The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-07-18

.le BHle is read and studied and
al.-. .le sabbath Is kep.. reverenc.
-d and ..te.et lie was living proof
~ -le .-l-Afulue-s ot the statement
mad. .y solomon when De said.
Train lp a child a the way he
should z1 and when he is old. be
viii -o. depart from l," so he stroll.
cd oH .l search of DE- church of his
choice Upon reaching Man street,
be- saw some ,aiugs tha; at fir.
be- could hardly believe There were
many draymen driving in all direc.
t.9as Carrying on thelr business Jus:
a- .t B.. were Saturday or any other
day. BE though. possibly these men
at" making some emergency calls
-lis mp-a.ns, so Doe passed or. A.
- walked leisIrsly along the street
ne noticed several people carrying
packages as II they had been shop.
ping Ha said to himself "Car .' he
that these peop, aay. been Durchas-
Ing goods on 'ae sabbath day 90"
Seeing number 90 business house
"..h ,aa.- doors partially open ana
others wide op.u. ae concluded .ha.
hat must have been the case Fur.
taer up ,la stree, aa heard the wh.-
o. machinery and the clicking OF
Nha. sounded Ike fob printing
press Upon investigation he found
a job printing office open and It's
force turning on. Rha. h- supposed
was first class work. for ha heard
man whom BE- presumed was the
proprietor say. a, he counted the
sheets " some work We are simply
getting the business OF thi. tow.
I'd" young man though. OF his child.
hood days when a, his mothers knee
by the family Hrasid. the basi,
principle, OF Christianity were in
s.illed 100 his heart and mind He 70.
membered the fourth commandment
which says Remember he Sabbath
day 20 keep il holy. Six days shalt
thou labor aad do all thy work He
thought also OF the words OF the
Christ, The Sabbath was made Tor
man, and not man for the Sabbath. ."
and with these thoughts in mind. he
wendad his way along the street. hav.
Ing almost forgotten where he had
started and wondering on whose
shoulders lay the responsibility for
such bold and wanton desecration o,
the holy sabbath
But he was yet 20 see the most
astounding sight Of all.
Written In flaming letters on sever.
al show windows was this sign:
baseball Today at p. NJ" The
street cars carried big placards bear.
ing the same words The young
man said TO himself rs il possible
thai | have lost sight OF the days
Of the week and this is really not
sunday morning." He walked into
drug store that was crowded with
customers who were not buying medi
cine. and examined calendar. find
ing thar he was not m staken bu,
that the day was really the day
which God has set apart as a day
OF rest. Upon enquiring II there wa.
any law defining Sabba,h.breax. G
and providing for a penalty or the
'ransgrcssion thereof. he was told
that there was and tina; the penalty
was fine OF one dollar for eacn
offensc. After receiving this bi,
OF Information the new citizen OF
Ardmore continued his journey "a
church, thinking tlat prohibitive law
with such an Insignificant penalty is
worse than no law az all for when
such a law is allowed by the Officers
to be broken with impunity II en-
genders a lack OF respect for all law
and promotes and encourages other
forms OF lawlessness.
This seems 10 BE- an age of ma
. terialism, an age when the spirit ri
= commercialism seems TO be- the dom
mating force or influence permea,
ing the varied activities OF life: an
age when the idea that happiness
must come from without and no.
from within appears 10 have seized
upon all, an age when the ideal
seems smothered and strangled hy
. the so-called practical and when the
!, doctrine seems 20 have gained fun
! acceptance that happiness AN be
! only through the achievement OF our
most selfish ambitions The mum.
erous improvements and advantages
OF the age should be appreciated but
~e should no, be- blind 20 the fact
that in the wake OF the good some
evils are following Have We not
departed from the old landmarks
that our fathers have set, and are
not our standards OF morality con.
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