New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-15

| the breaking of the Seventh Commandment.
| They are full Of nastiness. The actors
| and actresses who appear in them are
| nearly all immoral Once In a while you ma q
respectable one, but that is an exception LOOK a.
this Bernhardt. Actors belong to an animal grace
| of being speak now ~ philosopher not as
minister. What can you expect from such people !
3" am not going to do anything to oppose tni ,s
Passion Play. What is The usef The deyll WIZ
have his way until the Millennium, let come what
may. / shall continue tn preach what peneVe 20
be the truth and that ~ the only opposition sIa
offer this sort Of sacrIlege. am urea OF beeluE
UNPLEASANT things paraded before the eyes OF the
people; and | deem the performance Oh Jesus
ChrsPs life BY actors more than unpleasant 'hiuR
Put me down rs bitterly opposed 10 IT,
DIR BELLOWS'S CRITICISMS.
The Rev. DR.. Henry w. Bellows of All Souls
Church Unitarian. was the last clergyman
visited.
at seems to be a great misfortune" he said,
" that at a time when the stage and the drama are
Just escaping from the suspicion aud dislike OF
serious-minded persons, the public should De
threatened with such an assault upon the religious
feelings of the people the production OF the ODER
ammergau play upon the stage OF New-lorK' Inc
circumstances Of its origin in tho Tyrol are so
spccial and peculiar us to free - from many OF the
objections it would properly encounter anywhere
else None OF the honest religious leehngS CON
nected with il in It's Cathohc anu peasant honc'
can be counted on here. 1t must herr be pure
spectacle addressed 10 curiosity, ana deprived Oh
all the seriousness and all the reasons Tor its t0era
tiOn which il has at OberammeIgau. IL must IN
eyitably cheaDen and .secuaIize tragedy that Is
associated with the tenderest and most solemn emo
tiOns Its production upon the stage NloIateS inc
laws of association in a shocking manner, ana
mixes, anonymously and painfully things unlike
and antagonistc The fact that curiosity and the
love of the strange and horrible may, ana very
likely will, draw thOughtesS crowds to the eXhl-
bifion. does nothing to Justify IT, and IS an argn-
ment against its production. Thousands are VIII
inc and anxious to see public executions, but
humanity protests against allowing them the OPP
nortnnity. If the managers and owners OF theatres
do not protest against the injury which one OF their
number is preparing in this proposed production, TO
their calling and pIOfesslOn they may expect 10
find themselves losers, a body, OF the sympathy
of the only class that can make their occupation
reputable Ii is to be hoped that the public press
so liberal to the STAGE and so little affected ny the
sweeping preudces of the religious class, WIZ leel
the necessity of opposing this outrage on the pup
lie s,nsi6ilities of decent people, by an 0utsp0ken
of the project. IL IS only IN that
way that the press can preserve the wholesome
inuen 20 it has in favor Of the drama as Wnole.
II il does not make exception OF this uncalled-
for attack Oh tine religious feeling OF the com
munity 1t VIII fail of It's duty and policy, ana de-
serve to share the condemnation under which TINS
project is destined to 1all"