The Defender

The New England Sabbath Protective League

HISTORY.

THE NEW ENGLAND SABBATH PROTECTIVE LEAGUE is the only organization for the defence of the Lord's Day in New England. It was incorporated in May, 1895. Bishop R. S. Foster was elected its first president and served until January 1, 1897, when Senator George F. Hoar accepted the presidency. In January, 1905, Hon. John D. Long was elected President of the League in place of Senator Hoar, who served faithfully and efficiently for eight years, until his death. Additions have been made from time to time to its strong official boards, representing the different denominations and sympathetic organizations. Its work has been practical and far-reaching, along wise, conservative lines. It has received and retained the endorsement and co-operation of the best elements of the six New England states. It confidently appeals to the public, as deserving the patronage of all friends of the Lord's Day.

OBJECT.

"Its OBJECT shall be to maintain the observance of the Lord's Day as a civil rest day and a day for religious uses," DEFENDING it against the encroachments of business and pleasure.

METHODS.

ITS METHODS include ORGANIZATION and AGITATION, INSTRUCTION by press, pulpit and platform, EDUCATION of the young and morally ignorant, the PROTECTION and ENFORCEMENT of Sunday laws, and the securing of BETTER LEGISLATION in the interests of the workingman and of good citizenship.

FINANCES.

ITS WORK must be supported almost entirely by private and public donations as it has no adequate endowment. It is inter-denominational, including twelve or more denominations in its list of officers and members.

In order to introduce its important claims to the public, and enable it in the meantime to meet current office expenses, publish its organ, THE DEFENDER, and distribute it and other Sabbath literature, convene and hold rallies, congresses and conventions in different parts of New England, help preserve our present laws and seek better ones,—a guarantee fund is necessary.

To raise this, attention is called to the three forms of membership given below:

Will friends of the Lord's Day kindly send us memberships and subscriptions? All members will receive regularly the DEFENDER (the bi-monthly organ of the League), and also other literature as they request it. THE INTERESTS OF THE 'LORD OF THE SABDEMAND YOUR PRACTICAL SYMPATHY. SEND ALL DONATIONS AND PLEDGES AS

BATH"
BELOW.

FORM OF BEQUEST.

I give and bequeath to New England Sabbath Protective League, to be paid by my executors to the treasurer of said League, the sum of $, the same to be applied to the general uses and purposes of said League, under the direction of its Board of Directors.

STATEMENTS.

N. B. All information sent to the Secretary concerning violations of the Lord's Day, will receive attention, and be treated as strictly confidential, and assistance will be rendered, if possible.

Local information, communications and short articles for publication will always be welcome, and used when possible in the DEFENDER, of which (together with Pocket Pamphlets and other literature) some 2,000,000 pages are distributed annually.

The Secretary's engagement to address Churches, Young People's Societies, Women's Christian Temperance Unions, religious bodies, social and labor organizations, on both Sundays and week-days, are usually made some weeks in advance. No expense is involved except entertainment, and an offering, with envelopes, to aid the work of the League. Correspondence is invited. All inquiries as to dates and other matters, will

receive prompt attention if addressed to

MARTIN D. KNEELAND, Secretary.

520-1 Tremont Temple. Boston, Mass.

Entered at the post-office at Boston, Mass., as second-class matter.
Price, Fifty Cents a Year; Ten Cents a Copy.
Published Bi-Monthly

VOL. XIV.

BOSTON, MASS., MARCH-APRIL, 1909.
Officers of the New England Sabbath Protective League.

520-1 Tremont Temple. Boston. Mass.

PRESIDENT-Honorable JOHN D. LONG, LL. D., Hingham, Mass.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.

Rev. ARTHUR LITTLE, D. D., Dorchester, Mass.
Senator WILLIAM P. FRYE. Lewiston, Me.
Ex-Gov. D. H. GOODELL, Antrim, N. H.

No. 2

Senator CARROLL S. PAGE, LL. D., Hyde Pk.,Vt.
Bishop W. N. McVICKAR, D. D., Providence, R. I.
Judge JOHN H. PERRY, Southport, Conn.

GENERAL SECRETARY-MARTIN D. KNEELAND, D. D.
RECORDING SECRETARY-Rev. EDWARD D. MALLORY.
TREASURER-ALPINE MCLEAN.
AUDITORS WILLIAM SHAW, RICHARD C. HUMPHREYS.?
DIRECTORS.

(Ep.)

Rev. W. H. VAN ALLEN, S. T. D., Boston,
Prof. J. M. BARKER, Boston, (M. E.)
C. B. BOTSFORD, Boston, (Cong.)
Rev. A. Z. CONRAD, D. D., Boston, (Cong.)
Rev. J. J. DUNLOP, D. D., Roxbury, (Pres.)
Rev. JOHN GALBRAITH, D. D., Boston, (M. E.)
F. E. H. GARY, Esq., Newton Centre, (Bap.)

