Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-01
FOR HOLY SABBATH DAY
Church MEETING HELD
DR.. Howard Kelly Makes Stirring
Speech for Christian Righteous
ness---Berates Bad Politics in
Anne Arundel.
LORDS DAY ALLIANCE.
Seeks Cooperation---Wants Earnest
Workers to Promote Proper OBJ
seryance of Christian Sabbath
DR.. Davis Speaks.

DR.. Davis Speaks.
In an organized effort for civic right
eousness, a clean Sabbath and its holy
observance. members of the Lords Day
Alliance held public meeting here
yesterday afternoon in the First Meth
odist Episcopal Church
This meeting was one of the uav's
itinerary in the county. and it was fair
ly well attended. Governor Harring-
tor was 10 rave presided. hut was pre-
vented from being present owing to
the death of his mother. Upon motion
of DR.. Davis, sympathy for the Gov
ernor in his present bereavement was
expressed by rising vote of those
present at the meeting.
Each county in the State has vice
president of the Lords Day Alliance
and Mr.. Pardee, the president fer
Anne Arundel county, presided. After
few brief remarks. he introduced the
speaker. DIR Kelly, who took for his
text This ought ye to have done. and
IT left undone" DR.. Kelly said if we
cobble snoes, peddle milk or in what
ever walk of life. we are placed we
should do il with our might and 60 our
best, but there is another work outside
this. 1t is serving the Master. He said
ther is JOY in labor, ami idleness lis a
curse rather than a blessing
Dr. Kelly said he wished the spirit
of God could come into this community
making for righteousness. 1t is what
the people at large stand for. and not
the people themselves, that makes his
tory. Bringing things nearer home.
DR.. Kelly asked: What does Anne
Arundel stand for?" and answered 'im-
morality,,the saloons filling the prisons
and almshouses, insane asylums and
other institutions" Christians. he
said. should take a stand for righteous
ness; they are not aggressive enough.
There are sins of omission. James. vi
II. says To him that knoweth good
and doeth it not" DR.. Davis and DR.
Kelly are out to fight the sins OF
omission and of commission but the
fight begins with the church of God.
The question is how can you stir up
the people. There is no power outside
the church and the power Of God. He
Him. "All power is given unto Me in
heaven and earth" says Holy Scrip
ture.
The church has power. but does not
exercise IT, God IS willing to work in
us. but we are unwilling to work for
God. We act as if we are reservoirs,
when we are only channels. The par
a'ioX of Christian life is You give
away more than you have, and the more
you give away the more abundantly
you receive. 1t is the little foxes that
eat the vines, and destroy the little
grapes. 1t is the little things of the
world that become the great evils
Breaking down of the Sabbath is a lit
tie thing in the beginning God only
asks one day in seven 1t does not
seem wrong TO play golf or BASEBALL or
Sunday. These are not harmful other
days, but it is rObbing God of His own
day, and is secularizing the Sabbath
1t is keeping those cut of Gods house
who minght. otherwise, be persuaded
to come to a religious service.
Speaking of the disregard Of the
Sababth, DR. Kelly said Mexico is dry
rot, but Europe is active rot with her
murderous war The Lords Day Al
lance sees danger in little things. l.
endeavors to awaken Christians to-
ward the danger of desecrating the
Sabbath. II is hamable to make ini-
quitous places to corrupt young men
and young women, and this is what
Anne Arundel county is doing The
Lords Day Alliance got rid of men
who stood for the worst things iaBalti-
more county, and forty saloon keepers
had their licenses refused. It can get
rid of men who stand politically and
morally for iniquitous things in Anne
Arundel county, but it needs the CO.
operation of the people
DR.. Kelly pleaded with the people to
get behind the iniquities in this county
and to get rid of them. Beeaues a man.
a politician, gives you the glad hand
il does not justify his political intrigue
See that your own heart and conscience
is right ami then make others better
Don't talk about the open Bible" and
know nothing of what it contains. Too
many profe3ing Christians know moth
ing of the Bible. Enter Christ's serv-
ice everywhere. Work on The outside.
DR.. Kelly is most familiar with the
Bible.and quoted It's texts from time to
time with appropriate applications OF
his remarks He was followed by Dr.
w W. Davis, who made an earnest
appeal for clean Sabi ath Ht said
the biggest question We have had to
deal with today is What are you going
TO do with SuLday-God's Day." We
are fast drifting out to the European
continental way of observing the Sab
bath, and We know what Sunday desc
Grafton las done for other countries
and viii DO for ours.
DR.. Davis reviewed the various bills
intl oduced in the Legislature to break
the Sabbath. and how some of them
were thwarted and defeated He said
there was no Maryland law that had