Sunday Saloon Closing and Moral Uplift

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 29, 1907

Sunday Saloon Closing and Moral Uplift

As a “part of the great moral uplift that is going on everywhere,” the Portland Oregonian instances the growing movement for the closing of saloons on Sunday. That the movement is a growing one all can see, but that it is great for morality is a long way from an established fact. It has had three results that all have witnessed. It has increased Saturday selling for Sunday drinking at home, turning households into miniature saloons; it has given the saloon more of the air of a respectable, law-abiding business enterprise; and it has compelled the saloon-keeper to go through the motions of reverencing a religious institution. These are results which no one who understands the soul of Christianity can look upon as great in their power for moral uplift, truth, and righteousness.