| Show SUNDAY VIEWS Al AIRED Arrest of Grocers Cited By Religions Liberty Society I Editor Standard Examiner Ogden Utah I Dear Sir kind friend sent me mea mea I In n a clipping cUpping from sour our paper ot of re- re recent recent re recent cent date containing an nn article en- en entitled en entitled titled Question of ot Sunday Closing Brought to Issue as Police Arrest Arret Ten Grocers Here The article Is splendidly written and given good space In your lour our paper As AB an American citizen clUzen I 1 am aim much Interest d In all agitations which look to toward ard restricting the inalienable rights of ot the tho Amex Amex- Amei cans First I I will say it is not notto notto notto to be disputed that any man roan who Is a Christian or not a 0 Christian who ho desires to keep kep Sunday or Sa- Sa Sa or any day of ot his hia choice has the Inalienable right to do this Ho He should be protected in that rIght I but ut when he takes It on him hint himself himself self to enforce his Ideas upon oth oth-eis oth eta els ho he is leaving the realm of ot e n toleration and is practicing or en- en endeavoring en endeavoring to practice tyranny Tile Tue sery cry basic principle of America Is Ii treed freedom om and that ext extends both In- In Into into In Into to the ch civil clil II and religious realm I am a 11 belle believer in the enforce enforce- enforcement ment mont of ot law but there are realms Into which even laws cannot justly Intrude The rights of conscience are sacred and one ot of o those rights Is Ie the privilege liege to work ork and to en- en enjoy enoy en enjoy joy oy the tl ot of o ones one's labor There are certain to be sure which are arc disreputable but these thede occupatIons are not more dl disreputable re on Sunday than on Monday or Tuesday OUT OF or QUESTION As related to civil cl ga the day on which a thing Is h don done does not test tet its ita virtue but bUI It IS the act Itself that makes It un- un civil ua-civil ch U It If gasoline stations illations are a necessity and it i is not to the peace of ot the tho community for tor them to be and to do da business they should not be pro pro- pro prohibited from selling gasoline on oa Saturday nor on Sunday To make a man a criminal for doing an hon hon- honest hon honest est eat deed any day of ot the week eek Is for the government to ta do that which It was never Intended to do doSo doSo doSo So long as one remains within the bounds ot of decency he should be permItted to carryon carry on that which pleases him and no church organ organ- organization or church church- church e gov gov- gov- gov government should stand In hi his way I am nm a 0 Christian I believe In the inthe Christian religion I 1 believe I In keeping the Sabbath but I donot not believe bellevo In compelling people oy law to observe any day doy Tb churches themselves th cannot afford to enforce their dogmas by law This has be been heen en tried In the past and has brought disaster to both church and nd state tate It if Sunday Is a aa 00 aay let lei enri ChriS lane ans observe I It as such Buch and by PI and ox- ox example ex example ample lead others to Its observance ance alice is LIMIT Then again If it the government starts to enforce bunda Sunday observance ance tence where here will it stop Will the minister who receives pay tor for hi his Sunday follow labor be bo prohibited to fol oi- oi low his hl loader leader leader be oo arrested tor for following vocation A man mn certainly has a arIght aright rIght aright to spend the day In religious and In attending chu ch It Is just juat as true that the theman theman man office wo who has been shut In his ot- ot of fice tiel during the week has hIlS a right to take his family riding on Sun Sun- Sun Sunday day If he ho so desires desiree Only ra- ra ra bigotry will viii deny this The church and the state tato should he kept separate Religious IS should not be bo enacted Into la law The situation In Ogden only ox- ox ex exemplifies the tho old statement and yet true that eternal vigilance Is the price of ot liberty Very truly ours our W r P MARTIN Associate Secretary Religious Liberty J 1 Association Wash Wash- Washington ington D C |
