, 1879-06-16

with Iii. opcn Bible beforn him, and us pares
ssJl''E to him: ale ll!at sl'al ioso lIa llfe for
w.tcd tat @ i,e might i,aYe rceclvctl that wound
Just when he Ind drafted his Emancipation
pr''chmalIu Iun before The Ink had dried upon tic
manuscript. Oh, could 10 l'ays tllad thOn, It
wo wS 1ya sfl . 20 .Sel ssn o'crs 81 se @ #
tle could not sayc.t
lsnt II wa. otherwise, and, though would mot
for my RIGHT hil'.l pluck singIe laurel from hIs
croHn am compelled e feaa H. Tor tllere Il
history, I,at !'e received tia deaf hwouud, not IN
The dlscarzu of public dnty, but while lend
i.E :c sanction t,f hts personal pFesettc
to mora! prst'nnase,;, h. ~ ~ , martStea si
when n:rulwnR pace where Outlines ',cf0ro
TIN, night folla t.ad started for deeper plunge
downward toward shn bitterness nf the second
death. ffad Abraham Lincoln stared nt home
ttfle that 'a snignt haye been living vet 10 enjoy
l!lu comparative serenity u advanced yearr, anu
;'lers would have been fcwer Confederate br3Ea-
dlcra In Congress TODAY.
by church rl,otra, Mr.. McCnesncY said:
Eunecrntlg the a!sauee Of church chora In
"P'nafore," t''eru Is room. to say le least. for
some comment. And. trst OF I'll, there Is an
Of natural SELECTION. We haye too high All
opinion OF church cho!rs generally 10 be-
l!sye Tint t. borrow si,s IT, ph1a.e , o, Of
spp at se eFs sa x.he1 an eT II otla nft s o3
drama. We had euppo'ei tflnt church singing
formed m important part Of the worship. ot
God, uud lint tue main qucstlo1 III MI such sing
M T. al should bo the fsn1derlns ;ngs Of an psispt.
The inlpassabe gnIf between such an Offering
and an oncratic performance II The transition
be pnt,.tal onr, then the preacher hue been
slighsei. fur he ought to have bis place on tho
programmr,-nut that Ills services would 10 ab-
so!utuiy essential, out simply In accordance
with tic "eternal fitness OF things.n
Now, let us hnve d fair understanding. about
this matter. When singer Is employed by auy
voice, it Is not clalrne.l tllas tfir church has tho
cntira monopoly Ut Ills singsng, unlels 50 speci-
lied in tile contract, and he !. paid accordingly:
else no IA at liberty. unless that church hes ar
rauge'l dilfafent'y 70 s!ug for political c1ae' '
We claim this hat no shall 20 as an Individual,
on hIs own ucsts In Ills own personal char
aetcr. tlc shall not take his ecclesiastical
age; he shall not lend httntelf 10 the bl1s!ncss
managers Of theatres to further shEcwd aaver-
t!s!llg dodge.
Wo aIl have q certain kind Of respect for
Walking advertising buards,-theBo men who
are dressed up In n srotesque shapc. ana who
sumter u1ong our bug[ucta streets With an ad-
vertiscsHenl In front und on their backs. l eau
rcspcrt human bgIng who Ia Incapable Of Any
brcad.a,nl.butter consideration carries . s.gE-
board OH hts bnrk-and tic manager of nnvcr-
ly's Theatre has succeeded In engaging number
Ut church sugurs 10 perform that elevated ser
Sunday clo,lles,-tl,cir ch,,rch-ehoIr robes,
has painted Il Pinafore" Oh their backs, ut'd
during the past week hhs .paradcd them before
,lr public, md has n,eskly solicited church
patronagc, anl the public bus been caught IN
tic trap.-a trap batcd With ecclesiastical cheese.
The systcm Df popular atnusements which
find their houlu nt tie ttextru a1sd church con-
tain the theatrical elolnent in q creator or icss
degree Is graded system, md l nm free TO say
tint the opera represents the least objecliona-
bic phasc, and because 1t Is 80 there arc people
Of rctluctncnt who patrou1ze the opcra who will
not attena ordinary theatrIcals. but the opera
Is one link OF long chain, and TINT chain ms
been, au,l stili Il, condemned b! the almost uni
world, nnd II Is f,itte for the advocates Of the
theatre 10 expect us to draw q Inc Of dtstlnc.
tlon hero when they themselves refuse to rec
ogn1ze tt.at distinction; and The profanity which
spices tis vocabulary Of the theatre Is generally
culled into regulation a1so. Even "finnfore,"
with Its unsoph!stlcatctl nonsense. would he i'll
complete Eithout introducing The profauc sailor,
wtloas orIhoeraply is Objectionable tut w]loso
heard recently of an oltl~titne Bishop who
lived III tho days when the, bishop also per
formed tho Office OF q Judge Under some
strong prorocatinn Tie Bishop forgot hIu>scif
and s,sorc, Ills people c,lllcd him to nn nccount,
and o defended himself by sayinE that he didn't
swear as q Bishop hut rs q Judge; ThereupoM
so1ne onu asked this question: ''H tho Devil
gots the Judge whas will become Of nlo
Htshopt" 8.
VS. cannot forget that thls achievement to
which re have alluded has occurred III theatre
which regularly nntl unb!ushlngtS desccratts
the Sabbath. II public speaker visits our city
who hnppcns to carry tho t!t!e Of reverend, an1
lie is mn advanced thinkct,-so far adranced
tint he Rssnits rcrealed relfglon,--he finds
henrlnE III that Theatre. II Mr. lngersoIl, whose
atheism would hav0 mRdu him 1ntolerAble
among civilized hcat!lcns Uo0 years ago, chtnee
to nllr city t0 Atnuso Sunday crowd by o mix
ture Of wit, oraturY, AMI b!asphcmy no ~ At
once as homo is that same theatre to which the
professed friends OF Jesus have been alluEcd BY
IN in1trcet appeal 10 their patronage. NV
Ono potnt more merits our attention. The
wnu,p Tenor Of the Theatrical profession As-
sutnes tint religion Is cunt and hypocrisy. II q
man cla1a, to bc religious tho theatre tnnkes httn
0ut hypocr1te. II = zealona Christian. them
| In the language Of Hpinaforo," hs Is biz, biz
hYpocrte. Ilr sacrcd Office OF the minister Is
reduced 70 prfestcraft wherein the m!slstcr !s
only playing u rayt, A."l l!e ~r1 the Church aro
laulpoalad aud subjected to rdc'llc and satire.
| Aud what docs this prove, but simply that ou
| lis OWN vess!!ct, tho thcMtre has decttcd that
there IL an ctcrrhl ynftaucA between Itself mud
| the Church OF Go1, Atl In this particular tic
| Judgment OF the Theatre Ia corrcGtt Ut. John
| sud: ''If auy nnn love tho World tho love o1
the fatlacs Ii not ln him."