The Sabbath by ALBERT PICK

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 24, 1873

“The Sabbath.”

By ALBERT PICK

“To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune:

“SIR: I was called upon to serve as a juror in the Justice Court of Henry A. Kaufman, Esq., in a certain case entitled ‘The City of Chicago vs. Herman Schmoll,’ for the violation of the Sunday and Liquor laws.

“I was duly sworn, heard the evidence given by the witnesses against, and for, the accused, and was satisfied that the prisoner had sold beer on Sunday. But, when the ordinary charges were made by the Court, the Corporation Counsel instructed the jury to find the prisoner according to law, if found guilty. I sent for the law-book containing the said ordinance, and found that the ‘keeping open of a tippling-house on Sabbath’ was prohibited therein. By the teaching and education which I received, and by the sacred words of the Holy Bible, the term ‘Sabbath’ applies to the seventh day of the week, not to the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. The latter being the day on which the accused sold beer, how could I do otherwise but to find the prisoner ‘not guilty’?”

“ALBERT PICK.”