The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-06-03

4 of It's statutes We are al sWerable
1t0ithe whole Of law. In this case
the commandment continues, "six
Idays shalt thou work but on the
seventh thou shalt do no work,
neither thou nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, nor thy maid-servant,
nor thy man-servant, nor thy cat
tile nor the stranger that is within
1 the gate, etc. How strictly is the
entire commandment lived up to;
1 let us see. How many who are
opposed to Sunday baseball are
opposed to permitting their ser.
wants to labor on Sunday, that is,
to cook their meals, black their
boots and do other work which the
religious sect during the Hebrew
time, and who interpreted the law
to the letter, did on Saturday or
the day before the Sabbath? How
many Of the DIRECTORS to Sunday
base ball, who base their objections
on the fourth commandment, per.
nit their horses, if they possess
any, to rest on Sunday instead Of
making them work by giving them
selves the pleasure Of a pleasant
afternoons drive? Why do some
OF the DIRECTORS to Sunday base.
ball force the postmaster to work
on the Sabbath day, and complain
Lii their mail is not properly dis,
|tributed when they 60 to the post.
office after attending divine ser.
vices? Why do some of the OBJ
jectors to Sunday base ball force
trainmen to work by travelling by
train on Sundays? Is it not true
that some Of the directors to Sun
day baseball visit their places Of
business and perform secular ser
vice behind curtains such as post
ing books, checking up accounts,
preparing lists for purchases, in
speeding their mail, etc.7 Why do.
some Of the DIRECTORS to Sunday
base ball make tia day offeast by
forcing their servants to prepare a
big meal for invited company on
the Sabbath daya Why do some
of the directors Of Sunday base
ball force the liyeryman TO work |
by their permitting their sons and
daughters to hire a rig for an aft.
ernoon's drivef WHAT'S the DIFF. /
ference between buying q news
paper on Sunday, or buying a base
ball game? WHAT'S the difference
between buying a horse and buggy.|
for an afternoon, OF buying a basel
ball game9 If one is q dissertation
Of the Sabbath, then the other
surely must be. Why, not be far
and permit others to have ,heirI
views as to the desecration insteadl
Of sendeayoring to force by fair or
foul means, them To follow the
dictates Of creed and dogma which /.
IS 50 seVerely censnred when per. !
formed by the Catholic Church.
during the 10Th and 10th centnrys| Z
Il anyone attends q baseball
game they will see that the people j
attending are not Whis key soaked,
profane, loud .mouthed vile desc. L
orators as some would call them
1.-THE game itself is d nuisance,
hen make ordinances to that ef.
'.ect. Il it produce drunkenness,
hen state how, and make ordin-
ence IS TO that effect, but do not I
lide behind one part Of the law !:
nd hold il mp to the outsider as q b
'ilolator thereof and bury the other q
art which the DIRECTORS are
iisolating every Sunday 81
1.-THE question Of desecrat ton OIL Il
be- & Sabbath sstoz bee come a legal g
act ',,1s. then let us not follow it part. 1,
but let US SO the full length 3
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