The Memorandum follow:
"We are appealing specially te the Christian conscience, But it la obvious to all men that a weekly, day of rest from labour should secured for all, and that it should be as far as is possible the same day for all...,1t is also obvious that, from many causes (1) obliga tory' Sunday works for whole class of the community is increasing (2) Sunday is less and less a day, of real rest for many who are nol obliged to do "works" and (3) least fof all is it for multitudes of on people a day of return to God, The question is how these dangerous tendencies are to be resisted. Our present and primary appeal is to the conscience and intelligence of 5 the individual "It would appear that the prie mary obligation of a Christian as regards Sunday is fourfold: (1) To participate in public worship and renew the habit of private devotion even at considerable personal cost. The current neglect of this primary, spiritual obligation and high privilege must te manifest to every one; and no one can hope to gain o retain or recover the spirit of wor ship without prolonged effort; (2), to engage, according to opportunity, in Christian service; (3) to learn or relearn the secret of really creative rest; (4) to strive by all means to secure that his own or his family's "rest" shall not be secured at the cost of needless work being imposed on others whether public or private servants, It will be observed that no objection fs taken to recreation in the usual sense, if this fourfold obligation is served. Granted thi tent to leave to the Christian's own cconicience the decision as to the Sunday recreations which ave suite able oF unsuitable.
"It is manifest that the organiza: tion of public recreations the demand upon those who are in some sense public servants; and that Sunday trading is, in one forme or another, alarmingly on the increase. tig true that we cannot do without public conveyances or some forms of work, domestic and dustrial, on Sunday. The Chris must, however, recognize his citizen responsibilities for the pro= tection of the weekly rest day from commercial exploitation and selfish encroachment. We owe it to God fand to man under the present con-Gitions <f society to make a firma stand."
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