A Proposed Sunday Law.—

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 18, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 24.

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A Proposed Sunday Law.—

One of the bills that has gone over to the judgment of the short session of Congress is the S. 3136, introduced by Senator Kyle, May 13, entitled, “A Bill for Sunday Rest.” It prohibits secular work, labor, or business by any person or corporation (works of necessity or mercy excepted), games, amusements, or recreation, to the disturbance of others, “on the first day of the week, commonly known as the Lord’s day,” throughout the territory under federal jurisdiction. Carrying and handling of mails, except under certain conditions, are prohibited. Wages for work performed on Sunday under the provisions of the bill can not be collected. The whole tenor of the bill in both its prohibitions and exemptions clearly shows that it is in the interests of a religious class. It is only another attempt in the series that is subverting and will utterly wreck the government.