At the United Free Church of Scotland Assembly, met at Glasgow on 10th June, the Rev. A. Small, Orkney, said he thought it was time the Church called attention to the continued practice of the Duke of Edinburgh, in disregarding the sanctity of the Lord’s Day, by playing polo. Rev. J. P. Young, Greenock, said that the Duke flew to England from Balmoral on a Sabbath morning to play polo, and returned to Scotland by air in the evening. The Rev. Mr. Small also told the Assembly that on a Sabbath Day, just after the Coronation, the Duke after attending divine service with Her Majesty, played polo in the afternoon. We trust that these two U.F. ministers will continue to speak out against all forms of Sabbath desecration, not only in high places, but among many professing Christians and the people of Scotland in general. We cannot but look upon the Duke of Edinburgh’s Sabbath-desecration as extremely deplorable and calculated to draw forth manifestations of the divine displeasure.
Of course, some dignitaries of the Church of England, have expressed such sentiments on the Sabbath question as to encourage such conduct after divine worship has been attended on the Lord’s Day. When leaders in Church and State have unscriptural and lax views of Sabbath observance, the outlook on the question of Sabbath keeping appears dark.