SUNDAY LAW IN CALIFORNIA.
It has been supposed that the Sunday law of this State was null, but in a test case brought in one of the upper counties the law has been declared constitutional. Now we may look for a vigorous contest. The law is brought to bear right where it will receive the sympathy and aid of the best class of citizens, namely, against the saloons. Our only objection on this score is that it is only a Sunday law; if it were a law which could be enforced seven days in a week it would receive our unqualified approbation. In San Francisco a "League of Freedom" has been formed to resist the enforcement of the law. This is a very doubtful policy. On Saturday night, Nov. 5, a meeting of saloon-keepers was held in Stockton at which it was resolved to keep open doors on Sunday. The result cannot easily be predicted. One thing we may safely conclude: though it begins with the liquor traffic it will not end there. We "look for such things." By our study of Rev. 14, we were led, more than a quarter of a century ago, to look for a general Sunday law, strictly enforced, in the United States. By many our expectations, and our fears of a religious persecution in this land, were derided, because they could see no indications of such things coming to pass. Neither could we see, but we believed, and events are proving that we were not mistaken in our reading of the "sure word of prophecy." State laws will never avail to secure a complete observance of Sunday. The great lines of railway will prove too strong for them; indeed, we doubt whether they will ever be attacked by those who are enforcing these State laws. Soon the "Religious Amendment of the Constitution" of the United States will be called for in all quarters. Skeptics will then believe that the words of the prophets are not idle tales, and that there is a God who "revealeth his secret to his servants the prophets." Amos 3:7.