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A New Amendment.
A resolution was introduced into Congress March 25 by Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire, to become, if carried, Article XVI of the Constitution. It declares that “neither Congress nor any state shall pass any law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or use the property or credit of the United States, or any state, or any money raised by taxation, or authorize either to be used, for the purpose of founding, maintaining, or aiding by appropriation, payment for services, expenses, or otherwise any church, religious denomination, or religious society, or any institution, society, or undertaking, which is wholly or in part under sectarian or ecclesiastical control.” This is good as far as it goes. It would in principle prohibit Sunday legislation, but courts have become so blinded by the wine of Babylon that anything would be construed in favor of Sunday that did not absolutely prohibit Sunday laws of all kinds by name. But we are glad it is introduced. Its agitation will help to enlighten the people.
The Salvation Army.
—Rev. John B. Devins, whose knowledge and fairness is vouched for by the Independent, says:—
“The officers and the friends of the Army say that they reach a class of people, meaning the lower order socially, that the church can not reach. A careful study of city mission work here and elsewhere leads the writer to take direct issue with this statement.”
“While the work of the Salvation Army is generally understood to have been carried on among the lower classes, which it was organized to reach— the unchurched classes, so called—and while workers and money have been secured to reach people from this class, the most aggressive work of the Army, in the opinion of many, has been among the wage-earning and the so-called upper classes; and its chief attention has been directed toward the members of churches, whom it has flattered and won away from their first love, thus weakening the churches of the many denominations, whose representatives have been contributing money for its support.”
Mr. Devins asserts that the Army is a rival to the church, while “it offers a poor substitute for church privileges.” A pastor who was desired to speak at a meeting in their interests, asked the attitude of the Army on baptism, the Lord’s supper, ministry of the word, and relation of the members of the Army to individual churches. Mr. Devins gives the substance of the reply, as follows:—
“(1) We do not observe the sacraments mentioned, but we have what we consider a substitute for them; (2) we have no ordained ministry, but we have what we consider a substitute for that; (3) we do not say that the soldiers shall leave the churches with which they have been connected, but we place upon each soldier so much work that he has no time to attend to the duties of church membership.”
Substitution is dangerous. If we substitute with God, ought we not to expect the same from him? What would he substitute for life and salvation?
Greater New York.
If the Greater New York Bill become a law, it will make the metropolis the second largest city in the world, with a strong probability of soon becoming the first. Its area would be 359.75 square miles. The area of London is 688.31 square miles. London's present population is 4,231,431, while the population of the district which Greater New York would cover is 3,195,000, a population more than three-fourths that of London, with an area but little more than one-half. While such an extension of New York would be a matter of local pride, it is nevertheless true, as Mr. Jefferson said, that great cities are “great sores,” and a constant menace and weakness to the body politic.
Not Appointed to Wrath
Not Appointed to Wrath.—Thus writes one of our readers and contributors, who has suffered much for many years, yet has done faithful work with her pen. “I am going downhill, and this time I think for good. But I am so happy in the Lord that I am living in ‘Beulah land’”—more than content that the blessing of Rev. 14:13 is likely to be mine.” What blessed trust has the child of God in our Lord Jesus Christ! All earthly hope goes out in darkness at the grave; but the Christian’s barque is anchored beyond. Christ has taken away the sin, the “sting of death.” “For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.” Those who may die are not less loved of God. Jesus, “the Son of his love,” died.
Barbers’ Sunday Law.
The Barbers’ Sunday law, passed at the last California Legislature, in the interests of the Barbers’ Union of San Francisco, has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The opinion was written by Justice Henshaw, and concurred in by the entire court except Justice Van Fleet, who concurs in the judgment only. The court says, “The law not only is special, unjust, and unreasonable in its operation, but it works an invasion of individual liberty—the liberty of free labor which it pretends to protect.” Again: “It is a curious law for the protection of labor which punishes the laborers for working.” What the court would decide on a universal Sunday law, we do not know; from some expressions we are left in doubt, but the principles above stated are applicable to all Sunday laws. That part of the decision which the press has reported is a blow for religious liberty, when other courts are thrusting at her heart.
Arkansas Again.
By Editor
The following press despatch tells a sad and significant story:—
“Little Rock, April 11.—Chester Gordon and his wife, two intelligent and respectable citizens of Eagle township, in this county, were convicted this week in the court presided over by Albert Desha, a justice of the peace, of Sabbath-breaking, and were fined $5.00 each.
“It was proved (and no attempt was made to deny the charge) that they are Adventists, and in accordance with the tenets of their faith are accustomed to rest on Saturday, which they consider their Sabbath, and to labor on Sunday.
“They refused to pay the fines, altho able to do so, and by order of the court were remanded to the county jail, where they now are. Husband and wife were handcuffed together when brought into town by a deputy constable.”
The Arkansas Sunday law contains a provision exempting persons who observe the seventh-day Sabbath, but this case is another witness in support of the position which we have for years maintained, that the day would come when all such exemption provisions would cease to exempt. Sunday laws are born of the spirit of tyranny, whose exemptions are only temporary expedients in order to gain a footing for further aggression. All civil laws, even constitutional laws, are subject to the whims of the judiciary, from justice of the peace up, no matter how ignorant or prejudiced or bigoted the court may be. And laws for the enforcement of religion, more than any others, afford a most propitious field for the exercise of individual bias on the part of officials as well as laymen.
We are informed that the work done on Sunday by Brother Gordon and his wife was planting corn, and that it was done more than a mile from any other residence. A church committee was sent directly from the church to inform the laborers that they would be arrested immediately, but the officer could not be found that day, and the arrest was postponed till the day following.
Sunday in Congress.
By Editor
The Morse District of Columbia Sunday Bill has been reported adversely by the commissioners of the district, and a new bill has been introduced by Congressman Wellington, of Maryland, in the House, and Senator McMillan, of Michigan, in the Senate. It has this exemption clause:—
“That it shall be a sufficient defense to a prosecution for servile labor on the first day of the week that the defendant uniformly keeps another day of the week as a day of rest, and that the labor complained of was done in such a manner as not to interrupt or disturb other persons in observing the first day of the week as a day of rest.”
It is thought that this will disarm all opposition from Sabbath observers. But (1) the exemption would not prevent any amount of annoyance and any number of arrests; and many Sunday-keepers are easily disturbed. Work done out of sight and hearing has so disturbed some that they could not rest till the person who had done the work was in the hands of the sheriff. (2) We do not oppose Sunday laws for selfish reasons. If the law is good, why grant an exemption? The simple fact is that Sunday laws are always special, unfair, unreasonable, and unjust. Witness the arrest of the parties in Arkansas where an exemption clause is in force.
The Religion of All.
The religion of Jesus Christ is for all, from the little child to the gray-haired man, from the cradle to the grave—nay, throughout the cycles of all eternity. False religions are limited. Mohammedanism knows no children. The gods of mythology “were not born children.” They knew the strong passions of lust and might and cruelty and hate of years, but not the innocent nature of the child—never were touched with the feelings of the child’s infirmities. Children do not come into their scheme. But our Saviour is no respecter of persons. He loves the little ones as well as the aged. All may trust him. He is not only the man Jesus Christ, in which the strength of mature age may find guidance and power, but he is the holy Child Jesus, in whom children may trust.
