The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-01-18
w SERM o N
By REV. d. J. QUILL.AN

II was futile to make any moral re-
solutions because Congress OF the
state legislature had already n ade
them for him.
When the bold English barons at
Runnymede forced King John to alb
stain from his peaches and ale i)ng
enough to sign Magma Charta the
chief object they had in mind wa TO
liberate, in acts, the consciences o. all
men and not to make plain the ray
for the enslavement of all men ac-
cording to the c~onsciences of Sc me.
Mr.. Wilbur Glen Voliva, the ra her
|Spanish-sounding gentleman who re-
sides over the moral progress of Ion
City and who wears a large black hat
and a poetic black necktie as q S M
Dol OF his supervision, has deere d.
according to recent reports -thet ev-
erybody who profanes the sweet air
of that austere town with toh eco
smoke shall be figuratively cast nto
the cutter darkness, and the verv cir
cumstances that give MIR. Voliva the
freedom to make this ridiculous de-
~claration arc the circumstances hat
the barons at Runnymede sough to
create. Their exaggeration and a use
are regrettably manifested In the act
that the smoking stranger, quite lit
orally, would prefer to smoke In h
outer darkness than In Zion City.
Recently we read with sonnet ing
approaching glee, which is a very diff
fcult and dangerous approach In
these days of enlightened tyranny, the
record of a traveller in Ireland Who
was amazed to find the village g cen
on a Sunday morning after Mass oc-
! cupied by healthy lads vigorously in
dulging in wholesome games. The
traveller, who, quite obviously, had
gone to ireland with the express Dur-
pose of witnessing half a dozen or
more daylight murders, was frankly
! disappointed, and he blamed n he
termed this Sabbath laxity on the
: Church authorities. The reader was
left with the impression that the DID,
server condemned as abnormal he
| sight OF young Irishmen kicking about
a football on the Sabbath, but thist he
would have considered quite norma
| the sight of young Irishmen kick ng
one another about on the a d tn.
He professed to be shocked at he
| continental Sunday as practisei in
Ireland; but | believe that is beta Use
he lacked knowledge of Ireland, o, he
Continent and of Sunday. For he
strange peoples who inhabit b CIn-
tinent and Ireland have mainti hted
through centuries the tradition { lat
the Sabbath was made for man n
not man for the Sabbath.
This tradition Is broader thu n II
seems, for II embraces the whole { ne
and obvious doctrine that institu i ms
are meant for men and not mel o'
institutions. Civilization will lie 'er
progress II a very savage and pi n IT,
cal hypocrisy, which seems to J de
on the heels of liberty, is perm I ed
to govern, simply because, thr u gh
emotional excitement. II a sun q on
enough votes to control. IL the c m
science OF any country, disturbed I; nd
discouraged by its inability to q OK
and prevent old sins, inds consol I on
in the definition of new sins, { Is
bound to discomfort itself by the { IS
covery OF new sinners.
On the threshold Of a New Yeu 1t
is. we believe, permissible to hore I nat
there may advance among Us tn I'D
philososphy that the extremes ~ : uy
the happy medium, that the co 1 tc-
tions of a few cannot. by mere G al
enactment. become successfully I o rs
formed into the condolences OF he
many, that the more men are en-; I Led
/ to resolve better conduct for I wm-
selves the less 1t will be found n tes-
sary to regulate their conduct cor
! them.