The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-11-26
PULPIT UTTERANCES.
Sermon by Rev. DR.. Talmage on
the Influence of Cities.
Uhe Sins OF the Metropolis Are More Ap-
parent, But on the Whole the PTow
aud tho yardstick Must Not
Reproach Each Other.


audience of over six thousand people. The
following is the text Of his DISCOURSE;
And he builded city, and called the name
Genesjs ~ iry. di.or 'no i'''ii' Vi MS ~"
Cain was the founder of the first city,
and sunnosa n toni afta,. him In morals
IL takes a citv n long while to escape from
the character of n founder. Whore the
fopnders of n CITY are criminal exiles. the
fitb ITO vice tbe nrisons are the shadows
Of tho,e founders. II win take centuries
for New York TO pet over the good inau-
enco Of abe mons founders of that city-the
founders whose PRAYERS went mn in streets
wbers now hanks discount. and brokers
shaw and companies declare dividends,
and smupplers swear Custom House lies;
and above the roar Of the wheels and the
eraek of the. auctioneer,s mallet ascends
the. ascrintion. aWe worshin thee. q thou
almic,lty ,dollarp The old church TINT
used to stand ON Wall street ia this day
throwing its blessings on the scene of traf-
ac. and on the ships folding their white
Wings in the harbor. In other days people
Gathered in the cities for defense. But in
these times. when through civilization and
.Cbristianitv IL Is safe TO live anv where,
neonle e,other In the CITY for purposes of
rand gain.
The citv is no worse tban the country.
The vices of the mehopolis nre more evil
dent than the vices of the rural districts
because there are more people 10 he had ~
they wisb IN be. The merch mt "a os yood
ss the farmer. There is no more cheating
in town than ont of town-no worse cheat.
inc. n IA only op n larger scala The conn
trvman sometimes nrevarieates nbout the
age Of the horse that be sells. about the
size of the bushel with which he measures
the grain abont the neocbes ot the bottom
of the basket as being az large as those Mt
the ton. about the opSrter of baef as beinp
tender when Il is tough. and 10 as had an
extent as the citizen tho merchant nervori-
Gates al.out calicoes or silks or hardware.
And os 10 VILLAGES think that in some re-
enacts tha, are ,vorso than tba citias ba.
cause thew conv the vices Of the cities in
tha meanest sbane. and ma IN gossin. its
heaven Is n country villagei Evervbodv
knows evervbodv,s business better than he
knows Il himself The procerv store or
the blacksmitb sbop nv dav and night ia
the grand denot for masculine tittle. tottle. {.
and there are always In the village n half
dozen women who have their sun-bonnets
hanging near. an that tho first item Of news
derocntorv thev can flv ont and cackle Il
ali over the town. Conntrvmen must NOT
too hard in their criticisms of the citizen.
nor must the plow run Too sharply against
the Vardsticl,
CITIES arc NOT eviI necessoriIv. os some
bavp orgued They have been the birth
nIacs Of civilization. In them ponular lib-
ertv has lifted It's voice. witness Geuoa
and pisa and veniee. After the death of
Alexander the Great. among his papers
were fopna extensive nlans Of cities. some
IN he buiIt In Europe. some To he built in
Asia. The cities in Europe were 10 be oc-
.cuniod NV Asiatics. the cities I'm Asia were
IN be occupied. according 70 his plans. Inv
Eproneans. and so there should he n com
minoiino. and n fraternity. and n Kindness
and n Good win between the continents and
between the cities. So there ALWAYS ought
IN be. The stranoest thing In my compre-
bension IL tbat there shonld be chickering's
umnnm American
New York must stop caricaturing Phila-
deIpb n. and PHILADELPHIA must stop pick
ing ot New York. and certainly the conti-
nent Il large enough for st. Louis and Chi
cago. What is good for one city is good
for all the cities. Here Is the great high
yay of our National prosperity. On that
highway of National prosperity walk the
cities. A city with large forehead and
great brain; that islBoston. A city with
deliberate step and calm manner; that Il
Philadelphia. A city with its pocket full
of change; that is New York. Two cities
going with rush that astounds the conti-
nent; they are st. Louis and Chicago. A
city that takes its wife and children along
with it; that is Brooklyn Cincinnati,
Louisville, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, all the
cities OF the North and all the cities Of the
South, some distinguished for one thing,
some for another, one for professional
ability, another for afiluence, another for
fashion, but not one 10 be spared. What
advantages one advantages all. What
damages Boston Common damages Wash
ipgton Square. Laurel Hill, Mount
Auburn, Greenwood weep over the same
grief New York helping to pay for the
obsequies Of plague-stricken New Orleans;
the fires Of Chicago and Boston sore burn
on the whole land; the statue of Benjamin
Franklin in New York greeting the bronze
statue Of Edward Everett in Boston-all
the cities a confr aternity.