The Third Angel's Message (1893) - Alonzo T. Jones

city council of Chicago took it up and drafted a
memorial to Congress, which the city council, with
the mayor at its head, as representatives from the
city of Chicago, took to Washington and presented
the first day of the four days' hearing. Some of the
reasons that were given upon which they asked that
the Fair should be opened on Sunday, I will read:
That the gates of the world's Columbian
Exposition be not closed Sunday.
That all machinery be stopped, and that noise
be suppressed that day, to the end that quiet may
prevail, which is in keeping with the Sabbath.
That recognizes Sunday as the Sabbath, and of
course there is a certain quiet that becomes it, and
they wanted it open with the machinery stopped
"that the quiet may prevail." That is the same
reason that the other folks want it shut on Sunday.
They want the same thing.
That suitable accommodations be provided
within the Exposition grounds for holding religious
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