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Show . u2Si OBJECTS TC9vzn::27v "r ". 1 fl rv" " f 4wa uvtii v a Sail 2th cs Contrr.?tiL!e cs InHdel's Irreverence;" He Says. "LOS ANGELES, CaL, Sept. 28. "It i bat juet and right that a rorkig-agn, rorkig-agn, after attending church on Suaday - morning, 6hould devote the remainder of the the Lord 's day to innocent recreation recre-ation and enjoyment. . Tbera can be no . harm taking a car ride or a carriage ride, in enjoying the city parks or i promenades ' or in "visiting friends. 1j bejieva in keeping tbe public library I . open bo that a man rho works bard all 'week witb no chance to improve bin mand mar spend his Sunday plcasur ably amid books, reading and studying." study-ing." - From the pulpit of Our Ladv of the Angel, the oldest clmrcb in Los An- geles, these were the practical and sd-vaneed sd-vaneed sentiments expressed. Ths spesktr wa ths Ber. Juan Caballeria, leader and teacher of his people,, and . familiarly and lovingly known to them as ' Father John." "I do not beliere in having tbe aa-lofins, aa-lofins, poolrooms or billiard balls open on the Lord's day," he said. "I do not like to see stores and manufactories ! ' open on JSundav, just as I do not like j to see people devoting the whole day , to tha reading of pealms because it is ! the Sabbath. Man-must be reasonable, j Tbe irreverent impiety of tb infidfl is as contemptible as the overpiety of the people who believe they are religious relig-ious simplv ' because they know how, to go about with downcast faces. Christ plainly teaches the reasonable observance obser-vance of Snndav when be says, "Vhich of vou whose ox shall fall into a pit ; wilf not immediately draw him out on tb Rabbath dayf -. . . . j "The sanctity of the Lord's day is , " a Teligioua duty for all Christians. The law commanding this duty is divine ' and appeals to our reason as a holy and necessary observance. With reason and common sense we should keep holy the Sabbath and partake of its beavenlv graces which give refreshment and rest to our physical life and sanctify our Bpiritnality..V |