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Pacific Press Publishing Company · New York · December 1, 1892

FromThe American Sentinel, Vol. 7, No. 47

SPACE is given in another column to an article from the Chicago Tribune in reference to the organized effort now being made to secure the repeal of the Sunday closing proviso attached to the World's Fair appropriation bill. It is already evident that this movement will receive large support. It is very important that it should receive support. But it is of the highest importance that those who throw their influence in its favor should do so intelligently and from proper motives. A compromise usually combines the weakness and the viciousness of both extremes of which it is the mean. It would be so in this case. An unqualified repeal of the Sunday closing act should be demanded. Nothing less can consistently be asked. The petition should also be couched in such language as to show a full realization that this congressional legislation upon religion is unconstitutional. There should also be no reserve in stating the fact, that whatever evil precedent may be cited to the contrary, this, as well as all other religious questions, is totally without the sphere of civil jurisdiction.

To say that the majority of intelligent men in these United States do not know this, would be an insult to their intelligence. If they do not express themselves without reserve when called upon, it will be because of a truckling to time serving policy which it would be a compliment to call moral cowardice.