The Christian Church stands also for Sabbath observance.  The right to worship God according to the dictates of one’s conscience is an inalienable right and any attempt to interfere with the full and free exercise of this right would and should arouse universal protest.  Those who do not worship at all have no fear of molestation, but freedom of conscience is not interfered with by laws that provide opportunity for rest and guarantee leisure for worship.

Man’s body needs relaxation from toil and man’s mind needs leisure as well.  These needs are so obvious that they are universally admitted.  The spiritual nature requires refreshment also and this need is as imperative as the needs of body and brain.  As the spiritual man is the dominant force in life and the measure of the individual’s usefulness, the nation cannot be less concerned about the people’s spiritual growth and welfare than about their health and intellectual strength.

It is both natural and proper that the day which is observed religiously by the general public should be selected as the day of rest also, respect being shown to those who conscientiously observe another day.  Differences of opinion may exist in different localities as to what should be permitted on the Sabbath day, but experience has supported two propositions:  first, that every citizen should be guaranteed time for rest and for worship, and, second, that every citizen should be guaranteed the peace and quiet necessary for both rest and worship.

Here, as in nearly every other issue that concerns human welfare, the controversy is not between those who differ in opinions as to what is right and proper but between those, on the one side, who have a pecuniary interest in the promotion of things which are objectionable, and those, on the other, who seek to promote the common good.  In other words, it is the old conflict between money and morals:  between selfishness and the public weal.

While Christ was all love and all compassion and all tenderness He never hesitated to draw the line and draw it rigidly against folly as well as against sin.  The parable of the Ten Virgins is a case in point.  Five were wise and five were foolish, the evidence of the difference being found in the fact that five were prudent enough to supply themselves with oil sufficient for an emergency.  The other five, lacking wisdom, took only the oil that they could carry in their lamps.  When the need came the foolish turned to the wise and said, “Give us of your oil,” but the wise refused lest they should not have enough for themselves and the others.  Were they censured?  No.  The parable teaches one of the most important lessons to be learned in life, namely, that the foolish cannot be saved from punishment.  It is punishment that converts folly into wisdom and saves the world from a race of fools.