BOYCOTTING THE FAIR by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 31, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 38.

BOYCOTTING THE FAIR.

By Editor

UNDER the above heading the Gospel News has the following, which, though the Fair has been closed, reveals a Christian spirit, something not manifested on the part of many, on this subject:—

There should be no uncertain sound about the question of boycotting the Exposition. However we may be disappointed as Christians and believers in the gates being closed on Sunday, we have no right to encourage any such practice as the boycott. It is a word Christians ought never to use. We cannot afford to. It is not in our line. If we do not think we can conscientiously attend the Fair because it is opened on Sunday, we have a perfect right not to do so; or if, on the contrary, we think we can conscientiously attend it, we have a right to do that, if we do not attend it on Sunday. If we were to draw the line as closely as we are tempted to in regard to the Sunday opening, we should not be able to do our ordinary business, with any degree of consistency. We could not use the street cars on the six days of the week, because they run on Sunday, nor could we use the railroad trains, for the very same reason. With all our anxiety and earnestness for the Sunday closing of the gates, we must be Christlike and charitable. While we denounce the ways and plan of those who have done so much to break down the sabbath, we must still love them as Christ does.