Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-25
Norwich, April as. isal
Sunday obssrrsaes.

Mir. Editor:s How many more cycles must e.apse before mankind will be able to comprehend that duration never had a beginning and consequently can nev- CT end and that all divisions Of time have been made by man and that there are no holidays. holy days, sabbaths or Sundays but man made ones. Time is continuous and can not be stopped or halted for a second, by any power. Man, for his convenience. has divided 1t into periods of years, months, days, hours, etc, but it Is continuous and unceasing and one part of 1t is just as holy or sacred as any other part, and a DOT tion called Sunday is no more inviola- ble than that portion called Tuesday or Friday. Some peope think there is something about Sunday more sacred than other days. others regard Satur- day as the sabbath, while larger DOT tion of mankind believe that Friday is most holy of them all. And we have yet another class, and may their num- Der increase, who believe there is no difference in the days. and like St. Paul. esteem every day alike. We see no req son why every one should not be allowed to choose their own day and observe 1t as seems best to them. But we can see no good and sufficient reason. why people who believe in Sunday. should not be compelled to keep Friday; the Sabbatarian compelled to observe Sun day, or the person who believes there is no difference in the days, should be CO., creed, in relation to either of them. The enactment of any law, the purpose of i which, is to en5ofn upon the people, on either day, any religious observance, is | contrary to the spirit and intent of our 1 national constitution and breathes of | the spirit of the inquisition and the | holocaust.
 Our legislators, instead of wrangling over who may play ball, on Sunday and
 at what hour, should abrogate all Sum- | day laws and the people are warranted
 in demanding that they do this. What ! is lawful on one. day should be lawful 1 on every day. The intent of the law
 should be to require everybody, to dc
 as they would be done by and extend
 to every other person all the rights
 and privileges they claim for themselves
 on all daysr. Further than this they
 should not attempt to or have they tho right to legislate. It is none of the Con necticut legislatures business wha' people do on Sunday, and more thar | it is what they do any other day. Il
 the Deity has any preference in mar
 made days, let Him manifest it, and VI
 feel sure that the people will duly re l
 and China, however, do not indicat
 that he is materially interested in tn
 affairs of man, at the present time. Il
 any event he is supN0sed to be abundant . l ly able to manage His own affairs an, has not appointed the Connecticut leg islature or any other body or individ ual, as His agent. and it is simply piece of presumption, on the part c i those who assume that role and an i'm position on the people. It is no othe : | persons business what you do Sunda : : any more than it is what you do Mon I day. Why not tell you what your Sur
 day dinner shall consist of and what co ored tie you shall wear if you s l i to church or how you shall dress fo
 the ball game. There is no danger ( 2 the peoples shining against God but thel o is. great danger of their shining againi one another and they should be taugi
 to realize, that right and wrong is sin
 ply relations between themselves an
 does not consist in going to some pal
 ticular place; wearing black clothes. n long face and possibly a new hat, c {. Sunday and doing most anything q n other days. We demand and it is a g we have right to demand and all th u legislation has right to attempt accomplish: that thk people shall e honest, truthful, industrious and pure
 heart and purpose, all the time, but mi
 go and come and act their own plea
 ure, every day, so long as they do nj e interfere with other peoples rights al l. grant to every one all the rights ar
 privileges they claim for themselve
 That is right which is for the bene s of mankind that is wrong which Is 0 esI posite to the welfare of the human rat
 right here and now"
 l. ALL THE WEEK. u voluntown, April 22, 1891.
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