Show sunday laws the rev bev bird wilkins Wil kius the colored pastor pasto ot bethesda ISe thesda baptist church corner Thirty fourth an and I 1 BlItter field forth noun no certain bound bocim with reference to sunday legislation yesterday morning ho he said it is no advantage to the religion of christ or the church that laws aro are being enacted at our state capital to enforce tho the observance of band sunday a y it is rather a reflection on the chur church ch I 1 think the church on ought glit to oppose these lasswith laws law with th the sa same a power owr she Is would an atte attempt mt to b bave a all the people ie baptized I 1 am sorry borry to be see it whenever and wherever tho the church his haa entered the balls of legislation seeking becking the recognition of men sho she has baa lost their respect she upon entering the arena lays aside the holy robes of charity and ahns loses hor bet influence over men man she may have a majority and ahns carry her point but she will live to regret it because it is contrary to the genius of tho the gospel of 0 christ the political oli sword does not belong to abo tho christian church it she forces men to observe her holy days by law she aha becomes the intolerant factor a persecutor and a robber of roena consciences anti and treads her loot foot on the poison gul ou serpents ser penta tail instead of his bis head bead I 1 tell you tho the states will lose much when they undertake under taka to make mob men good by law any day in the week it is not the basin business sas of the state elate to make men keep holy days it is wrong whenever we put religious injunctions into our law books aud and put ut jeans for blackstone t then hen christ becomes a politician then will come to pass pasi tle the attempt to force men to bear the mark of the beast 1 I am not ready to see bee the church amid the noli cor the days day to save her awn holy days from whenever I 1 come to tho the conclusion that the religion of love taught by christ needs the arm of the otate abate to support it if I 1 will renounce it whenever I 1 believe that the baptist church covets secular ap pp power to save her holy days I 1 will be a I 1 baptist fillet no more it is 4 a declaration 13 of weakness on oar part to ask such legislation I 1 fee bee that some of yur our clergyman went to the mayor to ask his hia influence in entorf jug ing thit the sunday laws lawa just imaging imagine JOBUS jesus asking pilate to compel the people tv to follow bim himor or st bt paul and 1 the A apostles Domit lan to sob see t that b bet tile th first day ot 0 the week be observed ser vedas ea a holy day line imagine haasl tit john coming from the isle of patmos to oes nee Domit iau about it I 1 say it is suicidal I 1 it is religious intolerance in a mild yet detestable detest ible form to endorse or approve these sunday bunday laws lawa as a church is to endorse one of the festivals of the I 1 ancient sun gui gu acdan an edict I 1 of a heathen POPO pope ind and how bow our protestant and ba baptist li 1 st divines especially auch such men a as dr r fulton of brooklyn and dr P S 1 lenson henson of chicago Chica goI 1 say how au such ch men as these can i defend or aws a claim I 1 that attempts to consecrate aa a day made holy creest a heathen ido idolater lator I 1 do not understand nor can they explain it I 1 am not hol opposed to these sunday laws however on account of the or agin of sunday but beia I 1 do not want to see geothe the church creeds put into our law books no not a single line or word of any creed do I 1 want t to 0 Be eee there ethere and I 1 think the larger number of candid minded people in this country upon sober second thought will follow the example of california in the matter should such laws lawa bo be enacted here and repeal them 1 I chicago times |