Religious Liberty Notes by K. C. R.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 31, 1907

Religious Liberty Notes

By K. C. R.

FATHER ESPER, of the St. Joseph Catholic church of St. Joseph, Mich., invited the ministers of the Protestant churches of the twin cities, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, to meet in his church. A resolution was passed at this meeting in the interests of a better observance of Sunday. Query.—Are the Protestant ministers of the twin cities protesting very strongly?

A Sunday-closing crusade is now on at McCook, Neb., and gives promise of being an interesting affair. The Religious Liberty Secretary of the Nebraska Conference, Elder Charles Thompson, has published a stirring article in a paper of that city, in which he clearly sets forth the evils of Sunday legislation. The following paragraph is taken from his article: “The man who sells groceries to feed the hungry, clothing to make comfortable the body, fuel to warm the household, is a public benefactor, and is following a legitimate and honorable occupation. But when the law says you can not do this on Sunday, it makes a business that is legitimate and honorable on six days of the week a crime on Sunday. And the honest, upright, philanthropic citizen that would choose to attend to a legitimate and honest business on this day is made a criminal by law, and is liable to incarceration with murderers, thieves, gamblers, and thugs. Therefore we say such a law is not only unconstitutional, but unjust and infamous.”

K. C. R.