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Show ADVENTISTS OF OGDEN MAKE PROTEST The meeting at the local Seventh Day Adventlsts, held in the K. of P. hall this morning, resolved Itself into' what might be termed a mass meet-Ins, meet-Ins, when resolutions were passed I remonstrating against proposed Sun-da Sun-da legislation now before Uio luii-(ed luii-(ed staie senate The resolutions were brought before the congregation J bj J, I) Ald. r, the new elder r.l ihv' church, and were passed unanimously unanimous-ly Thev read as follows "WHEREAS The Johnston Sundaj bill, now pending in the senate of the United States. Is religious in its char. acter, in that it i? designed to foster the religious observance ot Sunday, and, 'WHEREAS the exemption clause' attached to one o' The sections of this bill indicates most clearly its religions religi-ons character, bj exempting rom the application of this section those who belong to a religious societv which observes some other day of the greek than Snnda as a Sabbath, and. "WHEREAS, religious legislation is contrary both to the spirit and letter of the constitution of the United States, and If carried to its logical conclusion means a union of church and state, and the persecution of dissenters dis-senters therefore, ' RESOLVED That we respectfully, but earnestly, remonstrate against the passage ot this bill, or any other bill requiring the observance of Sun-da'- as a rest day which mav come before the senate ' Similai resolutions were passed in every one of the 8000 Se.enth Uav Adventist churches in the t'nited States, thus showing that about 70- 000 members In this denomination alone are strong! opposed to anv kind of Sunday legislation. Elder Alder sale! the reason Seventh Sev-enth Day Ad'cntists are BO vjr,orous-ly vjr,orous-ly opposed CO the Johnston Sunday bill in congress Is because the passage pass-age Ol il would be Iht first step towards to-wards the union or chinch and state which would ultlmatel) bring perse cntiou upon dissenters. It stated that not only are Seventh Dan ,. ventlsts opposed to Sunday legislation, legisla-tion, but ulso thousauds of others who love religious llbem In giving further reasons why his 1 denomination , opuosed to Sundav I legislation Elder Uder said. "Our denomination has always stood for the entire separation of 'church and state, and earnestly opposed all atiemptg ar religious legislation. leg-islation. Sunday law. re believe to I bo religious laws; therefore wc are I uncompromisingly opposed to ail legislation leg-islation in behalf of Sunday observance. observ-ance. Sunday is a religious institu-,lion institu-,lion its observance is a religious ad: a law enforcing thai observance Is a I religions lay: therefore we believe It should uot exist in this country. WO would be uncompromisingly opposed to anj legislation for the enforcement Ol the seventh day ot the week. The J Sabbath is a religions in?titutlon, and its observance s a religious act. and from our Standpoint it would be en-Itlrelj en-Itlrelj wrong for the state to attempt an legislation for the observance of the seventh day of the week. The same may be said regarding baptism prayer, or anything else pertaining to religion, We believe that Christ, the founder ol tbe church, taught the complete separation of the church from the state, and this, we believe, should be the altitude of every professed pro-fessed follower of him ' Now, as to our attitude regarding a law to close the saloons on Sundaj It s well known by all who know anything about Adventlsts that thev are uncompromisingly opposed to the saloon on all days of the week. We believe that they are a menace to the welfare ol the state and that they should not bo permitted to cirry on thoir destructive work therefore we join in every movement to secure laws for closing the saloons entirely" |