Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-24
SAYS SUNDAY
SHOULD b Be
DAY OF JOY
Disclairr,s Intention Of the
Church to Put Over Oh
noxious blue Laws

Pittsbursh, Pa. sept. 34,-Dsclaim,n-
Ing the intention OF the Christian
church to- put over any obnoxious
blue laws" and urging that Sunday
be made . day Of real and legitimate
joy for all mankind, DR.. William
Chalmers Covert Of the First rresby-
terrain church of Chicago. today
sion of Sabbath observance.
Addressing the worlds Alliance OF
Presbyterian and Reformed Churches,
Rev. Covert said:
Certain profound convictions rela-
tive to the Christian Sabbath are
shared by those who r gathered
here and by those they Beveraily rep
represent. Upon these points OF con-
currence, therefore, argument no
longer needs to be made nor exhorta-
tons ~profered.
In the main these coavtoionzs are:
THAT the Sabbath was written
down in tho physical constitution Of
men before II was carved on the
Mosaic tables OF stone As the most ex-
tended and specific injunction OF the
Decalcgue. Without q reservation OF
o~ne-seventh Of our time for the pur-
poses Of rest and regeneration of de-
pleted physical powers, there is ar
accommodating physical deficit certain
to overtake the surplus energies Of
life. and this deficit in due time
threatens with inevitable bapkruptc,
the total: endowment of human
! strength. The Sabbath - a3phygca
necessity. a s
: s..Nothing OF tho old commandment,
has been abrogated, but everything
has been illun1dned and emphasized By
1.-The new found urgenciess and thu
guaranteed privileges of the Christian
Sabbath
Final Conviction.
'eThe final conviction to be me
toned is that tho Christian church i
today seeing the sanctities of thu
Christian Sabbath and all the bull
warks more deliberately disregardef
by those who have shared it's bless
ings than ever before. The war brok,
down convictions md thwRrted old
tune habits of Sabbath-keeping: q de
/ Hibernate propaEapda against the da!
and all Of its alleged exactions NOV
Ing under the banners of q so-callet
through all Christian lands; the pas
sion for recreation and an5usemen
possessing the heart Of our restless
age has for multitudes tainted all sa.
cred things with trivialty and pros
: tttuted for selfish purposes the hol,
Sabbath day.
IF men wipe this day from TIL,
sacred calendar of their experience
and grow to recognize 10 d~ifferenc
between Sunday and other days. W
: shall have gone far on the roadwa;
y toward profounder social and indus
trial disorder, and toward a final col
lapse of organized society. The da;
and all Of its blessed compensation
for the soul Is gone II men forge
1t as q spiritual and religious oppor
tunity and 8 it simply for the re
creation OF their bodies.
III Is becoming Increasingly clea
In America that the Christian Sab
bath will not be saved to society 70
it's maximum service by ,rebuild4n
again in all its detail what we kno,
staAethe Puritan Sabbath: 4ss{a'Ai'
fa"Maxin1um uses Of the Clirtstfa
sabbath will not be realized for GU
day by forcing upon others the grir
oxactions and rigid prohibitions tina
were both desirable and possible i
observing Tho day among the homo
eeneous groups Of three centuries agt
We shall not preserve it's divinely ar
pointed ses by a reviva! Of slavis
adherence to the jot and title of Pun
ttan traditions, but woe ibetide us I
in our reaction from the stern an
h. toyl!ess features Of the Puritan Ean
bath we cast aside the tfundameuts
principles they interpreted SO rigidl
and. make their conscientious obsery