The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-24
HAUNTS OF VICE.
MIC. 11LMAGE EXPITI1TES FUR
1IIER ON TIE ELEpHlINT.
The Old Folks Not at Home--What New
York Ought to Do.
[ From The Ne,o YOrIc Herald. I

~NAfN oofS AAo W LIZ.
[F|om The Ne,o Yorlc Herald.
The Brooklyn Tabernacle was
crowded on Sunday morning by a
multitude who had como to hear Mr..
Talmage's second sermon on the
''Night Side Of City Life" The
usual number of hymns and cornet
solos by Arbuclle enlivened the
services. The gist of the sermon
was to the effect that houses of dis
sipation were chiefly supported by
men of means and heads of families;
that the old folks needed looking
after more than the young ones,
and that it was high time for q
popular crusade against the evils
which infest society. The morality
of Brooklyn was cxtolled and a
sharp rap was given to q certain
New York police captain by reve..
lation of the iniquities unchecked in
his precinct. The possibility of the
pastors calling from the pulpit the
names of prominent public men who
frequent such places WAS limited.
Loud applause and frequent laugh
ter greeted the preachers remarks.
VOICES OF THE NIGHT.
Mr.. Talmage took his text from
Isaiah xxi, 11-''Policeman, what of
the night ?" Policeman, what of the
night 2" The original of the text,
said he. may bo translated either
watchman or policeman I have
chosen the latter word. The olden
time cities we're all thus guarded.
King Solomon must have had q large
posse of police to look after his
royal grounds, for he had $4,000
blooded horses in his stables and
millions Of dollars in his palace and
600 wives, ana though the palace
was large no house was ever large
enough to hold two women married
to the same man. laughter much
less could six hundred keep the
peace. Policemen more than other
people understand the city. What
wonder, then, that a few weeks ago,
in the interest of morality and re-
ligion, l asked the question of the
text, "Policeman, what of the
night ?" In addition to this power
full escort asked two elders of nv
church to accompany me, not be-
cause they were any better than the
other elders, but because they were
more muscular. I was resolved in
any case where anything more than
spiritual defence was necessary to
refer the whole matter to their
hands. Laughter. I believe in
muscular christianity. T do wish T
could consecrate to the Lord $50
pounds of avoirdupois weight.
[Laughter.] But, borrowing the
strength of others, I started out on
my midnight exploration. Some of
you have been surprised that there
was o great hue and cry raised
about these sermons. was not
surprised. In all our churches there
are lepers who do not want their
scabs touched, and who foresaw that
1 would show up some of the wicked
ness androttenness Of what are called
the upper classes. The devil howled
because he knew I was going to hit
him hard. CLaughter.
wEALrH's DISSERTATIONS.
I noticed in my exploration that
these haunts of sin are chiefly sup
ported by mon of means, men who
come down from the fashionable
avenues of New York and cross over
from some of the finest mansions of
Brooklyn, and by prominent mon
from Boston and Philadelphia and
Cincinnati and Chicago. I could
call the names of prominent mon in
this cluster of three cities who
patronize these places of iniquity,
and I may call their names before I
get through this series of sermons,
though the fabric of Now York and
Brooklyn society should tumble into
wreck. [Applause.] Talk about
the heathenism below Canal street.
It is of q worse kind above it. r
prefer that kind of ofheathenism which
wallows in filth and disgusts the
beholder, rather than that which
covers up it's putrefaction with q
camel's hair shawl and point lace,
and rides in turnouts worth $4,000,
liveried driver ahead and rosetted
funky behind. Laughter We
have been talking so much about