, 1874-10-25
HOW TO REACH TIE EhSSE9,

To TIE Editor Ct The CHICAGO Tribune:
Sir: Oae Of the great, probably the great
est, questions that ia before tbs worlds reform
| els to-day,-one that is 1uost important to th
! pulpit,-oue that ts most important to th
5tate,-is, how to reach the masses.
In our cities there are tens OF thousands O
dollars invested in churches, churches graut
and gloomy, aud the minister who enters h1
pulpit knows that he breaches to small aoe
mpa:ativaly-selec audience OF cultivated poo
pic, and tha:, within q short distance OF where
he Stands, are thousands who never hear hil
voice.-ne7er enter his church or any othe,
| church.
The Womau's Congress, that met in this city.
discovered the affairs that were Of n OFT impcr-
! tance to womep,-the making Of homes, the
caring Tor children, and womau's work in the
! world, questions that affected the wife xnd
daughter Of the poorest day-laboser in the land
] and Jet tho masses were not reached, and the
| Congress was not attended By tl.ho Of tho
women OF this city.
1octurcs are constantly being given on
| finance, on art, on bsscess-trnits, On the
means OF attaining snccass in the world, aud
the young man who would he benefited by these
lectures keeps as far from them as If the lecturer
were package Of nitro. .glycnrinc.
1t took WISE man TO cay. Let ne but mako
the ballads OF q country, and caro- not who
10 the present age; tue songs OF to-day may
annso. but they do not instruct The songs
that have any influence arc the hymns and tho
soags that m:T DO sung on tEe battlefield, and
tesyor or patriotic feeling-they arc but the
great enthusiasm OF q people blossonaiu2 III
song.
And to-day the worlds laborer sits in his own
home, secure castle ~ eysr WAS brilded, and
laughs at the Intellectual attempts to roach him
mado By Church and State
Into this lair Of Ignorance is permitted to enter
but one Instructor, tho PRESS; and. potent ~ il
this power, 1t must assums but onp form,-that
Of fiction.
Whom the youths Of England wero cultirating
their muscle till it threateued to ABSORB brain
Aud heat; when the slar-momber Of the
co'lege-cl@ss was not the man whose knoul-
edso MAS most profound, whose studies
but tho ia1 who could hit haldest,
row the fastest. and wrcstie longest; When
Wi!kie Collins this. did he call the attention
OF college-professors to this state OF facts? Not
gather statistics OF the uea who had exhausted
the strength Of q lifetime in rowiny-luatcl, or
injured themselves irreparably in wfesstle Not
At all: they would have taken these statistics to
They would have met the appeal with tha remark |
that has met every apresl for the improvement |
of young mea,--tLe old story that boys VIII be
boys. He wrote q novel, aud *' Nan and Wife" |
won tho argument.
When the Saxe-Holm stories wcro issued in |
hook-form. in = very able reriew OF them occurs
\ remark something Ike this: She needs no |
forum, no pulpit; she goes straight to the |
homes of the people. aud by every hearthstono
breaches sermon that goes straight to the
hearts and elevates tho lives Of the renders"
When the great question OF Slavery WAS |
threatening tho very life of the nation vhen
press and pulpit wore bound hand and foot, their
Intellectual struggles were ~ nothing compared
with the power t6at swept through tie land, and
reused the people to the enolnity Of the s'po-
culiar institution"
The 2ris.ocrat, who fe4<ed to express bis 7isws
1est he might offend his Southern friend tho
woman who thought it mnst be so nice to live in |
the South, and have devoted black servants, who
loved their mistress, as they we're I'll
supposed to do; the man of tho world
who gave all his attention to hiB gloves the |
theatre. and his necktie, and whose ideas seldom
rose abo7o his boots. 2nd who never read u
the mechanic, who was too Tired
after his dsy labor to attend public discussion
Of tho subject each and al Of these sat under
read 'Uncle Toms Cabin,r-ths bnok that the
Premier of England "Tcad three tin1ea for the !
craftsmanship OF t."-and every Iesder OF the
book saw the plainest picture, heard the Ablest
argument, with 'naught e1tenuste Eor anghs
ser down in malice, and heard tho plaines3,
most powerful sermon ever preached against |
Slavery.
With these few, plain facts that nono can
Eainsay, NE should proceed 10 the question be-
lore us in the most sensible manner. It ts u5e-
css to aneer At p" sugar-coated knowIedga" This
orId is only IN its infancy and nnat take the only
medicine that will cure its manifold disorders;
Ind il it cannot be induced to take it IN 1egiti-
mate, proper, dignited way. why. then. sugar
:oat 1t both WAYS are lcgitimato So, to Vie
eformers Of all kinds, We Gay: Work in hur-
'est-ield, but uss tho now machinery. And, il |
iction il in its rurest fosmg, both IN the drama
nd in ths novel, i: NIL ga:hor in ths harveg.
nth rapldlsy sIrrassns that Of argument o. |
wonderful power Of e1<upIa.
h. l.
Eeur!a Of T. Circus Giant. RI
The Wilmington DALI Commercial Of Mon
az, 12:h INST, s.ys: !" While Tho Chicago Circus
ias travelling do7n the Peul:aula the giant boy,
Ny 15 yeass Of ago, MAS taken SICK With the |
Tphoid fov-r, and being unable to proceed fur ]
nec. NaA left at EtauEfnrt 8 small vill.1n in | .