New Britain herald., 1923-01-27

slaff sosteR i'd mY cans, so tFE t0 EFaRsni hsiRg sRsksRea bf ths peisf of ths sunday h0edinms eR the street,
 Real sstals Kill dsellns in maTkei gslEe enormously alongside sunday hail parks if men are allowed le eeiH lset thsFf hy iAe ihoassnas on sah- isih afternoons, sad Nell fer hours ike Nild men al bOrnse fHeniy -ahe disabled msn were said t0 have been carried off the field ai one 0f the re- esai football games ln New Haven thus stissiiRg ta the fearful bFulaiik 0f such sports, When sunday cock lights. prize lights, aAd hull fghts come, God deliver ns from such a state, Before that day comes. tie slli certainly plaRgs us, l believe, into 2 terrible eikil NaE, as q drastic punish meRi for forgetting and fos dlseheyu ing His righteous laws, ln keeping Of which there Is great reward,
 The greatest men that America has produced have believed moss nFmlF in preserving the sanetily af the Sab, hath, even as a civic rest day, hen- eFal Washington, at the beginning or the Revolution, gave an order felleNs ing the troops from fatigue duty on Sundays, ending with these words Of solemn warning .Me can have little hope Of the blessing Of Heaven on our arms, il we insult il by our impiely and folly"
 President Lincoln deelared' "As We keep or break the Sabbath, We hohly save or meaniy lose the last hest hope hy which humanity fises,"
 Senator Joseph R, Hawley was nrg- cd, as president Of the Centennial Es' position. in 1876. to open that worlds museum on the Lords day, His noble response was; Before God. gentles men. l would not dare open the cen' tennial gates on the Sabbath"
 President Roosevelt said "Esneri- ence shows that the day Of rest Is es' sential 10 mankind; that it is demand cd by civilization. as well as by Chris. tianity,"
 yoltaire. Inc famous inhdel. assert. cd that there Is no hope Of destroy ing the Christian religion, so long as inc Sabbath Is acknowledged and kept by men ms fnered dnfS" He knew very well that Inc holy Sabbath is one Of the chief corner stones Of the Christian faith.
 A murderer once sat In his cell awaiting the gallows. On the cell wall he drew a pen-pieture of his life's history It consisted Of four large fat stones. one upon another. in tho form Of steps: and on the top stone hc drew a gallows. On the front Of the first or lowest stone he wrote, "Disobedi- ence to Parents:" on the next stone above. 'Sabbath-break.ne:" on the next stone. Gambling and Drunken noss:" and on the top stone. "Mur- der" No murderer becomes such in d moment: he goes from one sin to another. until his heart becomes so hard that he is willing to take the life blood of a fellow being. Sabbath desccration is always part of the downward course Of such men.
 hope and pray that all Christians and law-abding citizens Of Connecti- cut will arouse themselves to defeat this vicious bill pending in the gen. eral assembly. and to forever resist the terrible encroachments constantly being made upon that inestimable benediction of Heaven to the human race--the Holy Sabbath. Those that do not want that kind Of Sabbath, if they will emigrate to Russia, Will doubtless find there just the kind of Sabbath that they like. They do no' belong in a land made sacred by the ,.t,oJ of anr forpfatbprS
 GEORGE w. SMITH.
 Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. .6, l323.