NOT THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST.
By W. N. G.
THE Pastors' Association of Auburn, N. Y., are out in a new role. They have determined to play the part of Roman persecutors as far as the law will sustain them. They first instigated a mass meeting in one of the churches in the interest of compulsory Sunday observance. At this meeting a Law and Order Committee was appointed. Soon thereafter nine young men were arrested for playing ball on Sunday, and fined $5.00 each. This so encouraged them that they asked and secured of the sheriff three deputies for Sunday police duty, the committee selecting the men. The sheriff gave them to understand that the county supervisors would pay the deputies $2.00 a Sunday. But when the bills for service amounted to $52, and were presented to the board, they were not allowed. Finally the Pastors' Association paid the bills of these armed policemen for prowling about on Sunday spying out people who in their estimation were "breaking the sabbath." The Rome, N. Y., Indicator says: "What is their estimate of Jesus Christ, if they think they are following him? Either they have a very low estimation of him, or else they know they are not following him." Now, however, they propose to push the matter further and try to prevent the election of supervisors who have so little regard for the morals of the people. So in Auburn, as in so many other places, Sunday observance, compulsory if not voluntary, is to be the standard of Christianity. How far below the mark! W. N. G.