The New York herald., 1878-11-04
MIDNIGHT IN new YORK.
Talmage's Descent Into the Slime
Pits of Destruction
THE DANCE OF DEATH.
Whom He Saw There and Whom
He Missed.


occupied his usual place at the organ. At the collec
ton Mr. Talmage announced that aged member Of
Ills church, who had formerly been in good circum-
stances had been reduced to absolute want and the
proceeds Of the collection and above the ordinary
Sunday collection would be used for the purpose Of
making this mans last days happy. After this appeal
had been generously responded to- Mr. Talmage began
his Sermon taking his text from Genesis, xiv, TO-
"And the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits
The neck of an army. he said, had been broken
by falling into these half hidden slime pits The
whole is far in the past that we have not half
much interest in this statement of the text
have in the announcement that our American
cities are full OF slime pits and tens Of thousands Of
people falling into them night by night Recently
explored some of these slime pits. Why did do SOL
In April last seated in the editorial Of Of
the chief daily newspapers of New York. an editor
said to me. "Mr. Talmage you clergymen are at .
great disadvantage when you go to battle with ini-
quity for you don't know what you talking about
Now, If you would like to make personal investiga
ton will afford you the highest official escort"
accepted. The fact was that had for long time
wanted to say words Of warning and invitation
to the young Of this country and thought pre-
ceding trip of this sort would give me the whole
country for audience 1t has always been delib-
crate plan Of my ministry when wanted to do any
thing for good to do it in such way that the devil
would advertise 1t free, gratis, for nothing laugh
ter.)
NO LABonINa PEOPLE.
Standing within these pavilions Of death was
as much surprised at the people whom missed at
those whom saw. There class Of persons
that missed l looked for3 them up and down the
galleries and amid the illuminated gardens and the
scenes Of death. / saw not one Of them. mean the
hard working casses-the laboring classes Of our
great cities (Applanse) You tell me they could not
nothing; entrance for men. twenty-five cents.
Qaughter.) Hard work is the friend Of good morals.
Men who have toiled from morning till night are glad
to sit down and rest or go to some quiet place OF
amusement where they are not ashamed to take their
wives and daughters. The places of dissipation
chiefly supported by those who begin business at nine
or,ten O'Clock and go away at three four in the af
ternoon. They have plenty of time to go to destruc-
ton in and plenty Of money to buy through ticket
depot till they come to the eternal smash
up. The most fortunate and divinely blessed
and supper late, and have pocket full of the
best cigars and dine at Demonicos and dress in tip
top fashion and have their hat set further over on
the right earQaughter)-and who have boots Of most
exquisite torture fitting the foot and who have hand
kerchiefs soaked with musk and patchouly and white
rose and new mown hay and balm Of thousand fow-
Haughter.) There is no chance for the morals
of that young man who has plenty Of money and no
occupation Those are the fortunate young men who
have to work hard for living You do not find them
in these places of iniquty Give young man plenty
of wine and plenty Of cigars and plenty Of fine horses
at his place. He to watch him, only giving d.
rectons about his reception when he shall arrive at
The sss end bg Of his n ed Trinity Church
was striking-one two, three, four, Ave. SIX seven.
eight. nine ten. eleven twelve-midnghtl and. with
at table in the galleries and looked of upon the vor
tex Of death. The music in full blast the dance
in widest whrl. the wine foaming to the lip Of the
glasses. Midnight earth Is midnoon in hell.
Demons held high carnival. The blue calcium light
suggested the burning birthstone Of the lost world.
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WHAT NIGHT HAVE BEEN.
First Of all, at no deathbed or railroad disaster.
did feel an overwhelming sense of pity. Why were
there Christian explorers instead Of partici-
pants? these lost souls had had the same heathful
surroundings and we had been placed amid contain
nations, the would have been reversed. could
not keep back the tears of gratitude to God The diff
ference in moral navigation had been difference in
the direction of the wind. The wind of temptation
drove them on the rocks: the wind of Gods mercy
drove the fair will take the best man in
this house and give my opinion that, unrestraned
of the Lord he would become thief, gambler. .
rake, wharf rat.
1 could hardly keep from putting my hands on the
shoulder Of young man whom saw and shouting
'Co home But did not cry aloud lest the object Of
my visit should be interfered with. / wanted to get
on this PLATFORM whore. instead Of saving one young
man, might save thousand and 40 the cry sup
pressed that night let loose to-day. I bethought
myself looking the scene, these the fragments
of broken homes. home is a complete thing, and
any Of its members is lost 1t is broken home.
Here they werei Broken family altars broken we'd
ding rings broken vows broken anticipations. broken
hearts. And the dance became wilder and moro
restrained until ii seemed though the floor broke
through and the jewellers were plunged into depth
the feet of the dancers grew fainter and fainter and
stopped. land there thick darkness And said.
What does all this meanY And there came up
great hiss of whispering voices. saying This is the
INrnINarsG FOREIGN PATENTS
bethought myself, also, this Is only O miserable
copy of European dissipations 1t is the ambition Of
bad people in this country to copy foreign vice.
Toadyism, when it bows to foreign pretence and
cau Ia IN ia m e1oaf
some when bows to foreign vice. As well steal the
pillow cases of smallpox hospital. or the shoves Of
make theft Of these foreign plaques. Have at
least some originality Of destruction; have an
American trap to catch the bodies and souls
vention Of European niguity Decent people have no
idea what is going The foundations Of New York
and Brooklyn are struck through with rottenness II
iniquity advances in the next hundred years
in the past there will not be vestge Of moral and
religious influence left 1 wish that the next Mayor
Of New York, whether he be Augustus schell or Ed
ward Cooper may rse to the height of hs position.
We told that the 1850 police of New York cannot
put down the Ave six hundred dens of iniquity to
say nothing of the gambling houses and the un.
licensed grog shops. reply, Swear in special
nights and will break up ali the leading haunts Of
iniquity in New York and send such CONSERVATION
into the smaller houses Of sin that they will shut up
of themselves" daughter and applause.) These
denominations are to be charged either to police
ardce or to police completely Burglary wide awakel
Libcrtinism wide awakel Murder wide awakei The
harvest OF death for eternal woei
What is that? Trinity clock striking-one, twoi
"Good night, said the officers of the law and we re-
spondcd. Good night" Was ever adjective more mis-
applied2 Night black. night forsaken. night awful
For many of those had been watching. everlasting
night! SO far hell is from heaven that night
distant from being good night But. my friends,
what are you going TO do with this matter2 Punish
the people? That is not my theory: prevent the peo
pie. Cure the people? In nine hundred and ninety
nine out of Thousand IL cant bc done. Warn
the people. prevent the people, hinder the people.
save the people before they go i'm.
PuFFINa THE PRESS
Next Sabbath morning shall speak Of my second
night Of exploration have begun to stir the cities,
and. God helping me, / will go through. do not
know what course will take In these Sabbath morn
ing sermons. But whoever else will be crowded or
kept standing outside the doors, charge the trus-
tees Of the church that they give full elbow to
these Journalists, since each Is another church
five times ten times or twenty times larger than
ing press that the Gospel of the Son Of God is 10
be preached TO the world. May the blessing of Al
mighty God come down all the editors and re-
portars and compositors lMurnnra of annrnyall