p. 487 | Sunday Observance and Legislation by C. P. B.

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 12, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 31.

Sunday Observance and Legislation

By C. P. B.

It is impossible to prohibit all kinds of labor upon Sunday; there must always be some exceptions. For instance, "works of necessity and mercy" are always excepted, and it follows that some court must decide what are "works of necessity and mercy." Ice-cream may be exceedingly refreshing on a hot Sunday afternoon, and a "good" cigar may be very soothing, but that either of them is necessary in any proper sense of the word, is beyond the comprehension of ordinary mortals. But such decisions are valuable in this, that they go to show that Sunday observance is not a proper subject for legislation. C. P. B.