, 1877-07-30


fnrt, uInHfig many.
There was not man In Chlragn who WA, not
the pcursr cy rrason "f the strike Of thr past
week. zinc lcesnn Taught hY That unfortunate
record was THAT tic criminal tla.s w:ls t,"nrn-
Ing mere and more powerful. What wa~ tac
prime cuslac of this! tine great cause VA. tho
fg II. 81 tG w,Ss, W. 81 ha err rf'1np ni 'n.,'.
and marched Up tn the polls tnrtfhrn, Tho com.
tryi We were al*n creating la~fesa, dcspcr.
atc, communicate element nf Our own. brought
~ rtn, In onr 1nt.ist, on oyn snii Must q The
the 'anui"rturuF t epstasl,hmsn.s ] s,arnr ,hs
past week were tncre boys. While GhrIstlana
WIRE quietly attending. their churches the
street corners, III tho faloon. men on Sunday,
nn'f In tlc many dlns of Vice Throughout tito
great city. What wore son,u 0t tic ..auscs of
socIal degradation In this country Tho c1ttef
n.rt Of certain c1,s. to ayof1 ali york mil to
tive On The results of the hard toll Of others.
Again, tho prevailing tntththls Of political
.pancsiycrlne led to = fc'l!n. nf contempt for
degradation was. to be fund In tho *ccular
prrss. liz would nut speak of the sccular
press ar while, pr nj us general tlsaractcrcs,
md he WIS mi indifferent IL ita nowcrs, nr It's
IL, Hit SECULAR pas'rr. were cherished, mi en-
co,traRcll, aiMl kUprnrtc.l in patt ht least, by
the funds Of church members .-papnra which,
IN tho trlatn, conftnMlcd deviation With hyWk-
(Eayt fclIEIuIl Will HHllEf5 WtlH.J
cleaned ming tho dark places Of tilc cartlt tur
the nnltIfartous ifltE'ncss a1,tl obsccn'tcs OF
ttcprnvol men nnff women. mud retalci tho
same tron house u 1Dlsr, where like infected
rln.lug it sprral the cnntaElu1i, ntld tho tnlHd
of tho youtl, IN CIR sity was fllca with ali
manner Of u,rlean plrt,ircs tmler tho t,rctezt
nf giving tfcm tho latest news. This, hu hc
fievcA, was M' sn,al1 Item In the development
OF tito t:tulsntttc.
St.iely ha,! meyer rcas,etl nn! maintained
ln,.y state. .nf equilibrium that hal not l,cc1
fo!n'lcti Dn tl!r teneinas oi The Eihlc. And
yet even Christians fell Into ]ina With skcrtItA
In order tn save our .pal's sctnsls, tlc l'b1o
| snits& ln u prescribed lmnk. Arn whnIsl III.
lu1trMtc tho lslblc, ,ictn,lsr they Haift ntcrfcrcl
with thnir tlhrrty. Such liberty was wllat Tie
other day, wtcn they mt out tho engine lirrs.
Gul ihe tefts ri 'lth machine shops, resisted tho
lawful authorities, and s!ii T. a'1 n the nac nf
iiherty. II l,al! bccu Hntl. Wien that rctlt Ion 10
,is Slnyur cunii mol s"sc thr,,, hit tic oinct
.Iay Tho Mayer ,fou"f way to close them. and
when une uF tho regiments on Twelfth atrres
futtuh saloon Which continual to russt the
order, they spiked tilc DEVILS g,na BY vigorously
shutting NJ the salnon tloor aiul tastcna'e 1t
with pnnka and rniroasl spikes. While the
country WIN hejn!cng TINT tho nola latt bern
put slown u at"illa stnp nsttsrcit Ait! ra'ihJ
i1,slstdcr the various rnttsra which Ind hccn at
wurk fur ycara To prr,iuca thcsc results, anil ro-
member III thu future tlnt It sas inrli heticf
tp pruyrbt tic stastlBg o5, tho fire than, wlleM
It Ind been started, to apply the rctncdy
| TO Dit It nut.
III concluti!ng. tho reverend gentleman drew
a melancholy picture nj "hnt Chlrago woul,l la
without tt1c Bible Rnl the conservative Chris.
tian element md returned 10 his !lrSt 1cslnra.
eo.'l.l over save society from these social out
hrcaks alld pnpu'ar cxp0'tn1.: Out 81 the
events Ut the puss wcc. ie saw the necessity of
putting gnod ncn IN osilcr; tic nrccssfty Of ros