The Greeley tribune., 1910-02-10
Mr.. Satiricus Talks

no HE Tribune:-I have r( j viii
profound emotion your Au mnce
.ment of the other day that Cd y Il
Ita have q ten days. debate tha
|srupaudous. momentous. all trport
Iaut theological question as tofNAeth
.er the first day of the weekt q th'
seventh was originally set ap1 ant
forever dedicated by the d b. o
Hosts for MS to keep 1t hid
Ishau not attend | am not BIZ Il
risk the theological conclusidbs an,
I beliefs OF a lifetime. Suppo& nov
|for Instance. that did attehd an,
thus became convinced that b., N
born and life trained cono non
were at fault. and that not OIL my
self but my father and gran nthe
before me. and mother and sand
mother as we'll had, on thet part
committed the now, alas, uni ldon
able sin, and on my part - o
which | must repent in sac ,.otl
and ashes the remainder OF nj day
or be forever damned. You see
cant afford the risk of an up be
lief at my time of life.
But. as a matter of fact. li 1
not at all the reason Dear TMne
and Dear and Reverend Sirs hwy
shall not listen to this propo( de
bate. The real reason being Tat
do not believe it is of the 8 ties
~ in, thfA ri d,
or the next which day we o
whether we keep any day HI il
the sense either of these gem enei
regard its observance. One D.
just as holy as another to uf an,
any act that is fundamentally Oni
and injurious in its effects on sci
and society at large is just as ke'
and sinful on Monday or FRI ay d
on either OF these so claimed aere,
ays-Saturday or Sunday. iAaer
fully use whatever influence ma
possess to aid one OF these re gou
factions In securing Sunday psin
acts and ordinances. not bed use
think II 3 greater atA 10 drink ~
other day of the week. but because
think it much better to Clos ther
one day in the week than 10 hav
them open all the time: whereas.
would not allow an open saloon, II
had my way in the matter AZ an
time.
may say now that ] lave Eo
into my subject that the d dscusyjo
of this question is not ney one q
my experience. grew NJ With ,
and survived. One of the first thins
can remember in this sinful worl
was the heated discussion Of IL 4
the little red school house OF oti
neighborhood in old WisconsrD A
result of it one lone neighbor 20
converted to the seventh day theory
and there not being church of ths
persuasion there at the time. ba tray
eled clear down to Sauk Cy ever
Saturday thereafter for twelve wear
to attend divine service there The
by great exertion having gathere
around him a number of like belia
he built them a little house of VOL
ship mainly from his own mean,
But alas. in very short time div
sion crept into their ranks oysr Ns
sonry-many of our elder gep.ratio
can remember the hot controy ersie
, OF the time in all the churches owe
that subject-and this conscis,,iou
old bigot seeded from the lit,Ie AZ
ciety he had founded and rasume
mis- trips to Sauk City.
AT later period lived for o,it
term of years between two ,aigl
bors-as good neighbors as ev,
mad, too-one of whom kent ba ar,
day of the week and the orbar m
sabbath, and with the perb,,s n,
j, unnatural result that | kent ,',,,a
q do not mean by this that non,
=. get up on my roof and har.r.or n
y the Lords day of the one. Or Are
q gun opposite the window of M. 9th.
V on his sacred sabbath" dgg Tor
h 40 believe II my meat ofIcp1," M
!, heighbor should at least D,t -, a,
- my lips when ! chew il i'm Nj. nre
g ence Nor would l. even poU ,ryi,
, keeping open shOp nm III