The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-05-27
LORDS DAY ALLIANCE
Statement Unanimously Adopt
ed By A Conference OF Bal
timOre City Ministers.

timOre City Ministers.
At the recent primary cleo
ton, a vote on the question OF
retaining or repeating the Sun
day Blue Laws was taken in
Baltimore, and the enactment
repealed, Sunday motion pic
lures, base ball, etc., now being
legalized.
The work of the Lords Day
Alliance, which put forth every
effort to uphold and retain
Sunday observance, has been
so misrepresented by the Balti-
more city press, that the fol-
lowing statement, prepared by
group of Baltimore pastors,
has been issued:
Popular desire again regist-
ers defiance to a Divine ordin-
ance, but the laws of God can
not be annulled by the enact
ments of man. Every Divine
law is intended to work for
mans good. 1t is easy enough
to declare these laws obsolete,
but that will not save mankind
from the penalties of disobed-
fence. The triumph of pagan
ism always carries with it the
degeneracy of human life. The
Lords Day was instituted that
it might meet the deepest needs
of humanity. The moral well
fare of people is contingent
upon a right use of this holy
day. Abraham Lincoln was
speaking as a prophet when he
said GAS we keep or break the
Sabbath we nobly save Or
meanly lose the last best hope
by which man arises"
The determined effort to Sc
cularize the Lords Day SER
iously involves our social well
fare. We must not forget that
the real prosperity of any city
is to be judged by the moral
character of it's citizens. While
paganizing forces in our city
may exult in that they have
been able to strike a very eff
fective blow against the ideals
of the churches, the people are
yet to discover the cost of a
victory which cripples the con-
structive work of the churches.
An Unsuitable greed has tri-
umphed over the higher and
holier impulses of our people.
Demoralizing influences are
now to have a new day in the
life of our city.
The battle for character and
decency must not be relin-
pushed. Reactions in the in
terest Of righteousness have
brought new and better days in
times past. The hope of soci-
ETY. is often with minorities
standing for God and human
betterment. Up to this time
Baltimore has been conspicu-
GUS among cities for it's official
adherence to a right obser-
vance of the Lords Day. It
will be generally conceded that
this has been made possible by
the persistent efforts of the
Lords Day Alliance. The i'm
perative need now makes the
work of this Society all the
more important. With this
initial move preparing the way
for the removal of restrictions
to a goddess holiday, the
churches face a tremendous
duty. The untiring labors of
DIR. w. w. Davis cannot be for
gotten. He has been a most
efficient servant for the church
es of this city. AS the guard
ian of the privileges sacred to
the churches, we owe him
much. Christian people should
rally to his leadership as new
er before in the crusade which
must now be carried on in be-
half of the education of the
people concerning the values
contingent upon a right obser-
vance of the Lords Day. 1t is
fortunate that up to date liter
allure on this subject is now
available. The vital subject
must have a larger place in re-
ligious education. Christian
views of Sabbath observance
have been grossly misrepre-
sented. A proper propaganda
of right ideas will bring salu-
tary results.
Churches of Christ are not
true to their commission if
thew do NOT oOntinY,o to hot+lo