The sun., 1910-07-16
NO Open" SUNDAY.
a Clergyman Defrads the Po.Itian a,
ne Protestant Churehes

To THE EpIroR oV Tar SUN Sir u.
Who uses the name OF Christ IN the -.pp,t.
- h1s arguments or in any wav spaaAs a,
an interpreter OF the message 81 '.-..,
should himself manifest the kincl, ,,.. t-,.
Of the Christ. This il the leas' q, D..
can do. IL IL sine qua non II u..- ,
| speaker desires that his reference 's. ....,
he taken seriously. This Is pTey..... r..
condition which Mr. Francis u t,I.,.g
has not fulflled. In q letter IN 1pr =,
Of July IL making vehement and ,tna .-.,.
assault upon the Protestant clergy 20 r.s...
I bold TO invoke the name and the .r...i .f
Jesus. great many crimes have leon
| committed In the name OF liberi, , AMI a -r..,
| many assaults are made upon christ r.....
/ In the name of Jesus. but the spirit ~ I.- .,
never inspired the letter which appeared In
yesterdays SUS II u had anything 10 ,ip
| with Christ u was the spirit Of anil-thrt.r
because the Protestant churchs, have ,i.
vOcated closed dramshops on SUNDAY ana
have intinlated that there might be a tr''e,
way for the masses 60 observe the dai than
by crowdinR To a baseball game tless
churches are the enemies oG tho nla...s
especially that part OF the masss- vhirp
Mr.. Gallatin ~ pleased to call m. WORKING
people He pictures for us tho unhappv.
en-la we'd workman going to the ha,A door
OF tho saloon on sunday and drinking Vie
liquor and all the while hi. rage vithtn LIn
foaminR like the foam ON his Sctoonrf ipr
had u not been for the Protestant clergy h.
might have been sitting at ease vltH he
family in a delightful beer garden and IN
this fashion the Protestant church has lo.t
its hold upon the people, BY the -psopla.
our friend avowedly means those p~opl,
who slink around to the back doors of saloon.
ON Sunday morning. and this definition ot
the people. clears the atmosphere little
Upon such people the Protestant church
never had hold. nor can II have y hold un'l
the saloon back door h first compelled ~
rsltnauish It's hold For this reason tha
Protestant church has protested anAins, 'hs
saloon on all days OF the week. but especially
on the hrst.
II our friend thinks that an open baseball
saloon. beer garden, vaudeville SUNDAY Is a
blessing to the laboring man let him reflect
that In the last ten years the army of sunday
lAborers has increased So per cent There
are nov more than .Ooo. On men toilins on
sunday. And Why7 Because the friends n
labor advocated the open Continental sun
day. To care for the crowds abroad on
Sunday one industry after another has been
summoned until this crown of liberty has
become q crown OF thorns.
The issue has been Joined In this country
betw tween two ideals, Of liberty and righteous.
ness ON the one hand are they Who accert
no authority hiEher than mans wishes and
desires on the other hand they Who hsiisve
that there IL q wisdom higher than mans
experience and an authority higher Than
mans desire Bv the side Of this last v,s-
dom and authority Professionalism has al
way- taken her stand. To the organized
body Of incsrnate depravity which mani
fest- it.elf In every community of mon
Professionalism has ever presented a hoN'l"
has Of