E. B. GIBBS, Esq., Brookline, (Bap.)
Rev. O. P. GIFFORD, D. D., Brookline, (Bap.)
R. C. HUMPHREYS, Esq., Dorchester, (Unit.)
Rev. G. L. PAINE, Dorchester, (Ep.)
Rev. W. T. PERRIN, Ph.D., Melrose, (M. E.)
Rev. S. H. ROBLIN, D. D., Boston, (Univ.)
Rev. E. H. RUDD, Dedham, (Cong.)
WILLIAM SHAW, Boston, (Cong.)

SUB-COMMITTEES.

FINANCE-HUMPHREYS, BOTSFORD, GARY.
LITERATURE-PERRIN, LITTLE, RUDD.
LEGISLATION-SHAW, DUNLOP, GIBBS.
ENLARGEMENT-Dr. A. MCCULLAGH, Chairman, etc.

VIOLATIONS OF LAW-CONRAD, PAINE, GIFFORD.
PUBLIC MEETINGS-BARKER, ROBLIN, MAL-

LORY.

(General Secretary is ex-officio member of every committee.)
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

Bishop W. F. MALLALIEU, D. D., LL. D., Auburn-
dale, Mass.

Rev. P. S. HENSON, D. D., Boston, Mass.
Pres. WM. F. WARREN, LL. D., Boston, Mass.
Ex-Gov. JOHN L. BATES, E. Boston, Mass.
Mrs. L. B. EARLE, Newton, Mass.
JOSHUA W. DAVIS, Esq., Newton, Mass.
Rev. JOHN M. GREENE, D. D., Lowell, Mass.
Rev. H. C. MABIE, D. D., Boston, Mass.

Rev. BENJ. F. TRUEBLOOD, LL. D., Boston, Mass.
Rev. Fr. JOSHUA P. BODFISH, Canton, Mass.
JOHN CARR, Esq., Boston, Mass.

Hou. ALONZO S. WEED, Boston, Mass.

Hon. WILLIAM B. DURANT, Cambridge, Mass.
Hon. C. L. DEAN, Malden, Mass.

Hon. S. B. CAPEN, LL. D., Boston, Mass.

Rev. GEORGE A. GORDON, D. D., Boston, Mass.
CHARLES A. HASKELL, Esq., Newton, Mass.
Pres. FRED'K W. HAMILTON, D. D., Tufts
College, Mass.

Rev. J. L. WITHROW, D. D., Boston, Mass.
Pres. MARY E. WOOLLEY, LL. D., Mount Hol-
yoke College, Mass.

Rev. N. T. WHITAKER, D. D., Lowell, Mass.
Rev. NATHAN E. WOOD, D. D., W. Medford, Mass.
Rev. GEORGE M. HOWE, Groton, Mass.
Rev. F. S. GOODSPEED, D. D., Springfield, Mass.
Prof. HENRY T. BAILEY, North Scituate, Mass.
Bishop JOHN. W. HAMILTON, LL. D., Brookline.
Rev. A. McKENZIE, D. D., Cambridge, Mass.
G. HENRY WHITCOMB, Worcester, Mass.
Rev. JAMES REED, Boston, Mass.
Hon. GEO. R. JONES, Melrose, Mass.

Pres. W. E. HUNTINGTON, D. D., Boston, Mass.
Hon. H. H. NEWTON. Everett, Mass.

A. MCCULLAGH, LL.D., Worcester, Mass.
EDWARD GINN, Esq., Boston, Mass.

Rev. ALEXANDER MANN, D. D., Boston, Mass.
Prof. E. C. MOORE, D. D., Cambridge, Mass.
Rev. A. F. MCLENNAN, Boston, Mass.
J. R. W. SHAPLEIGH, Newton, Mass.
Hon. SAMUEL C. DARLING, Somerville, Mass.
Rev. C. A. VINCENT, D. D., Roxbury, Mass.
Rev. HOWARD N. BROWN, D. D., Boston, Mass.
GEORGE W. COLEMAN, Boston, Mass.
ARTHUR MACARTHUR, West Roxbury, Mass.
Senator MELVIN S. NASH, North Hanover, Mass.
Rev. GEORGE W. KING, Ph.D., Boston, Mass.
Rev. JAMES ALEXANDER, Boston. Mass.
Hon. ROBERT LUCE, Somerville, Mass.
Sec. GEO. W. MEHAFFEY, Boston, Mass.
ABRAM T. EDDY, Boston, Mass.

