The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-04
PLEADS FOR SUNDAY
DIR. ANDERSON BREACHES ON PRE-
 SERVING SABBATH
Says Cure For Conditions Lies With individual and Not With Lawmak- iDg Bodies--Makes Appeal For
 Home.

1 Announcing as his reason, the popu- 1 lar interest in the Sunday question at
 this time, and with the view to impress
 sing his congregation with few of the 1 meoacing conditions of the twentieth
 century and to set forth a remedy, Dr. | Neal l.. Anderson, pastor of the Central 1 Presbyterian Church. preached, yester-
 day morning, from the text Remember l the Sabbath Day to Keep 1t Holy" | The question that is agitating the 1 public mind at this time, the ques- tion of making laws to regulate the
 number of days that a man shall or | shall not work, cannot be regulated
 either by legislation or by the church.
 but must be decided by the individual
 he said,
 lation for the protection of the rest of the working man, but the remedy is not Fin legislation. The remedy lies where the peril lies, in the heart and life of the individual"
 Dr. Anderson's sermon was a strong, reasonable and practical explanation of the law given for the rule and the guide of man in its rerereD"e and ap- plication to the twentieth century as well as to the people of Judaism. Treating the subpect, pr. Anderson presented and developed the thoughts: | first. that the law Is not Judaic; second, the perils of modern life, and third, the remedy.
 Tn the first place." he said, "remem- | Der the Sabbath Day to keep 1t Holy" | is Gods law. and can neither add to 1t,
 nor take from 1t one obligation, nor | can violation by individual or nations do aught but bring harm to those that | disregard its precepts."
 Dr. Anderson gave q striking illus
 tration of the falfillment of this law in | the abolition of the custom of stoning
 to death for Sabbath breaking. This custom was abolished when the Jewish
 nation ceased. to exist under Divine au-
 thority. Breaking the Sabbath Day to l nt hof trrRA 1A aaN1
 high treason. and was looked upon
 much as the people of this day
 would look upon the stoning of the na-
 tional flag in time of war.
 I "The law of the Sabbath" he said | "is based upon moral and permanent l elements, and is so stated in the sta | tute, to keep the day holy. Christ;
 ations wSeh were re exceEptions EaEis swE to e9 I law, or raAAer brought the law undel 1 subjection to higher law, the law o
 man needs, permanent needs. physical 1 America" he said. faces the great.
 est peril of its history and it's people
 are in the midst of the greatest pert l of modern life: The great peril oi 1 hurry hurry the greed for gain, the
 mad rush for wealth, the short cut l is destroying life, crushing out vital.
 itys debasing morals.
 'The twentieth century has it's works OI necessity ana mercy, ne Salo, 'Dul I it cannot abrogate the moral law" Of the remedy for the menacing evils
 he declared. the proposed Legislation
 was important but freedom from ecle-
 siasticism was of great importance | The church as an Organization had
 no right to demand ought except priv. | ileges of rest and worship. | "Legislatfon, to become effective must be based on moral and physical
 wel-being and on religious grounds. 1 When anything goes wrong, the first ] thought Is to make laws to correct 1 the error, but in this case. after all has been said and done that can he | done by Legislation, the true remedy
 Is not found in Sunday laws, impor' 1 tant as they are.'
 The real peril. he said, Is in the at. l titude of the ChristSan people toward | the day, and with them the remedy | rests.
 As a conclusion to his sermon, Dr
 Anderson pleaded with earnestness that ! a halt might be called in the hurry oi l life, and that any consistent sacrifice
 be made that the Sabbath day be made
 one of peace for love and the home anC
 the house of God.