The Sabbath Above Legislative Power
By Editor
The Methodist Preachers' Association of Brooklyn and Long Island, at a recent session adopted resolutions against Sunday opening of saloons, and put forth the declaration that “the law of the Sabbath is a part of the Decalogue, and is thereby lifted above the franchise of any people.” It being true, as it certainly is, that the law of the Sabbath is lifted above the franchise of any people, it follows that the Sabbath is equally above the legislative power of any people; and therefore that all man-made Sabbath laws are wholly without foundation in right. This the Methodist clergy of Brooklyn and Long Island have as really affirmed as they did the statement which they put into words. We trust they will recognize the logic of their position, and use their influence accordingly.