The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-04
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BISHOP BURGESS ON LIQUOR
Saloon Is Greatest Enemy of Home
and Cause of Much of Our Do
mestic InfeIicity.

In recent address before the an
nual Episcopal convention of the do
cesc of Long Island, held at Garden
City, the Ri. Rev Bishop Frederick
Burgess said:
If the church condemns the saloon
1t is not because the church hates the
Workingman, or his wife, or his family,
but because the saloon is the greatest
enemy of the home, because it more
than anything else, accounts for the
fearful congestion of our cities. where
human beings have to herd at night
like beasts; because 1t sends the man
home at night with no money in his
pockets and with no sense of shame,
with curses in his mouth and murder
even in his heart. Make the blessing
from the saloon as great as you can
and it will still remain that it is more
responsible than anything else for do
nestle infelicity and that it's influence
is against that loveliest of human
traits which Saint Paul taught and
which the King James translators,
consciously or unconsciously. rendered
into the noble rhythm: Husbands,
love your wives and be not bitter
against them
Il believe that Christian people
stand reasonably on the law. A prom
inent judge on the Supreme court
bench of New York said to me not
long ago: You cannot galvanize these
old Sunday laws and put life into
them That Is true if they are really
dead. A law dies the moment it ceases
to accord with a strong minority of
the people. 1t is OF no use keeping 1t
on the statute books, for all H. does
Is to become one of the richest sources
OF unholy revenue to Inscriptions DO
lice and officials If the popular senu-
ment favors the open Sunday, then
by all means let us wipe out TIE law
against Il so that it may no longer
confuse the mind of the public
Il think the attitude of Christian
people in New York has greatly
changed toward the Sunday. AMI that
our Sunday laws need restatement. We
no longer look at exercise or recrea-
tton as wrong upon Sunday, nor do
we constantly talk about the Sabbath.
we realize 1t is not an unholy sight
to see lot of young men playing ball
on Sunday afternoon or riding or
strolling in the parks The day Christ
rose from the dead is the happiest day
In the week and We clergy must know
that we shall not secure a larger at
tendance at church because we try to
take from the day all its joys and
brightness But none the less | be-
lieve that while the church NAV well
approve of the opening of museums, H.
braries and the increased facilities for
travel on the Lords day, yet it will
not approve of the opening of the
aters or the exhibition ball games or
the saloons.
The local option question, on the
other hand, is in my opinion mis-
take. There should be one temper
ance law for the whole state, with per
haps exceptions made for the great
cities. The introduction of one of the
most contentious subjects into local
politics is misChieyous in the extreme
1t arouses wrangIing and leads often
times to hard feelings which would
have been avoided had the outlook
been wider. 1t brings each village
clergyman into undue prominence, and
men find themselves forced to explain
to the public their own private views
OF habits; or else be stamped in an un-
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