It Is Not Compulsory by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 23, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 25.

It Is Not Compulsory.

By Editor

The Examiner, in referring to the ministers who desire the Midwinter Fair closed on Sunday, makes the following point, which is doubly worthy of their consideration, and the consideration of everyone else who believes in compulsory religion or morality:—

The memorialists appear to overlook the fact that the Fair is situated a considerable distance from the settled portions of the town, that it employs no emissaries to kidnap unwilling citizens and force them to witness its godless sights, and that even people who voluntarily undertake the long journey to its gates are compelled to yield up fifty cents apiece before they are allowed to enter. Certainly the churches have no reason to complain of such competition as that. They charge no admission fees, and if they want the public to attend their services instead of flocking to the Fair, all they have to do is to make their entertainment as interesting as that at the park.