The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-06-01

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sides Of the question involved is sub
mitted.
In your issue Of May IS, Mr.. N.
L. Agrell gives the readers Of your
worthy paper and especially the base
ball teams some advice as to play
ing that popular game. He asks,
"Should we spend the Lords day in
that way, or in playing that gamer
He says, ut vii grieve the heart Of
any thinking man to visit the Sun
day sch ,ols and note the absence Of
the young men, the pride Of our
schools, the hope of our land" J;
and refers to them attending this
game. and be asks II We can afford
II, etc. He says that We have but
short time TO learn Of what comes
next. What is the preference Of
Mr.. AgTell in this harmless sport7
Would he use force TO restrain the
boys from their preference and force
them 10 attend bis particular service
on a particular day1 We read in
certain Book, called sacred, to let no
one judge you as to the Sabbath day
or the eating Of meat, and that the
Sabbath vas made for man and not
man for the Sabbath. The Jews and
Seventh Day Adventists aver that
Saturday is the correct Sabbath.
The Christians take issue with them,
holding that Sunday is the correct
day. and other sects declare that
all three are wrong. and they have
still other days for their Lords day.
Please tell US which day Is eoueci.
Would It not be more in line With
the Golden Rule Of humanity. which
is as far from so-called Christianity
as the East is from the West. TO al
low each individual to be his own
judge 50 long as he does not inter-
fere With others1
Mr.. Agrell refers to the drunk
enness and gambling that occurred in
Cottonwood recently. he asks If
We should allow our young people to
encourage anything like that. That
is a perplexing question. We might
as we'll say. Shall We allow our
young men TO conduct themselves
and vote otherwise than according
to our own ideas"
hope he and / can coincide on
something. It is a credit to any
man, woman or boy TO do all in their
means and power to prohibit drunk
enness. gambling and all other vices,
but the ideals are the ones that do
right from principle and without
compulsion. People ought 10 be per-
feet so that prisons and gibbets could
be dispensed with. But il Mr.. Agrell
is depending on what he conceives TO
be the commands Of his Lord Gil
am mistaken here I will beg his par
don) to accomplish this reform, /
will advise him to read and medi-
tate upon only three Of the dozens
Of commands Of which / can give
chapter and verse: After the Lord
gave certain instruction, be says,
Deus. 18th chapter, Goth verse
'sAnd thou shalt bestow that money
for whatsoever thy soul Iusleth after
for oxen or for sheep or for wine
or for strong drink, or whatsoever
thy soul desireth and thou shalt eat
there before the Lord thy God, and
thou shalt rejoice, thou and thine
This celebrater is not
only instructed to spend his money
for wine or strong drink, but for
his soul desireth. That
means If he could thick of anything
Else be might relish he had permits
zion 10 indulge. This would not be
l very admirable temperance lee
.ure nowadays. St. Luke, 10Th chap
er, 2sth verse. "Teach but those
nine enemies which would not that /
Ihould reign over them, bring hithsr
md slay them before me-" That
carried out according to
etter and spirit would murder three
ourlhs of the people of this earth.
)eut. I'd chapter, saith and 5sth
'erses, reads, "And we took all Of
lis cities at that time and utterly