, 1875-02-01

Information =" FREQ lunch to-day at l2." ueu-
erous mon, those propriotorB, thns to feed tho
poorl How can they afford Il Yes, tho
''iunch' IT, free, bnt tho nnnor y1,a yo,n
1t IL not. Now. Turner. Hail Ia simply
a lager-l1ccr saloon on q largo scale. The
music IL tho beakoninR land-tho bait to catch
tho unwary tlsh. and has III tlnt place, md under
thoBo circan,stnncea substantially no other Office
You hive heard Of The Ettlo dtty Of tho spider
alli tho ly:
"will you come into my rarlor1"
Aai.l t1ls spider tu the fly;
"Fri4 tie Itrettiest little rarlor
That cytr ynH tlta IVY.
The Nay into my pal'"r
IL ~, winding stnlr,
AMI thare many pretty things
To show yon When YOU are there"
Now, what tho "pre.ty par1or" and the
"wnlng stair" arc to tho wob OF tho spider;
wlnt tho llnshing lights and expensive !ccora-
tiona III biltarsalao,,u and slmilnr places are TO
rambling nnl other flissipattoH, tho mt1sio In
Tun,or-llal on Sunday afternoon Is to beer
drinking. smoking, and general Disregard OF
tho proprtutien nt tho sabbath.
Understanding the matter thus, instead Of al1vfs-
ing my congregation and others to 30 to grand
beer-sAloon 10 i,cnr tic music, on the ground
that II ID of superior quality, II referred to
the subject at al. It would be- to point ont tho
barhod hook that tho tempting bait conceals
And, if music, whatever nay bo its critical e1-
cel.cnce, in nich place, at such sinlo, and for
such a purpose, has not "tno tai! OF tlla
ssIens 70 III b, " worth t'n villa i dIss ,o oat Gt
for fallen faith, poetry, pointing, or for "fallen
angels - OF anS Kind.
And in tl,ts connection let Mo say, that there
liz ono fact developed in the sermon "hlcl. rnr-
hearers Ia 70 to Turner-Hull OF, On Sunday after
nuon nnd having argued at some length that We
ought to col,o duwn from our lofty ostato, moot
these foreigners halfway and not bc stt0 anl
uabonue, lest sono one should think that ln
la i,3n In In I'LL III
counsel. be proceeds to sny that he himself has
nover Leen ia Tulner- HILL OIL Sunday afternoon.
hut why nos2 On tho basis Of his philosophy
his duty IL clear. Music Is q fine Thing;
the stain Of sin nnun it :" beBldes We should DO
nelgilborly why not then go7 Dtsy 10 doubt:
but ono might find lime to 70 just oi,ce 10 ~ to
net good cxamV1e to ones congregation. When
az lsa can do to follow. And why not tako tho
children along, girls as we'll as boys, instruct
them thns t!luy should submit 10 tho bcor and
tl,s profanity 1ur tho sake of tho mHHlc, aud Cd
peeally tsr tho good they will do tho Germans;
hut my friend Co1lyer, III both his ad11eaa and
sermon. is careful to avid all reference to beor-
ttrlnAing, Which il no prominent MI eoment III nil
the SOCIAL customs Of the dermaus. ln his ad-
dress ho tn!.A about the music Us IL that
were tho all Of their Sunday concerts,
and in lila Bsrnun lu says, I" Somo Of tacir
teas nt,tt llsuEes arc nut an goO I'd ours; BoIue
are better. think tbe!E way Of HpondIn. half
Of eacll S,Inlay under tho gruan trees IL che of
these" unt III the ''rreet, trees " the alt? How
lnnciI Of this tn,o on sunday would the average
German srena under tho green trees II thcro WA
IL, foalning beer thcro 7 Ii il sp",hthinE boBlda
green trees that renders many rrrrGat girls wlo
visit Hurh places nut for duty I'LL Munday liurn-
ldg. What iB lt--lho u1ustc
Docs 1t appear 10 my Of you that lnfBaprre-
hcnd tho nRturo Of tho entertainments giyen on
Sunday III Turuer Hall md such like places, and
rnisjutlgo tlIeir influence upon public morals !?
