16 The Fundamentals to wade through a sextuple Sunday newspaper, we do not know what it is.” That is the new indictment of the Sunday press from a secular viewpoint. We may easily see the harm it does from a spiritual viewpoint. A mind that has waded through the Sunday sheet is no more prepared for spiritual thoughts than is a man’s clothing for appearance at church after rambling over fields of burdocks and nettles. The very purpose of the Sabbath was to give God’s children one whole day free from the suggestions and contaminations of a wicked world. IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY O men, does it not touch a tender place in your hearts whe
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you hear of the multitudes of wage earners who are plead ing for a Sabbath restday? Railroad men, miners, actors, craftsmen of all sorts, signing petitions for a recognition of their right to a weekly day of rest, making their appeal on the grounds of common humanity. Here is one from a mem ber of the bartenders’ union. He said: “I cannot of course appeal to you from the standpoint of religion, but we have some interests in common with other men. I am myself the father of three children, but I scarcely know them. I am up in the morning before they are awake, and I return a t ;night after they are in bed. This I do seven days a week, year in and year out.” That from the bartenders’ union. And simi lar appeals are made from thousands of other toilers; because every man has a right to his manhood, and the Sabbath was made for man. n THE PLAIN DUTY OF A CHRISTIAN
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For Christian men and women there can be only one course of action. There may be perplexing situations at times, where even a Christian will be puzzled to decide just what to do; but with a mind brought, as the Apostle says, “into captivity to the obedience of Christ” the ground is level
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