The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-11
Mr.. TALMAGE IN WAR PAINT
rms TINE LOOKING ron SCdLPS IN
OtR HTCKED FOURTH WARD


Want, Crime, Despair In New York.
Mr.. Talmagc dropped yesterday further
.~., than ever from Specific SIN. Indeed. he
almost wholly forsook Vice. with which he has
cirted 50 long. and. unscrupulously exhibiting
ma, gigantic nckcness which has always dis
snsulshed him. embraced Misfortune and Pow
Az instead. But his sermon. Notwithstanding.
,,s rhetorical and hardly ever before has his
h.vA Of the naked noun and the undecorRted
verb afried him to such magnificent heights
,rpause was frequent there were one or Two
pkss that made Mr. Arbucke rs red in the
heas evor his own difficult bugie made him.
sad Mr.. Morgan the orgdnist. several times
segled outright
THE destruction OF the poor in their poverty"
su, Of Proverbs. was Mr.. Tamage's text.
On an island nine miles long. he said. and
two and half miles wide. there stands the
largest city on this continental city the largest
for virtue and the largest for vice. Before ho has
done Mr.. Talmage will display the noontide Of
this citv's virtue and philanthropy. as we'll rs
the midnight OF It's sin. He will exhibit matters
when at ~ O'Clock tho sunlight falls upon the
hands Of Trnity's clock and when at the same
hour those mighty pointers are buried in gloom.
Both stories must be- told and although 1t is
pleasanter to put on plaster than to thrust In
the probe. Mr.. Talmago will not neglect either.
At present he must say things to mako people
squlrm. Afterward he will say things to
make 'em smile
Mr.. Talmnge has ms much amusement as any
man Of his profession can AFFORD TO indulge in
nany one time in seeing some Of the clerical
reiormers OF the present day mount their war
chargers. dig in the spurs. and with gitterng
lance dash down upon the iniduitios OF cities
that have been dead three or four thousand
years. He refers to those men who corner an
old sinner Of twenty or III rty centuries Of age.
scalp him. hang him. and cut him to pieces.
With amazing proves they throw sulphur ut
Sodom. fire ut GomUrrah. and worms nj Herod.
and pitch JeMbel over the wall but they wipe
al their gold spectacles put on their best kid
gloves. turn over their morOccO-coyered SER
mons. and look bashful whenever they begin to
speak about the sins Of the dav.
Il would be pleasant to see the congregations
81 such preachers drop on until nobody was
There Is one thing that Mr.. Talmagc likes
shout biz church. and that Is that half dozen
persons may get angry and clear out. and you
lon't know IL Till n year or two niterwurd.
As soon ~ Mr.. Arhuckle had recovered from
these two. Mr. Talmage announced that he was
aUout 10 unroll u new revelation concerning the
long. deep. exhaustive night OF city pnupcrism.
I'VE don't want carriage this Is the first time
that Mr. Talmage has omitted To approach the
Haunts o. Sin in carrinCe tonight said the
ohicrr Of the law. for II would attract crowd.
aud the party went on foot up "a dark lane OF
poverty Two midnights overlapped each other
the natural midnight aud the midnight OF crime
ini paupersni. The people in this lane were
- nv
plunged into the Shambles OF Death within ten
minutes walk 81 the Fihh Avenue Hotel. and
Nmng thence Ia the Fourth Ward. were now In
due course OF time To- go successfully 10 Belle
vle, Blackwells Island, Potiers Field and hell.
The police went ahead the juxtaposiiion here
startled some in the congregation and flashed
tneir lanterns on fourteen persons huddled To-
gether on bundle Of straw. with nothing under
them except the straw, presumably and moth
ing over them. This Is not exaggerated. No
lungs that God ever made could have long en-
dured the atmosphere that Mr.. Talmage and
two deacons and the officers Of the law breathed
Tor a little while. St. Giles and Holborn have
Their like at last in this squalid Lane OF Poverty
What's that thud on the wet pavement?
That's q drunkard's head on the wet pave
Call an ambulance.