Let mo read you paragraph Which Take fruln
QUO OF our city ryeuing papers, lesnel the day
following the Sabbath on which preached my
sermon:
The Lfderkranz concert at the North Side Turner
Hall would hayo charnel Dr.. Ryder had he been
70 fortunate to have formed Of tue audteuco
nasenrbled there last evening. The programme,
printed Saturday, excellent md euioyube In tho
singers in l!s sllrita wlnp as besr ran in sparkling
risuets, antl After The CONCERT tho htild played
delicious dance music, 70 wlitc, some q thu est
Right Jolly style.
Ths, you will undcrRt2ud vas on Sunday
evening, mud this is tue identical hal to whcl,
| my esteemed brother Of Unity Church advised
| hiH congregation to 20 OH Sunday afternoon to
hear tile ouly "nnfullon angel Of tue world. y
Let me give you bit OF porsoua! cxporience.
| There ia IN this city secont'clasa theatre
known az tue u Museum" It IL .play-hoasee
| proper, with certain " curioaitcB," sonto o!
| them, no doubt, very crelitaby arranged 10 nd
| joining roon,B Tile curiositiea Of them.
! selvca would not nttract tho people, aud some
| religious fDllB have strong projudieca against
| visiting ay-iouas but tho museum and tic
stage combinod, each aiding tlto other, constl-
dox theatre. Well not long ugo, th1A museum
WAS opened. and had tho honor OF Mi invita-.
tion to appear upon tho stage and In tlle
! presence OF tho assembled multitude, deliver the
| inaugural address. but do not think tlnt M,
OF YOU saw my nnne ut the opening OF the pro-
| gramnle. And this is nI | care to add II *
upon the bnards Of 4 theatre to deliver tht
inaugural address, 1t will be straight, aquart
ahsist in opening. A theatre we'll conducted AMI
truo to tH claims is useful socia[ institution
which it would be mlafortuno not to have bu
! bthgo that snealis behind lot Of cheap curiosi
ties publicly adyeItiEes ita own condemnation
And this ia the Kind Of Institution, il any, that
should expect would put upon its stage such I
luw attraction aa tho "l}cccher Scandal.
Shame III 1t for such un outrage upon puul
decellcy!
But I must baAton to say = few words on III,
remaining topic. It Bcen.H fluua what my excel
lent trielld BayB wo New Englunslers are in BAT
way. According to his Atatement We III phys
icay 4oteEioratiug. aud wo are already reduced t
tho Had necessity Of going through life with tw,
fearful havoc in our physical structure Las beel
produced in the short space OF twenty-fou
years. An alarming iact certainly. and one Q
which was not aware until read 1t II
/ tllG BGEtlUu. IHD NHhlt huIHl,
not my longer to lio hidden undo
buslel In u preachers library. VII,
not rrlut tho sermon which contRita this iufor
nation I'D tract aud clrculato II freely III Nes
! l.ngland for tho elI.!cation aud warning o
thas doteriurating people? It would co,tanl
La entertaining roading to thon, and nigh
save them from becoming . mere Aztec reunant
whatever that may be, rs according 10 III
prcarller tAoy are III danger Of bong.
Fortunately thuro IL u remedy for this deplor
allie tendency iii the New England character
Give III plenty OF forogoars and wo sre sat
from further decay. And If one patiently goc
to Turner Hall on Sunday AFTERNOON. drink
beer and Amokea, mud listeus to the music, pos
sibly it ia not too much 10 hope that oven th
two missing teeth may come back again.
. Christian frion.ts, tue question which en
gaEeA our attention this evening ID ouo OF til
highest practical Importance. 1t risoH abov
!, tho leyei Ut sect and class, and conosrng til
future Ut our whole country. Tho Unite
sitatoB is q conspicuous nation. Soncthing /
tlliB nation attracts Foreigners to our shores
my distinguished friend, wlAose sermon I crit
c,He, among the roAt. Many Of these foreigner