Sunday Observance in Nevada and California Mines
In the Advance of Sept. 18, appears a communication from S. V. Blakeslee, Oakland, Cal., touching the total disregard of Sunday in the mines of Nevada and California. In this article he calls Sunday “the Christian and Scriptural Sabbath, which God has set apart as holy,” and in twelve other instances applies to it the name “Sabbath.” He five times calls it “the law of God;” four times, “the command of God;” and quotes in its behalf the first part of the fourth commandment, with the remark that “the law of God is direct and positive.” Now will Mr. B. please tell us when Sunday was set apart as holy by the Lord? Will he point out the “law” for it? Will he show us any “command” in its behalf? We would be truly glad to have all the miners keep the Sabbath, the true Bible Sabbath, the seventh day. But how are we going to convict them of wrong for working on Sunday? for “where no law is there is no transgression,” says Paul. Cannot some of our Oakland brethren do something toward relieving Mr. B. of so great a misapprehension?