Massachusetts Sunday Law Debate
By Editor
MASSACHUSETTS is not yet settled. The legislative committee has had hearings demanded by the Jews, who want the privilege of working quietly on Sunday, from steamship owners, asking to be permitted to load and unload vessels on that day, from ex-Gov. John D. Long, to allow Sunday amusements at Provincetown, because of the visits of U. S. warships, while many others protested against any relaxation of the law. One of the clergy complained that too many washings were seen on that day. Really, it would be a blessing if many more washings, moral and physical were seen on that day. Idleness is even a greater curse than labor. Why can not Massachusetts clergymen leave God to do some things? Do they feel that He would not make a Sunday law?