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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 30, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 5.

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Note and Comment

Sunday-Law Memorial

A MEMORIAL has been presented to Congress and the District Commissioners of the District of Columbia by the Woman’s Interdenominational Missionary Union. This memorial urges prohibition in the District, and favors the bill now pending for a Sunday law. On January 9 these memorialists called on President Roosevelt, presenting him a copy of the memorial. As to the results of this visit the Union Signal says:—
He said that he was in hearty sympathy with the objects sought by the petition, and would do all he could consistently to further their interests.
If President Roosevelt has really pledged himself to “do all he could consistently” to bring about the enactment of a Sunday law for the District, he would of course sign the bill when it passes. With all the agitation there is in Washington at the present time for such legislation, and with the President pledged in advance in its behalf (as the quotation asserts), the enemies of the Lord’s Sabbath are certainly nearing the goal toward which they have labored so long and earnestly. This is not to us a cause for discouragement, but a call to deeper consecration and more zealous endeavor.