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Some Misconceptions

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 3, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 5.

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Some Misconceptions

By W. A. Colcord

THE following quotations from the Washington Post and Washington Times of January 27, reveal some of the misconceptions regarding the issues involved in the proposed Sunday law for the District of Columbia: “It was asserted in the debate that the national capital is the only considerable territory in the United States in which the fourth commandment has been ignored. The bill was largely opposed because it exempts from its operation Jews and Seventh-day Adventists, who observe another day as the Sabbath.” “As the statutes now stand, the capital is the only American jurisdiction which does not protect its citizens in a day of rest.” The Times of January 28, styles the District Sunday bill as “a comparatively unimportant measure so far as national affairs are concerned.”
W. A. COLCORD.