The Washington herald., 1908-01-13

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life of Christian men and women"
Father Mackin's Appeal.
Rev. Father Mackin. pastor of ST.
Paurs Catholic Church. delivered a ser
mon at the 70 o'clock mass. He took for
/ his text. And it came TO pass that, after
three days they found Him in the Temple.
sitting in the midst of the doctors. hear
/ ing them, and asking them questions -
And He went down with them and came
to Nazareth, and was subject to them. -
He said:
''That child was the Son OF Cod, equal
to His Father over every hair of His
head angels kept watch. Yet His parents
watched over Him as eagerly and sought
| for Him as anXiously as If He were a
mere peasants son, and was dependent
on them for His safety.
Let me say to you that there can be
no Christian home when the Sunday is
not kept sacred.
/ our Protestant brethren are setting
us an example worthy of imAation.
| Those who are church members are re-
markable for their strict observance Of
/ the Lords day and now they are banded
! together 90 accomplish this grand object
and prevent as far as possible its profa-
nation
Differing from them in many things.
/ in this We can all agree, and must make
common cause against the common foe.
| When Sunday is destroyed our heritage
| of Christianity is practically gone"
! AT St Thomas Church. Eighteenth and
/ Church streets northwest, Or. c. Ernest
Smith delivered sermon on the observ-
ance Of Sunday. DR. Smith took for
| his subject, sabbath was made for man,
and not man for Sabbath"
/ He said that the latter part of the
/ phrase we all believed. our business in
| this day, he said. was to have the first
( part of the sentence as fully accepted
as the second part
Charles r. Winbigler. pastor of the
/ First Baptist Church, Sixteenth and o
/ streets northwest in his sermon. hayed
the society people of Washington for
/ holding dinner parties, receptions. card
( parties. and like entertainments on Sun
day. He scored the government, indi-
yidual corporations. and an other classes
( of employers for compelling their men
and women 10 work on the Sabbath day
The Jewish nation" he said. by vir-
tue Of its disobedience and breaking OF
/ the Sabbath law, paid the penalty Of
/ being in bondage for forty years"
Dr. Wiub!gler then took up the ques-
ton Of the Sunday theater. He said en-
/ tertaiuments ot this character. given Un-
+ der the guise of picture shows or sacred
concerts. have but one purpose-that Of
making money.
+ They should be closed" he declared.
! Rev Samuel H. Woodrow. pastor Of
/ the First Congregational Church, also
preached on the subject OF a better OBJ
/ ser-anCe Of the sabbath. He said. in part:
! God has no mistt garments When
! God makes "a law or establishes an in
stt ation, it is exactly suited to mans
need
/ Man was not made for the purpose Of
keeping the Sabbath. but the Sabbath was
made 90 minister 90 mans physical intel
T lectual, and spiritual needs
Rev. Dr. Van Schaick's Words.
Rev John Van schaick. jr, pastor Of
the Church Of our Father. Universalist.
delivered a sermon at the vesper service.
+ Dr. Van Schaick said. In part.
What We want is not more law 50 much
as enforcement OF what We have The
/ plain unvarnished fact is that every clerk
in the government service is entitled by
law TO d Saturday half-hoiiday. Enforce
this law. and give them a few hours Of
daylight on "a week day. and then the
ground viii be cleared for a wiser OBJ
servance Of Sunday
AT the morning service al NoTthminster
Church. Rev. Or. George p Wilson, pas
tor Of the church. said. in his sermon:
The Lord has given six days in which
TO be occupied with material things but
the Sabbath must be- kept holy unto the
Lord We have disregarded Gods law
and degeuerated into nation Of Sabbath
breakers
Bishop Satterlee. when seen by a re-
porter for The Washington Herald last
night. said he was heartily In favor Of
the movement started by the ciergymen
OF Washington.
1T is "a magnificent movement ne said
and I trust the people of this country
viii see and profit by it,
Bishop Satterlee said he had intended
preaching a sermon on the subject of
the observance OF the Sabbath, yester-
day morning but had been compelled
to postpone il until next Sunday He
expressed his qualification in the fact
thar an tha denominations had filmed in