New-York tribune., 1874-11-30

Objection
the theatrical profession and tho theater because nere
are bad in IL, any more than Won have 10 Oppose
men IN them" No doubt OF It, There are bad lawyers.
doctors, carpenters, and shoemnkers lbangnteI Du'
tablei Are there enough bad merchants TO MAKE % nSs
chandise dsreputabe1 Are there enough bai minis
ters to make the minister dsreputnbef on, MOI Wnen
your child dies yOn want minister 10 go anu iea ,o
service. While all the other occupations ana proes-
OF life not been made ds&aeeful by bad peo-
pie In them. vet you know there are enough n & S
and actresses TO make that profession pc r
tho last 299 years aud for the next 10000 lreav pc
eve IN that profession there more drunkarIs anu
ucbauchees than In any other profession inc WOr Has
known tell you the curse OF God Is on IT, froso
it by the fact that when woman goes through tIe u.
profession OF theatrical life and keeps her integrity 10
the end-as Charlotte Cushman dld-we gather arouni
aud spread banquet and build trnmphal arches ana
celebrate her In poetry and song IL was never 10 pe
expected and the whole Christian world gazes III ama%o
ment. $1,000. o..o..,
and fairs people who connected with the thearicai
profession; therefore, they ought not IN 70
assal that profession In the dying words OI Jonu WcS
ley: "Thc devil shall not have all the good muSlc.'
[Llughter.l When find any good music, poetry,
painting upon the stage We DO not hcSlate 10 say @
same thing Whatever the devil has In the way OF Lhe
arts &C. propose to capture Nehuchadhezzar e 'ho @
up Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple look Oh ne
and drank until they were drunk While tncy, were we're
drinking there came handwriting on INC W'.l, Hi,
their knees knocked together ana ther eneeks tur & %
pale. ana the reason mat al tneaerlOn nas III ~
turned upside down for the last TWO or turee "ech -
because they have seen the On ,n9 Ys wa
PROPOSE my friends TO tks a2ybhtng t1dt WIZ NO Ut
service in tho Church of Cod We want your tns
your flutes your bass-yios to eOnsecrate the 70 eno
service of Christ We VIII have your best pintg's IN s
hne arts and marshal thcn take the theatfc 10TH U
your buildings and adopt II as as t"g t'S wo Vii
OF church arehtecure ana aer IN 'His Inc suited
and unnatural speaking or your theitefs We WIN ia'
the eloqucnce # there s any and put ~ mo the pupe,
have been invited through the public press 10 % 10
the PARK Tneaer and the Old Bowery have been toI
should be treated with great deal OF courtesy anu
have Doubt would and now here paohGly sscfg n,
the invitation. mean 10 go; not TO see your pay - p h
to preach the Gospel or the s6n OF COD as TT do 90
preached yet IN every theater lGreat applau o"e
the auspices OF the Young Peoples ASSOCIATION on
Phadelphia proclaimed the Gospel one iSnt M 'oP o
Chestnut street Tneater, and All hail the power ot
Jesus's name" rang from gIeen-rO,m 10 'Ho 1w 1UP
OF the gallery, aud The Lord car came eornG dpT. Shs
and there twenty souls that night that founa te
peace of the Gospel. Aud give you far warning We
are going TO take possession o your passes m s
aud the building Dlt now pubcly nvItc an tn9 aClo.
