SABBATH DESECRATION.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 26 March 1913, Page 3

SABBATH DESECRATION.

TO XUE EDITOP.

Sir. —It is the bolie'f of 'many in nearly every religion's "denomination, that the world-wide immorality which .-nQw„Qhtain.S > .is.._mainly due to tho wide-spread desecration of the Sabbath, and that, had the Lord's day always been properly observed, the present godless condition of the world would .never have been seen Many" Christain men and women see that Sabbath-breaking is nothing less than the" removing of a mighty barrier, which a wise Creator placed between his' people and the groat tide of sin, suffering, and eternal •death.— ■■- -=-— -* This is the reason why thore is such a strong movement among the -Churches to-bring about a-better observance of the' " Day of Rest." This is why there is so much agitation on the,subject, in almost every land. ' Believing--J-tha-t Sabbath'bicaking leads to breaking all the other com"mandihents,'"' 'tliey ' *rnake v "Sabbathbieaking responsible for existing and rapidity increasing evils. . As.it is only by.reading, and .pray- . .erful.meditafion that we. can, to arrive at right conclusions on this important, question,..l .would, like (by -youu-permissian) r --J t Qv-4)lace™-Ui...your columns, a number of statements by eminent leaders in religious .thought, "whtroffer -thorn as proof -national and individual prosperity, in spiritual and temporal things, is largely " dependant upon the proper "observance dfthe " Day of Re"st." I believe that those among your . readers who ...jviU; prayerfully study these statemcntsTnade by prominent men and women of the different donominations, will see enough to convince them, that, when we trample underfoot the fourth commandment, we dispise a divine, holy, and blessed institution, and that the casting aside of the law of G.od is no small sin, also that the, blight falling upon man, beast, and vegetation, is what might reasonably be exnected, when we refuse the safeguards piuyided, and reject thp Council of " the Most High." . J am, etc, G.J,