El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-20

i clarad tbat there are four great
American institutions-the family the
church. the school and the sunday The
family is the great American lnstltu-
ton giving US a happy chlldhoou' an
rncontamfnated youth, an exalted
womanhooJ. A strong manhood. Inc
school keeps the state II AHo" ieu7e
and makes the citizen wise IN the eA-
a-.c;.a &c an bis rights and privileges
II is rh.. function of the churcl anu -
moral teacher TO point ouS IL 10
OF eternal right and eteIllal q" - sjl+d
these three institutions must Dc 49,. -
III Anoerican SUNDAY. These are me
four pillars Of the repun9IIS anu
falling OF one imperlIs an ,,t
Must Have High Order OF or M .'',eine,
Daniel Webster never tired OF say ne
that rhe four institutions OF lHe rePuo
lie aimed at a high form OF lhui ~ "a w.
excellence He knew that pack ol my
DecalOgue stood a SredL :. 1910.
of the engine stood a SIedt IL. ,,1,1
back of the marble stood a Siesl - y
tor. and he felt that Il our A -, .i,,1i,,1
10 have a high order OF arr VI So -
or literature il must oeslh YS - -.
curing a high order OF mahnoou ileHsc
his emphasis of the place OF Suiluas IA
American society. he DelleNeu III ~
shin and in the regular ana SSstelllSt.
cl1irivation of the religious nature W.
are told that when the CLOCK wa - IN p
ing II on sunday mornlhS ne u" - g ~
the church He held the houI9 VI ~.
~ bharh daV sacred TO the cuAluie "
higher manhood. Unfortunately ne mas
given us no idea how those houtS, DtLSSd,
than the ones spent IN chuI 81 SiCo-N
be employed But ne leaNes ~ he
ence that some of the time sHoulu oe
sacred to books OF poetry anu y - -,
patriotism and eloquence, sacred 10 me
arts and sciences and 10 tne p.osi"PHS
of apostIe prophet and martyr
Moses Gives First Labor Law
The first labor law ever enacted Wa
that prohibiting men Worhlhe Oh oUu
dav as given by Moses IN the Iouftn
Tvcrd Of the Decalogue. so the correct
observance of the sabbath has ever
been one of law as wei as one u
morals. To enforce splrltuai OF =
ligious observance of the Sabbatn IS no
mart of the province OF civil authority
but il is incumbent upon any commu-
nifty. which has authority over us mem
bers whether il be a family or an en-
l. pire. to protect the sabbath from desc
Grafton
There is d happy medium or - bath
observance between the almost fanau-
cal customs OF our Puritan fathers ana
the wide open policy Of contlnenlal
Europe. None of us would welcome d
return TO the time when punishment
was meted out 10 the boy who so FAR
forgot himself as to whistle on lhe
Sabbath: when men would nor wear
shoes with nails in the soles lest Jhey
/ be adiudged guilty of carrying DurueIS
on the Sabbath day; when even the
Yeast was SET at a time which pre-
! cluded its working on sunday we
need not 20 back more than genera
, ton to find homes in which some OF
these rules We're enforced
I European Disregard Of sunday
! Nor would we want 10 pattern AFTER
/ some of the European countries where
! the seventh day has never Deen prop
! erIy observed. a correspondent Of the
! New York Times writing from Paris
[ said The seventh day brings no re-
/
I il is the day they work the hardest
] On no night are the theaterS SO
I crammed, on no day are the oulchets
} stalls frequented by more customers.
I II is not a day Of rest, II is day OF
I activity. The sequence of this feveriSn
| activity is that there is not an OLD
! stonemason. or an old shoemaker, or
/ an old carpenter, or an old painter or
/ any old artisan IN Paris An artisan
: at five and forty is usually so worn
! out that he is good for nothing Aedl-
! cal men say this premature decay
/ which antedates years is owing TO the
/ want of rest day once each week
! In the matter of securing legislation
! looking to a sane observance OF the
/ Sabbath the church has had a splendid
! ally in the labor unions OF the country,
/ who have demanded and secured the
/ rest day for shopmen- artisans and most
! of the classified employmeHts- But
/ while these men have secured much for
I themselves they have quite overlooked
those who must be engaged to con-
I tribute TO their pleasure on the seventh
Six Days for Labor.
The fourth commandment mas Two
! divisions: Remember the sabbath day
/ to keep it holy" has been strongly en-
! phasized from the pulpit and in the
I religious press. but how seldom have
you heard a sermon preached upon
I six Days Shalt Thou Labor" This
part of the decalOgue tells me that II
/ spend a lazy Wednesday or an indo-
lent Friday morning 1 shall have little
enjoyment on the day OF rest ana re,
/ fresnment The fourth comInap omen
is as much an Injunction TO industr!
on week days as it is 10 a change anc
rest on Sundays
As II Is in Canada
! For FL Paso's uplift 1 have on my
! heart just a few things pertaining q
/ the observance of the seventh day tina
I think would be helpful I wish yol
I might 20 with me. all Of you to one o
/ the cities across the border IN Canadi
/ and note what sabbath Observance
| means there. l looked on Sunday morn
! ing in city of a half million. Tor
. ! place to have my shoes Shined ant
found none. Sunday morning paper
! We're all issued Saturday night so Their
were no neWsboNS on the streets ana
looked in vain for a morning paper
needed "A shave and could locate no bar
r Der. not even in the big hotel, so wen
in search of a drug store to purchas
some shaving cream and on the close
door found a sign stating that the drul
, store would be open for one hour tina
: day for the filling of prescriptions only
When 1 started for church ] though
l that everyone else must be Of the sam
mind for the streets were crowded Wit
| people going to and from their deVo
! I lions No candy stores or ice crear
Z ( parlors were open to keep men tie
= down on Sunday. no soda fountains 70
I soft drinks, business suspended Ever
] man had an equal chance with ever
I other man for rest and recreation an
I this example 1 would commend to GU
: Z fair city
: We would not tolerate the sound o
hammer and saws nor the rattle q
} | drays and vans and trucks; we wOul
! cease TO patrOnize the grocer or mea
! shop that kept open on sunday. ye
| some how we have forced the druggist
| the neWsdealers. the shoe sinners. tn
| bakers and ice cream vendors to kee
| open shop to provide things that ar
J not a necessity. Be sure of this: ever
time a shop Of any kind is open on tn
Sabbath il is just another big levC
with which to pry the door of som
/ other shop open.
Pleasure, Not Greed.
From some pulpits I have heard II
| cry that it is greed for gain that keeI
these shops open. 1 don't believe thu
is wholly true. II is a pleasure lOvin
unthoughtful public that forces the: