. liberal city SHOULD be. Clev
land rejected the model, and fort
with outstripped her rival for Il
first place In the state.
'1rhe warnings from other tow
and cities are too plain for US to !
more. Sunday baseball furnish
temptations not otherwise encour
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