Show t I 1 1 aay dunpay SPORTS 4 0 ailbe sunday afternoon meeting ot of A lb the aoun peoples conference in salt lake city during the past week a resolution was presented by elder heber J grant ot of the general in of the young men alen deploring the sunday sports and pledging the workers to labor for the adoption of a half holiday every saturday afternoon in ili the months of june july and august in order that the young people might get together and have their sports and enjoy themselves so that it will be unnecessary to have base ball games go to canyons and other places of amusement on the sabbath day the resolution was unanimously adopted by the thousands assembled in the big tabernacle As to its merit the news is of the opinion that a halt half boli holiday daylon on saturday afternoon bould ouid be a splendid thing our business houses might complain at such an arrangement because saturday is usually the biggest day of the week but it would be possible for the people to get accustomed to doing their shopping in thedore noon and after the thing got started it would be as easy as it is to close at a late hour in the evening I 1 there are a number of communities in this valley that are now wrestling with the proposition of sunday sports and how to overcome them if every community in the county would adopt the resolution passed by the conference the problem would undoubtedly be solved solved we can do 0 anything we are converted to it a holiday every saturday afternoon appeals to us as a solution to the problem and those who have given it much thought are of the opinion that it will be then lets give it a trial and demonstrate for ourselves surely the lord the giver of all we enjoy is entitled to one day of each week in which to worship him and g give ive thanks for the bes sings bestowed by his bounteous hand in the midst of 0 prosperity beope too frequently forget to give thanks to him who is responsible for it all and sabbath desecration through the ball game canyon y on or river party or some other excursion Is excused by those who indulge in the things because there Is no other time A halt holiday would ov dicome the difficulty and give no one an excuse to break the sabbath Sabbat li in that manner it is worth a trial by all al means |