The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-27
PASTORS VIEW
ON SUNDAY LAW
NOW REVEALED
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ist on the week days. We feel
that we can make the week days
so full of amusement and enter
tainment that it would be unnec-
essary to provide more CONNER
cialized entertainments on Sunday
than we now have. We propose
this as a substitute for CONNER
cialized Sunday movies.
Those who favor this addition
to the opportunities for amuse-
ment and recreation that we now
have are using two terms that are
misleading.
First, they are leaving the i'm
preston that our community IS
suffering from Sunday blue laws.
We do not feel that this IS the
case. Just see what we have IN
the way of an open Sunday as II
isl What is there that man cam
not do here on Sunday? he can
buy anything that a drug store
has, from fishhook on up: He IS
not made to do anything that he
does not want to do.
People can play golf, baseball,
tennis, Switchboard, horse shoe,
checkers; they can view our lakes,
rivers, and mountains; they can
travel over our winding roads and
paths; they can buy gas
oline at every filling station OH
the highway. With the exception
of commercialized moving pic
lures, pool, and dancing there is
no outstanding amusement that
we can think of that our people
are not allowed to enjoy. Regard
less of what the state statute may
be, the fact remains that people
can do almost anything that they
want to here on Sunday without
any fear of arrest or fine. So
first of all we urge you not to be
misled by the talk that we are
being oppressed by severe Sunday
"blue laws"
The second misleading term
that is being used by those who
favor the commercialization OF
movies on Sunday is that they are
liberalizing Sunday.
We feel that if the word liberal
means anything at all it means
merciful. We cannot conceive of
a man being called liberal man
who is not a merciful man. Sun
day as a day of rest was given to
man in the providence of God. 1t
was done out of mercy for man
and beast. 1t was done that man
NAV have one day to rest from
toll; that he could have one day
when he was not subject to the
beck and call of avaricious, self
men.
We feel, therefore, that those
people who are in sincerity try
ing to preserve the Christian Sun
day as day of rest from toll ana |
as a day of worship are true lib !
erals in that they show mercy for
man and beast.
We feel, moreover, that this is
a class legislation amongst the
indoor amusements of our COM
For instance, if you al
ow commercialized moving pic
;ures there are no logical reasons
Why man operating a pool room
should not be allowed to operate
t on Sunday. There are hundreds
If people who find pool a source
If amusement and recreation.
There is no logical reason why a
nan operating a dance hall for
profit should not be allowed to
Keep it open on Sunday since
here are many people who finI
lancing their chief source of rec
cation and entertainment. We
eel, therefore, that it is class
egislation against indoor amuse-
nents with regard to moving pic
ures. To be logical, if you arc
O allow one you 5,,lould allow all.
In case you do allow all, it is
lear is it not, that you have
aiken a very decided step toward
making Sunday a common day?
is against taking this marked
nd decided step, of allowing all
indoor amusements as we'll as out
DOR amusements, that we would
yarn you. We feel that the abuse
f Sunday has already done much
n this nation and in other nations
o make for the moral decline that
5 so evident today. The more you
make Sunday common day the
lore you make men and women
ommon people in the bad sense
f the word.
You all know that most Chris
ians have confined their public
,orcb;,o of Cod RI Cppdo,, T.I.