The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-12-10


you must appeal to the inherent good
within him."
Mr.. Theron Lee, minister of the
Church, Lambertville,
talked freely upon the subject, but
refused to permit any informal state
ment being printed. However, he
wrote the following as an official ex-
preston:
81 believe in that kind of an Amer
lean Sabbath that will give to as
many American workingmen and
women as at all reasonably possible
the complete Sunday rest. There is
a great deal of unnecessary Sunday
work
l believe in preserving as a sacred
trust for the next generations of
American life the quiet American Sab
bath of the past one hundred years.
One day of actual relaxation in every
way from excitement of body and
mind is now more than ever neces-
sary in our driving modern life. Our
sanity and poise, reserve strength and
endurance as a people are well worth
the cost in excitement of the quiet
Sabbath.
I believe that thorough Bible
grounded religion is just as necessary
to the future well-being of America
as thorough education. We have
made education compulsory We can
not make religion compulsory. But
certainly ought we not to give it the
best field possible one day in seven,
and as a people? At least nothing
should be done to make the already
difficult and uphill work of the
churches in getting the whole Bible
into American minds and hearts one
bit harder?
The American Sabbath should be
one that is absolutely fair and honest
to these three considerations. There
will be at first difference of opinion
how best to face and solve all three,
but | believe that the solution is pos
sible and that it will mean greater
blessing in the longer run to a greater
number. And l also think that these
three considerations are so sensible
that when not in the heat of argu-
ment they will be admitted by nearly
everybody"
Quoting Mr.. Lees Sunday Work"
seems to be in different sense from
American Sabbath" Mr. Lee uses
Sabbath" exclusively in his church
announcements.
The original Sabbath was the Jew
ish Holy Day, or seventh day of the
week, which was enjoined upon the
Hebrews in the fourth commandment
Exodus 20, 8 to II.
And this Sabbath was not the pres
emit Sunday, but Saturday. We are
breaking the Mosaic law by not OBJ
serving Saturday. However, we have
no qualms about that, for we are liv-
ing under the Christian dispensation.
This began with the establishment
Of the Christian church to commemor-
ate the resurrection of Jesus.
The first Sabbath was a day of
rest-the seventh day. But because
many men now work on Sunday it
does not mean that they do not have
some other day of rest. There is not
more than one man out of thou
sand who works seven days out of
every week. We grant that all peo-
pie should have one day out of seven
for rest. And they usually do.
But the main object of the real
Sunday reform fanatic is not to give
men their rest, but to remove com
petition against the church. We do
not believe that Mr. Lee is one of
them.
Every member Of this cohort of So
called Performers" is a paid "profes-
sional hypocrite," One Of them I'M
willingly revealed his true motive
when he told a reporter: And we've
got plenty of money!"
Shades of Martin Luther
Such parasites should be Stunned
by decent people as persistently as
they shun "seven-year itch" If there
were no money in it for them they
would not recognize reform" if ii
were defined for them in Webster's
unabridged dictionary.
The war is over, Notwithstanding
The fact that a bigoted President has
refused to admit it. And it is the
duty of sane and wholesome people
10 tie cans to the tails of these ours
who are disturbing the peace.
1t is commendable that Senator
Mcclellan, of Tennessee, refused tc
have anything to do with the bill pre-
| cared by this so-called international
Reform Bureau"