The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-27

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| queation as members Of societE as mes
ralistss and Sas Christians; and when they
arrived at their conclusions from these
standspDints, to act accordingly. It was
theif duty, said he, to view every aues!
ton from two points; and wherever q
semblance OF wrong suggested itself in
any question, 1t was their duty to alb.
stain from practicing or advocating the
question in hand. If moderate drink
ing tended to increase drunkenness,
they were bound to abstain from liquor
No one in socity 40 humble, but that he
had his Influence upon others. Absti.
ncnce from wrong wonld exert this influ.
eDce Tor good; On evil example would
produce Oh evil influence Study we'll,
then, said be, the o,nduct of these
Western women, as We call them; they
are not the drifts Of society; for he
kcew, ard his congregation know, sa;.nJ
of the women who were the leaders in
this movement, and they were the ele-
gaut women Of refined circles.
With the pulpit crusade that was
waged yesterday throughout New York
and adjacent citios, you may look out
for genuine woman's movement upon
the dram shops Of Gotham, at an early
date. Quite recently, Harry Hill, II no.
torious saoon keeper in this city, invited
q prayer. meeting in his saloon. Men
and women attended. Harry presided,
Brick Pomeroy made speech, women
prayed, and some "got religion" aud
all the while Harry's back room" was
crowded with beer aud whiskey drink.
ers 1t liz said his receipto for the even
ing were unprecedentedly large. Harry
l,,,gI 4
that night.
Last night. attended DR.. Chapir's )
church, (Uuiycrsalist,) aud, as usual,
found the church too small for the con-
9regatiou. Certainly the people Of New
York arc thoroughly church going, or
tue number Of churches is too small for
the population. have never been III
one that was not crowded to almost sul
location. Whether there be any more
room here for church buildings, am
not to be the Judge; but certainly do
not subject myself to the charge of being
Phurlaee, when assert that, from my
standpoint, there is endless room for
the exercise Of pure und undetiled rei-
gion; for the religion loructiced here
would condemn the professor with us.
DR.. Chaplin IL Il stout, rotuud old gen.
tieman, of about sixty-fve years, clear,
distinct voice, graceful and learned; bot
what ure his doctrines, am unable to
sny. His church form, his prayers, his
Biblical reading. his sermon aud the
worship of his church were to all intrnts
purely Presbyterian. II his doctrine is
that all men are to be saved, and that
worldly punishment is the Biblical bell,
las am told is his belief,) / can't well
bee tho necessity of 80 much praying,
except as pastime. The doctor
preached from Matthew, I'd chapter,
and first clause of the llth verse. l
need say no more of this sermon than
that it would have chesred, comforted
and perhaps excited the vanity of muny
Of our good mothers, hnd they heard
him depict true womunhood, woman US
an educator. and woman as the leader in
all that is good and pure in civilization.
l will not say what effect it would have
produced, had they heard him say that
half our women do not rear their chill
dren correctly; that as often as other
wise, the mother is wrong aud the child
is right when she scolds, and that fre-
quently somebody else should be pu-
nished when the child is spanked. l
agree with the doctor all the way
through, with mental reservation,
however. at times.
Now York city is mammoth wonder.
Where its Inhabitants live, Whist they
live upon, and how they get their daily
bread, is to me marvel. On Sunday,
Broadway is as quiet and deserted US a
country village. All the week it is
crowded with y living stream of vehicles
and pedestrians from sunrise till uight,
everything i'll hurry, running to and
fro, and nobody apparently Mt work.
An old citizen remarked to me the other
dny: "When first came to New York
to clerk, the Astor House WAS not built,
apd the ground it stands upon was III
the suburbs Of the town" The ST.
NichoiAs, metropolitan, Grand Central,
New York. Fifth Avenue, and all the
host Of superb hotels are from one to
two-end-a half miles above the Astor,
ard the Windsor, with it's 500 rooms,
which is the last grand cilort towards Il
perfect hotel, is three miles aud half
above the Astor, and is iii the most
fashionable portion Of The city Man.
haitian Island will. i'll ten years, be n
SOLID mass Of buildinssand streets, with
IL population Of 5000, UGO
y FRIEND.
at m election held on Tncsluy last,