No. Ills only q tattered alien. this ragged
heaven. And yet Mr., Talmaee would have liked
% know. He would have liked 70 know Il tho
cradle, and II the Ehshed head Of that stranded
being had over been kissed by "a mothers lips
=, But what's that loud and enthusiasts Chris
Mr.. 'Talmaee looked in at the window To see
aud there he beheld Jerry McAnley's glorious
Christian mission. and there Jerry McAulcy
stood. himself snuched IRON death. sna,ching
others from death. Mr.; Tamage's tears and
Talmage said So The Church Of God. rising
from its fastidiousness. ought 10 lay hold with
both hands OF this work.
The oiiicer Of the law flashed his lantern on n
station house. 4 squalid being entered and
touched his torn hat.
Nights lodging, sir 2"
And he was waved away 10 the dormitories 10
lay his head among the Lords poor and Satan ;
II Mr. Talmaees basement door there
come on an average 100 callers day for
with a silver ring in the middle AMI ali
Of AstQrs wealth in one end and all u
Nandertilt's money in the other end; he could
not begin 70 relieve the wants Of the needy
In the world. All. these rich mem They had
more money once than they have, now that
they've g0t their shrouds on. All their money
may not purchase rest.
Cursed be the jackals OF ST. Marks church
Mr. Ialmnge wished he could throw bomb
sus.l u arousal into the City Hall.
=. The factories Of Fall River and Lowell some
times stop for lack OF demand. but this million
6oomet factory Of sin and death the Fourth
"anH never stops. never slackens It's hand or
iposens IL su!ndles. The great wheel OF the
iacory Keeps On turning. not 10y tho current OF
me Merrimnck River, but by crimson floods
rushing forth from the Rroggeries and wine
S,ldrs ana drinking saloons Of the land And
the iasier the hood PUSHES the faster the wheel
{urns' and the band II that wheel IS woven OF
btOken hcarirtrings. aud every time the wheel
Wrns. from the IRON mouth OF the mill come
otIh clustering s4ualor and mendicancy and
nlclpal Woe, national woe-and the creaking
ahc the rumbling Il the wheel are the shrek
lng and the grooming % men and women lost
ior two worlds. and the cry is: Bring on more
fortunes. more estates. more cities. moro awful
kfIst ior this stupendous mill
The officer Of the law neat flashed his lantern
over group OF the hatess children who. taken
sonpyehepslyely. and set three feet apart.
Inc regiment OF bOOthacks: they seem Jolly
cll uey nave more sorrows under their hats
mo under their bare headsl than old men have.
nhey match pennies ON the corners and smoke
tne sllmps OF cast-away cigars. Backing boots
Rsir regular business and black ing morals
V Wtlr business between times. Have you never
noFu lhe uemulOusneas in the bootblncks
nnslee when he asks: Black your boots sir Z"
VINO Invites him in 10 warm. and takes his
Pali When he Is cheated out OF his ten cents
anu we heWsboys who come in the gray Of the
mol hlhg Wnrn the great presses are rolling
~ Hke the damp sheets close To brellsts
suehdy cold, sending out their cry like n
SIH-suN. Erdd. Tribune World and Times
No.hlng 80 moves Mr.. Tamage's compassion
e W see newsbOy whose knee Is hurt pushed
on We platform 81 a car by q gentleman wear
!ug gloves lined with lamb wool with the words
Ne out, you dirty little rat See this boy.
WI, Hlh myers thrust into his matted hair Tor
sgl9w, struggling IN his drcpnls, rs though
ShTSppdY were trying 20 take away his papers.
at lMhage wondered II ii would ae a sin 10
hsH maj ne might never wake M. God pits
MI We pat never heard anybody pray Tor
Imi-God Ity him!
k"H'h M, ldiiuHgc came out 81 Poverty lane
~ tha lost The points u the compass, bur still
~ Knew mat be WIS bounded ON tho north by
s sni' On "a" rast by squalor on the wesl hy
"ih9 and ON The south by despair.