THE SPIRIT OF THE SUNDAY LAW.
By Editor
FROM a report in the Review and Herald, from one of our laborers in the Province of Ontario, we reproduce this significant extract. It illustrates the intolerant spirit of the Sunday-law evil, and the logical tendency of its practical workings:— "The agitation on the Sunday question has been made prominent by a bill introduced last spring into the Dominion Parliament. The mover of this bill was Mr. John Charlton, a staunch advocate of Sunday observance. He desires, as far as lies in his power, to compel every Canadian to observe Sunday as the Sabbath. "After the Sunday bill was somewhat amended, it passed the House of Commons and was taken up in the Senate. Much amusement was occasioned by the senators' making various ridiculous amendments, which were ruled out, and finally the bill was placed on the table for six months. It seemed that they recognized the fact that Mr. Charlton had tugs on the lake which he failed to call in on Sunday. "In a recent ministerial council held in the city of Toronto it was held that the treatment Mr. Charlton had received at the hands of the Senate was an insult to the Presbyterian Church and the Christian people of Canada. They thought that the Senate should be dealt with for so abusing the church. One speaker said that public opinion was strong enough to do away with the present Senate when the opportunity presented itself. He said, 'It has either to be ended or mended.' Thus the enemy is constantly working to destroy the little religious freedom which at present exists in Canada."