WHAT A TENNESSEE PAPER SAYS.
By Editor
THE following from the Dayton (Tenn.) Leader of November 2 will speak for itself:— "Seventh-day Adventist Jailed for Working on Sunday. "DWIGHT PLUMB, OF GRAYSVILLE, THE VICTIM OF PERSONAL MALICE. "Last Friday, a young man named Dwight Plumb, of Graysville, was placed in the Rhea County jail for working on Sunday. Mr. Plumb is a Seventh-day Adventist, and bears a high character for industry, honesty, and morality in his community. He is a consistent, zealous Adventist, who faithfully adheres to his religious faith. His religion teaches him that Saturday, or the seventh day, is the day of rest ordained by God for the observance of man, and for working on Sunday, the first day of the week, he was arrested, on complaint of Wright Rains, and his trial held before Squire Clouse. He was convicted and fined $3.00 and costs. It is against the principles of the Seventh-day Adventists to recognize a law that persecutes them because of their religious convictions, and Mr. Plumb refused to pay the fine and costs, the result being that he must spend about a month in jail. "Wright Rains is the name of the zealous sabbatarian who prosecuted Mr. Plumb. Wright is such a pink of perfection, such a human nugget of sanctified life, that it makes his sabbath [Sunday] loving heart palpitate with loathing for anyone who will dare to desecrate the first day of the week. And yet it is charged that the gratification of personal spite had more to do with the prosecution of Mr. Plumb than any regard for law, either human or divine." See letter from Brother Plumb in Our Work and Workers department.