This pamphlet contains the arguments in behalf of the rights of American citizens, and in opposition to the Blair Sunday-Rest Bill, which Mr. Jones presented before the Senate Committee on Education and Labor Dec. 13, 1888.
Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts has pronounced the report as published
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As the Sunday question is now a living issue, this treatise will be interesting to all classes, especially legislators, lawyers, judges and other public men. The argument is
Based on Scripture and History, Constitution and Law,
Showing the limits of the civil power, the unconstitutionality of the Sunday Bill, an analysis of the Sunday laws and other religious legislation of the different States, the Sunday-law movement of the fourth century, the Sunday-law movement of the nineteenth century, the methods used in securing indorsements to the petition for the Blair Bill, and the workings of such Sunday laws as are proposed for the United States.
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Sabbath-School Worker Review
By Editor
NUMBER 3, Volume 5, of the Sabbath-School Worker is upon our table, and is one of the best numbers which has yet been published. This is a most valuable publication, and should be in the hands of every Sabbath-school officer and teacher. Where all is good, it is difficult to discriminate, but we would call special attention to the article entitled, "General Instructions in Sabbath-school Work, No. 1," by Eva Bell Giles, as being especially valuable, and also the concluding article, "How to Prepare to Teach the Lesson," by Jessie F. Waggoner. "Sabbath-school Work at Camp-meetings," by C. H. Jones, is also full of helpful suggestions, and "Talks with Correspondents" is especially good in this number. We are sure it would be a great benefit to the Sabbath-schools if the circulation of the Worker was very much larger than it is. Those who are not already taking it should begin to do so at once. The price of the Worker is 25 cents per year. Address all orders to the Sabbath-School Worker, Oakland, Cal.
THE CLAN-NE-GAEL.
By Editor
WE have referred once or twice in our news columns to the murder of Dr. Cronin in Chicago. The circumstances of this crime are probably familiar to all. The doctor was no doubt foully murdered at the command of a secret order, the Clan-ne-Gael, of which he was a member. What his offense against the order was, nobody but those who were concerned in his trial and "removal" will probably ever know. Certain it is that he was accused before some secret tribunal, which tried and condemned him to death, and that this secret sentence was speedily executed. Perhaps the fact of Dr. Cronin's death is a matter of small importance to the public, but the existence of such orders in this country is a matter of grave moment.
Of course, in joining such a society, Dr. Cronin took upon himself obligations binding him to obey all the rules of the society, and to abide by the decisions of just such a tribunal as the one which finally decreed his death; and undoubtedly had he been ordered to execute just such a sentence upon another, he would have been bound by the rules of the order to do so. This to a certain extent shows that he was unworthy of sympathy. But be that as it may, the fact that so many thousands of men should band together in this country in secret societies which are similar to this one, is a menace to our republican institutions. No citizen of the country should owe a higher allegiance to any power except to God, than that which he owes to the Government under which he lives, and yet the members of the Clan-ne-Gael owe to this society a higher allegiance than they owe to the Government. In this case the perpetrators of this crime know that the laws of the State in which they live forbid murder and provide for its punishment, and yet at the behest of the secret tribunal they have deliberately violated the law.
We do not pretend to say that all secret societies are equally bad. Some we know provide no punishment other than fine and expulsion from the order, and while we would not justify any secret society, we are not prepared to say that such orders should be prohibited by law. But certainly those societies which bind their members to do, under certain conditions, illegal acts, should be prohibited, and the laws of conspiracy should be so far extended as to make accessory before the fact every member of any society, which, under any circumstance, commands any of its members to commit crime. Nothing less than this will ever eradicate the evil or afford adequate protection against such associations as the Clan-ne-Gael.
WE have received from the publisher, Elder H. A. St. John, 916 Laguna Street, San Francisco, a copy of a new chart just issued by him, which connects the first advent of Christ with the law of God in a very attractive and pleasing manner. The center of the chart is occupied by a beautiful cross, around the top of which is a semi-circle of converging lines showing the prophecies relating to the first advent of the Lord, and texts in the New Testament witnessing their fulfillment, together with the principal events in the life of Christ. The chart is printed on heavy paper, in five colors, and the fact that the work was done at the Pacific Press is a sufficient guarantee of its excellency in this respect. The retail price is 25 cents. Address as above.
