The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-11-14

manifested in this city and BROOKLYN In the serie'
of sermons now being delivered In the Taber
naole by Rev. t. Dewitt Talmage, on The Nign
.sldo Of City Life" Yesterday not only the BODY
oEthe immense structure but the corridors ano
vestibule were packed with dense mass OF peo'
nile. while hundreds were turned away from tne
doors. unable to gain admittance and surglhg
Croyd OF people throDged the streetin mont OF the
Trabernaele. anxious 20 gather up "the droppings
~ the sanctuary" When the seven thousand
voices Of congregation Joined In singing Home
Bweet Home" the efectwa grand aud wonderful
Next sunday the great preacher will begin the
Reries upon the second exploration, ana VIII lay
the responsibility for the continuance OF the yer
rIble plague spots upon the municipal authorlue'
arguing that the slime pits might be closed py the
police, II commanded to dos The following Il
he full text Of his fourth and last sermon OF Ms
arst series, delivered yesterday:
supJEcr-oMidnight New York-Whom he Saw
and Missed in places Of Iniquity"
Genesis xiv, 10: And the vale OF siuulin "aS
full Of slime-pite. ,,,..
A gentleman from Augusta, Georgia, six months
ago. requested me to preach on this text ana Ine
time has come for the subject. The neck OF an
army was broken by fall iuto these halt hloden
slime-pits. We are not told how deep they were,
nor how vile, nor how difficult 1t was to get out oil
them but the scene was so long ago that we are
not 80 much interested IN the statements Us we
are In the fiery fact that our American cities are
null OF slime.pits into which tensof thousands are
falling night after night. We have recently been
exploring some of these. How did come TO DO
voY seatedlast April in the edtorial-roOms OF one
oFthe great New York daily newspapers an editor
said to me: "Mr. Talmage, 1t seems 10 me tnat
YOU clergymeA arc at a great disadvantage when
YOU 70 to battle with the inieuies OF the DAY In
the fact that you have not seen them' ana we lay
men know you are ignorant Of what you speak
about. Ifyou would like to investigate for your
BelfI will give you the highest othcial escort
accepted the Invitation, andsaid; "NextauVunn
viii take that tour" The fact ip, wanted to
say to the young men Of the whole country some
kindly words Of warning and thought preced
ing trip Of this kind would give me the Whole
country for an audience, and 1t has been delib
crate plan OF my ministry when want to make
gpecal effort for good to do II In such way that
the devil will advertise II Free gratis, for nothing
This was the reason that gave two weeks previ.
ous announcement OF my pulpit Intentions
have been fully satisfied with theiresult,
NO WORKERS THERE
Getting inside these pavilions 'of darkness BY
order and in company of the police, was not
more surprised by the people whom found there
than by the people whom missed. All up ana
down the galleries and the gardens and behind
the scenes looked for them but found them not
They were the hard working people OF the city.
You say they could not afford 10 be there ON
yes they coud-entranCe for women, nothing;
entrance for men twenty-five cents Why, then,
we're not they there : Because hard work is
friend of good morals After men have toiled
from morning till night, they feel more like Sit
ding down at home, or sauntering with their fam
lilies along the street, or into some place where
they are ashamed to take their wife and daughter
The most moral people in the country are the toll
ing population. The places of dissipation are
chiefly supported by those who begin business al
nine or ten o'clock in the morning and quit al
three or four, or do nothing. They have plenty
OF time to get to destruction in, and enough mon
ey TO buy through ticket on the Grand Trunk
Railroad of Perdition. The most fortunate and
diyinely best young men Of our cities are bot
those who 90 and come as they like, and have
pocket case always full Of the best cigars, and din
ners at DelmOnicO's, and dress in tip'top fashion
their garmentsa little tighter or looser or OF broad
er stripes than other people, with hat set little |
further over on one ear, and mustachei twisted |
" ith sitter cosmetic, and hair more redolent OF
costly pomRtum, and boots that fit with more ex'
uuisite torture, and handkerchief more thorough |
ly soaked with musk, patchoua, new.moWn hay,
white rose and balm of a thousand flowers but
those are the fortunate young men who have to
take breakfast early and supper late, the entire
lnterregnum filed up with work that makes the
hands blister and the legs ache and the brain
weary. There is not the slightest possibility Of
good morals to young man in these cities who
has plenty Of money and no occupation. Begin
ming at Central Park, New York, and going clear
down to the Battery-begin at Fulton Ferry
Brooklyn, and branch out to Hunters Point and
GOwandR- you will not And a single eKcep
tlon where such young man has not either se-
cured his ruin or Is on the way thereto at the rate
Of sixty miles an hourGi young man plenty Of
cigars and wine and fast horse, and Satan quits
looking after that young man, only giving orders
for his reception when he arrives at the end Of his
Journey.
But II had called the roll Of all the busy hard
working men Of New York and Brooklyn, In any
Of the slime pits on the night Of our exploration
not one would have answered, because they were
not there to answer. The sweat Of the brow that .
was pronounced at the beginning as q curse upon
man has become the sprnkllng Of holy baptism. .
was not more surprised at the people Isaw there
han at the people missed.
AT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN HELL
The clock had Just struck midnight when, with d
he officers ofthe law and heoficers Of my church II
,al-o Nok1 L., 4
ea. The music was In full blast the dance Of Y
ieath in swittest whirl the wines foaming to the
,rim Of the glasses. 1t was midnight, and mid z
light on earth is midnoon in hell. At that hour n
lemons hold high carnival The blue calcium t,
lights suggested the birthstone Of the pit In that
IWful place at that hour you ask me, as many n
AVE asked me before, How did you feel? p a
give the rest Of the meeting TO telling you how
cit. !,
First Of alias never at any death. bed or rail.
Dad disaster-I was overpowered by q sense Of N
ity. Why were we there as Christian spectators n.
stead Of participants? I thought, seated there v
these lost souls had enjoyed our heslthful and a
hristian surroundings, and we had been thrown Il
mOng the contaminsiOns that destroyed them,
10 case would have been reversed, and they
'Ould have been the spectators and we the actors
l that tragedy OF the damned. could not keep to
Aok the tears, tears Of gratitude TO God that He "a
I'd protected u.s. and tears Of passion for those u
hO had dropped so low. The difference In this "
lOTal navigation had been the difference in the to
lreotion OF the wind The wind Of temptation 70
rove them on the rocks, and the wind Of mercy vi
nd driven as out on the fair sea- There are men yc
I'd women 50 ercIless In their criticism Of the Va
lien You might think the Lord had made q "a
ecial mould for them. and that they had no ca of
lctty for doing wrong; but II they had had the Is
me alurements they would not have stopped At ur
Q up town stadons Of death, but would have on
On Wallowing tonight in the horrors Of Arch to
oek or shaking with deliriam tTeenS in the cell er
q station house. Do not brag and boast too much ar
er your sobriety and purity or the Lord will let
~ go some day, and then you win see how tn
ueh better than others you are naturally will he
k9 the best temperad man and the u,oat honaat IN