The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-12
MilLmen to be Suppressed.

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I, would have been q pity indeed had the
walnut Street Thbatre been allowed to continue
70 lose pyeyigf by the exhibitions which have re-
ssutly taken place there on Sunday evenings
DR. Lands has transferred his services TO the
theatre which We believe used q be known as
McDonough's olympic. At this place small
audience was LAST evening assembled. We re-
ioice, for the sake OF the religious tone of this
community that We have succeeded in nullitying,
In great measure, the degeneratng influences oil
this preachers doctrines. To promote healthy,
social, religious conviction will always form one
Of our most cherished duties. We are glad, 70
far, that our ondcayor has been so speedily and
90 decidedly successful Whatever shafts we
can bring to bear against any doctrine, or want
Of doctrine, calculated to render society worse
instead Of better, we shall deem IL is not only
our right, but our sacred duty to use Even were
cur personal convictions other than what they
are, We should owe it TO the readers Of THR
TgIEGRAIu 70 pursue this line Of conduct.
The person who has so lately been figuring at
1he Walnut lectured, last evening, on Crest and
Holiness" The discourse was promised with
the remark that he had often been asked what
the Rock was on which the Church split Some
peoplc did not seem TO know. lie would remark,
llt
Doctor lectured with so much apparent earnest
ness that it seemed pity he should be repeatedly
betray ed into an unfortunate inversion OF terms,
which was somewhat confusing to sense, though
productive sf laughter and applause. Both pit aud
gallery experienced the most exquisite delight in
his reiterated references to the Church" on which
the "ROCk" split. But unTuly as his audience
was, the lecturer received repeated and loudly
asserted assurances OF sympathy and reciprocity
OF feeling. Every telling remark was greeted
with the pleased ejaculation of "thats So" and
several individuals Of amiable and yielding tenn
peTments kept assuring him, over and over again
that "they were agreeable" Indeed, this strongly
marked and loudly expressed desire TO be agree
able may be said to have somewhat marred
the character OF the proceedings. The people
were assured that The cars ought to run on sun
day because it was not such a very bad thing
after all-not nearly as bad as rum-drinliinS and
tOlaCco-Chcw
This elucidation was received with compare
tive codness. But when the scruples of profess
ing Christians were touched upon, and when TO
satisfy them il was suggested that the Jews should
run the cars, aud thus save Christian prOprietors,
drivers, and conductors from the sin of violating
the SlObath-then the enthusiasm of the crowd
could be repTessed no longer. 1t came down like
an svalanche and If DIR. Lands had been an
opcra.singer, bufo, for instance, he would have
been enCOred TO the third time His illusions to
the gutta- percha invention which should neutral
ize the noise were received with comparative in
difference. The audience had heard of that before.
But toe substitution of jews for Christians, as
drivers ana conductors on the Christian Sabbath,
was an original dea,a stroke of genius, 80 speak.
Ii was so simple. 1t settled the question 1t once.
Conscience and comfort were made 10 dOvetail
tcg6ther, aud God and Mammon were equally
served. " was suggested likewise, that no milk
wagons be allowed to run on Sunday, II cars
make q noise 80 DO milk-WRgOns, Let all milk
wagons, then, be stopped. Let us remember the
Sabbath day and keep ig holy, and go without
milk. The tree grew up to tTeehOOd by preserv
iLg its integrity, We must grow up 70 manhood
by the same principles, and one Of these was Il
stop the mil6-WagOus on Sunday, and to 80 with
out milk.
With regard TO his unruly audience, DR.. Landi
must be praised for his great fOrbeaTance. II
said he could only pray for them, for they kneI
not what they were doing. He could only pra
that when they were experiencing the cOnsC
cuences OF their sins, when lhey were reaping th
whmlWind they were sowing now, they WOui ID L,
member / r. Lands and SantOrd'6 Old OpgI
House. Many OF the audience Ais played the sam
OlhCiousnCss they had eviuCed tue previous Sur
day to help him out in his quotations, or TO sul
gest others. Wiln these endeayOrs were minglg
sounds which rGsembled the tUrreptitiOus CroV
ing OF numerous chandeliers. Circulars hsale
"lhe Righteous Shall Safer Persecution" an
giving the gratuitous information that the Sp3akt
wss Doctor OF Diseases and Pastor OF Tue IrJ
Church, were distributed aJ the door, II Nc 81
TO argue from the size and disposition of Il
audience OF last night, we should say that, no
ever successful he may prove as Doctor of Di
eases and lecturer TO either sex exclusively,
can expect no practice ut all as Pastor OF II
Tree Church.