AS we have been asked on several occasions for recent findings of the Synod on Sabbath Observance, we give them here for the benefit of all interested in the subject.
Synod, 1921.—(1) The Synod declares in accordance with former resolutions that church privileges, such as baptism, are not to be given to any who engage in Sabbath work (other than works of necessity or mercy), or who travel by trains or cars run in systematic disregard of the sacred day. The serious and careful consideration of kirk-sessions to be given to special cases, such as that of a husband who has ceased to acknowledge the Christian religion, or who refuses to adhere to the above standard of Sabbath observance, but whose wife (desiring baptism) fulfils the demands of this declaration and is otherwise exemplary. (2) That it be an understood matter that such as receive church privileges from the Free Presbyterian Church should not make use of trains or street cars.
Church Documents Declaration, Synod, 1923. — The Synod declare in accordance with former resolutions that the Church’s privileges, such as admission to the Lord’s Table and baptism, are not to be given to any who engage in Sabbath work (other than works of necessity and mercy), and who travel by train or cars run in systematic disregard of the Lord’s Day.
Synod, 1924.—This Synod vigorously protests against the Motor Companies running ‘buses between Inverness and Dingwall and other places on the Lord’s Day, and advise the people to altogether abstain from using such until the companies give up their work on the Lord’s Day.
Synod, 1926.—The Synod express their heartfelt alarm and deep grief on account of the desecration of the Sabbath Day perpetrated in this nation by men and women from the Royal Family down to the labouring class, and would warn all concerned that this sin will not be unpunished by the Lord of the Sabbath.
The Synod would specially warn the members and adherents of this Church to refrain from using any motor-cars or ‘buses, etc., which are run for hire on the Sabbath Day.