Sunday Closing and Religious Hypocrisy
By Editor
An Evidence (?) of a High Spiritual Plane.
This is what the Occident has to say anent the Sunday closing of the proposed Midwinter Fair in San Francisco:— It matters not whether the pastors or the Y. P. S. C. E. first declared for the Sunday closing of our Midwinter Fair. The Occident has half a mind to step in and claim the honor for itself, for in a session of its editors, nearly two weeks ago, the matter was discussed—and tabled for a more convenient season. This almost simultaneous expression of the mind of the two bodies proves that they are both on the same high spiritual plane, and their zeal is to be commended. The outward regard for Sunday is becoming in religious circles the mark of "patriotism," of "Christianity," of a "high spiritual plane." Let corrupt politicians but realize that a majority of those whose suffrages they seek demand Sunday laws, and the lewdest among them will bawl himself hoarse in behalf of the day, and will be lauded as a saint. The fact that a church appeals to the State to support an institution of her own is evidence that she has lost her hold on Christ.