p. 16 | The Present Sunday Bill by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 14, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 28.

The Present Sunday Bill.

By Editor

The present "Bill for Sunday Rest" (H. R. 6592) introduced (by request) by Hon. Martin N. Johnson, representative from North Dakota, is practically the Blair Sunday Rest bill with the exception of section 6. In the old bill there was a sort of an exemption clause which declared:—

Nor shall the provisions of this act be construed to prohibit or sanction labor on Sunday by individuals who conscientiously believe in and observe any other day than Sunday as the Sabbath or a day of religious worship, provided such labor be not done to the disturbance of others.

The present bill, after speaking of certain kinds of labor which "shall not be deemed violations of his act," declares that—

the same shall be construed, so far as possible, to secure to the whole people rest from toil during the first day of the week, their mental and moral culture, and the religious observance of the Sabbath day.

For a complete analysis of this bill see the following numbers of the Sentinel Library, published at this office: No. 7, "The Blair Sunday Rest Bill," price 7 cents; No. 27, "The National Sunday Law," price 25 cents. These arguments on the Blair bill are as applicable now on the present Sunday bill. Let them be circulated.