To Help the Pastor Out by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 25, 1907

To Help the Pastor Out

By Editor

If Sunday laws are simply “civil” affairs, and have nothing to do with religion or with the matter of church attendance, it is difficult to understand such items, clipped from recent newspapers, as the following:—

Half-Lid in Milwaukee—Saloons Closed until Noon Sunday

“It is expected that all the churches in Milwaukee will have large congregations to-day and each Sunday hereafter. It had come to the notice of the mayor and council that attendance at the morning services had fallen off considerably, hence it was decided to help the pastors out. At the regular meeting of the council last Tuesday night it was unanimously voted that all saloons be kept closed Sundays until twelve o’clock, and this new order goes into effect to-day.”—Portland Oregonian, June 16, 1907.

Revive Old Blue-Law in Pennsylvania Town

“CORRY, PA., July 15.—The blue-law of 1794 was enforced in this city, for

the first time, yesterday. All cigar and confectionery stores remained closed until after church yesterday morning, the ministers granting them the right to open in the afternoon. Milkmen may deliver only before 9 A. M. and after 5 P. M.”—Washington Times, July 15, 1907.