New-York tribune., 1874-12-07
and action Of tho faculties Of nature In harm.b
among themselves and with the universe.
RIGHT AND WRONG ADJUSTMENTS.

lvn Tahernacle Yesterday morning. might have
thought that those who kept away the previoos
Sunday by the rainstOrm had not only concluded 10
hear this sermon surely, but had brought all their
friends TO hear IL for on the assumption that the IaDer
nace persons there must have been between
5000 and 5000 actually within the walsa vast crowd'
that was as attentive the preacher he laid down
rules for guidance the question OF proper
amusemeDts sat inside beaer listening to tho
"vileness" which Mr. Talmage claims Ia drawing thou
sands into the vortex OF sin The attractive corne'
which marks the time In singing, for this great AUDI
ence was OF course present although little late In
coming and then In tho hands OF ar. Arbueke but
substitute. While the usual collection was DeiDS taKcn
up the 0rganst George W. Morgan. made the interval
a very pleasant one by the performance OF
tion from "Il TrovatOre," including the "Misefere
The which Mr. Tlmagc founded his sermon was
Ezekiel xiv, 23: They shall teacn nv people ne all'
ference between the holy and the proane, ana cause
them to discern between the uncean and the clean"
In pursuance OF this authority. began hr. iamase
come out to-day draw the line between rIglt and
wrong Indeed, 1t L. llne drawn by the
hand of God Himself, and reaching from eternity 70
eternity. Oa Ide OF the line 1t Is all rgbt' ana on
the other side 1t is all wrOng nave iot thise or ior
Sabbaths been arguing against that monster Oi lbqnIty
-.he Average American Theaer as II now Is IJc Dlhe
arguments have brought agilI't !. nave ~ 10 Wise
been answered, save by scurrly, ana .iys'n, s dnu
low abIse, which. instead VI 0verDroWihg the POSITION
have taken only grandly illustrated tne o.pIave" in
huence OF the American thcatr upon us ie.anerS an
employees Now this morning pass on to lay d2wn GER
tain principles by which may Judge ID regard 10 any
amusement or recreation, finding out for yourself
whether 1t is right or whether it ~ wrong. ,.,
L
moral Character of any amusement by is heilthful
result by its baleiul reaction There are people wbo
seem made up Of hard facts. They are combination OF
multipcationtaOles and statistics. III you SHOW tne
exquisite picture they will begin to discuss the pig
ments involved In the cJlOrings. IL you !sD0" them
rose they will botanical analysis,
which Is only the post-morem exam nation OF ue.
ceased flower Tncy have no rebound In tEclr nature
never do ything than smile there are no great
tides of feeling surag up irOll the depths ot their soul
Tley IL nIturc had DuIlt them Dy CONTRACT
ana made bungling job out OF II; bdt there
people IN the world who have D!gl faces ana whose
life Is song anthem p1an OF victory. Even ,ner
a great the top OF winch the sunlight ever
niyaL TIey are the people you Ike to have come 10
your house. ike to have them come TO mne II yoa
only touch the hem OF their garment you are healed
Now my friends, 1t is these eXhlarar symptthetc,
aud warm-hearted people who are most tempted
to perncl0us amuscincns, and they arc the
ones who VIII do well TO look at the reaction
of all their amusemcnt-. If your amusemens
sends you home at night nervous and SIeeFitjs, ahu
yau rise III the morning. nos b~cauAe you are sept
out, but because your DUTY dfaGS yoh from your SUM
bers, you have done wrong. There amusements
sh"t h, eyes vawung. stnud feeling. and they are a
wrong lknd OF amusement. Il any and OF Lusement
yOU home lOH2aG for lie or romance ana thri
hug aiyentur1 lie that takes poi and snoots itself,
mOOn ght adventures aud dirdreadth escapesyon may
depend upOn 1t that you axe sl'riced Ncuih OF On,
sanctihed amGsements. Our recreaiions were attended
to build up and II they pail us down. as to our moral
or spiritual strength, yon may cs1e 10 th1 coheu'Ion
20 further, and lay it down as prucple thlt those
amusements gre wrong which cheat you into ah expen
diJure beyond your nodns Money slchI ia rec taton
Is not thrown away IL all folly !Or 10 tJ places
Of amusement with the leelnS that theE "asie your
money or time. l0u may by 1t nave really inade an
Investment worth than tIaisaction Whiy. gives
you SEQ $1,000 Bat how many properties nave peen
ridIled by costly amuaeinehis! Cmimpasnc La often
cheated the childrens waturobe Inc caFoue mas Ire-
ducutly burned Up tue boJ primer Excursions may IN
day make tour around "nole ilehtA "tts' DOS &poGs
horses and boxes at iae thc-teIs nave thelr
counterpars III unleaInei ana il!-m naIeI eAilien;
carpet OF the mansion and dashed into the Mirror and
wretcBed have home TO break their mothers
heart. Wien mer 90 into amuseinests 10 !r5 cahhot
afford, In the first place they borrO" waat teJ cne
when a yoing man gets as far theft 80 n't stop
short the penitentiary How often nave nad parents
come and ASK 10 30 over TO NeH-lork ana peg
their boy off :lom crime he had committed aga:Ist MS
employer. Again and aealn ! h've gone 10 tne en-
ployer, sometimes, alas! Win tNo psII'Ioh all uh'
go further. and say those unlawful amasenepts
chef occupation. Life Is earnest thing, whether We
are born in palace or novel We nave got 20 NVTK NY
with disease You have soHl that Is 10 De- ti1gured
Oh the Judgment day after the has sunk lt last
craft and the mountains shall have down in an
avalanche Of rock Goa ply that who has nothing
are ailevIa ms AID helps The tol is the only
strong enough TO brin- up tue bucket oIt OF the
wherein business and philanthropy awhile their
Know how to play. II God had intended to do
nothing but laugh would haYe been all mouth but
lie has given shoulders with which 10 mt aud dands
with which work, and brains "lth which 10 thiuk,
and therefore, amisemcnt3 are merely auXlar.cs.
