The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-08-11

rev. Dr. Oramel ii. Quick con-
tributes the following to The Frend:
In'The Friend of July, over the sig
nature of d. s., DR.. Scudder gives his
views upon Sunday baseball, in the fol-
lowing language:
"A stroll in Gods open air, horse
back ride, drive, refreshing swim,
a game of golf itself the acme of quiet
exercise, baseball, who will dare to set
a limit and declare one to be a sin
and the others innocent? We live in a
day when honest men will endure no
befogging of issues. The Church can no
longer say this or that Is tabu' unless
there is a clear moral distinction be-
tween the thing forbidden and those
tolerated. Sunday has two reasons for
being, both fundamental. The first is
the need for rest The second is the
necessity for social worship. If a man
is confined closely within doors six
days every week, the physical demand
for rest will force him to take outdoor
recreation on Sunday"
1t is a matter of deep regret to me
that DR.. Scudder should feel himself
called upon to use the columns of The
Friend for setting forth the views in
dicated in the above quotation. 1 do
not think them to be in accord with the
commands of God as given in the Old
Testament, or in harmony with the
teachings of the New Testament.
They are subversive of the teachings
of those who so effectually planted the
Gospel seed upon these islands. 1t Is
especially uniting that The Friend,
established and maintained by the
Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical AS
sociation for the conserving and up
building of the Gospel Kingdom, should
be thus used for the pulling down rath-
er than for the upbuilding. The man
ner of observance of the Sabbath is
one of the vital questions of the hour,
vital to Christian living, and to Chris
tian civilization.
In later sentence of the above arti-
Gle DR.. Scudder says: Innocent Sun
day recreations will appeal to members
of all the above groups. And the
Church does not oppose them. We re-
member to have heard no voice public
ly raised against them in Honolulu"
That the Doctors memory may new
er again permit him to repeat this as
sertion. is the hope of
ORRAMEL II. GULICK.
July goth, 1908.
In later sentence of the above arti-
der's good-natured rejoinder:
1t were well worth the effort of a
hundred editorials to evoke such a
splendid little bunch of hot shot as that
contained in the communication from
Fellow Editor Orramel H. Gulick on
another page, At recent meeting OF
our Editorial Board one of the most
ardent of our number suggested that
The Friend would improve with more
matter in lighter or livelier vein. All
| the rest said Amen" For liveliness
Mr.. Gulicks communication fills the
bill. 1t also gives the occasion for say
ing a bit more on the Sunday question.
That little editorial of last month
which gets such a basting could hardly
be expected to cover the whole ground
1t had but one objective, namely ia
show that while the Church does moi
(and should not) bother itself with
laying down rules as to how individuals
must act on Sunday in contradistinc
tion with ether days, il is tremendously
interested together with labor organi
cations and men lovers generally in de
manding that business shall not rot
the world of Sunday rest. 1t goei
without saying that the Church als'
enthusiastically backs the State II
safeguarding the right Of worship OF