The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-14
SURGEONS SIN SERMON.
lONDON'S LIBERTlNES LASHED.
The Great Preacher Props Up the Press.
The Great and Good Gazette Stin
shouting-German Scandal.
Ireland and General.
England.
THE GREAT AND GOOD GAZETTE.

AAAA AMI NOOD dAZ ETTE,
LONDON, July 13.-The Pail Mall
Gazette this afternoon, in response to
requests for its opinion as to the nature
OF changes required in the present
English criminal law, makes several
important suggestions. 1t advocates
hrst, an addition TO the criminal act
raising the sge at which female
children may legally consent to sinful
conduct from l3 years, the present
period, to l6 years.
SeconG-EXtenslon Of the law pro-
hibiting soliciting to both sexes, and
Third-Denial or any additional
power over women to the police that
will be aimed at the suppression OF
crime and not at the suppression of
vice-that is, complete legal liberty for
voluntary immortality between adults
contractingo on equal terms, ,butvigorous
repression of second oriminality in
Oil cases in which the parties are un-
der age, or whore the elements of full,
treo and Intelligent consent are alb
sent.
Fourth-Greatly increased strin-
gency in the laws against procuratlon.
The Gazette, in an editorial COM
menting upon the results of its reve-
letion, declares that its trumpet blast
has rouRed the world" "No word was
raised yesterday in the churches
against u.s." continues the paper, "but
a the forc0s of wickedness in high
places are arrayed against u.s.
The Hon. w. III. Smith Il Sons, pos
sossing the monopoly of the news
stands on the railway system Of Eng
land, have suppressed the sales OF the
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Prince Of Wales has stopped his
paper.
The Right Hon. Mr.. Beu,iok is in
Parliament In the name of outraged
morality and clamors for our ex-
tinction.
The Gazette did not undertake this
inquiry to unearth the vices OF the
great, but If we are driven to bay we
will be compelled, by the action OF our
assailants, to speak out and spare
none.
sPURGEoN's SERMON.
Rev. Mr.. SpurgeOn yesterday
preached powerful sermon on the
patrici&n iDiquity of London as ex.
posed by the Pail Mall Gazette during
the past weok. Mr.. Spurgeon took for
his text the 18th verse, End chapter OF
the Eplstle OF Paul to the Romans,
which he quoted in defense Of the Pail
Mall GaZette's work In making
its revelations. Paul, so the
preacher said, felt IL necessary to men
tion the hideous vices of theheathens
and left on record an exposure of the
sin Of his day, which crimsoned the
cheek OF tho modest when they read
IL. 1t had to be written to shame the
abominatlon of tho age, almost past
shame. There was judgment for sin
in this world, for both men
and nations. Assyria, Babylon,
Persia, Rome and Egypt were empires
OF oppression and cruelty and full of
iniquity. When the sin of these peo.
pie could no longer he tolerated, then
thoy were wiped OIL the face of the
earth, Thus of nations, but no one
could tell what hloodshsdding an / suf-
fering came upon men for their iniqui-
ties.
"Why should Loudon,n exclaimed
the preacher, "b9 more favored than
Rome? What is there about
our boastful race on this or the other
side OF tho Atlantic that we should
monopolize Gods favor. God will
Judge mems secret sins, too vile TO be
spoken OF, and which would cause the
nation to shudder II dragged, as they
ought to be, into the daylight.
The deeds Of night, OF
the closed room, done when
the finger Is put upon tho lip, and the
act committed which must never be
mentioned, lest tho man himself be
regarded as an outcsst, abhorred even
Of his iellow.sinners-all, all shall be
revealed. All that we have, for
our own comfort, blinded our
eyes 10 and ayerted our
gazoa from, things inconvenieut
to see, but 1t shall bo revealed, we
hero make q difference between the
secret and tho public; but God does
mob Every s0cret sin Is secret only
by a lying phantasy OF
inc Imagination. 1t Is public be-
fore God. 1t IL necessary for
the courch TO warn men OF what will
happen If they continue in their Sins,
and not keep them In false paradise,
until they shall bo sent down to hell's
damnation. II become every preacher
10 cry aloud and spare not one.n
woNIENs' MASS MEETING.
A mass meeting of womon was held
in Princes Hall this afternoon TO con-
slider ways and means to protect
young girls from the horrible pit falls
OF London, rs revealed by tho Pail
Mall Gazette. Mrs. Booth and other
ladies made eloquent addresses. The
meeting resolved that the laws Of sub
jocts should forthwith DO made mode
moro efficient aud demanded the State
regulations of vice; demanded the to-
tel repeal OF tho contagious disease
act and that tho age of consent bo
raised from l3 TO Is. The meeting
also voted u send copies OF the
records of its proceeding TO the
House OF Commons.
THE RIFLE MATCH,
The rifle mate h at Wimbledon was
opened to day In splendid weather
and fuli company.
GENERAL woLsELEY IN LONDON.
General Lord Woo icy arrived here
this afternoon. Tho Victoria Railway
station was crowded with soldiers,
officers and civilians In anticipation OF
his arrival and he was given an onthu-