wrong which lead bad company. II You belong
organization where you have to assOciIte wlth the
NAV dresl' in The name OF COL let out! in;y viii
despoil your nature Ihey M drop yon when you are
when you dead, nor weep tear ut your burial
They viii chucAe oyer ou, q % v j.. W. am nl D
ANY amusement that gives y0u d.iaste for Ao nc NE
fni There ore before suy lueaIor, the pc:ures Of
a great many nlascd houscho.s Don't yoa kn,S thar
on have bat little more lne 20 give 10 domC>c vel
}STe Dor'S YOU sec fater that your children ar
10 ret out into the world aud at all Tie !llG.Lce you
are to have upon th"m yon are To Lave hoM
b, these five rules want sou 10 iy all muse
Ects aud want you try tho American tAca.eI. II
cannot stand one test Ii Is war on nOne Oh pay ocat
health, on mans Immortal natNe. II broad avenue
through which 1900 press into tue EioS aop aud The
brothcl Oh, CAri,tan people sand back from IL The
Rev DE- Haeid told me o1ce That ne used TO 90 10 the
theat.r when q young man, bAt one day aChHstan
friend ady from the coGntry. came to Tie ci'y, aDd
he her one nIght at the tA'tet "lHcss'- an Viec'
tlonablc play. ana he SAID 10 me tD2t wLeh he saw
her gains, al absorbed, =. the stage h. tA9nght
thai /" aud no said, "Gol 4, hep me, VIII never
auity and TIE thcatcr dro'c li.h back am to'i hat
sometimes ministers " tie Gu-p'l 20 10 sdch places
There NAV pe some here t. whom these wosd' como
home; but ruch men s,Hl.Y tneisc'',T' am %mIko %
themselves obnoxious 10 God ald man. MINISTER IN
pit with Ai' -, drawn over hH - s'V9l r'Cu
lion. (LaugIteT a ruil,n rtcoLnL3i AlHl, ma eN-
posed im Witn , shout Of d,r>On, called out hS lame
with biasphcny aud e0ae'u'ed WIN lt !l' pray
Why did the minister pull dO@h lis hat over MS eyes
Because he WAS aehamed 70 b. there dc bne" he Lad
If tink 50 badly of ihe theater week days, how
Sfrikosch proposes ~ invade holy sabbath by
Introducing secular and theatrical amuseiHent5 aud
"a
ininuity down Will your Ciy!l and religions lD-
erty. What is the difference between France and tho
Iulted states Because there trey KNOW no sunday IN
tho United states 30 ana mean 10 ntt A. Jap
pausel Next sabbath mOtuhS shau discuss tldt
sIbrct. Let NOE warn AOu 10 hSltA your
amusemcnts closely. Are yOu PREPARED for tie great
ruture Hear you hot tac tone ot Od TuAi aid the
trlmp ot the ScyCAth X" -mrnt, and can you not see
the earring oi the CHlt lpeSttate o. our hcEn-
boring cityl what docs al ncinl " .in!nE TO tie
sick aud Tho uecgcptl OI, n; but d Harul- 20 inc
tout and the well, for ne Sa.d can endure auy-
tnu, Jet tins morning th. sunlight gi.Gs III grave.
ll, Al L II 80
BUILDING Al TIE BOTTOM
r.. R.. H. ". Beeehtr At P.ym2aA c.lrci, Br5otyH.
Plymouth Church pulpit was brighter with