The New York herald., 1871-10-23
SERVICES IN 'WAsH,N3T0N.


Or. Newman ON the Power or Great cities
The Loss the Nation and Christianity Feels
In Chicngo. eCc- ssW -,Ha0L 11y
WASHINGTON, Oct %, 1871.
Services were held as usual in the Metropolitan
Methodist Episcopal church to-day. A very large
audience was present. Among others President
Grant and Chief Justice Chase were found in their
accustomed places DR.. Newman spoke upon
s t~ THE POWER OF GREAT CITES,
and drew his text from Luke XIX, H-'He beheld
the city and wept over it.p lie pegan BY showing
that Christ and HIS Apostles recognized the power
OF great cities and made them the centres whence en-
anated the light and life or their doctrines and then
passed TO consider the work OF the thorough
evanpes alton OF great cities through the lnstru-
meutaiites God has oriainei. Cities centres OF
power and centres OF wtckedncss. There Is some
thing snplime In grand city. When all that makes
them Is taken into consideration they cannot be
contemplated without admir- alton. Such cities are
30 bound together by commercial relations that the
prosperity and adversely OF felt by all. From
large cities come the social customs, the fashions,
the amusements, the forms OF worship tnat are
copied by villages and rural districts II Is there
that the literature OF nation acquires its tone,
and there that politics, politicians and states
men have their home. In all great cities
there are acts OF devotion, deeds OF charity seab-
negation IN the cause OF right which kindle Gods
smile, but there are also nhumanities and atrocities
which provoke HIS frown. A great city Is minia-
ture world. There the prosperity and adversely OF
humanity meet In extremes. There y not q city In
RES as Fo0chow or Calcutta, and It is OF import
ance for sensible Christian men to ask what is the
CAUSE or TIM GREAT wICKEDNEss OF CiT1EsY
The cause is primary or secondary. II primary,
then Christianity IS failure-which no Chrstlan
through secondary causes. 1t is q scriptural doc
trine that civil government Is ordained for the pre-
1 % the enc Mucn % ne
this city and all cities Is raceabe to intemperance
but civil government does not only not do away
with this source OF crime but by Its sanction gives
RESI- clabilty 10 q business which should be con-
demned as nalar1ous aud lnhuman. Al though it
may be question whether absolute prohibition
would remove this source OF q. misery ana
sp, yet 1t is certain it would throw the weight or
increase the he evils wi Of nempefance. Il Ii did not dc.
/ stroy them. 1t would thus be lar better that gov
ernment should give no sanction 70 the SUBJECT
temnerance Instead or sobrlety In ihis city as
elsewhere, there are
idleness, lasclylousness and gambling, but these
laws are dead. They are the gravestones Of dead
public sentiment or oi dead public officials Men are
but from cowardlce or Connivance with the crimes
they are not executed ana Christianity is called
In question for their nonexecutCn. Another canse
for wlckedness found In the TACT THAI the Church
has no unity and SYSTEMATIC plan for .he permanent
improvement OF the poor. Mucn ~ e@t-' t& ft9ts
CRIME COMES FROM POVERTY. fl,sLff
Much OF the theft, arson, prostitution anu murder
can ne traced 70 this. The Church has done no6ly
II Is true she has alsed charities and schools anu
churches, but Its churches Tor the rich. Under
The present system church ls . social arisiocracy
Tne poor Will not enter such temple as this
though they are thrice welcome. The beauty OF
this church shonld not be diminished, out there
should be places provided where the AiApf#~
~s.e,r ~ POOR CAN FEEL WELCOME, n.a
where on the pillars should be written, ITO the
poor the Gospel II preached 5aWs8 taN 0t#e
Dr. Newman closed his eminently practlca! SER
mon oy urging ms people TO system and uuty IN
securing permanent means OF relief ior the needy
and ne furt ner announced that not only were some
0I tnose present ready for such work among the
destitute here hut there were those ready 10 sub
scribe monthly from nve to one hundred dollars for
tne permanent relief Of the many In the West who,
IN consequence OF the late fires are homeless ami
snnering and invited all 70 be helpers IN tins good