Rev. ABRAM CONKLIN, D. D.. Monson, Mass.
Rev. HERBERT S. JOHNSON, Boston, Mass.

Senator CHARLES N. PROUTY, Spencer, Mass.
HENRY ABRAHAMS, Boston, Mass.
Rev. H. C. HOVEY, D. D., Newburyport, Mass.
Rev. SMITH BAKER, D. D., Lowell, Mass.
Rev. F. W. MERRICK, Springfield, Mass.
Rev. A. HUMPHRIES, Ph. D., Methuen, Mass.
Bishop WM. LAWRENCE, LL. D., Boston, Mass.
Rev. GEO. L. CADY, D. D., Dorchester, Mass.
Rev. J. STANLEY DURKEE, Ph. D., Roxbury.
Pres. W. F. BERRY, Kent's Hill, Me.
Rev. ROLLIN T. HACK, D. D., Gorham, Me.
Prof. F. B. DENIO, Bangor, Me.

Hon. HIRAM KNOWLTON, Portland, Me.
Mrs. HANNAH J. BAILEY, Winthrop Centre, Me.
Bishop ROBERT CODMAN, D. D., Portland, Me.
Principal GEO. C. PURINGTON, Farmington, M..
Rev. T. J. RAMSDELL, Caribou, Me.
Rev. E. P. WOODWARD, Westbrook, Me.
Hon. E. C. MILLIKAN, Island Falls, Me.
Prof. JOHN K. LORD, Ph. D., Hanover, N. H.
Rev. D. C. BABCOCK, D. D., Claremont, N. H.
Rev. J. H. ROBBINS, Concord, N. H.
Judge DAVID CROSS, Manchester, N. H.
Ex-Gov. JOHN B. SMITH, Hillsboro Bridge, N. H.
Rev. THOMAS CHALMERS, D. D., Manchester,
N. H.

Rev. GABRIEL H. DEBEVOISE, Walpole, N. H.
Ex-Gov. CHARLES J. BELL, Walden, Vt.
Ex-Gov. URBAN A. WOODBURY, Burlington, Vt.
Sen. WILLIAM P. DILLINGHAM, Waterbury, Vt.
Hon. D. M. CAMP, Newport, Vt.

Hon. W. A. LORD, Montpelier, Vt.

Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Burlington, Vt.

Gov. JAMES H. HIGGINS, Providence, RI.

Rev. J. M. LOWDEN, Olneyville, R. I.

Hon. J. W. HORTON, Newport, R. I.
Rev. H. M. KING, D. D., Providence, R. I.
Rev. E. T. ROOT, Providence, R. I.
Rev. A. B. CHRISTY, Providence, R. I.
Rev. W. T. GREEN, Natick, R. I.
Rev. A. J. COULTAS, Providence, R. I.
Prin. C. A. STENHOUSE, E. Greenwich, R. 1.
Hon. E. W. MARSH, Bridgeport, Conn.
Rev. H. H. KELSEY, D. D., Hartford, Conn.
Rev. FRANK S. CHILD, D. D., Fairfield, Conn.
Rev. J. G. DAVENPORT, D. D., Waterbury, Conn.
H. H. SPOONER, Esq.. Kensington. Conn.
Hon. HENRY G. NEWTON, New Haven, Conn.
Ex-Pres. B. P. RAYMOND, LL.D., Middletown, Ct.
Rev. J. W. BIXLER. D. D., New London, Ct.
Rev. W. S. McINTIRE. D. D., Rockville, Ct.
Rev. C. S. MACFARLAND, D. D., So. Norwalk, Ct.
Rev. D. D. MONROE, D. D., New Haven, Ct.

THE DEFENDER, all of the New England states and the

PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY.

By the New England Sabbath Protective League, 520-1 Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass.

Orders for subscriptions and advertising should be sent to Rev. M. D. Kneeland, 520-1 Tremont Temple, Boston.

In requests to change address, please send both your old and new address.

Telephone Number, M, 4765-1,Boston.

Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at Boston, Mass.

Price 50 cents a year. Ten cents a copy.

Send in your names as subscribers and members and get your friends to do the same. Please use the blank on Page 25 for a renewal as well as for a new subscription. Those who gave last year, should certainly help us this year, as we were never doing better work than we are to-day.

CURRENT JOTTINGS.

Engagements.

