Sunday-Law Difficulties.
By Editor
The Watchman (Baptist) says:— “The enforcement of Sunday laws, for which appeals are frequently made, is rendered in many cases difficult if not impracticable, by the fact that among those who believe the observance of the Lord's day to be obligatory and important, there is no agreement as to the standard of observance.” That is a fact; but wherefore the fact? and how shall it be remedied? Here is the Watchman's plan:— “The churches have need . . . to set up for themselves . . . a standard of proper observance, and live up to it.” But that is just what they have done, and are doing. They have “set up for themselves a standard,” and that is what causes all the disagreement. If there was any standard of Sunday observance, set up by the Lord, there would be no room for such disagreement; but as there is no such standard, all who will keep Sunday must do it according to a standard “set up for themselves,” and the Watchman would have them effect an agreement by continuing the disagreement. Is this a new application of homeopathy? In this case we hardly think that like will cure like.