Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-05-09

them all the better for it. lHer. the ladies seemed
stultifed and exclaimed, !" what extraordinary
state Of society in New Haven") This sin, Sir, Il.
no new sia Adultery and foaication are as old the
BILE To 60 no farther back, Sir, there was David and
Bathsheba, and Solomon and his coneubines, and Lot
and his daughters, and dent know how many more
forged ready to kill this sin; they ssed by Ma
than to David-they have get rasty-we must polish
them up. Husbands, do you want chaste wives? if
You do, support this society. Wives, do you want
your husbands chaste? Do the same. Parents, do
ysu want your daughters to be virtuous! 60 and do
likewise Daughters do you want TO preserve Your
virgin purity! join this society and act accordingly
Pastors must preach, parents must pray, girls must
no' aeeP IN the same room with boys-you must not
SIT up at night when parents are in bed-must not
.s TOO n.sn, but fast, and pray "ord lead Us not
Here all the ladies cried "Amen!" and some did
Henry Brattin, Esq rose-he said-My dear sis
tiers, there are thousands of throbbing bosoms who
now feel with you and who will bless you for your
laber' am no parsOn-in my village in Indiana
preach upon the 7th commandment. What was the
result? Why, one Of them committed adultery with
three young ladies Of his own congregation and
| expelled the church. He had been minister -
years, and never was guilty Of the like before; he
had converted many souls to God and at last went
the Devil himself aad all because he was too deli
| man! poor man! he fell like Adam-only he had 3
Ewes to tempt him Dear ladies, if your pastors will
not preach about this sin, you xust preach about it
very beautiful, and the young men are very wicked.
The young men cannot reform thems elves, and will
not reform the young women, but only scduce thems
therefore the young women must reform the men; it
is delightful task; il is a movement in religion
and the history of picy Lovely woman, in the gar
den of Eden, was instrument in the hands Of Satan,
| to seduce man; now the tables arc turned-!ovely
woman, in the garden Of New York, was blessed
| instrument to prevent seduction. You the life
boats that will the land from the flood of adult
hat haox all s~h I~..- Lo1G Of
straight ahead-never look back like Lots wife, and
then your daughters will never run into the same sim
that her daughters did: But God will bless you and
| 50 will all the rest Of the world.
The parson who read the report, now rose and
said-Fornerly adultery and seduction confined
to the city; now it was spread over the country by
canals and rail roads; it travelled the high pres-
sure principle. On the Erie Canal alone, 10000
annually employed; in the winter they idle; up-
on fair average they seduce one young girl each
every year Here's a dreadful state Of thiSgs! The
devil has systematic agency at work to destroy
young girls by means Of lewd books and indecent
prints. The devil has sowed the seed all over the
and will bring forth frsit for in Western New
York hundreds OF young women are pregnant. lThis
caused immense sensation But this society is do
ing its work, and following close the heels Of the
devil. In Batavia, Genessee county, young clerk
in dry goods store seduced a sweet girl, parsons
daughter, and deserted her; he went to Warsaw>
in the same county, to dry goods store; the young
ladies would not lay out dollar in that store and he
was obliged to leave the place. The women there
| wont speak TO a man VINO mas broken the seventh
| Commandment Again, young Whitney, Of Union
College, who led on Sheppard to death at Albany,
where Rector killed him. never returned to Union
| College, went west to Cleaveland. He was known
at once-got into a circle Of 70 young girls and not
one would speak to him. He had to leave and go to
Wisconsin. There our tracts followed him, and
he left for the Rocky Mountains, where among the
squaws he may find it companions. (Great excite
ment)
| :. Lastly, my dear sisters, your labors are
| blessed at home well as abroad. You know4a
man who used to preach in this pulpit, as an occa-
sional help; he tried to seduce sweet orphan girl
"a very lovely creature-he almost sue eeded-but
was caught in the act-he was tried-depesed-ex-
PEELED. (Cries Of Show unfortunate and sadly He
went to Buffalo, to a meeting of ladies at the Naton-
al Hotel. Our tracts followed him and they had him
turned sut of the Young ladies, go and do
| likewise; turn ysur backs every man who breaks
the 9TH Commandment and the light of your lovely
countenances on those who keep Il holy And now.
one word Of prayer, and all the gentlemen will leave
the ladies alone and let them do their bushes before
dark.
Here ended the third act Of the drama The gen
tlcmen retired, and the ladies left "alonc in
their glory"
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