Sunday Laws Contrary to Justice

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 9, 1906

Sunday Laws Contrary to Justice

IN an editorial upon the so-called “Lord’s Day Bill” recently passed by the Canadian Parliament, the Christian Guardian says:—

In the very nature of the case it was not possible that legislation could be devised to suit the demands of all the people, even of the better class. The divergencies of beliefs and customs existing between peoples of different races, religions, and social conditions made the problem of adequate and satisfactory legislation an exceedingly difficult one.

It is strange that the conditions thus described do not suggest to thinking people that Sunday laws are not simply inexpedient, but contrary to the principles of justice. The Lord of the Sabbath did not himself compel, neither has he instructed his followers to compel, any one to conform to any religious observance. This is the way of heathenism.