Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-17
WANTS SPOSTOFFICE
CLOSED SUNDAY.
DR.. Locke offers Resolutions to
Stop Postal Business on
Sabbath Day
SAYS 7TH DAY DESECRATED
Pastor Argues Rest for Employees
Only ProCurabIe by CeS-
Sation of Work
SAYS 7TH DAY DESECRATED

A novel feature was introduced by
DR.. Charles Edward Locke, pastor Of
the First Methodist church, last even
ing during the delivery of his sermon
on 1.-THE American Sabbath" in the
form of the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted by
the large congregation:
whereas, a movement is on foot in
our country to secure the closing or
the postoffices for the delivery of mails
on Sunday, thereby affording Sunday
rest to a vast army or talthIul gov
ernment employees;
BE it resolved, that we, the people
assembled in the First Methodist Epis-
copal church of Los Angeles, Sunday
evening, October 16, 1910, do hereby
express our hearty approval of the
suggestion to close the postothce or
Los Angeles on Sunday and will do all
in our power to cultivate public senti-
ment on this subject.
"Resolved further, thata we request
the board of trustees of the church,
of which A. e. Pomeroy is the chair
man and L. P. Mulford is the secre-
tary, to confer with Postmaster Har-
rison of Los Angeles and to present
this matter to the church federation
and take such steps as will help TO
bring this matter to successful issue.
DIR. Lockes text was, Remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holy Ex-
odus 20:8. He said in part:
"For some years the disregard and
Dissertation of the Sabbath day by
the pleasure seekers and avaricious
money getters has gone on at an
alarming pace, but it is evident that
there is already a reaction against
these unchristian and degeneratlng
tendencies. Last March the United
States Steel corporation passed a res
oIution eliminating all unnecessary
Sunday labor. This action insured the
Sunday rest Of 200 900 honorable work.
men.
"It is extreme folly for a nation to
refuse Gods kindly arrangement for a
rest day. There inheres in society the
right and law of rest, and therefore
the fourth commandment, Remember
the Sabbath day to keep 1t holy the
breaking of any of these divine laws
will demoralize all human conditions.
This is therefore a question of great
practical and economic Importance. 1t
is estimated that 100000 of our fell
low citizens are deprived of Sunday
rest and that 1000 people die daily
because of overwork-sacrificed to this
inexorable god of hurry and grind and
ceaseless toll. The overworked man
endeavors to repair his wasted ener-
gleS by drt1f1C1al means anu lIllS lSdtuS
to strong drink and dissipation and
crime.
"You will be interested to know that
a nation wide movement is being in
augurated looking toward tho abolition
Of Sunday work in the postoffices of
the United States. In the great city
Of London, with its 100000 of popu-
lation, no mail is collected or delivered
on Sunday. In this country there has
ir1cf of a N
the city postoffices until at length the
clerical force and carriers often work
as much as six or eight hours. Much
Of this labor is made necessary by
the delivery of mail at the postoffice
windows. In order to accoommdate
the comparatively few people who call
for their mail it is necessary for all
the carriers to assert their mail and
occupy hours of the Sunday rest day
in continuous labor. There is no doubt
that when the attention of the citizens
is called to the fact that, for this
small convenience, at least 500 of the
most faithful men in Los Angeles are
deprived of the privilege of Sunday
as a rest and home and worship day,
the patrons will promptly unite in
movement for a closed postoffice on
Sunday. There is great need of the
Sunday, today, as a home day and
rest day and a worship day. The man
or woman who spends the Sunday in
greed and frivolity is a traitor to his
countrty--a Judas to his Lord. There
is not man who frequents tennis
court or -'-~ takes his golf club in
his ham. on the Sabbath day, who IS
not betraying Jesus Christ with a trail
tors kiss and handing his Lord over
to the murderous multltudes, who will
cruelty Christ once more. Many cul-
tured and prosperous people are act
ing these traitorous parts today"