CONTENTS. I. THE SABBATH THE BENEFACTOR OF THE STATE II. THE GOD OF THE SABBATH A BENEFACTOR TO THE STATE IV. FREE AMERICA BORN OF THE BIBLE. V. THE BIBLE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THE RELIGIONISTS THE SABBATH THE BENEFACTOR OF THE STATE. [Unofficial.] INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, PHILADELPHIA, REV. WILL C. WOOD. Dear Sir, - -The original vote of the United-States Centennial Commission, referring to the Sunday question, was taken two years ago, and was to this effect: : The Exhibition shall be open from nine o'clock in the morning until six o'clock in the evening, daily, except Sunday. Subsequently, about three months ago, the Executive Committee of the Commission affirmed the first vote. Still later, in April last, the Commission voted squarely on the question, "Shall the Exhibition be open on Sunday? and decided in the negative by a vote of 29 to 9. The last vote was by States, each State having one vote. Yours very respectfully, E. LEWIS MOORE. Monday, May 15, the following resolutions were passed by the evangelical ministers of Boston and vicinity, numbering nearly four hundred : "Resolved, That we most heartily approve the action of the Centennial Commissioners in closing the Exhibition and grounds on the Lord's Day, and that we fervently hope they will maintain the American idea of the Christian Sabbath by adhering most firmly to their wise decision. "Resolved, That the secretary of the meeting transmit by telegraph the above resolution to Gen. Hawley, Chairman of the Commissioners, as the unanimous expression, by rising vote, of the Evangelical Ministers' Association of Boston and vicinity, in large attendance, this day at noon.” The action of these men is sound. It is fitting that this |