Show SUNDAY ATTHE THE WORLDS FAIR we have noticed with regret not on mixed with indignation the petitions which have from time to time found their way to congress from the aal amiable a w ll meaning bat but tractable nn brethren of various sectarian Bec religious reli giona orders praying for the closing of the worlds fair on that day which they are pleased to term the american sabbath Sibba tb when we atop to consider that probably not one gereon in fifty ot of the of people in the united states agrees with these propagandists of special doctrines or cares how or where they spend their time so long aa as they do not trench upon the rights guaranteed to all in thie this tree free country of life liberty and the pursuit ot of happiness the action actio la of the these so gentlemen and ladies my may well be characterized character acter izod as an exhibition of or abed gall we are not enemies of virtue and religion oa the contrary we believe that christianity in its broadest sense ha baon the most moat potent cent agent in chiv the world and causing a better feeling and understanding among the members of the human race it ii in for this reason among others juat just ai as pertinent that m makes akes us feel impatient when any claib drawing the 1 I am holler than thia roba around them seek by the operations of statutory law to curtail the rights and privileges of other classes of their fellow men whose teaching and training have been different and who dia with alth them and have no Im empathy pathy with their own particular dogmas from our standpoint of b ilif thit that true religion consists co in to dading right ai as aid gives us to see the liht we are compelled to disi disiere di sigre grea with those who cannot or will not perceive that other agencies 1 a besides the tha formal devotional of sunday church goon may aptly be invoked to confer happiness upon mankind and cause love and veneration vener Atlon for the creator we cannot but think that the clasina of the world fair on sunday would be neither more nor 1 than an outrage by depriving the multitude of a means of for the loia of which those who invoke congressional legislation are unable to substitute anything bitter wor b or give any 1 benefits be and we mean it in its tallest fullest sense and broad ast interpretation when we say bay that those ladies and gentlemen mistake their duty to their fellow travelers in this vale of tears jears and are the practical enemies ol 01 virtue and religion the church and we use the word as applicable to all the christian branches must learn the leaaond that an buace of discrimination is worth more than a pound of denunciation thie this laa Z J old world of 0 onra ours ia Is progressing in everything that tends to contribute 10 I 1 0 human happiness and the elevation of therace the race the growth of human knowledge resulting in part from pacientin patient investigation vesti gation and the careful study of ancient religious and secular history and the great achievements in the field of science have caused men all over the world to take a higher and broader view of life and the duties which they owe to god and to society the church has been learning through the ages eflowly it is true that love of god and veneration for religion do not come through the throttling or contracting of the desire for enjoyment which is inherent in every human heart and that the cause of true religion cannot be promoted by the enactment and enforcement of laws which are contrary to the natural law for doubt it who may man made statutes never did and never can change the desiree of the human hearton heart or coerce the human conscience the church must learn that whatever contributes to the spiritual and intellectual wanta wants or the pleasure and enjoyment of the masses ina asea that whatever feeds the longings of heart and clothes the mind with knowledge whether emanating from the pulpit or the play house the ball room or the museum or whether coming from the reading of good books and newspapers even sunday news newspapers papera cannot be interfered with without detriment to the cause of religion and civilization next year there will be in to chicago countless thou thousands gands of people who from the rising of tha the sun on monday to the going down of the sun on saturday will have absolutely no opportunity for intellectual cultivation or recreation the worlds fair will furnish both and both are wholesome and necessary theman the man or the woman or the child who has reached the aga ago of understanding can at the worlds fair find everything to cheer and invigorate whoever prefers pure food to garbage or mind to mud mad should be permitted to seek then them the n whenever and wherever they may ba found the tired toiler and his family can find all good things at the worlds fair and be able to inform himself upon the events event of passing time to forbid him the opportunity to enjoy himself in a rational way either on the so called american sabbath or at any other opportune time is a mistake and crims 1 which we believe congress will not participate in by sanctioning the closing of the doors and gates of the columbian exposition on sunday finally the fact should not bo be lost sight eight of that those who have no desire to visit the worlds fair on sunday will be permitted to remain away from it and enjoy themselves in any other manner which suits their own taste co convenience veni ence and ideas of propriety and religious duty if ir WITH a Damo democratic cratic majority of it ie is impossible to get a free coinage bill through the house how much must the majority be increased in order to secure that end can free silver advocates reasonably expect anything else than betrayal from a democratic majority remembering gratefully his big veto of bills to pension Union soldiers or their dependents the ex confederate states of the south are solid for cleveland ue he fills filla the bill as a northern man with 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