The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-01-16

New 0fK j an, D, -IOsuHy Ill Jno BIoaI
Brooklyn Tabernacle, Rev. I. Dewitt Tai
mage delivered the first of series OF SER
mons which he has prepared under the
title of "Our American Cities as have
Explored Them" An immense Congre-
CATION was in attendance, and some of
the reverend gentleman's points were
applauded. The opening hymn was
Before Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations bow with sacred Joy.
The following is verbatim report Of
the sermon
SuBJECT-"WAsHINeToN, THE Cry OF Po'
LITICAL PowER."'
TIE TEXT: sand the streets of the city
shall be full of boys and girls playing in
the streets thereof" -ZlChariah, Viii;5.
With that one stroke of pencil the
prophet put on canvass sketch of the
safety and the glee of the worlds cities
when they shall have been gospelized.
After Christian people have had the
courage to look at the sins Of the cities
as they really are, and then the courage
to apply the Gospel, then will come the
days of the text, when so entirely free
, from rufianism and vagabondism will
our streets be that innocent children will,
without any defense of police or parent
al anxiety, fly kite, roll hoop, and play
ball. "The streets of the city shall be
full Of boys and girls playing in the
streets thereof" But before that hour,
how much expurgation Of the cities
have laughed for six weeks to see some
of the American clergy running round
with their pockets full of court. plaster to
cover up the sins that have been prob
ing-white court-plaster for this, and
green court.plaster for that, and blue
rt.plaster for the other. Now, court
plaster may hide, but it meyer cures
Whatever may think about the treat
ment of physical disease, in morals am
an Allopathist, and believe in giving @
good, stout dose that will throw the ul'
GERS to the surface, and then put on the
old Gospelsalve tina. Christ mixed to cure
Bartimeus's blind eyes, and the young
man that had fits, and the ten lepers,a
the miseries Of all generations. No mar
on earth has more exhilarant hope o.
what high destiny awaits our cities thar
1 have, but tits not hope founded or
covering up or apology, but hope foun
ded on exploration, exposure and AL
mighty medicament. After more or LEST
thoroughness of exploration, l speak t
you briefly of the moral condition of thil
country as inferred from Washington, the
city of political power; Boston, the city o
culture Chicago, the city CT miraculous
growth; Philadelphia, the city of beauti
full odor; New York, the city of CONNER
cial supremacy; Brooklyn, the city o
homes, and so on; putting in nice little
sermon for my critics before get thro'
The way the cities 90 the land goes. Who
has moral barometer able to tell the in
influence of Cincinnati upon Ohio, Of
Baltimore upon Maryland, or of Charles
ton upon South Carolina, or Louisville
upon Kentucky, or San Francisco upon
California; Let me feel the pulse of the
cities and will tell you the pulse of the
nation. God gives to each city, as He
gives to each individual mission, As
our physical and mental characteristics
indicate onr person sphere, the typo
graphic and historical facts indicate the
sphere of the city. Each city of the
world comes to be known for certain
characteristics. Babylon for pride, Spar
tan for military proves, Venice for ar
chitecture in ruins, Dresden for pictures
Rome for Pontifcal rule, Paris for fash
ion, Edinburgh for learning, Glasgow fol
ship building, and London for being the
mightiest metropolis Of the world. 0ul
American cities are 30 young that theil
characteristics are not so well defined al
are the characteristics of the cities of the
old world, but / think l have struck
the right word in the designation o
each.
Interlocked with the moral welfareanC
the very existence of the nation stands
the city of Washington, built on the bankI
Of the Potomac as matter Of Comprc'
mise. At the dining table Of Alexander
Hamilton, it was decided that if the South
would consent to the assumption ofStatC
debts by the Government, then the NORTH
would consent to have the Capital bull
ON the Potomac, instead of on the Della
ware. And 30 the Government of thC
United States, having moved from Ann
apolis to Philadelphia, and from Phila
delphia to Trenton, and from Trenton tt
New York, moved from New York to thu
Potomac, to stay there until by the Law
of national growth within century i
shall take its place on the banks Of thu
Mississippi or Missouri, or sooner, if thu
nation is wise enough to find out the ad
vantage of having the hub Of the whee
in the center rather than on the rim o
the tire.
What has that city to do with you ? Al
much as your heart has to do with you
body. II is the national heart. If i
sends forth good blood, good nationa
heslth;if it sends forth bad blood, baC
national sickness. 1t is city of palaces
He who hasseen the Department of Stats
and the National Postofioe, and thu
Treasury building, and the Capitol, hal
seen the highest achievements Of paint
ing, masonry sculpture and architecture
/ put the eight panels of the bronze dool
of the Capitol against the door of the
Madeline at Paris. Talk about the ole
masters better at our Capitol stand anC
look at the work Of the new masters
Lentz9's Westward, HoI" Brumidi'l
frescoes, Grenough's Washington,
Crawford's "Statue of Freedom" / pn
the marble mountain of magnihCenct
within which Congress assemblies agains
the Tuilleries of France and the Parlia
ment Houses of London. No city or
earth is so grandly laid out. Mr.. Ellicott