The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-21
TALMAGE'S SIGHTS OF SIN.
THREI TENIN0 TO GAIL THE NAMES OF
JUDGES IND PREI CHERS.
The Hnunts OF Vice supported by Men OF
Menns-Lawyers, Merchants, and BROKERS
Found Therc-PoIice Captains Bribed.

The Tabernacle being full and overlooking !
into its corridors. Mr.. Tamage. just as the
contribution boxes had finished their difficult |
rounds and the silver trumpet Of Mr.. Arbuckla
had doomed forth tho fnel note Of lusty COM
position. put his joints In motion and nimblyre re-
suned sorinl his sermon upon the haunts Of sim
Announcing his text from Isaiah xxi. IL. he
rendered the passage, Policeman. what OF the
night?" for. he said. the original of the text
might be translated by either Waterman or
policeman. md he preferred the latter. " In
the old time" said tho preacher cities were
TO be guarded against roughs and thugs the
same rs now. Police headquarters was top
Of tho wal King Solomon must have had n
large posse Of police to look after his royal
grounds, because he had 1900 blooded horses
in his stables. millions Of dollars in his palace.
and six hundred wives and though tho palace
was large. no two wives belonging to the same
| man ever kept the pcace-much less six hun
dred Of EN- in the same house"
Tho laughter subslding. the preacher next
declared that police officers and detectives were
| kept inordinatcy busy. and that having seldom
| a night or. they did their work amid cold and
heat and tempest. exposed at once to tho whlm-
| sicalities Of the weather and tho bludgcon Of
| tho assassin. lie was accompanied by some of
| these poli"c officers md detectives when. III"
! moon tipping the curbstones and osh barrels
| along ile route. tlF fNfIiHAt WHICH DnIf MN
| rolled into the precincts OF the haunts 81 sin;
| - Ia addition ~ This powerful cscort1ge. said
! DIR. Ia'mae". asked Two elders OF me cpurrn
| to accompany me-. not lt"'Hiis" thsy w'rc h'tt'r
than any others. but brcausn they were moro
muscular. and was resolved n any case where
| anything ore than spiritual defenc"s was r"-
| qured. TO refer Mys"lf wholly io them This
| WIS said 50 slyly thu thor" WIS great lauEbirrI
! believe in muscular Christianity. J wish the
! theological scniuarics. instead oi sending ont
| SO many men With dyspepsia and liver COM
| pnint who mr., an ont of hrruth hv tho time
tslf ltaI NJ
| tho use OF Evunasiums send into thc pulpit
physical giants as well as spiritual athletes.
plause began 10 rumble q that could ccnse
cratc to the Lord $50 hounds avoirdupois'"
The preacher continued that ne hnd h"en
ureccded in his visit TO the haunt- Of vice 10y
| Thomas Chalmers and 10y him who consottrd
T pany 1h@0 srsd fHG Int Eda SH remi
| not NJ the hue and cry for In all churches
there were lep,ers who Oh not want their s"ans
knew Mr.; Talmase was going to hit him 50
hard; u, hybocrltrs. ye generation Of Vi
es.ape the damnation Of he'll
noticed" pursued the preacher, aGtating
himself with nerrc earnestncss and shakt ing
gloomy suggestions from the ends Of his I'm.
ners. " that IN" haunis OF vice were supported
ih,y men Of means, by men who come down from
the finest mansions OF Brooslyn. | could call
ihe names Of promigent men min, in this cluster Fl
many names before | get Observation-Disclosures,
distinguish ned LAWYERS pulpit orators s;hnd-
back platforms, talking about God and
good morals nntil yon mGht suppose EN-
night Cal the roll IN HOUSES 81 in.quty. md
tn" answer VIII 10 stnrkbros"rs from WAL
street. importers from Broadway inwNrrs md
merchants from All about. Say ! could cal
names and may cal names, even II the whole
inhrir of society should tumble into wreck; /
prefer TINT heathenism which wallows In nljh
10 that which covers up lis putreiaction unIrr
cames' hair snaws and point lace. rldlng. N
rosrited nunkey behind. I'll tell you what W.
want. We want fifty Anthony Comsto'ks. 70 20
able lie. For eight or ton years there bad stood
on the size II he most iashionahle New York
drive Moioch temple; brown stone he'll on
police dared touch when Anthony Comstock. %
Christian man OF rather less than the, average
knife Of desperate he had arrested. walked
into the, palace IN Filth, avenue. an. in the
prestess presiding at the orgies retr.aiing by
suicide into the lowest world. her, bleeding ear
cass found in her own bath tub"
Nevertheless. for the existence OF the haurts
Of sin men were moro 10 blame than women.
! litt cried Mr.. T9lmake. Appearing 70 SUIT
The action 20 the word, one hull 9i o." hurd n
Of mHleliotion FROM the unpiti"d head ~ IN
ofendlng woman and hnrl i on the blasted PATE
Of fI'nding man. .Ou'hurst. rive lit you
as my opinion that IN" eternal pordtion 81 all
sinners Will Ue heaven compared 90 III" pun
ishment Of that man who, turning his bacl; on
the woman he has sworn 20 cherish. goes forth
70 seek aifec;ionnl alliances elsewhere. + n
forever forever forever!
d" | wish" tn preacher hoarsely pursued
Tint there might be- police rail. mstinS Il
long time to 60 down into the hnuuts n sin nm
carry these men oil, ioll wed by twenty report
ers 10 take the sinners names and nut 'ein in
full capitals in next DAYS puper-and III like
, 10 20 along Applause and laughtrr1 Il is not
So much the Young men who need To be looked
after; lis their fathers and mothers"
Further along, You ask me- -4id Mr. TAI
mage. why the city authorities DON'T M i,p
, 10 such vicious dongs. and answer Tor Brook.
Ign. q has already te"n DONE SIN years AGO in
a short radius about the CITY Hall. there were
, thirty-eght gambling houses. They were
broken up. and they brought IN pecks 81 chips
: 10 the police office for our officers Of police
. mlghtier than any hr be-. pursued their work
Within the city limits to-day there is not d
gambling he'll. a policy shop. or n haunt d
death. II YOU know Of any. rrnor, t.Hnd in
| two hours Superin;end@rfs Jourdhn and Car o.
bell. Is detectives. and 500 policemen viii CONT
down on IL like an Alpine avalanche. In n clt,
= / in whose judiciary sit such men n Neiis %
Reynolds. Moore. Pratt, and others. whom an
not fortunate enough 90 know, there must ba
mighty impulse toward God and good morals
. | Broo klvn To-day stands foremost among Amari
can cities IN regard 10 comparative freedom
/, ! from sin. But Brooklyn Is not without sim
! ners and where do tncv 70. t.. carry ~
: ihor ncfarous practices? To New York