WE are requested to state that on or about the 7th of March last, George D. McKinstry, a young man eighteen years of age, left Healdsburg, this State, to return to his home at Binghampton, Cal., and has not been heard of since. No cause can be assigned for his sudden disappearance and prolonged absence. Any information as to the young man's whereabouts, either now or at any time since his disappearance, will be thankfully received by his father, H. H. McKinstry, Binghampton, Cal.
THE Church Union notes with considerable satisfaction the fact that the Sunday law is being rigidly enforced in New Orleans. The advocates of strict Sunday observance seem to be moving forward all along the line. True, they are not meeting with success at all points, but he must be blind indeed who can fail to see in this general Sunday movement an indication of the speedy fulfillment of Rev. 13:11-17.
IF B. E. Pearman will be so kind as to send us his address we will endeavor to answer his questions.
CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1889.
By Editor
It is announced by the General Conference Committee that the camp-meetings this year will begin on Tuesday evening and close the following Tuesday morning. Those marked with the star () in the following list, will be preceded by a workers' meeting. The committee states that where workers' meetings are to be held, and they are not thus marked, notice should be given at once. The list, which is subject to change, is as follows:—
*Dakota, Madison, June 25 to July 2
Michigan (Northern), Wexford, “ 25 to “ 2
*Georgia, July 31 to Aug. 6
North Carolina, Aug. 6-13
Virginia, “ 13-20
Michigan (S. W.) Kalamazoo, “ 13-20
*Ohio, Mount Vernon, “ 13-20
*Missouri (general), “ 13-20
California, Ferndale, Humboldt Co., “ 15-22
Arkansas, Rogers, “ 20-27
Maine, “ 20-27
Tennessee, “ 20-27
West Virginia, “ 20-27
Michigan (Eastern), Aug. 27 to Sept. 3
*Texas, “ 27 to “ 3
Vermont, “ 27 to “ 3
California, San Diego, “ 29 to “ 9
*Colorado, Sept. 3-10
Canada, “ 3-10
*Nebraska, “ 10-17
*Illinois, “ 17-24
*Indiana, Sept. 24 to Oct. 1
*California (general), Oakland, “ 25 to “ 7
Policy on Anonymous Communications
By Editor
WE wish our correspondents to remember that we never, under any circumstances, publish anonymous communications or answer anonymous questions. We must in every instance have the name and address of those to whom we give space in any way. Communications of whatever nature bearing only such signatures as, “A Friend,” “A Constant Reader,” or “An Adventist,” are promptly consigned to the waste-basket.
Sunday Closing in Fort Wayne
By Editor
THERE is a Sunday-closing movement on foot in Fort Wayne, Ind., which seems to be directed solely and honestly against the saloons. The new mayor of that city has created a profound sensation by demanding a reorganization of the police forces, and the strict enforcement of the law with reference to the liquor traffic. Sunday, May 19, every saloon in Fort Wayne was closed, both front and back, for the first time in twenty-five years. The Liquor Dealers' Association held a meeting the same afternoon and decided to file affidavits against everybody found following their usual avocations on Sunday, and thus make the enforcement of the law general, hoping in this way to create public sentiment against it; but the mayor has publicly stated that he will dismiss all such cases brought before him, thus openly committing himself to war on the saloons and gamblers alone. We shall watch the progress of this controversy with some interest.
AN APPEAL TO THE LIBERAL-HEARTED.
By Ellet Joseph Waggoner
AMONG the losers by the recent flood in Williamsport was the Pennsylvania Tract Society. The waters rose so rapidly and so unexpectedly that scarcely anything could be removed to a place of safety, and upwards of fifteen hundred dollars' worth of books was ruined. Several of our brethren also suffered the loss of furniture that was upon the lower floor of their dwellings. The Pennsylvania society is young, and can ill afford to stand this loss. It has been one of the most active of our Tract Societies, and we appeal to the friends of the cause to assist it financially in this time of need. We feel sure that our brethren will respond promptly, and thus encourage the hearts of the workers in this State. This we feel is the least that can be done. Aside from this, there is suffering in the flooded district by those who have lost everything, which cannot be described or even imagined. Requests for help for these sufferers have met with a response from various portions of the country, and we hope that our brethren will remember that true Christian charity does not consist in remembering only those of their own number. A little from a great many will not impoverish the givers, and will be a great blessing to the receivers. Send your contributions at once to L. C. Chadwick, Box 2716, Williamsport, Penn., and they will be properly applied.