p. 184 | READ IT; HEED IT

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 5, 1879

READ IT; HEED IT.

PEOPLE frequently say, when spoken to concerning the so-called Sunday-Sabbath question, the mark of the beast, etc., that when they see these things so long predicted come to pass, then they will believe it. Do not such items as are given below show that the predictions are fast coming to pass? The clouds which overshadow the earth portend a coming storm such as never was since there was a nation. The following, which we clip from the Worcester Spy is an indication of what we may expect a little in the future:—

A meeting was held at Lowell, Mass., Sunday afternoon, May 18, 1879, to protest against the desecration of the Sabbath by excursion trains and steamers. Gov. Talbot presided, and made a speech in favor of repressing the threatening evil. Resolutions were passed, calling on the mayor and aldermen not to license steamers to run on Sunday, and railroad managers to stop the running of Sunday trains. Nearly all the Protestant ministers of the city preached on the subject in the afternoon.

THE SUNDAY LAW AT NEWARK, N. J.

NEWARK, N. J., April 27.—Sunday was observed with more strictness even than last Sunday. Nearly every saloon in the city was closed. A majority of the cigar stores were closed, but a few kept open all day and did a large business. The agents of the Citizens’ Protective Association stopped the sale of New York papers this morning. About twenty complaints have been made against parties for traveling for pleasure, selling cigars, liquors, etc.

M. Wood.