New-York tribune., 1879-01-18


Euow "'" Of ~ any speech / would ike to hear
for the tFa 1Wf @ dcbaey buy the cFeIs ard
laughed ard cncCred and erred over fifteen in'Ieh per
IiaughtcrI and venture to was no more foolish
and infatuated tnan these people VINO sn mere J" Ho"'
OF me- ..e,.
TIE INFLUENCE OF THE STAGE.
More influence in n speech l remember committee
In fat-away Western capital wrote 10 he LOT Spo'c"
II was too Ear away said. {" will charge you TOO
much money 10 come" " II don't make any difference
said they 1--WE will pay whatever you wish to charge
We want Won 10 come" after divers ANA
sundry cpstles aud documents had passed backward
and forward we agreed upon the time and money 1t
was a good deal OF money. too. They said, lhcie 'S
not a man or in the town who docs not want 10
hear YOU. There will be such an aud cnce az you nave
never seen in our State In an aWiapie
and dcluded state, went my way 10 tne 'o"n
I though, so much had been said dhonf
NV coming that was going to have wonderful time
The queen Of Sheba would not be better entertained
came 10 The hotel got there alone. What Is the met
ter" said l. that nobody net me at the depot nobody
meets INC at The door ana noho1y says yo,i i'I" "
"Wei" scid RE clerk the truth every
body is 30 much interested in the show that
So When Vent to look atttr my ever and towels and
the found very scany provision OF Foloc lhhs';
cxucotcd to Hnd at all" I said, after wba;
had been promised. and a, tnt money ,cnc 'taI tsd
b ii once, but there was no response ana rang n'a
n dozen times hc!orc anybody at all came, ava when
somebody did come found that the truth was 'nat % he
pitcher and b; Siu that belonged IN that room ana hr
cena provision Of other a'fgs % nnder h% Penn crccs c
of .omc OF the ueople of the show. lauglitcl.l |
wanted something 20 cat, but far could discover
evnrvti,in, haI hcen drunk and dcvOurcd nv the
pyol,e Of The show. 1,uchtcr.l lapast seven came
and thr dlcmiGcd Committeeman waited on NJ.
one Judge. two members of Congress, Gnc Govern
ment dcni,aryeould not find ANYTHING more denied
an that in town If It's size. Here u som" C"nil-
satior I ihcueht these disnitaIirs are intrgrscGj
in at least. For wIht uiu 'h'@ c"'I'
"AisS Dickinson, std tncN, "h'I', 40 S"G
speak to-iuorTow uicht!" Srch place. stid J. "A"d
the next rshtl" such plaCr. " Perhaps you haEr
olcu trc N,-t," said l. "A! vel. We DO. !Xa'l
know what is to be dcnc.' " Done .!id
/ Yes" said they; "thc truih OF the natter
is-vc l9ay as vel make clean breast 81 f-tNrE-
body III ms town wants TO hcaT You. A great many
pcouc have bought tickets and every n0dy else would
have hOu-Jt ticket hut the long aud the sort OF ne
matter Is, they are all eulng I" l1c SHOW. tAn
postpone 1t = " No. | salG; very sorry bhl
can't will release You altogether" NO., thcy said'
&" that would not be rGhl we VIII pay y"i your Zee i1c
hail is ready ana II body comes why OF course YOU
eau speak to them, but Non VII excuse - You
PIE sc; we Tonid i'GG TO go To- iha a
will 20 II the hail. make speech, iaAc ne &C. N,'h
G"mrqnGbnI6 GO pan tbo s6dM H"s LansHcr 'o"' '''
No; It Is perfectly tIue tnat II yOu come TO Tine
OF momentous uphca, ala gr al social. mcl or p0lit-
zeal srurclc-f YOU face to race with such tre-
meudouS interests as those OF sixteen years ego II ili
that eloquent peIodo and mighty oralons Will stir and
sway vast mutuics OF men and women; and ytt III
such days those very much doubt whether speech
spoken from platform r0usei greater enthusiasm
or tears than lust that nat Oyerat
Wallack's Theatre tonight when the eraycoatcd bows
march past the window and the band plays lhc ciil
lett behind ne" App,auSt On, H3ye ] lat ~ -, front mt
too many evenings ana mace nSSem noHls. WIZ IL tne
men and women ABOUT me hot 10 hloW hc enecl II his
Now rs to books. Comparatively Few people read
books even AZ this day and fewer OF h"se who d" read
make any study ont ~ the manifold faihcltiohs
c1prcss.on
Even ihc newspaper. potential. cn0rInous on the
mrs are moi read hv nvrad are read slightiusly by
another nyriad are compelled ont OF the necessities Of
I Lii.
subjects that come under their adviscmcnt and tns
same truth they put before the p Oplc mere and
is something that is SAID every night, ana not merely
SAID. but shown every nlsht-the thought, the ioehng
throug influence eye and carthat must bc the most
potential. The pulpit, you say No! Mind you am NOT
Wecre il, Influences naDold It breaches its sermons
Ni venture f. saw las clearly rs distinctly AS pene
,r't,,,@Iv " vsben II ia urraG6ed from he stage
~ u does from the pupit | am not Ia king of religion
af n s nt,ucn am talking of the pulpit technically
the mint has not in any sense nor 20 any degree the
same influence the lives Of and women thai the
m some restects at least, the latter Influence is
the more benetcent OF the two Compare the people
who go to the churches with the people who the
theatres Consider the numbers who ga her TO the
with the numbers who gather the other and consider
what they are! Take stand III front OF our church
edihces sunday after sunday What do yOu eee
In The immense majority of cases You see The
wellbred, wel-dressed well-tralned men ana women
the Select few Go INTO the church edlce ana what DO
you find painful hush subiued consclousnese OF
scl-consclonsness-in maloil'! OF cases n"ioucIy
CONSCIENTIOUS man giving TO HIS hungry au1icncc a
stone when they ask for lVng bread lappausr music
that neither thrills nor cXaS. Is tLlS what the
Master meant His church to bel MheIe
.ID the untaught the uncontrolled, the uncd Whefc
are INC tOlug, suffering struggling, dying mlOnsi
Where the poor tlat ought TO De with Inc rch-the
rich IN thought rich in Intellect the rich IN expert
encei Where are the ragamuiinsl Whele are the
poorly clad and dlrl men ana women lhey are not
inside fne church cdlhceS There ~ no place fOr
them there Their clothes. ther coats ana thtr
gowns are out OF Keeping win the cushioned seats
IT, mere and there one straggcs IN and stands by the
door they not politely invited 10 remain hut lni-
borly shown of the door 10y one OF the servants OF
that master who Is respCctcr Cf persons is that
what lie said--" Build yourself flne cnurch edltice
win fr.sco.d walls, with Upholstered seas, with
cushioned chairs, with exclusive atmosphere, so
ind 80 space there ~ No. lie said not, Z" Put
Yourself a. dc pedestal or place OF the
way" He said " co We INTO the word, into All tie