Dr. Noble's Confession by Editor

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 12, 1882

Dr. Noble's Confession.

By Editor

A SERMON was preached in the Plymouth Congregational Church in San Francisco on Sunday last, by Dr. Noble, on the enforcement of the Sunday law. In it he made the following remarkable statement :—

“If the law was put upon a religious rather than a civil basis, it might be an infringement on individual liberty. That should be borne in mind.”

Well, we hope all will bear it in mind, for it is put on a religious basis, and on no other. See extract from the argument of Mr. Brandon before the Supreme Court, in this paper. The law defines Sunday labor as an “offense against religion,” and it is for the protection of the “Christian Sabbath.” If this is not a religious basis what does it mean?