What Is This?

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 12, 1895

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 21, No. 36.

In Butte, Mont., August 3, a Hebrew was arrested for selling goods without license. Being too poor to pay his fine, he was put in the chain-gang to work it out. Being an orthodox Hebrew, when Sabbath (Saturday) came he told them, the authorities, that he could not work as it was the Sabbath, upon which he was put into a dungeon and water pumped in so that he could not sit down. Two men, Elder Palmer and Mr. Boggs, called on the mayor of the city to learn the reason of such treatment, and were told that the American people kept Sunday, and it did not matter whether a man kept the seventh day or not, if he was in the chain-gang and refused to work Saturday, he would have to take the consequences. And this contrary to Montana’s Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution! Is it not religious persecution? But let the Hebrew remain steadfast, though he may not know Christ Jesus, nevertheless Christ is with him, and with every other soul unjustly dealt with, or oppressed for conscience’ sake.