In the instructions of Judge Ira J. Abbott to the grand jury at Albuquerque, N. M., recently, was the following with reference to "the Sunday law:" You are further instructed that if any person shall be found upon the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, engaged in any sport, or in horse-racing, cock-fighting, or in any other manner disturbing any worshiping assembly or private family, or attending any public meeting or public exhibition, except for religious worship or instruction, or engaged in any labor, except works of necessity, charity, or mercy, it is an indictable offense, and, should any violation of this statute come to your knowledge, it will be your duty to indict accordingly. In this connection, I charge you that selling liquors in saloons and running gambling devices on Sunday are among the occupations which are in violation of the so-called Sunday law, and it is your duty to investigate the subject and make such presentments as the evidence warrants. So it seems that it is an indictable offense in New Mexico to attend any public meeting on Sunday, except it be "for religious worship or instruction." Most of the Sunday laws elsewhere do not pursue their logic quite that far, but that is exactly what they mean as far as they go. In its very first step and principle the Sunday statute has for its ultimate purpose the complete monopoly of Sunday for religious purposes, and the absolute prohibition upon that day of all things secular.