, 1875-03-16

THE CHURCH AND THE rooR.HousE.
70 lie EdIfor Of Tie rh;i1sa T,5onn.:
CnscAoo. March 15.-wll you al.ow 'poor
Huathen"h few words in your columns. oven
though The thoughts hc preselts NAV b distastc-
ful to tho prejudicos Of your Christian readers
Though q so1ouruer for low years lu your lcau
tful country, I atm q nn,iyo Of "1udia's coral
strand. and rcaa with Interest everything ap-
rearinG n your public prints relating to tho poll
tlca, aud social condition Of your people.
!, therefore, poEusol, with deep hut sad inter-
est, tho full account your reporter gave in your
Sunday Issue Of the treatment Of your poor at
thu public Asylum provided for their homo. 10
sny thas / was shocked. would be to very mildly
describe my feelings. DO mob be'ieve this ho,rl
neglect and ab,'to OF rauTors ID peculiar to Chi
cagn, but 10 only = specimen 0! What nreyailn
tLroasbout tLs largs cltica, mud, pslhsps, suo
smaller towna. Of ths land.
This revelation. together with other obaervA-
tious OF my own, made during my residence III
Amsr1ca; s enuses NJ mo to inquire wlether some
Desirable yoa nccoFsars, to pIoaerre this nation
from oasly decay and aea,hf A religion, cnl it
Cltlatfanitv OF what sou NAV, that has NJ i,B vo-
tar'ea md supporters lhe largest portion Of tho
liic this, which has lss temples Gu eyory aticnt.
snd almost on arery square, antl allows 1900
human bcinga. guilty OF no crime hut poverty,
sickness aud friend!essuess. to ba handled
Is u told us, and that WILMA sound 1t Sabbath
bells, csrta!uly does not auswer tho purpose that
rellglons are expected to do.
! he groat Joans. IN His sublime teachings,
loft no place for any such possibility of things,
In tho tcIfgion that lio taught for tho care OF
tho ruor IL ono OF tho fundamental cnuons nf
1Iis 0oapel Indeed. to l'nprcss upon His fol-
loWers tho csacntlal character OF thlH eltmest It,
His religion, lie declared thAt ho who relleyod
tho wants of tho meaiast ana poorost Of his l1l-
man bEsth1eu should stand highest In Heaven,
and those silo neglected tLeso poor should ro-
eeiyo from Him. u the groat hereafter. tho re-
huka. Darart, for n0feF kuns you."
This IL wllat understand to bo tho doctrines
Of tho Fonuder Of the Christian faith, ~ gsther
them from Ills recorded words. Eighsecn hun
usod wears iavo nsssed since thosa words woEo |
hnd ministers claim to repEesoat that Founder, |
are 20 occupied In ~ritiug aud prsAchinG Ror- |
tnons aud prosslyttnR Totartes fos t1tlr 'aspect.
tyo scots aud churches, that thar hGV0 10 tl1no
tesly wretched poor TIE crowds OF szcaonB Chris
tiana are too much engaged In gathering wealth
for their catlal bodies, aud packing tho chlrclea
u serv!coa.-noon and night ptayer.neotlngs, |
sessh souls.-to near tho erica OF those 200 Of
Coda poor ~ they risc duly aud nightly to |
Heaven. Twelve hundred poor human cfcs-
tnrea across the Way yonaer fallen anoDg
newspapet-feporter interested enough, to 90 over
tt.erI and bind IN = wound or even teades tho |
con&ol.slons Of religion to the dylng or Chtiatiau
rites Of hurla! to tho de0l. I
Eoous sanctuartes, oh Christian closgy OF tho |
nluetas!th century, Crowd yo1lr prsysr-luset- |
lngs aud anxiou. seata with all tlIa nlou, womau,
aud chlld1en yoit eau solicit @ os dfsye oVt from
tho people with soldah fears about their own sat-
yatlon Ha!css they baeolna contributors to your
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, but DO not hopo that t4o great
Him trlttta ono fAlt rvaF ro1,3or |