SABBATH OBSERVANCE IN DUNEDIN.
(From the Argus ) The City of Dunedin has stolen a march upon us in one respect. At the annual meeting of the subscribers to the Athenmum it was resolved, by 91 to 83, that henceforth the reading-room should be open for four hours , every Sunday. Formerly, Dunedin was one of thestrongholds of Sabbatarianism, aud (he modification whifch public opinion has undergone in that City with respect to tuts question is an encouraging sign of the times, while it is also a significant fact that. 6 e ‘ ectlo , n °* the new committee of the Athenseum, the moat prominent; opponent of tue Sabbatarian party was placed at the of a fbp f p- P ° t’• u Wheu will the Trustees of the Public Library and Museum throw these buildings open on a Sunday evening for the benefit ot those persons who cannot be either coaxed or driven into places of worship, but who may be faute de mieux into the back parlors of public-houses and into much worse places of resort ’ We are quite sure that the moral effect of the innovation would be as satisfactory iu Melbourne as it has PTflyeq In be in Boston and New York, aud £*9 it will no doubt turn out to be in Dunedip, when a fair trial shall have been given to the experim nt.
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Evening Star, Issue 3447, 10 March 1874, Page 3
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225SABBATH OBSERVANCE IN DUNEDIN. Evening Star, Issue 3447, 10 March 1874, Page 3
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