New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-01
crRPENT RELIGIOUS OPINION

II ia time now that attention should be called to
this matter of " Instructed Charity IN the Clty
OF New York. 1t will not be long before tne army
of tr;imps will be back upon the city. Uurlng the
summer they scatter all over the country; anu
v hat with sleeping ia barns, aud tfghtenlng ue-
fenceess women, and stealing Whatever tney I Gan
Law their hands on. they MANAGE 10 1--we. But
with the return OF cold Weather these mlseraole
creatures will be sure to be back to their Old hauns
in the city where they are cont dent OF support.
There Is another form by which charity III tue ClJy
of New-YOrk Is misdirected. 1t Is on recOru IhaU
there is a class of and women here VINO reRu-
lary and Systematically innict themselves upon onu
CITY for selfish purposes They are persons OF very
extraordinary pretensIons. They wear long races,
and put on the show of great sanctlty lney ,oPeu
and advertise Homes for destitute children etc.
They organize society, and manage TO secure lhe
names and apparent sanction OF TWO Oh Jhree re-
spectable and well-knOwn citizens whom tney HaFe
duped They employ professional beggars, on la.h9
conmissions and AZ the wealthy and kind hearted
have no time for investigation, and as tne streams
OF charity flow as freely rs water IN Ihls noOV CiV'
these shrewd and greedy vampires are aole 70
gather in thousands on thousands OF dollars III tns
way with nobody To call them 10 account. we
ask therefore, the churchnen ahd churchM o,iun
of Nen York not to give one penny 10 Tue yesSa.
at vour doors Connected with nearly all our
parishes there are associations when nave 0een
formed TO do this very WORK among she Pool % III
city They are carefully managed, ana are III the
hands of responsible ladies ana gentlemen OIto,
"a freely as Won will; but give where your cha1IIy
shall not be mlsdirected.-lThe Guardian.
Is preacher, then. to make voluntary sacrlnce e
Of his indiyiduahtyi UnquestOnabiy IN some
tbnLs il il MS duty and privilege To DO So MIeH
YOU think of it. this IS the very Ihlng Wl'o Or VI
n, are doing in greater less degree III the various
relations of social life. The man who VIII MAKE no
concessions to anybodys preJudlces, De tney BIeds
or small IL not qualified to lnhablt any spoe Vi
earth which q single other human Oelng inn" 49,
but should 1--we one on some lsIahu VI the so
which eyen birds and quadrupeds are Danisneu.
Now and then. il rarely, n pubic mota IeaCIoL
needs 10 be- admunished that some OF the nopLel
0ualitiex of the politician have rlghttul place III LIZ
fnnction Who was il that said once upon "a tllhe l
have mary things 10 say unto yUu, but We cannot
hear them now ~ Who was 1t that cautloneu 'n9
early preachers of truth not to be IN 700 mucu "
:, hurry about pulling mp the tares IN goa plan'Su
acres lest some precious graln-s1alhs slou-u po
tarrSos r;naned The brave icOnOclast, VINO goes
mnrcbing through time hOnored faiths ana IoruuiAs
sOinginT his battle-axe, would not accuse suo
Funnder Of christianity of being coward.-llhe
Christian Union
The Church Ia the one witness, her voice Is now
What il was in the catacOmb OF ST. Callxtus ner
Glory il the reproaeh Of inidelity, and since the
world or modern thought {" which represents tue
new world form OF human passion anu PIIue oiH.
the Church out of her impregnable POSITION ~ -
ATTEMPTING all over the world TO weaken her nolu
uu0n the public conscience, ana ErauuAhy'
esnecially by means of the education OF the young,
TO take the generations OF the future wholly ou'
Of their hands Send child to school where TO,
hnion Is not the basis Ut education anu thAt eLIIu
will become a man without basis OF religion; Sehd
a nation To such school, and that nation VIII 90 a.
the man is-devoId and Invested OF the love Oh
Christ and the fear OF GOd III tue loAuoIs Vi
ton of children TO manhood and womanhood win
ont religion they will have done more 10 corrupt
the world than all the immoralltieS OF the Roman
Empire 1.-THE EeN-York Tablet