The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-20
MR.TALMAGEIN WAR PAINT
4 SCITHTNG dTTfCK ON THE POLI-
MEANS or BROOKLYN.
Drawing n Cheerful Picture OF sin in the CIV
OF Churches "1he Clash OF the DccHnters
and tho CIink Of the Gamblers Dice"

OF Churches "Ihe Clash OF the Dccanters
and tho Clink of the Gamblers Dice"
Mr.. Talmage, in opening his sermon yes
terday, described the glorious, triumpbal entrce
ot Christ into Jerusalem, and how the Saviour
even in the moment Of his coronation. turnod
away his head end wept as he thought " the
great wckedness aud the approaching doom Of
the city. Just so 1t IA with our city of Book
lyn," continued the preacher; you look around
from some tall tower and you see much that Is
good and great, but after all what a horrible
sink OF iniquity 1t Isl We here have much for
us to weep over. Sin is on every side OF us. and
1t seems as though 1t is impossible to 0nd any
thing that Is good aud true. The snriek OF BIAS
phemy rolls up from dcns Of hell, blasting the
heavens the cry Of the lost soul Is heard at every
street corner; there is the clash Of the decantcr
and tho clink of the gamblers dice, und every
where horrible wall rises that Is enough to
make the denizens Of the Internal pit close the
doors, put their fingers to their ears, and rattle
their chains with an utter despair.
The temptations to commercial dishonesty
were never so potent ss they arc TO-DAY.
and II has become almost an impossibnity
for Christian business man to exist, for the
Shylocks Of trade oil all the stores and the great
marts lhcy care only for their gains, despse
that by an occasional contribution to the Lord
they can make everything right for them IN
through. and they will 90 down to hell. The
whole commercial world Is rotten, rotten. The
country Is the history Of fraud and dishonesty.
There il not one man IN a thousand Of our poll
ticians VINO Is pure and upright. II an honest
benevolent and Christian gentleman steps into
the arena and proclaims bis intention to stand
on a pure platform and purify the slqms Of
politics. then he Is at once bcset by the
press, which so blackens his character that
be IS soon ", led TO th'gk that he is
| public office. oh. what creature one must he
come In order to enter the political arenal The
respectable young man who goes from q Chris
| tan home must clasp hands with the lechcfous
| wretch from the rum cellar be must associate
| with the lowest vii aims, chucklc with them over
| their coarse jokes ana join in their blasphemy.
| the most Gud-fOrsaken people in our city are
the pohticians. ! can pray for the prisoner In
| Rlyu ond street jail. but don't think there IS
| any use ~ praying for an old politician. Fraud
nlent election inspectors sit around fraudulent
| ballot boxes, taking fraudulent votes from
| fraudulent voter, making y ndnlent returns
which send men to our lc.i -latufcst { Il are bet
| ter subjects for the pcniteutlary or tie asylum
/. X at the New YORK Plat Onirc costing
more than the linush Houses Of Plrl went
| or the t.mtol at Washinston-ihe irnii Of your
| uoutciaus-the Boss weeds and the SweeuY :
| the ollicians who SIT for an hour or two
| in their Offices daily, who 1T To Saratoga to
| the rncns In summer, ana live IN cded palaces,
| which they have bought with money - ulcn irOm
the people; sc costly funeral train ap-
| proath; a long line of rriages filed with
! bluats. From tho srog-,nuu caucus to tirten-
| wood; the beginning and end OF n political
career The doctor m kes an entry IN tue death
returns: Died Of pneumonia soft term Tor
| the dchrium tremens."
| Mr.. 1almage concluded with the declaration
| Il bitt,r war against social iniquites, whether
encountered IN the dens Of POVERTY and disgrace
| or under the bt. Ze 4 n rlOr chandeliers.
snal. suiiie TEN with the two-edged sword OF
| the Lord" sand the preacher. q" You may call
this thing fast life, high NE. or ecrentricitcs
hut call II the Nomit OF hell; ana the man or
woman whose lie Is secret rottcnness, gar
nishei by gold. Will be wrapped around the
fierce nr. In he u, and will drink the drc.s of n
| deeper damnation. 4 great y, II Will 70 ~ as
they 20 down to the pit. ana the liends Wi cry
| have done T."