, 1875-04-10


70 he Editor Of TIE caIenq9 75,oun.:
OufcAoo. Aprll 81 de.iro 10 .ubmit a fc,
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snuusns' "'sno"' aso'l"l'oo' u, ses"'a 70 INC
thoatros toward churches. It Is nov unforlu-
nataly one Of mutual bitterness and deuunc,a-
lion. Inls atises In part from mutual miyup-
dorstandlng, and purity trou, such strong dc.
sire Of tic Church to preserve tho purity Of The
trc, unncn N, f,,rnds of I'm i,,,cr .cro embj,~
,ar,;, .,1 ,,rt,,l c-;,ni,.,;o,, fo,,o,y ~.
..,.. A"a "s". .,,..n n" o,.'",, '" .,o".
"tet ua reason together Tho Church, thron5lt
its representatives frequently charges tho ncorA
Of tho stage with inllo1alIty.-that personally
they aTo not moral. have 10 tiouDt that injus-
tica has boon lono In this direction. soTo Of
them maj not be moral, wniIu many Ut moral
M tie Eaue number Of pctAons found in tho
poHs Of the sanctuary. Many actors aro married
rnnple, and liro together ns vlrsuouhiy Cd ATTY
others. Many a ''Msha -" IL really tbs ~ife
OF gcnt!oma1 ou tue samo stage; o:llc1s a1e
homo bJ aome one OF tue family. llisy arc
poor. mud taao tho stage to help support Il T.d-
oIcd mother aud tho yonbgct chi''sEcn; Tala Ia
simple fact hnd cannot be ignored. Actsra
often manifest largely liberal aid humane Rrir-
IT, They Rfo charitable aud s7mpRt!sotic. Fao
illustrations Of this have Rproarcd. hho"lnS
thoso things arc 70, il 1t wonderful that they
fett deeply Indignant and tnccnsed against
EiGlh Jt4S1 AAA StIAtCAt4lcH HAO tu"H9 SIT aoAtb-
crilninato onslaught upon tho wl.olo rrofesai II
~ - immoral ret? worm vii! turn when
troddca OF. II poaslb!e. | a'n reminded Of the
wiso saying Of au old eui eSccl;ent man: -
have found nlo,e baaneaa n gosd .ner anl IT. more
oar1y lffc." That IL 1t exactly, and Il II my OK.
perienca and that q! ercsy tllo:Ghtiul man OF %
or 90 ycara OF ago. Tho Church Gc:u:es
the theatre Of being hot-bed Of
rsoa aud corrurtion. Tho tlsoatro ac-
eslses tho, Church OF worldlincas and
hypocrisy. As fact, the Church IL 10 bo.ter
Than she should l'c. There are world!insss and
hypocrltes in her memhefstip. but this sh1u'd
not annihllnte tho Church. There arc maay
whose life and Influence arc doing untold good.
Christianity holds tho world together. as s:rong
iron rods keep brick building from bulg-
s to % tho On ,sas tho ara osT bsn a
tho confessions Of somo Of ils own lights. like
Alacrealy aud otlcts, Eomo have boe, proved
so in courts Of justice liko Forrest and o:hesa.
But haro not prominent layn,en aud leading
tians Lavo to hang thels heads IN shame in these
dayaa ''Hnnan nature" IL NJ, Old anu wicko1
institution. aud lets out running sors Of dc.
Let ua admit ti.is rs ono ground OF but.or mt
tua, good understanding.
Nov, then, in the no1t place, let tho CAurcl,
lomand that tbs theatre s1,all produce snrh
FGHuIlpl8 AHA H1OlEl F}Atb tlAht KOb1i I4EH AHH
wan,en. including clereymeb. eau attend then,
without loss Of Relf.respcct or character. Quo
roasnn why Christians dare not 20 to tho theatre
ia. that .hey do not wiah to crioyo others
who arc opposed to the PLAYHOUSE. aud
do not wish to make trouble
in tic churches to which they belong.
1Iis IL good aud honorable reason for not 10
Ing. Othars cannot onlura the profanity aud
obscene lnta aud bawdy inuuenIocB OF tho
sttge. ] wish tho managers Of tho batter class
nf nur thpntrea Lnhw hoY disruHtirf- t1,eAe
thugs nro to :. .wcll-bted " people, whether
Christians or not. They loss moro than they
gain by it, mean profanity aud obscenitT, not
sparkling wit and gracefu! ropurtoos. not oven
dancing or partial nuloucss. IL ia 10 vain to
expect MI ontiro reformation OF tho stage I
mean that tn city liks Chicago, ali tho theatres
vii! not present decent plays Auv taurc than all
tho newspapers vii! print dscont sheet. A
corthIn c!aYa will patrouise tho "Satauic press :"
aud will demand indecent plays. dyia-
ion into good aud bad. then, will take
place, nH ID eyarsthng otae. Tho sooner It
comos, the better. Tho law Of 1euoapd and s111-
uy proyRis hero a. Il, oyery lepnrtnlout OF ltfe.
Lot tho Church den,aud t,,lre or moral plnys.
with tho understanding that thoy Will bn ai1a.
mined NJ church. ro;nr peonle and 1ncmbnrs
md IL fa dnne Tai lila Church nprnn tn this
nleasantly and lat mo or moro thnatrns IN f,iii-
ca 20 taho tho ground that ptoiaaity and OBJ
cht,drop cal attend together. Could not Ylcl 4
theatre bo sustained SHOULD bo Nst,atueJ If
1t could not. HhnEspearoa plavs Darttoy Ca,np.
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