aud actresses, and all empo G. ol the tneaI 10
selves 10 the Lord. and SIT at our Holy Communion ana
join with us ia the FEAST winch the Lofi mas 10
u.s. Oh, my brother ana sister, 20 hnu "asu III G 9
fountain that ccdnses our sins away You cahlot M 'I
jespse the Church, you were brought up OUTSIDE oi
theatrical associations some oi you were ISch, @ ~ %
cradle of Christian mother. Prayers oi IOVe h"Ee
been of red to bring Yea down INTO PineheS gH gSa
would only acceptt I0u nave CnroIIoh asoiI, ] anv m
died In the faith OF he Gospel You nave eOoi many
friends IN the eSoa & nI b wGii e you i9 are now liyng
You receive injustice at the hands OF your nei
them invite you to christian assocttloS to, IN
mend to you the sympathy OF the Lrd Jesus ChSt Dy
the memory OF better days, hy the graves OI your
Christian friends, by the meIcss OF an aeop m p! ..sO
ate God. yOu come of that vast ana slrOccO
struck desert the gardens OF God. We want your
music your buildings your hEe arts ana, aooVG an,
want your immortal Souls Ior tAey pco1S " 'c'"'
Chrst. =,
Objection fourth The preacher by bis profession Is
liuGcrcd om going TO tne theaer, ara therefore NC
cannot know what Its character l.. Before answer
tuat objection want to say that have . rght 10 go
anywhere that you have TGIt 20 90. Mhen the LlIu
calls man to the mluistry he don't put him on tle
limits What il wrong for Is wrong for you, ana
wuat is rigAt for me Is rlSut FOR y0l confess tht
have been only tree lines IN n Nav o and III t1at
IN very early manhood Yet Is there no way OF unier
standing an institution without constantly stiuclAI IN
presence and under S ini fence. nave 9eveF S'1
the inside "A gauDinghe, ana yet shil lorO5tr 70
T hive never seen the inside OF u house OF
shame but shall l therefore neglect to telI thc
rcoue Of my congregation that those are the gates
OF hell have iet the pangs OF physical disease
IN my life, but shall therefore do nothing Tor the
alienation those who are wrung wItA phySicll tor
tnre Iundertake to say this morning thar know as
much about the thcatcr man In this house see
iu@n@c see family after family broken UP By its u-
uence-the husband sent TO his cups. the We to hcr
week received a letter from gentleman IN ths city
who says Go on IN your eTpCTn Oe 0 ens ha @ oa
OF tho finest families consisting Of himself, his WIFE, ana
three dauenters Ho got to going to the theater aud
became "A common iDcbrlte. His wite dled IN ponurY
garrer, and his three daughters are Walls on Tue
There are people sitting this day before me IN whose
agittei memory remains the fact that the thcater has
srut consuming flre through ne;r household. On
itIsa monster so rampant. cruel, so Olths0me 50
martfy1ng tnat l wonder the avalanche of the Lords
nilsliijn does not come down upon It. Wnile there
are cxhIbtons as have said, declare, take 1t all IL
all average American thetter Is sepcher, full OF
dead mems bones and all uncelnness, crawling with
reptcs una stcachfu win purefacIon. and that 1t )
very vesiJule of hell People say II Is reformed
You tating about the way lt used IL be-" ALI
brother been vigilant IN the last two or three
weeks, and have found that there have been acts on
the stage OF Brooklyn and in NewYOrk than which
more niquitous. and dancers tnan which none more
obscene witnessed or heard OF since the day
when tie manager Of Goodman Fie Is built the first
A MIlamShlrg,
such plays as the 4" Black Crook and the " W9ite
pieces piece y" were hrst enacted even the old
while. except by the professionals who mad by the
managers placed around the room to take care OF
the ADMINISTRATIONS. Bat after while people got used
To- It, and Christian and women went To see the
French nudities. 1t hId great rul Tor while, and
aters Why Because tho otnor theaters got up
thing just as nasty laugner and all were IN the race
which aheaIl will tell YOU. Will 1t be the Olympic
or the Park or COnway's or BOOtl's. or WaacRs or
Nthlo', I VIII tell YOU which will come out behind |
1t Will be the which sticks closest 10 what is called
the legitimate drama. viii tell you when VIII come |
ont ahead Ii will be the one that panders to tic
h,entious, the ecaerous and deOauched taste OF the
great Of Iheater-gOers.
Another objection. Tue evil Is ineradicable and you
stop II. You will only run your head against the
wall when you try 10 reOuke IT, IL is tne same old |
story. suppose after Noah had preached about the |
flood 1l9 years 1t sad, "You might well stop.
YOu hdvo only got eight converts" That one ~ Is
wears You will get the people together into that
craft You will never persuade them tue deluGe Is COM
ing" Noah went right aud he preached l20 years,
although had in all thai tune only converts. But
mus. Say admire the spunk Of the old man. liughter
When S1dOm was about TO be destroyed, Two angels |
thought 1t worth while TO come from Heaven to try TO
get out OF that city one man and one woman. Shall | |
not preach against this ind Gnlty and declare that
there deluge Of amusements flooding the land, even
though only eight people sayedi Shall not 20 or.
even II get Of the SOdOm OF theatrical life one man
and one woman souls immortal that shall never dief
Besides that, have received letters innumerahle,
plea SAINT letters saying, have been gong there but
Shall not go again." letters from young men saying the
same from Christian fathers and mothers, saying, "We
have set up rule in our house" take II the dis
cusson now started VIII III different parts Of the
land, until it Will save loOOO young men from life OF