| Show A TIMELY IM ELY TOPIC LAST sunday afternoon the congregation was emerging frow the tabernacle sub subsequent sequent to the services a number of hacks or opeo vehicles were backed up to tha tb sidewalk fronting the south SOO gaw and the drivers were i shouting aej touting for excy excursionists to the 00 lake fifty cents to the lake and back bath included fasth was the naiff invitation to tourists and the pe people lyst just coming from public sabbath sabbat worship were entreated 14 to break tm abi sabbath for the small sum of half is dollar we hope that if this thang Is jere re v heated tomorrow the police perform their duty effo enforce ape jthn e ordinance and abate ibbe he guisano nu isanO the enticements offered to young people to induce thera them to viola their consciences and of Tell religion glon are publia pubu and shaw shameless eless without add impudent attempt to insult ahe de vend VOH and thrust the to 1 evil under the very eyes and ego ass and nostrils lio arlis af respectable y prayerful people it should be promptly prompt li stopped there ought to be no need to WOO any y one ene who professes to be a mem wr r of the church of christ of any age S or standing young or old lay or t clerical agal against ast dst the sin of sab bath fath breaking breakie 9 we do not depend any ancient injunction or 01 modern interpretation of fermer rupture scripture rip ture for the divine will on this subject object it has been made known by y direct revelation to the latterly saints sainte it has been repeatedly referred to in these columns but for the benefit of the thoughtless and nd forgetful we will here produce it again and that thou more bwy uly keep thyself unspotted from the he world thou shall go to the house of 01 prayer and offer up thy sacra lents fuents upon my holy day for verily this is a day appointed auto you to rest from your labors and nd to thy devotions unto the way bloat Os tHigh agh nevertheless thy vows shall be TOre dup up it in righteousness on all dap ys and at all times but remember on this the lords y thou offer thine oblations latious ob and d thy sacrament unto the ahlo most h confessing thy sins unto thy mahren and before the lord and on this day thou do WB other thing only let thy food ba prepared ared with singleness of heart hat thy t fasting may a L be perfect or it Q other words that tha thy joy may be flaun this Is ig only one of the duties of a atter ater day saint but it is of im itanece to each member and to the whole church and those who dis regard rd it and despise the divine are not entitled to the blessings wes sings of the holy temples nor tile he rich gifts gifta that god has in store fol r the faithful and true AJ 11 the excuses that are offered tot for sunday excursions and neglect of sunday worship are as transparent as the air and as weak as gallity Val lity the day of worship and of 14 can be observed in the spirit theft hereof of and yet afford ample op for breathing the fresh tm clr inhaling the perfume of the trees and flowers and ol that moderate exercise which 14 suitable to the occasion there 18 need to fly in the face of provi violate the rules of the church and outrage prevailing sen ent bemuse because of regular weekday week day loy ment in any capacity we hope our young friends will he e sufficient strength of mind to odist i the allurements allure ments to wrongdoing wrongdoing which abound aud and that they will w learn without theleston the lesson of af 1110 tiOn that there is more tree true en in the long run ran in keeping t ae Z e commandments of god than in toying the pleasures of sin for a auk f |