The Secretary has spoken thirty-one times, in February and March, in the interests of the League, principally in Connecticut and New Hampshire, where the legislative interests have called public attention to the value of our work. The old statement that "Everybody's business is nobody's business," is illustrated constantly

in Our legislatures. Unless the League and its friends rallied, vicious bills a la the Salem-Race-Track legislation would be repeated again and again. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" and safety.

bills presented in the different states have a striking similarity. It was claimed in the hearings in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont that legislation similar to that of Massachusetts was sought. The Secretary has been, and will be for some time, busy in these states, telling how it happened that the Massachusetts people, before the days of the League, had a march stolen on them at the State House. They woke up one morning with seventeen exceptions put into the Sunday laws and others have followed since, though opposed by the friends of the Lord's day. Our Secretary is glad to give the facts and make engagements, as far as he has strength and opportunity. Write.

Violators of Sunday Laws Lectured.

In fining certain offenders for giving moving picture shows on Sunday,

Magistrate Butts, in the Morrisania Court, read a lecture, which was not only pointed, but broad enough to cover other cases.

"Foreigners come here," he said, "of different religions, or of no religion, or with different days for observing their religious duties than our Sunday, and they want to do as they please on Sunday, regardless of our laws. They may influence some courts, but not this court. All violators of our Sunday laws will be punished when brought before me and found guilty."

Dr. Chapman

and Sabbath Observance.

The great good accomplished by Rev. Dr. W. H. Chapman and his helpers in Greater Boston was acknowledged by all classes and churches. The revival was eminently sane and practical, rather than emotional and theoretical. "Quit your meanness!" "Forsake your sins,' were rung out day after day, till repentance became. the rule and a genuine reviving resulted. One man who had carried $2.00, which had been handed him for the League eight years ago, tapped us on the shoulder at the close of one of Dr. Chapman's searching sermons and handed the money to us with the remark: "I cannot keep it any longer." Dr. Chapman's wise attitude on practical issues was shown with reference to the Sunday question. In the Mechanics' Building meetings he strongly commended the day of rest and worship as necessary and invaluable to the young convert, the professing Christian, the good citizen, as well as to the city, the state and the nation.

especially the state of Massachusetts is indebted to Mr. Wright, if for no other reason, because he appreciated and emphasized the great value to man of the weekly rest day.

The Jewish Crusade against the Lord's Day.

Two national organizations are engaged in the crusade, the "Central Conference of American Rabbis" and the "Union of American Hebrew Congregations." Among other questions which they discussed at the January meeting was: "Why the Bible should not be read our public schools." A joint committee was appointed to prepare and distribute literature, "WHICH SHALL EFFECTIVELY MAINTAIN BY CONVINCING ARGUMENTS THAT THIS IS NOT A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY." This assault upon the Christianity of the nation, which has always been a maxim dear to the American, by representatives of some two million people, now residing in the United States, will react upon the Jews. Add to this the fact that in almost every legislature, they are busy in efforts to open Sunday to trade and business, as in four different bills now before the Massachusetts legislature, and the animus and danger of their crusade are evident.

invited a woman into his pulpit, he was sharply criticised, but he defended his course on Biblical as well as rational grounds. He foresaw woman's coming influence in moral, missionary and national affairs. When he called the Sunday newspaper the modern abomination of desolation, he foresaw its sad effect upon the Sunday of the future. He replied to the taunt and sophistry that the Sunday newspaper was made up on Saturday, in a way which has never been and never can be answered, using the very words of the greatest editor this country ever produced, Horace Greeley: "Six newspapers every week require six days of labor; seven newspapers every week require seven days of labor."

Give the Barbers

Their

Sunday.

We wrote to the Barbers' Union of Rhode Island concerning the bill. which they are advocating in favor of Sunday closing: "This meets our hearty approval and should become a law. First-In the interests of the barbers who work six days in the week and long hours. SecondIn the interests of laboring men in general, who have a right to one day in seven, and should not be denied that right by permitting seven days' work by special occupations or classes. Third-It has been shown in other states that the same amount of work is better done, when barber shops are closed than when they open on Sunday. Fourth-The moral and religious interests of the community demand a cessation of unnecessary work on the Lord's day."

Mr. Hersey, Secretary, wrote in reply: "Any advice that you can give us in this matter will be strictly carried out, as we know that the Sabbath Protective League was the real cause of the law, closing the barber shops in Massachusetts on the Sabbath day."

Sunday
Moving

Picture
Shows.

The struggle in Fall River to shut up the Sunday show. is very similar to that which agi

tated New York City to which Rev. Dr. Hill of the Methodist Metropolitan Temple referred when he commended Mayor McLellan's action closing some three hundred of them, In these words:

"I commend him because he is complying with the law of God Almighty. Every theatrical performance on Sunday is a violation of that law. Science is in accord with revelations on this point, and man should apply one-seventh of the week to rest. Anything that interferes with that rest I denounce, and I cannot too strongly denounce the Sunday shows."

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