The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-10

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band Is poor loboring man. We hal ac-
cuuulated little money, aud the auihorites-
The Cticial men--whOeVer they were, l asked
no namee, but connected with the police had
sand dollars we will get you off," Now, that
man resides down here. / will tell YOU lust
what occurred. That poor man and woman
scraped together every thing that they had laid
away, and those thousand dollars put into the
hands OF the police. Then what? Why, day
or two after, it turned out that it required a
little more money. She said, I'VE have no more
our thousand dollars are gone, and our son is
in Irison.n Now, should have signed q petit
tion in moment to have that policemen put in
for ten years at hard work; that is what he de-
serves. Suppressed laughter) And this
villainy, this terrible vilainy Is carried on.
HOW CRIME Is wNKBD AT.
These things are of everyday occurrence.
Men are not terrible to evl-doers. They wink
murder all these terrible things; otherwise
the community would be In a very much better
condition than 1t is. l mentioned to you this
morning, II you remember, fact in relation to
the prison. j took the statistics from the
report of the Inspectors of the Pententiary, in
connection with these things with the moral
condition of the city, and what must be done
In order TO stop II. According to that report,
vince 1929 the population of the Eastern Dis
trict of Pennsylvania has increased more than
three hundeed per cent, while the increase of
prisoners in the same time has been more than
seven hundred per cent! Do you observe that
More than two to one of criminals over the popu-
lation, in proportion
DUTY OF THE MINISTER.
Now, is not this appalling? Aud are we
preachers to remain still, and our moral and
religious natures TO be kept quiet under such
circumstances? Must we not warm Is there
not a sword impending? Does it not hang over
the head OF the people? and are we not IN fear
tul danger? Unquestionably all these things
are So We must look at the consequences
How do the thieves and the burglars feel? Do
you suppose they stand in dread OF the officials?
How does 1t happen that If you have employed
man TO do your business for you, and to take
care of your interests and your property is
taken from you by thief, how does it come to
pass that you are compelled to offer large
reward TO obtain your stolen property. You
have men appointed for the very purpose of
finding and bringing back to you your property,
but ou can't get it unless you do offer reward.
Now these things are growing upon us and
must we keep still ? Here is this sword. The
trumpet must be sounded, and the people must
be made TO arouse themselves. l do not say
that any one party in political life has been
doing these things more than another. l know
nothing about that. 1t is not my business, and
| will not refer to it in that light. 1t is the
facts OF the case, knowing that the authorities
al are terror to eyildoeTs when they praise them
mat do well. We should, therefore, be scrupu-
lous about this. The people are becoming cor.
rupt, and crime is increasing every day.
is THE WORLD GETTING BETTER?
Some people say that the world is getting
better and better every day. Where is the evil
three hundred and odd per cent, and the in
crease of criminals seven hundred and odd per
cent. Is that the evidence of it? Is that the
manifestation by which men determine that the
world is growing better? You know that it is
not. oh would to God that it was Would it
not grow better if we preachers did our duty
better, and charge the people that their danger
lies in countenancing the evil ones If we will
only arouse ourselves from this sin you will find
such to be the fact. All people on earth, and
particularly the religious, should be the most
rigid in their adherence to the principles of
law. There is where we have made the great
mistake in this country. We have been eX-
cessively lacking in regard to law, to authori-
ties-those who are to control and regulate.
| They ought to be a terror.
There are Christians in this house this after
noon; | see gentlemen before me that will walk
in the street in this city this afternoon from one
end Of 1t to the other, and the rapid football Of
| policeman Will not start a pulsation of their
| hearts one bit. There others in this city
| whose hearts Will beat quick and sharp at
| the sight. One is an honest, upright, good citi-
| gen. and the other is thorn. There is the
difference. Let every man in official life become
! so sacrificing, so exact, so conscientious, so
| God.fearing and God-honoring, that he will
make the ungodly feel that he is going to do his
! duty, and the results will be just exactly what
| you desire, and what you ought to have. And
this is the case from the President down to all
! the ramifcations of life. The higher the posi-
| tion the greater the mischief that is done, and
the consequence is that the example is followed.
OUR AUTHORITIES SHOULD NOT WINK AT CRIME.
If the Chief Magistrate of this city neglects his
| duties by winking at sin, and encouraging 1t in
| any way, he can do mischief; so with the Presi-
dent OF the United States and the Governor of
this Commonwealth. These positions can do
mischief, and they ought to be held by very
pious men. Everybody that has read history
| knows Nero was not terror to bad men, he
| was terror to good men. The more wicked
| the men we're the more he liked them. No man,
| brethren, should be elevated to the position OF
civil ruler or an officer OF civil authority with
oct having character equal to that of wife
| above suspicion, plead now for the welfare of
the community, for the salvation of the city.
THE OPPOSITION TO NATIONAL CHRISTIANITY.
What is it that stands in the way of the pro-
that is given to vice by men in authority. There
admit that the greatest obstacle to the progress
she has joined in with these. She has broken
her solemn VOWS oftentimes. Men fail in the
discharge of their duties, and it is by reason of
this that Christianity is becoming with many a
byword and a reproach. i do not Justify these
things, and see q want of noble manhood when
| you attempt to place yourself into O condition
Of siniulness by taking advantage OF the un-
| godliness of others.
If men desire a change in the world q
would be better to begin at home; get your
own mind and heart tight and then you will
throw just that much OF intellectual aud moral
capital into the great concern of the Son of God,
and carry on His work, and do not let the bad
conduct of any man discourage you in your
opposition to evil, for there is the trouble. All
1 rnlare Oh follow he taaphinoa of Christ vUiI