2170.—Work Done on the Sabbath.
Is there any difference between hauling milk to the creamery on the Sabbath or to have some one else haul it for you, or to have it separated at home with a hand separator? This is a source of some perplexity. There are always problems near the border-line of right and wrong conduct which will to a greater or less extent cause perplexity to conscientious minds. We wish to take occasion from this question to say that the SIGNS OF THE TIMES does not presume to decide questions of conscience; they must be left to the individuals who are involved in the matter. What Christian dairymen and farmers ought to do is to minimize Sabbath labor just as much as possible. You may not be wholly able to do this, but you can work to that end and give God the benefit of your doubt. It is utterly impossible for one not connected with the thing itself to decide such questions, and even then, one can only decide for himself. The great principles which ought to decide in this are, first, minimize labor as much as possible; secondly, make that labor as unobtrusive as possible; thirdly, make it so it will involve just as little as possible with any worldly element which might come in as a factor in connection with it; fourthly, so plan all the work that God shall receive from it all the glory.