The Boise citizen., 1909-02-12
OBSERVANCE of SUNDAY
RATIONAL COURSE UPHELD BY THUNDERER OF
THE PACIFIC

The Oregonian presents the following arguments
observance of Sunday against Sunday closing laws
Most people agree that it good thing one
day OF rest Just which day should be depends upon
Cergymen class take their day Monday
On Sunday their hardest work done then that they
salaries Where industry be carried every day
week if the employees have twenty hours
be other day than Sunday part
Not all of them advocating
ton of all occupations called secular and particular of all
nents the first day of the week. cergymen and others
position which usti6ab from any point Theoogi
ca they have stand because the first day ofe
the Sabbath There justification Scrip
for making the first day of the week than any
ether day.
Good require persons who throughout six
days should be liberty devote the seventh To sit
deness sufficient for their welfare
sufficient go church and listen What all persons
need ecuperang influence breathe fresh part
lively game ball least witness amusing play
the heate go off excursion Those who wish
church Sunday should permitted
pei those go who wish do something else only gevou
infringement of their liberty but may result positive deterora
ton of their physical and moral being Man who
thrive without change of and occupation The monoony
weekly decidedly broken day
he will pine Hence the mmeaurabe moral value of Sun
day baseball games the Sunday haer and excursions which take
country.
Economically of first day observance
they ehcay theologcay The argument for clos
ing saloons Sunday sound because that day working people
opportunity than other sqaander their
ngs But if all other closing the
will prevent them from drinking They will buy the
liquor jugs guzze The ministers who say that the
Sunday baseball game and Sunday eater allies of the saloon
seriously msnormed The saloon has foe than the Sun
lay game The who has passed afternoon whole
in the open goes home tired and disposed
sleep His body nvgoraed and his character elevated He may
possibly take drink the way home the saloons
does down and Systematically beudde himself be
outdoor recreation other hygienc
part the Sunday heater similar foe the saloon,
friend 1t induces especially young spend their
good company and under comparatively good influences
definitely The conventional cry that the teater
The ministers who eeate simply prove
little they know of the world they seek REFORM In the
he heater, the melodrama, is deeply moral
ethical and calamity of the first rank to close
ibrares theaes other places of information and
proper Sunday Everey such place should be kept
pen Sunday other days closed The argument
hat places secular keep people away from church
worth considering If the churches compete with libraries
there something wrong with them
they find what and reform the they
the law help them where they ought
ep themselves John Wesley would have feared the compet
ion of baseball game neither would St Patrick The truth of the
any who has genuine message deliver
ever listen He needs laws herd the
multitude his auditorium They of themselves and they
ONE gladly There plenty Sunday
length for game of baseball also Persons who have
we'd in rural districts Catholic Church popular have
young the green after and
,reste and play Why not What is there in religion that
eceary opposed sanity and health Of mind and body The
avagance Putans the dire tyranny which the relentless
abbataans would impose upon not inventions of the Deity
ut OF foolish himself character who is labor
lg to lead man astray.
Every individual interested in public affairs keep