W. H. THURSTON by W. H. Thurston

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 19, 1906

W. H. THURSTON

By W. H. Thurston

Canada

OTTAWA.—July 6 the Sunday bill was taken up early in the day, and the House in committee reconsidered nearly the entire bill. Many heated discussions were entered into, and some declared their hostility to the bill. One member said he had favored the measure brought down by the government, but it had been so hacked and changed and mangled that he was unable to recognize it. The government's vacillation throughout the progress of this bill was most remarkable. Instead of a third reading we found the bill again in committee. As the bill now stood, it permitted on Sunday “everything but a prayer-meeting.”

Far into the night the debate surged, the old ground being gone over again, and at 3:25 in the morning, with a multiplicity of amendments, the bill was given a third reading.